A lightweight, free alternative to Snyk
Snyk is a broad developer-security platform: dependencies, code, containers, IaC, and since acquiring Probely, DAST as well. It is billed per contributing developer and assembled from separate modules. FlawPilot is lightweight and free: one scan of a live URL that returns a ranked fix list in minutes, with no seat count and nothing to wire into CI.
Time to first result
Snyk
5 steps- Create an account
- Connect your SCM org
- Import repositories
- Wire the CLI or CI gate
- Count contributing developers
FlawPilot
Done- Connect your repository
- Scan runs
- Ranked report
Snyk is SaaS, so there is no server to run - the work is integration and seat counting. Billing is per contributing developer, which Snyk defines as anyone who committed to a monitored private repository in the last 90 days. The free plan is capped per month: 200 Open Source, 100 Code, 300 IaC and 100 container tests. Relative timings are illustrative, not measured benchmarks.
Snyk vs FlawPilot
Read from Snyk's own published material on 2026-09-08. Sources at the foot of this page.
| Snyk | FlawPilot | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | From $25/dev/mo | Free live scan |
| Free tier | Free plan, $0 per contributing developer: 200 Open Source (SCA), 100 Code (SAST), 300 IaC and 100 container tests per month | Live scan, no account or card |
| Setup | 5 steps | Paste a URL |
| Scans the deployed site | Yes | Yes |
| Scans your code | Yes | Yes |
| Ranked fix list | No | Yes |
Team plan, per contributing developer. There is also an Ignite tier from $1,260/yr per contributing developer. Enterprise is quote-based.
Moving from Snyk
Snyk covers real ground. This is about whether you need all of it, at that price, right now.
Check what you actually use
Snyk bills per contributing developer across modules. If you are paying for Open Source, Code, Container, IaC and API & Web but only act on two of them, that is the number to look at first.
Run a FlawPilot scan alongside
No account needed for the live scan. Run it against the same site and see which findings overlap with what Snyk already reports.
Connect the repository
Adds insecure code patterns, hardcoded secrets and vulnerable dependencies, presented in the same ranked list as the live-site findings.
Keep Snyk where it is deeper
For dependency and container CVEs at depth, with CI gating and a mature vulnerability database, Snyk is the stronger tool. Plenty of teams keep it for exactly that and nothing else.
What you keep
- Insecure code patterns
- Hardcoded secrets and API keys
- Vulnerable dependencies
- Live-site headers, TLS, DNS and email authentication
- Performance and SEO
- Everything ranked in one report
When to keep Snyk
For dependency and container scanning at depth, with a mature vulnerability database and deep CI integration, Snyk is a stronger tool than anything in a FlawPilot scan. Since acquiring Probely it also ships its own DAST, so it covers the deployed side too.
Pick them when: Dependency and container vulnerabilities are your main risk, and you need them gated in CI.
Other Snyk alternatives worth a look
We are not the only answer. These are the tools we would point you to, and what each is genuinely better at.
SonarQube
Static analysis and code quality at depth.
Code quality metrics and merge gating across a large codebase are the job, and you want them enforced in CI.
Wiz
Enterprise cloud and AI security.
You are securing a large cloud estate and have a security team.
CodeAnt AI
AI pull-request review and code security.
You want AI review gating every pull request.
See all comparisons
Every tool we have compared, side by side.
Prices, free tiers and coverage across the full list.
Common questions
Snyk pricing and product details read from snyk.io, snyk.io, snyk.io, snyk.io on 2026-09-08. Pricing and features change - if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.