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Snyk or Wiz Code: agentic AppSec compared
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By The Pipeline Desk · Best Agentic AppSec · Published 2026-10-08
Desk research from public vendor pages, changelogs and standards documents. Vendor facts read in September 2026, updated 2026-10-11. Editorial assessment; we did not run the products.
How do they compare at a glance?
Snyk
Widest named coding agent reach and a free start
Rank 5 of 10
Wiz Code
Best single findings view for teams on Wiz Cloud
Rank 8 of 10
Which scores higher on each criterion?
| Criterion | Weight | Snyk | Wiz Code | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent and MCP discovery | 10% | 8 / 10 Evo Agentic Development Security discovers MCP servers, skills and tools used by coding agents. Source: Snyk Evo Agentic Development Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 | 7 / 10 AI-BOM inventories AI frameworks, models and IDE extensions including Gemini Code Assist, GitHub Copilot and Cursor; an MCP server inventory is not stated. Source: Wiz blog: Wiz Code Week recap · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Snyk |
| Agent policy enforcement and audit | 10% | 7 / 10 Evo can evaluate, steer or block risky agent activity on an Enterprise subscription; audit evidence and tamper resistance are not stated. Source: Snyk Evo Agentic Development Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 | 4 / 10 Plugins for Claude Code and Cursor and pre-commit hooks; agent policy, blocking of agent actions and an endpoint agent are not stated. Source: Wiz blog: Wiz Code Week recap · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Snyk |
| Secret handling for agents | 5% | 8 / 10 Snyk Secrets, generally available since 4 Aug 2026, adds prevention gates across coding agents, IDEs, PRs and CI/CD. Source: Snyk news: Evo Continuous Offensive Security and Snyk Secrets · Read 27 Sep 2026 | 6 / 10 Secrets scanning, and pre-commit hooks that catch secrets before source control; secret handling inside agent sessions is not described. Source: Wiz Code product page · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Snyk |
| Agentic remediation | 20% | 5 / 10 A remediation agent entered public preview through the Snyk CLI on 4 Aug 2026; validation and where fixes land are not stated. Source: Snyk news: Evo Continuous Offensive Security and Snyk Secrets · Read 27 Sep 2026 | 6 / 10 Wiz Skills let coding agents pull issues and apply fixes in the IDE through Wiz Green Agent, and Wiz Code fixes issues in the IDE, pull requests or CI/CD; validation is not stated. Source: Wiz blog: Wiz Code Week recap · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Wiz Code |
| Agentic triage and prioritization | 15% | 9 / 10 Prioritizes with a Risk Score and reachability; the Risk Score weighs exploit reachability, exploit maturity, business impact, EPSS, CVSS, transitive depth and social trends. Source: Snyk: risk-based prioritization · Read 11 Oct 2026 | 6 / 10 Findings are put in context on the Wiz Security Graph, including CI/CD pipelines; a reachability or business-context method is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Wiz blog: Wiz Code Week recap · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Snyk |
| SDLC policy and supply chain posture | 10% | 7 / 10 Dependency scanning is core and Snyk Secrets (generally available 4 Aug 2026) adds prevention gates across agents, IDEs, PRs and CI/CD; pipeline posture is not described. Source: Snyk news: Evo Continuous Offensive Security and Snyk Secrets · Read 27 Sep 2026 | 8 / 10 CI-BOM models CI/CD pipelines on the Security Graph, with pre-commit hooks for secrets, IaC misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. Source: Wiz blog: Wiz Code Week recap · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Wiz Code |
| Scanner coverage and orchestration | 10% | 7 / 10 Broad native scanning (SAST, SCA, IaC, containers); ingesting other scanners' findings is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Snyk plans · Read 27 Sep 2026 | 9 / 10 Aggregates findings from built-in and third-party scanners (SAST, SCA, DAST) in one view. Source: Wiz Code product page · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Wiz Code |
| Named coding agent reach | 10% | 8 / 10 Names 5 of the six agents we track: Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenAI Codex and Kiro. Source: Snyk Evo Agentic Development Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 Source: Snyk homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026 | 5 / 10 Names 3 of the six agents we track: Claude Code, Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Source: Wiz blog: Wiz Code Week recap · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Snyk |
| Pricing and trial transparency | 10% | 7 / 10 Free and Team (from $25 a month, up to 10 developers) are published with a public Enterprise credit rate, but coding agent security is Enterprise only. Source: Snyk plans · Read 27 Sep 2026 | 3 / 10 No public price on wiz.io; AWS Marketplace lists 100 Wiz Code licenses as an add-on for Wiz Cloud at $58,500 for 12 months. Source: AWS Marketplace: Wiz Code listing · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Snyk |
How do they differ along the pipeline?
