Snyk
Also known as: Snyk Evo, Evo AI-SPM, Agent Guard, Snyk Studio
AI security platform whose Evo agents govern and validate other vendors' coding agents: AI-SPM visibility across models, agents and MCP servers, continuous autonomous pentesting, and runtime enforcement through Agent Guard.
Snyk positions itself as an AI security company, with the Snyk AI Security Platform marketed as an AI Security Fabric covering GenAI code, AI native applications and agentic systems for more than 4,800 customers. Its agentic capabilities are organized around the Evo family and a set of enforcement controls aimed at autonomous coding agents.
Evo AI-SPM reached general availability in March 2026 alongside an Agent Security solution built to govern autonomous coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Devin from the moment they enter a codebase through every action they take in production. It produces an AI bill of materials giving visibility into models, agents, MCP servers, skills and tools and what each can reach, with a risk taxonomy and scoring engine that converts raw attack results into prioritized risk. Agent Scan, Snyk Studio and Agent Guard apply controls across environment, artifact and behavior, with Agent Guard positioned as the enforcement layer every agentic workflow must pass through.
Evo Continuous Offensive Security reached general availability in August 2026, delivering autonomous AI powered pentesting and agent red teaming that attacks applications continuously as they change and returns validated proof of what an attacker could actually exploit, rather than unconfirmed scanner findings. Alongside it, Evo Agentic AppSec previews a remediation agent available through the CLI or an agentic development environment, and Agent Fix retries agentically until a fix validates.
The company frames its distinctive value as validation: a decade of enterprise deployment data used to confirm which findings are real and exploitable, so a customer's coding agent finds, Snyk confirms, and the agent fixes only what is genuinely exploitable. Scanning runs locally through the CLI and a local only MCP server, with Snyk Broker deployable inside the customer network for private source control.
Vendor details
Canonical URL
https://snyk.io
Category
Security / SOC agent
Subcategory
DevSecOps — security agents
Funding status
Independent. Over 4,800 global customers reported by the vendor. Positions as an AI security company with the Snyk AI Security Platform marketed as an AI Security Fabric.
Company status
independent
Use cases & customers
Primary use cases
Target customers
Deployment options
Integrations
Source control integrations across GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket Cloud and Server and Azure DevOps, plus CI/CD pipelines, IDE plugins, container registries, cloud providers and ticketing systems, configured at group level. Snyk Broker deploys via Docker or Helm to reach SCM instances that are not publicly accessible. A documented REST API and a Snyk CLI carry automation, and a local Snyk MCP server exposes scanning as tools to MCP enabled assistants including Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and Qodo, with a separate API and Web MCP server for conversational target onboarding.
In practice
A vulnerability scan that just lists problems leaves the fixing to you. Snyk's Agent Fix uses agentic retries to actually resolve issues, not just flag them.
AI is now writing code and creating security exposure your old tools don't cover. Snyk positions as an AI security company, with its Evo system built for AI security posture management.
Securing AI-generated and agent-driven code needs more than a scanner. Snyk adds an AI Defense System aimed at the risks that come with AI in the software stack.
Sources & related URLs
Related / legacy domains
Research sources
Agentic Index coverage score
11.0 / 14 capabilities · 79%
| Integrations & Tool Calling | Full |
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Integrations span source control across GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket Cloud and Server and Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, IDEs, container registries, cloud providers and ticketing systems, configured at group level, with Snyk Broker deployable via Docker or Helm to reach SCM instances that are not publicly accessible; the Snyk MCP server exposes scanning as tools to AI assistants including Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and Qodo. Sourcedocs.snyk.io/developer-tools/integrations and docs.snyk.io/snyk-apiread 2026-08-30 |
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| Workflow Orchestration | Full |
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Multiple specialized agents chain across a discover, remediate, validate and prevent lifecycle: Evo AI-SPM discovers the AI and software attack surface, Agentic AppSec remediates via a CLI or agentic development environment remediation agent, Continuous Offensive Security runs autonomous pentesting and agent red teaming that attacks applications as they change and confirms fixes hold, and prevention gates stop new vulnerabilities shipping; Agent Fix retries agentically until a fix validates. Sourcesnyk.io/news/snyk-launches-evo-continuous-offensive-securityread 2026-08-30 |
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| Knowledge Grounding & RAG | Full |
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Grounding rests on a proprietary vulnerability database and a decade of enterprise deployment data used to confirm which findings are real and exploitable, described by the vendor as ground truth no model produces alone, plus an AI bill of materials mapping the customer's own models, agents, MCP servers, skills and tools, and Continuous Offensive Security returning validated proof of exploitability rather than inferred findings. Sourcesnyk.io/news/snyk-launches-evo-continuous-offensive-security and snyk.io/news/snyk-launches-agent-security-solutionread 2026-08-30 |
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| Human Oversight & Guardrails | Partial |
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Oversight is automated enforcement. A Policy Agent turns plain English governance intent into machine enforceable guardrails that run in CI pipelines, Agent Guard stops destructive commands in the development loop, and prevention gates block secrets and vulnerabilities across coding agents, IDEs, PRs and CI/CD. The remediation agent fixes vulnerabilities automatically. No step where a person approves an agent action before it runs is documented. Sourcesnyk.io/news/snyk-launches-agent-security-solutionread 2026-09-29 |
