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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2025

CoreOS Clair and Snyk compete in the container security and vulnerability scanning category. Snyk holds the upper hand due to its extensive feature set and superior customer support that justify its pricing.

Features: CoreOS Clair provides static analysis capabilities, real-time vulnerability insights, and direct integration into container build pipelines. Snyk offers broad vulnerability management, extensive language support, and advanced reporting tools, alongside a developer-first security approach and user-friendly dashboard.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CoreOS Clair is easily deployed on-premises, focusing on CI/CD workflow integration but offers limited self-service customer support. Snyk provides cloud-native and multi-platform deployment flexibility with extensive customer service, making it suitable for larger enterprises.

Pricing and ROI: CoreOS Clair is budget-friendly, delivering favorable initial ROI for cost-conscious organizations. Snyk is more expensive yet offers long-term value with its advanced features and security scalability, ensuring a strong ROI over time.

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CoreOS Clair vs. Snyk

September 2025

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Categories and Ranking

CoreOS Clair

Ranking in Container Security

28th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Snyk

Ranking in Container Security

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (18th), Application Security Tools (6th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (8th), GRC (5th), Cloud Management (14th), Vulnerability Management (14th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (1st), Software Development Analytics (2nd), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (15th), DevSecOps (2nd), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of CoreOS Clair is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Snyk is 5.3%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Container Security Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Snyk	5.3%
CoreOS Clair	0.6%
Other	94.1%

Container Security

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Felipe Giffu

Red Hat Solution Architect at Seprol Computadores e Sistemas

An operational system, similar to Linux where you can run your applications inside containers

With CoreOS, you can run your applications inside containers. For example, if you have an application that needs to run on Linux, you can create and install a container. However, it's important to note that you don't install CoreOS inside a container; CoreOS is the host operating system that manages containers. When you mentioned using Nacula as part of your CI/CD pipeline, it means your application is deployed and managed automatically through the CI/CD process. Containers are used to deploy your application within this pipeline, but CoreOS does not run inside these containers. Instead, CoreOS is the base operating system that supports and manages these containers.

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meetharoon

CEO at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Affordable tool boosts code scanning efficiency but faces integration hurdles

I lead a code security practice for our organization. We integrated Snyk into our GitHub, using CLI to automatically scan codebases and identify issues. We are a large organization with three independent entities, consolidating Snyk across all entities. We also provide access through numerous…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"With CoreOS, you can run your applications inside containers. For example, if you have an application that needs to run on Linux, you can create and install a container. However, it's important to note that you don't install CoreOS inside a container; CoreOS is the host operating system that manages containers."

"CoreOS Clair's best feature is detection accuracy."

"It has improved our vulnerability rating and reduced our vulnerabilities through the tool during the time that we've had it. It's definitely made us more aware, as we have removed scoping for existing vulnerabilities and platforms since we rolled it out up until now."

"It has an accurate database of vulnerabilities with a low amount of false positives."

"It is easy for developers to use. The documentation is clear as well as the APIs are good and easily readable. It's a good solution overall."

"Snyk performs software composition analysis (SCA) similar to other expensive tools."

"The solution's Open Source feature gives us notifications and suggestions regarding how to address vulnerabilities."

"The most valuable features are their GitLab and JIRA integrations. The GitLab integration lets us pull projects in pretty easily, so that it's pretty minimal for developers to get it set up. Using the JIRA integration, it's also pretty easy to get the information that is generated, as a result of that GitLab integration, back to our teams in a non-intrusive way and in a workflow that we are already using."

"The most valuable feature of Snyk is the software composition analysis."

"The customization is excellent."

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Cons

"An area for improvement is that CoreOS Clair doesn't provide information about the location of vulnerabilities it detects."

"It can be improved in its support response. They usually take up to seven days to resolve the issue."

"The log export function could be easier when shipping logs to other platforms such as Splunk."

"They were a couple of issues which happened because Snyk lacked some documentation on the integration side. Snyk is lacking a lot of documentation, and I would like to see them improve this. This is where we struggle a bit. For example, if something breaks, we can't figure out how to fix that issue. It may be a very simple thing, but because we don't have the proper documentation around an issue, it takes us a bit longer."

"I would like to give further ability to grouping code repositories, in such a way that you could group them by the teams that own them, then produce alerting to those teams. The way that we are seeing it right now, the alerting only goes to a couple of places. I wish we could configure the code to go to different places."

"We would like to have upfront knowledge on how easy it should be to just pull in an upgraded dependency, e.g., even introduce full automation for dependencies supposed to have no impact on the business side of things. Therefore, we would like some output when you get the report with the dependencies. We want to get additional information on the expected impact of the business code that is using the dependency with the newer version. This probably won't be easy to add, but it would be helpful."

