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OWASP ZAP vs Snyk

OWASP ZAP and Snyk are both listed under Security in the DevPages directory. This page puts the details we hold for each of them side by side.

It does not score them and does not pick a winner. Fields the catalog has no value for say “Not recorded” rather than being filled in with a guess.

OWASP ZAP vs Snyk field by field

OWASP ZAP, Snyk compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
CategorySecuritySecurity
Pricing modelOpen SourceFreemium
Open sourceYesNo
GitHub stars16.1K5.7K
Key features
  • Automated security vulnerability scanning
  • Manual testing tools and proxy
  • Web spidering and passive scanning
  • Active scanning with attack simulation
  • API security testing
  • Authentication and session management testing
  • Extensible through add-ons and scripts
  • Integration with CI/CD pipelines
  • Vulnerability scanning for open source dependencies
  • Static application security testing (SAST)
  • Container and infrastructure as code scanning
  • License compliance monitoring
  • Automated fix suggestions and pull requests
  • IDE and CI/CD integration
  • Security monitoring and alerting
  • Developer-first security workflows
Use cases
  • Web application security testing
  • Penetration testing and ethical hacking
  • DevSecOps pipeline integration
  • API security assessment
  • Security training and education
  • Compliance and audit preparation
  • Bug bounty and vulnerability research
  • Security regression testing
  • Open source vulnerability management
  • Container security scanning
  • Infrastructure as code security
  • License compliance monitoring
  • DevSecOps pipeline integration
  • Security policy enforcement
  • Dependency risk assessment
  • Automated security fixes
Integrations
  • Jenkins
  • GitHub Actions
  • Docker
  • Selenium
  • Maven
  • Gradle
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Jenkins
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • VS Code
Tags
  • web-security
  • penetration-testing
  • vulnerability-scanner
  • owasp
  • security-testing
  • security
  • vulnerabilities
  • devsecops
  • scanning
  • dependencies
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What each one is

OWASP ZAP

Open-source web application security scanner

OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) is one of the world's most popular free security tools and is actively maintained by a dedicated international team of volunteers. It can help automatically find security vulnerabilities in web applications while developing and testing.

Full OWASP ZAP listing

Snyk

Developer security platform for finding and fixing vulnerabilities

Snyk is a comprehensive developer security platform that helps teams find, prioritize, and fix security vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and infrastructure as code. It integrates seamlessly into development workflows and provides actionable insights to improve application security.

Full Snyk listing

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