| Control point | Snyk | Wiz Code |
|---|---|---|
| Agent | Documented Evo Agentic Development Security discovers MCP servers, skills and tools and can evaluate, steer or block risky agent activity (Enterprise). Source: Snyk Evo Agentic Development Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Partial Plugins for Claude Code and Cursor and an AI-BOM of IDE extensions; agent policy is not stated. Source: Wiz blog: Wiz Code Week recap · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| IDE | Documented The Free plan includes IDE, CLI and source control integrations. Source: Snyk plans · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Documented IDE scanning and pre-commit hooks for secrets, IaC and vulnerabilities. Source: Wiz Code product page · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Pull request | Documented SAST, SCA, IaC and container scanning through source control integrations. Source: Snyk plans · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Documented Fixes issues in pull requests and CI/CD. Source: Wiz Code product page · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Pipeline | Documented Snyk Secrets, generally available since 4 August 2026, adds prevention gates across coding agents, IDEs, pull requests and CI/CD. Source: Snyk news: Evo Continuous Offensive Security and Snyk Secrets · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Documented CI-BOM models CI/CD pipelines on the Security Graph. Source: Wiz blog: Wiz Code Week recap · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Triage | Documented Risk Score and reachability; the Risk Score weighs exploit reachability, exploit maturity, business impact, EPSS, CVSS, transitive depth and social trends. Source: Snyk: risk-based prioritization · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Partial Findings in context on the Security Graph; method not detailed. Source: Wiz blog: Wiz Code Week recap · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Fix | Partial A remediation agent entered public preview through the Snyk CLI and agentic development environments on 4 August 2026. Source: Snyk news: Evo Continuous Offensive Security and Snyk Secrets · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Documented Wiz Skills let coding agents apply fixes in the IDE through Wiz Green Agent. Source: Wiz blog: Wiz Code Week recap · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
What do they cost?
Snyk
Free $0 (SCA, SAST, IaC and container, IDE, CLI and SCM integrations). Team $25 a month. Enterprise credit based, 1 credit = $1; the rate card prices Evo ADS coding agent security at 1.0 credit per active machine per day.
Source: Snyk plans (October 2026) · Read 11 Oct 2026
Free start: Free plan with IDE, CLI and source control integrations.
Wiz Code
AWS Marketplace list price: 100 Wiz Code licenses, add-on for Wiz Cloud, $58,500 for 12 months. No public price on wiz.io.
Source: AWS Marketplace: Wiz Code listing · Read 11 Oct 2026
Free start: No free tier stated on the pages reviewed.
Which coding agents does each name?
| Agent | Snyk | Wiz Code |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Named | Named |
| Cursor | Named | Named |
| GitHub Copilot | Not named | Named |
| Windsurf | Named | Not named |
| OpenAI Codex | Named | Not named |
| Kiro | Named | Not named |
| Total | 5 of 6 | 3 of 6 |
Which should you choose?
Choose Snyk if you need agentic triage and prioritization and agent and mcp discovery. Snyk: Widest named coding agent reach and a free start.
Choose Wiz Code if you need scanner coverage and orchestration and sdlc policy and supply chain posture. Wiz Code: Best single findings view for teams on Wiz Cloud.
Frequently asked questions
Which is better for agentic AppSec, Snyk or Wiz Code?
On our published weights Snyk scores higher overall, 7.15 to 6.00 out of 10. See the criterion table above for where each scores higher.
Which governs coding agents more fully, Snyk or Wiz Code?
Snyk scores higher on the agent governance group (7.6 to 5.6). Snyk: Evo Agentic Development Security discovers MCP servers, skills and tools and can evaluate, steer or block risky agent activity (Enterprise). Wiz Code: Plugins for Claude Code and Cursor and an AI-BOM of IDE extensions; agent policy is not stated.
Do Snyk and Wiz Code publish prices?
Snyk: Free $0 (SCA, SAST, IaC and container, IDE, CLI and SCM integrations). Team $25 a month. Enterprise credit based, 1 credit = $1; the rate card prices Evo ADS coding agent security at 1.0 credit per active machine per day. Wiz Code: AWS Marketplace list price: 100 Wiz Code licenses, add-on for Wiz Cloud, $58,500 for 12 months. No public price on wiz.io.