Semgrep vs Snyk

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Better baseline accuracy

Snyk generates too many false positives – creating unnecessary noise for developers.

Semgrep offers better baseline accuracy by filtering out false positives and non-exploitable vulnerabilities, with rule-level visibility.

Prioritize and fix your findings

Semgrep enables teams to resolve issues 10x faster, without manual research.

Devs get tailored, step-by-step remediation guidance, and both AppSec engineers and developers have what they need to ship secure code fast.

Upgrade the developer experience

Semgrep gives precise control over which findings are shown to developers, and how.

Unlike Snyk’s black-box approach, Semgrep’s transparency reduces unnecessary noise and builds trust with developers.

See the difference

Semgrep dramatically reduces the noise from false positives, aids triaging through AI, and provides contextual, step-by-step remediation guidance during code reviews.

Semgrep
Snyk

Accuracy

  • Dramatically reduce false positive noise, by up to 98%
  • Instill developer trust through clear, explainable findings
  • Inundation from false positives wastes time and erodes confidence
  • Black-box approach means findings require a leap of faith

Prioritize and Fix

  • Accelerate triage through reachability analysis and EPSS filtering
  • Present only exploitable, high-priority issues to developers in their workflow
  • Present only exploitable, high-priority issues to developers in their workflow
  • Inundation from false positives wastes time and erodes confidence
  • Black-box approach means findings require a leap of faith
  • AppSec teams must manually filter and prioritize findings

Experience

  • Findings and tailored remediation shown during code review
  • AI-assisted step-by-step fix guidance enables rapid issue resolution
  • Fast scans, even for monorepos, keep developers shipping
  • Developers need to switch context into security tooling
  • Generic fix guidance slows down developers due to lack of specificity
  • Long scan times and time outs that block PRs
Accuracy
  • Dramatically reduce false positive noise, by up to 98%
  • Instill developer trust through clear, explainable findings
  • Inundation from false positives wastes time and erodes confidence
  • Black-box approach means findings require a leap of faith
Prioritize and Fix
  • Accelerate triage through reachability analysis and EPSS filtering
  • Present only exploitable, high-priority issues to developers in their workflow
  • Present only exploitable, high-priority issues to developers in their workflow
  • Inundation from false positives wastes time and erodes confidence
  • Black-box approach means findings require a leap of faith
  • AppSec teams must manually filter and prioritize findings
Experience
  • Findings and tailored remediation shown during code review
  • AI-assisted step-by-step fix guidance enables rapid issue resolution
  • Fast scans, even for monorepos, keep developers shipping
  • Developers need to switch context into security tooling
  • Generic fix guidance slows down developers due to lack of specificity
  • Long scan times and time outs that block PRs
Accuracy
  • Dramatically reduce false positive noise, by up to 98%
  • Instill developer trust through clear, explainable findings
  • Inundation from false positives wastes time and erodes confidence
  • Black-box approach means findings require a leap of faith
Prioritize and Fix
  • Accelerate triage through reachability analysis and EPSS filtering
  • Present only exploitable, high-priority issues to developers in their workflow
  • Present only exploitable, high-priority issues to developers in their workflow
  • Inundation from false positives wastes time and erodes confidence
  • Black-box approach means findings require a leap of faith
  • AppSec teams must manually filter and prioritize findings
Experience
  • Findings and tailored remediation shown during code review
  • AI-assisted step-by-step fix guidance enables rapid issue resolution
  • Fast scans, even for monorepos, keep developers shipping
  • Developers need to switch context into security tooling
  • Generic fix guidance slows down developers due to lack of specificity
  • Long scan times and time outs that block PRs

Untangle the supply chain

Time required to review findings:
Semgrep: 2.5 hours
Snyk: 17.5 hours

Snyk generates excessive noise for development teams, and burdens already time-strapped AppSec teams with extra work to verify vulnerabilities.

Semgrep dramatically reduces false positives, cutting down on time that AppSec teams would otherwise need to spend investigating, and independent reviewers confirmed this impact.

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