OpenText Cloud Service Automation vs Snyk comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2025

OpenText Cloud Service Automation and Snyk compete in enterprise solutions with different focuses: OpenText excels in automation, while Snyk specializes in developer security. Snyk has the upper hand due to its comprehensive features and perceived value despite higher costs.

Features: OpenText focuses on robust cloud service automation, including life cycle management, scalability for resource allocation, and user-friendly interfaces for job management. Snyk emphasizes developer-oriented security, offering seamless integrations with tools like Slack for vulnerability notifications, container security, and a comprehensive vulnerability database.

Room for Improvement: OpenText could enhance integration with non-HPE products, improve flexibility in user offerings, and refine user interface customization. Snyk should expand its vulnerability library size, address integration challenges with certain CI/CD pipelines, and improve licensing issue management for non-SPDX compliant licenses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText offers flexible deployment and efficient system integration, backed by reliable customer support. Snyk provides a straightforward setup tailored for developers, with strong community support and developer-friendly deployment.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText has a structured, attractive pricing model for large-scale automation with strong ROI through operational efficiencies. Snyk has higher pricing, justified by its comprehensive security capabilities, offering substantial ROI in application security.

To learn more, read our detailed OpenText Cloud Service Automation vs. Snyk Report (Updated: September 2025).

OpenText Cloud Service Automation vs. Snyk

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Cloud Service Auto...

Ranking in Cloud Management

34th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Snyk

Ranking in Cloud Management

14th

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), Vulnerability Management (14th), Container Security (6th), 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 October 2025, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of OpenText Cloud Service Automation is 0.7%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Snyk is 1.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Snyk	1.3%
OpenText Cloud Service Automation	0.7%
Other	98.0%

Cloud Management

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SunpritSingh

Test Lead at MindTree

A user friendly solution that makes it easy to submit and view jobs

The most valuable feature of Micro Focus Cloud Service is how user-friendly the solution is. Traditionally, when we use a mainframe system to submit jobs, we have to see the spool or any error we might get in the spool. It is very command-based and uses a green screen, which is not user-friendly. Micro Focus enterprise makes it easy to submit and view jobs. We just have to log into the particular portal, go to the catalog and view any files we want. The same can be said about submitting jobs. We know what JCL we want to submit, give it the path, and then submit it with no command required. It is very user-friendly.

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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

"The most valuable feature of Micro Focus Cloud Service is how user friendly the solution is."

"The tool's most valuable feature is life cycle management."

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

"The best feature of Snyk is the integration with our ticketing system, which is Jira."

"From a compliance and visibility reporting perspective, the fact that it can be applicable for multi-cloud environments is very helpful."

"It has a nice dashboard where I can see all the vulnerabilities and risks that they provided. I can also see the category of any risk, such as medium, high, and low. They provide the input priority-wise. The team can target the highest one first, and then they can go to medium and low ones."

"The most important feature of Snyk is its cost-effectiveness compared to other solutions such as Check Point."

"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"From the software composition analysis perspective, it first makes sure that we understand what is happening from a third-party perspective for the particular product that we use. This is very difficult when you are building software and incorporating dependencies from other libraries, because those dependencies have dependencies and that chain of dependencies can go pretty deep. There could be a vulnerability in something that is seven layers deep, and it would be very difficult to understand that is even affecting us. Therefore, Snyk provides fantastic visibility to know, "Yes, we have a problem. Here is where it ultimately comes from." It may not be with what we're incorporating, but something much deeper than that."

"We use Snyk to check vulnerabilities and rectify potential leaks in GitHub."

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Cons

"I would like fewer restrictions as a software tester."

"OpenText Cloud Service Automation needs to incorporate easier installation. It should improve skills and quality of support."

"Basically the licensing costs are a little bit expensive."

"The general input I have is that there is an opportunity for them to better align with other similar tools and better align with similar capabilities that cloud suppliers deliver natively."

"Scalability has some issues because we have a lot of code and its use is mandatory. Therefore, it can be slow at times, especially because there are a lot of projects and reporting. Some UI improvements could help with this."

"Technically, we have better vulnerabilities detection in Checkmarx and Veracode. Both of them are more precise about vulnerabilities detection."

"It lists projects. So, if you have a number of microservices in an enterprise, then you could have pages of findings. Developers will then spend zero time going through the pages of reports to figure out, "Is there something I need to fix?" While it may make sense to list all the projects and issues in these very long lists for completeness, Snyk could do a better job of bubbling up and grouping items, e.g., a higher level dashboard that draws attention to things that are new, the highest priority things, or things trending in the wrong direction. That would make it a lot easier. They don't quite have that yet in container security."

"We've also had technical issues with blocking newly introduced vulnerabilities in PRs and that was creating a lot of extra work for developers in trying to close and reopen the PR to get rid of some areas. We ended up having to disable that feature altogether because it wasn't really working for us and it was actually slowing down developer velocity."

"One area where Snyk could improve is in providing developers with the line where the error occurs."

"Compatibility with other products would be great."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"OpenText Cloud Service Automation's pricing is average."

"Pricing-wise, it is not expensive as compared to other tools. If you have a couple of licenses, you can scan a certain number of projects. It just needs to be attached to them."

"The product's price is okay."

"Snyk is a premium-priced product, so it's kind of expensive. The big con that I find frustrating is when a company charges extra for single sign-on (SSO) into their SaaS app. Snyk is one of the few that I'm willing to pay that add-on charge, but generally I disqualify products that charge an extra fee to do integrated authentication to our identity provider, like Okta or some other SSO. That is a big negative. We had to pay extra for that. That little annoyance aside, it is expensive. You get a lot out of it, but you're paying for that premium."

"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."

"For what Snyk offers, it has the best cost-benefit I have ever seen because you're buying the license per user."

"It's inexpensive and easy to license. It comes in standard package sizing, which is straightforward. This information is publicly found on their website."

"Compared to Veracode, Snyk is definitely a cheaper tool."

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

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Financial Services Firm

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13%

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Small Business	1
Large Enterprise	6

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Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	21

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Micro Focus Cloud Service Automation?

The tool's most valuable feature is life cycle management.

What needs improvement with Micro Focus Cloud Service Automation?

OpenText Cloud Service Automation needs to incorporate easier installation. It should improve skills and quality of support.

What advice do you have for others considering Micro Focus Cloud Service Automation?

We have large customers for OpenText Cloud Service Automation. I rate it a nine out of ten.

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?

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Cloud Service Automation, Cloud Service Automation Manager, HPE Cloud Service Automation

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Overview

OpenText Cloud Service Automation provides open, heterogeneous, extensible enterprise-grade cloud service lifecycle management to design and orchestrate full stack services. CSA embraces existing automation assets with an enhanced orchestration engine, which provides IT with an informed, transparent delivery of secure compliant services for the hybrid cloud.

OpenText

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

China Merchants Bank, Osiatis

StartApp, Segment, Skyscanner, DigitalOcean, Comic Relief

OpenText Cloud Service Automation vs. Snyk