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| Security, Identity & Governance | Full |
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A deep customer facing control surface. Evo AI-SPM keeps a live AI-BOM of models, agents, MCP servers, skills and tools, a Policy Agent turns governance intent into enforceable guardrails in CI, and Agent Guard applies runtime enforcement. Group and organization administration, SSO, role based access and Broker for private networks are documented on docs.snyk.io. The public pages name no SOC 2, ISO or other certification, and Snyk's trust center sits at trust.snyk.io. SourceAgent security announcement and plans page 2026-09-29, docs.snyk.io; snyk.io/news/snyk-launches-agent-security-solutionread 2026-08-30 |
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| Observability & Auditability | Partial |
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The live AI-BOM gives visibility into the models, agents, MCP servers, skills and tools the customer runs and what each can reach. A risk scoring engine converts attack results into prioritized scores, and Continuous Offensive Security returns validated proof per exploitable finding and how findings chain together. These are inventories, scores and per finding evidence. No record of the steps Snyk's own agents took is documented. Sourcesnyk.io/news/snyk-launches-evo-continuous-offensive-securityread 2026-09-29 |
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| Memory & State Persistence | Partial |
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A Discovery Agent maintains a live AI-BOM that a Risk Intelligence Agent continuously enriches, and the platform keeps persistent project and organization state, including scan history and accumulated risk scores. This is persistent system state; no agent memory with its own scope, lifetime or review and delete path is documented. Sourcesnyk.io/news/snyk-launches-agent-security-solutionread 2026-09-29 |
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| Deployment & Data Residency | Full |
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Scanning runs locally through the CLI and the local only MCP server, which the docs state has no hosted remote version, so code need not leave the developer machine; Snyk Broker deploys via Docker or Helm inside the customer network to reach private SCM instances, the docs cover securing data at rest and using FIPS validated cryptography, and Agent Guard enforces at the customer's own agent runtime. Sourcedocs.snyk.io/developer-tools/integrations and docs.snyk.io/snyk-cli; snyk.io/news/snyk-launches-agent-security-solutionread 2026-08-30 |
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| Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs | Full |
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The platform rate card prices separately adoptable capabilities that each do their own job, among them Evo AI-SPM (Discovery, Risk Intelligence and Policy agents), Evo ADS coding agent security, Evo COS AI pentesting and agent red teaming, Secrets, Code, Open Source, IaC, Container and API and Web. Each works without the others, and quickstart guides cover Cursor, Windsurf and Qodo. Sourcesnyk.io/plans and the agent security announcementread 2026-09-29 |
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| Triggers & Channel Coverage | Full |
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Scans fire from source control events, CI/CD pipeline gates, IDE plugins, the CLI, and invocation by third party AI assistants through the MCP server, while Continuous Offensive Security runs continuously against applications as they change rather than on a schedule, and Agent Guard applies at agent runtime in production. Sourcesnyk.io/news/snyk-launches-evo-continuous-offensive-security and docs.snyk.io/developer-toolsread 2026-08-30 |
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| Model Flexibility & Routing | Partial |
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DeepCode AI states it uses multiple AI models, frontier models fine tuned with security specific context and a specialized model of Snyk's own, combined with symbolic AI. No model maker is named and selection is Snyk's, with no customer or admin model choice. Sourcesnyk.io/platform/deepcode-airead 2026-09-29 |
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| APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility | Full |
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A documented REST API for customizing, integrating and automating Snyk workflows, a Snyk CLI with tooling including snyk-delta, snyk-filter and snyk-to-html, and a Snyk MCP server shipped as part of the CLI exposing scan invocation to MCP enabled AI tools, with published quickstart guides for Cursor, Windsurf and Qodo, plus a separate API and Web MCP server for onboarding and configuring scan targets conversationally. Sourcedocs.snyk.io/snyk-api and docs.snyk.io/developer-toolsread 2026-08-30 |
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| Testing, Debugging & Optimization | Full |
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Continuous Offensive Security delivers autonomous AI powered pentesting and agent red teaming that attacks applications continuously as they change, returning validated proof of exploitability and continuously confirming that fixes hold, alongside API and web testing, and Agent Fix retries agentically until a fix validates. Sourcesnyk.io/news/snyk-launches-evo-continuous-offensive-securityread 2026-08-30 |
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| Browser & Computer Use | Not documented |
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Continuous Offensive Security and API and Web Testing attack running applications including web surfaces, but this is security testing against the customer's own targets rather than an agent operating third party software that exposes no programmatic interface; no browser or computer use capability is documented as such. Sourcesnyk.io/news/snyk-launches-evo-continuous-offensive-securityread 2026-08-30 |
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Recent platform changes
Govern Agent Behavior is now generally available in Snyk's Evo, starting with MCP governance. Security teams set an approved list of MCP servers, see when a coding agent reaches for one outside it, and log or block that connection on the developer's machine through local hooks in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and GitHub Copilot.