"DAST has shortcomings, and Snyk needs to improve and overcome such shortcomings."

"I think Snyk should add more of a vulnerability protection feature in the tool since it is an area where it lacks."

"We have to integrate with their database, which means we need to send our entire code to them to scan, and they send us the report. A company working in the financial domain usually won't like to share its code or any information outside its network with any third-party provider."

"The tool should provide more flexibility and guidance to help us fix the top vulnerabilities before we go into production."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"CoreOS Clair is open-source and free of charge."

"I didn't think the price was that great, but it wasn't that bad, either. I'd rate their pricing as average in the market."

"The pricing is acceptable, especially for enterprises. I don't think it's too much of a concern for our customers. Something like $99 per user is reasonable when the stakes are high."

"I would rate the pricing of Snyk at two. I'm currently using the free version, which the company offers before buying the full version. So, the price is affordable, especially for an enterprise."

"Their licensing model is fairly robust and scalable for our needs. I believe we have reached a reasonable agreement on the licensing to enable hundreds of developers to participate in this product offering. The solution is very tailored towards developers and its licensing model works well for us."

"Despite Snyk's coverage, scalability, reliability, and stability, it is available at a very competitive price."

"The price of the solution is expensive compared to other solutions."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"The price is good. Snyk had a good price compared to the competition, who had higher pricing than them. Also, their licensing and billing are clear."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	21

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CoreOS Clair?

If you work with CoreOS or OpenShift, you don't need to pay for CoreOS separately. When you pay for OpenShift, you get CoreOS included, so you don't need to pay for the operating system separately....

What needs improvement with CoreOS Clair?

It can be improved in its support response. They usually take up to seven days to resolve the issue.

What is your primary use case for CoreOS Clair?

We use the tool to manage and secure the event file system. CoreOS Clair is an operational system that is very similar to Linux and offers benefits to other Linux operating systems. One major advan...

How does Snyk compare with SonarQube?

Snyk does a great job identifying and reducing vulnerabilities. This solution is fully automated and monitors 24/7 to find any issues reported on the internet. It will store dependencies that you a...

What do you like most about Snyk?

The most effective feature in securing project dependencies stems from its ability to highlight security vulnerabilities.

What needs improvement with Snyk?

There are a lot of false positives that need to be identified and separated. The inclusion of AI to remove false positives would be beneficial. So far, I've not seen any AI features to enhance vuln...

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Overview

Clair is an open source project for the static analysis of vulnerabilities in appc and docker containers.

Vulnerability data is continuously imported from a known set of sources and correlated with the indexed contents of container images in order to produce lists of vulnerabilities that threaten a container. When vulnerability data changes upstream, the previous state and new state of the vulnerability along with the images they affect can be sent via webhook to a configured endpoint. All major components can be customized programmatically at compile-time without forking the project.

Red Hat

Snyk excels in integrating security within the development lifecycle, providing teams with an AI Trust Platform that combines speed with security efficiency, ensuring robust AI application development.

Snyk empowers developers with AI-ready engines offering broad coverage, accuracy, and speed essential for modern development. With AI-powered visibility and security, Snyk allows proactive threat prevention and swift threat remediation. The platform supports shifts toward LLM engineering and AI code analysis, enhancing security and development productivity. Snyk collaborates with GenAI coding assistants for improved productivity and AI application threat management. Platform extensibility supports evolving standards with API access and native integrations, ensuring comprehensive and seamless security embedding in development tools.

What are Snyk's standout features?

Simplicity and Integration: Easy to integrate across platforms like GitLab, GitHub, and Jira.
Comprehensive Vulnerability Database: Offers accurate reporting for effective vulnerability management.
Developer-Friendly Design: Supports multiple programming languages, appealing to developers.
Automation and Flexibility: Enhances workflow efficiency with automated capabilities.

What benefits can users expect?

Efficiency in Vulnerability Detection: Streamlines prioritization and remediation processes.
Cost-Effectiveness: Offers a competitive pricing model compared to alternatives.
Enhanced Workflow: Integration with DevOps tools improves development processes.

Industries leverage Snyk for security in CI/CD pipelines by automating checks for dependency vulnerabilities and managing open-source licenses. Its Docker and Kubernetes scanning capabilities enhance container security, supporting a proactive security approach. Integrations with platforms like GitHub and Azure DevOps optimize implementation across diverse software environments.

Sample Customers

eBay, Veritas, Verizon, SalesForce

StartApp, Segment, Skyscanner, DigitalOcean, Comic Relief