Snyk Code vs Klocwork

Snyk Code9.2Visit Klocwork8.5Visit

Higher score Snyk Code #2 in SAST Tools 9.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Snyk Code

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Klocwork #6 in SAST Tools 8.5/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Klocwork

• Snyk Code fits best

  Teams wanting affordable SAST with fixes

• Klocwork fits best

  Embedded and enterprise engineering teams

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Side by side

Feature	Snyk Code 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Klocwork 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.5
Ranking	#2 in SAST Tools	#6 in SAST Tools
Best for	Teams wanting affordable SAST with fixes	Embedded and enterprise engineering teams
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$25/user/mo	Pricing on request
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop	Self-hosted, Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, Linux
Support	Tickets, Phone, Docs	Email, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR	SSO/SAML
Integrations	109+ integrations	10 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Snyk Code 5/5 · Klocwork 5/5
Pull request scans	✓	✓
IDE support	✓	✓
CI/CD integration	✓	✓
Custom security rules	✓	✓
Automated fixes	✓	✓
Specs
Analysis targets	source code	source code
Languages supported	16	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Free plan and $25 Team tier billed per contributing developer monthly Scanning across source code, pull requests, IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, CLI, and API Prioritization and Snyk Agent Fix provide remediation support	Incremental analysis focuses checks on changed files. Wide IDE coverage includes Visual Studio Code and Android Studio. Custom checkers, quality gates, triage, and Smart Rank support governance.
Cons	Pricing is tied to the number of contributing developers Ignite uses annual billing at $1,260 per contributing developer Its primary analysis target is source code rather than a broader testing scope	Pricing requires contacting sales. It is not open source. Its analysis targets source code rather than runtime behavior.
Our verdict	Snyk Code is a static application security testing tool for developers and security teams. It analyzes source code for security vulnerabilities and coding issues, then provides contextual findings, remediation guidance, and automated code… Read the review →	Klocwork is Perforce Software’s static application security testing and code-analysis product for mission-critical and embedded software teams. It analyzes C, C++, C#, Rust, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Kotlin for security… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Snyk Code — where it wins

  • Free plan and $25 Team tier billed per contributing developer monthly
  • Scanning across source code, pull requests, IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, CLI, and API
  • Prioritization and Snyk Agent Fix provide remediation support

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is tied to the number of contributing developers
  • Ignite uses annual billing at $1,260 per contributing developer
  • Its primary analysis target is source code rather than a broader testing scope

• Klocwork — where it wins

  • Incremental analysis focuses checks on changed files.
  • Wide IDE coverage includes Visual Studio Code and Android Studio.
  • Custom checkers, quality gates, triage, and Smart Rank support governance.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales.
  • It is not open source.
  • Its analysis targets source code rather than runtime behavior.

• Snyk Code9.2/10 · Free plan

  Affordable source-code SAST with pull-request, IDE, CI/CD, and automated-fix workflows.

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• Klocwork8.5/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad SAST and code-analysis platform for embedded and enterprise engineering teams.

  Visit KlocworkFull verdict →