Bears on: MCP / tool calling / API
View sourceSnyk announced the general availability of Evo Continuous Offensive Security (COS). This new offering provides autonomous, AI-powered pentesting and agent red teaming that continuously tests applications as they change to identify exploitable vulnerabilities.
Bears on: Security / enterprise
View sourceSnyk integrated its Studio product directly into Snowflake's Cortex Code environment. The integration acts as a continuous security guardrail, scanning AI-generated code snippets, containers, and third-party dependencies for vulnerabilities in real time as developers build data applications.
Bears on: Integrations
View sourcePricing
Free ($0) · Team from $25/mo (up to 10 developers) · Enterprise: prepaid credits at $1 each on a public rate card
Team: flat monthly subscription for up to 10 developers. Enterprise: prepaid credits consumed per active contributor, monitored image, provisioned target, active machine or assessment per day, depending on capability.
Included quota
Free ($0): all 5 core products (SCA/SAST/Container/IaC/Cloud), unlimited contributing developers, unlimited tests on public/OSS repos, ~200 SCA / 100 SAST / 300 IaC / 100 Container private-repo tests per month, IDE/CLI/SCM integrations; NO Jira integration or automated fix PRs. Team ($25/dev/mo): unlimited tests, Jira integration, automated fix PRs, license compliance, 'Reachability' (paid-only), 24x5 support, up to 10 licenses. Ignite (~$1,260/dev/yr): Enterprise-grade platform for up to 50 devs. Enterprise (custom): unlimited tests (custom quote), SSO, RBAC, custom user roles, security-policy management, rich API, reports, on-prem container registries + self-hosted SCM (GitHub Enterprise Server / Bitbucket DC / GitLab Enterprise / Azure DevOps Server), priority support, data residency (US/EU/AUS), FedRAMP (extra).
What is public
Snyk publishes Free ($0: SCA, SAST, IaC and Container with 5 projects and 100 Snyk Code tests a month) and Team (from $25 a month for up to 10 developers: 100 projects, 1,000 Snyk Code tests a month, Jira integration, next business day support). Enterprise is a credit-based Platform Subscription with a public rate card at $1 per credit; the credit volume is quoted by sales. Evo capabilities (AI pentesting, coding agent security, AI-SPM) require Enterprise.
Billing mechanics
Two models. Free and Team are flat self serve subscriptions with per-product test limits; Team starts at $25 a month and covers up to 10 developers. Enterprise is a Platform Subscription of prepaid credits (1 credit = $1) valid for the contract term, drawn by each capability at published rates: Code and Open Source 1.0 credit per active contributor per day, IaC 0.33, Secrets 0.66, Evo AI-SPM 0.66, Container 0.33 per monitored image per day, API and Web 3.0 per provisioned target per day, Evo ADS coding agent security 1.0 per active machine per day, Evo COS AI pentesting 4,000 per assessment. The former Ignite tier no longer appears.
Cost watchouts
Enterprise credits burn daily per active contributor for each capability, so buying several products multiplies the daily draw; AI pentesting at 4,000 credits ($4,000) per assessment adds up quickly if run continuously. Consumption past the prepaid pool is billed in arrears. Evo capabilities are not available on Free or Team.
Variable cost rationale
Scales with contributing-developer count x number of products purchased; on Free, exposure is test-volume (private-repo scans).
Additional watchouts
The Team plan caps at 10 developers, and every Evo capability needs the Enterprise credit subscription; model the daily credit draw per active contributor across each product you enable before committing to a credit pool.
Overage / add-ons
Free and Team carry monthly test limits per product (Snyk Code 100 tests on Free, 1,000 on Team) and project caps (5 and 100). On Enterprise, consumption beyond the prepaid credit pool is tracked as on-demand usage and invoiced in arrears, or credits can be topped up mid-contract.
Sales call required
Mixed (some tiers require a call)
Commercial notes
Snyk covers developer first security across SCA, SAST, container, IaC and cloud, plus AI code security. A Forrester study commissioned by Snyk claims 288% ROI and a 6 month payback. Customer case studies cite reductions in fix time, such as 62% at Komatsu.
Key ambiguities
The Enterprise rate card is public at $1 a credit, but credit volumes, the minimum credit purchase and any volume discounts are quoted by sales. The real cost depends on the daily credit draw of each capability you enable.
Cancellation / refund
Free (no card, permanent); Team self-serve monthly or annual (12-for-11, ~8% off; 5-dev minimum, 10-license cap); Ignite/Enterprise annual by default (multi-year 20-45% discounts); Enterprise via sales
Support SLA / resale
Community/docs (Free); 24x5 support (Team); Enterprise adds priority support, dedicated CS, SLAs, SSO/RBAC, self-hosted SCM, data residency (US/EU/AUS); broad IDE/CLI/SCM/CI integrations; DeepCode AI engine; CVE DB updated within ~24h of new disclosures
Missing data
Enterprise credit volumes and any volume discounts are quoted by sales; the rate card is public but the minimum credit purchase is not.
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