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Klocwork vs Snyk comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.2
Klocwork enhances code quality and compliance, improving efficiency in defect resolution, especially in automotive sectors, despite ROI measurement challenges.
Sentiment score
6.7
Snyk significantly boosts productivity and ROI by enhancing vulnerability management, offering quick integration, and providing cost-saving preventative measures.
The main ROI factors include efficiency and how we meet compliance standards for various automotive requirements.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Klocwork's support is praised for responsiveness, effective problem-solving, and reducing user contact via comprehensive documentation, despite prioritization issues.
Sentiment score
7.5
Snyk's support is generally praised for direct expert access and proactive communication, though some desire faster, clearer responses.
The issue is not about the knowledge of the support but about the prioritization of the tickets they handle.
The customer support team is very responsive, proactive, and engages in conversations to ensure our needs are met.
During the initial phase when I did interact with the vendor, the support was satisfactory.
Their response time aligns with their SLA commitments.
Our long-standing association has ensured smooth communication, resulting in favorable support experiences and satisfactory issue resolution.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.7
Klocwork is scalable, efficient, and integrates well with SAST tools, suitable for teams of all sizes without scalability issues.
Sentiment score
7.3
Snyk scales well with extensive repositories, though users want faster bulk processing and improved UI, appreciating integration ease.
Klocwork supports our scalability needs without issues, even as project volumes increase.
The program-to-program enablement is scalable.
Snyk allows for scaling across large organizations, accommodating tens of thousands of applications and over 60,000 repositories.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
Klocwork is reliable and stable, effectively handling large codebases but requires significant computing power and faster updates.
Sentiment score
7.8
Snyk is stable with minimal downtime, reliable performance, responsive support, and highly rated stability for cloud and on-prem setups.
Installation is easy, and the solution is stable.
 

Room For Improvement

Klocwork needs improved language support, flexible reporting, better integration with Agile DevOps, and enhanced static and dynamic analysis.
Snyk requires improved language support, IDE integration, UI, accuracy, reporting, automation, documentation, API access, and AI-driven vulnerability detection.
We would like Klocwork to connect to Git and notify developers of issues tied to specific commits.
Klocwork sometimes provides too many additional warnings which require expertise to manage.
There are too many warnings, and it requires expertise to determine the correct category for them.
One key feature we are currently examining with Veracode is AIVSS (Artificial Intelligence VSS), which is an extension of CVSS to cover use cases or top 10 LLM findings during code scanning.
The inclusion of AI to remove false positives would be beneficial.
It lacks the ability to select branches on its Web UI, forcing users to rely on CLI or CI/CD for that functionality.
 

Setup Cost

Klocwork's flexible pricing models are valued, though opinions vary on cost-effectiveness, catering to diverse organizational needs.
Snyk offers competitive, scalable pricing based on committers, providing value and flexibility for large-scale enterprise deployments.
It is less expensive than Coverity.
Klocwork was competitively priced, making it a cost-effective solution for us.
Klocwork's pricing seems attractive, as it uses a per-user license model that does not have a lot of overhead.
Snyk is recognized as the cheapest option we have evaluated.
After negotiations, we received a special package with a good price point.
 

Valuable Features

Klocwork provides efficient static code analysis with strong IDE integration, supporting multiple languages and enhancing code quality and collaboration.
Snyk excels with its ease of integration, extensive vulnerability management, and cost-effective support for multiple development tools and languages.
The most valuable feature of Klocwork is the static analysis tools, which help identify potential security threats and errors.
Its integration with the CI/CD pipeline has helped streamline the software development process.
It takes just half a day to set up.
Snyk helps detect vulnerabilities before code moves to production, allowing for integration with DevOps and providing a shift-left advantage by identifying and fixing bugs before deployment.
Our integration of Snyk into GitHub allows us to automatically scan codebases and identify issues, which has improved efficiency.
The best feature of Snyk is the integration with our ticketing system, which is Jira.
 

Categories and Ranking

Klocwork
Ranking in Application Security Tools
18th
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
16th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Static Code Analysis (5th)
Snyk
Ranking in Application Security Tools
5th
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (14th), Container Security (5th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (2nd), Software Development Analytics (2nd), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (16th), DevSecOps (2nd), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Klocwork is 1.4%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Snyk is 7.2%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

AnirbanSarkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Lets you find defects during the development phase, so you don't have to wait till the development is over to find and address flaws
What needs improvement in Klocwork, compared to other products in the market, is the dashboard or reporting mechanisms that need to be a bit more flexible. The Klocwork dashboard could be improved. Though it's good, it's not as good as some of the other products in the market, which is a problem. The reporting could be more detailed and easier to sort out because sorting in Klocwork could be a bit more time-consuming, mainly when sorting defects based on filters, compared to how it's done on other tools such as Coverity. What I'd like added in the next release of Klocwork is the peer code review Cahoots which used to be a part of Klocwork, and the architecture analysis and both have been taken out of Klocwork. I found the two critical for specific deployments, so if those can be brought back to Klocwork, that would be very good.
meetharoon - PeerSpot reviewer
Affordable tool boosts code scanning efficiency but faces integration hurdles
The most important feature of Snyk is its cost-effectiveness compared to other solutions such as Check Point. It is easy to consolidate Snyk across multiple entities within a large organization. Additionally, our integration of Snyk into GitHub allows us to automatically scan codebases and identify issues, which has improved efficiency.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
27%
Computer Software Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
5%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Klocwork?
It's integrated into our CI, continuous integration.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Klocwork?
Klocwork's pricing seems attractive, as it uses a per-user license model that does not have a lot of overhead.
What needs improvement with Klocwork?
One area for improvement is that when customers use different static analysis tools, they report more issues compared to Klocwork. The static analysis engine of Klocwork has areas that need improve...
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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