Snyk

Snyk is an application security platform purpose-built for developers, integrating vulnerability scanning directly into the development workflow — in IDEs, pull requests, CI/CD pipelines, and container registries — rather than as a separate security team gate. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, Snyk is used by over 3 million developers and companies including Google, Salesforce, Intuit, and Canva. Snyk's product covers four attack surfaces: Open Source (SCA — software composition analysis for vulnerable npm, PyPI, Maven dependencies), Code (SAST static analysis), Container (Docker image layer scanning), and IaC (Terraform/Helm/Kubernetes misconfiguration detection). Each surface scans in the same platform with a unified vulnerability database and priority scoring. Snyk's key differentiator from legacy SAST tools (Fortify, Checkmarx) is its developer-first experience: results appear inline in VS Code or IntelliJ as code annotations, blocking PRs before merge with GitHub/GitLab CI status checks, and providing prioritized fix recommendations with one-click PR creation for dependency upgrades.