GitHub Advanced Security vs Snyk across CodeQL, Dependabot, and Snyk Code

AppSec tooling used to sit beside the forge as a separate scanner queue. GitHub folded CodeQL, Dependabot, and secret scanning into Advanced Security SKUs on the same pull request. Snyk continued to ship Code, Open Source, Container, and IaC findings into Fix PRs on whichever SCM the team already uses. Both still find first-party and open-source issues. The documented split is which surfaces they meter and where the fix lands.

Buy GitHub Advanced Security when the monorepo already lives in GitHub and CodeQL plus Dependabot is enough. Buy Snyk when the same AppSec policy must cover GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and containers alike.

Overview

	GitHub Advanced Security	Snyk
Primary use case	GitHub-native AppSec add-ons: Code Security for CodeQL and Dependabot premium controls, Secret Protection for secret scanning and push protection on private and internal repositories	Developer AppSec platform for Snyk Code, Open Source, Container, and IaC with Fix PRs and IDE or CLI remediation across supported SCM integrations
Day-to-day workflow	Enable Code Security and Secret Protection on GitHub repositories, run CodeQL on pull requests, triage Dependabot alerts with custom auto-triage rules, and block secret pushes with push protection	Import repositories from a connected SCM, run PR checks for Code and Open Source, open automatic or manual Fix PRs for supported manifests and Docker Official base images, and apply IDE or Agent Fix suggestions where enabled
Main buying consideration	Secret Protection is listed at USD 19 per active committer per month and Code Security at USD 30 per active committer per month on github.com/security/plans checked 7 Oct 2026. Billing counts unique active committers who pushed to an enabled repository in the last 90 days. GitHub Team or Enterprise is required to purchase	Team is listed at USD 25 per month for development teams of up to 10 developers on snyk.io/plans. Enterprise is Contact Sales prepaid credits with a public rate card (Code and Open Source at 1.0 credit per Active Contributor per Day; Container at 0.33 credit per Monitored Image per Day)

We reviewed GitHub Advanced Security product and plans pages plus Code Security and Secret Protection docs for SKU scope and active-committer metering, the General Motors customer story for a product-named quote, and Snyk plans, credit-based billing, SCM integration, Fix PR, and Container Dockerfile Fix PR docs plus the TechnologyOne customer story.

GitHub Advanced Security

Snyk

Editions and pricing

GitHub publishes two Advanced Security add-on SKUs with per-active-committer rates. Snyk publishes a Free and Team ladder beside an Enterprise credit platform.

	GitHub Advanced Security	Snyk
How it is sold	GitHub Secret Protection and GitHub Code Security as independent add-ons for organizations on GitHub Team or GitHub Enterprise. Public repositories include code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency review without those paid SKUs. Metered billing and volume or subscription licenses are documented for Enterprise paths	Free for individual developers and small teams; Team for up to 10 developers with higher test limits and Jira; Enterprise Platform Subscription as prepaid credits usable across capabilities on the rate card. Evo capabilities such as AI Pentesting require Enterprise
Figure on the public page	USD 19 per active committer per month for Secret Protection and USD 30 per active committer per month for Code Security on github.com/security/plans checked 7 Oct 2026. There is no single printed USD for a combined Advanced Security bundle on that page	USD 25 per month on the Team card checked 7 Oct 2026 for teams of up to 10 developers. Free is USD 0. Enterprise shows Contact Sales. The Platform Rate Card defines 1 credit as the USD 1 pricing unit and lists consumption rates such as 1.0 credit per Active Contributor per Day for Code and Open Source
What the listing adds about payment	An active committer is someone who pushed to a repository with the product enabled within the last 90 days. Unique committers are counted across the organization or enterprise so one person does not consume multiple licenses for multiple repos. SKU-level budgets can stop new enablement when a metered budget is reached	Team is self-serve on the plans page. Exhausted prepaid Enterprise credits continue as on-demand consumption invoiced in arrears per the credit policy dated 4 Aug 2026. Per-credit price on the Order can differ from the rate-card unit definition

Code and dependencies

Shared surface starts with first-party SAST-style findings and open-source dependency alerts on a pull request. The documented controls differ on the engine name and how upgrades arrive.

	GitHub Advanced Security	Snyk
First-party code scanning	Code Security includes code scanning with CodeQL (and third-party tools), CodeQL CLI for local or upload workflows, Copilot Autofix for generated fixes on code scanning alerts, and AI Scan for languages not covered by CodeQL during pull request review	Snyk Code provides SAST in IDE, CLI, and SCM PR checks. Agent Fix in PRs supports @snyk /fix and @snyk /apply for SAST suggestions on GitHub, GitLab, and Azure Repos where enabled
Dependency alerts and upgrades	Code Security adds custom auto-triage rules for Dependabot, dependency review on pull requests, Dependabot security updates with grouped updates, and Dependabot version updates. Dependency graph and Dependabot alerts exist on plans without Code Security; premium Dependabot controls require Code Security on private repos	Snyk Open Source opens automatic and manual Fix PRs, Upgrade PRs, and Backlog PRs for supported package managers on SCM-imported projects. Upgrade PRs include a breakability risk level in the PR description
Portfolio triage at scale	Security campaigns help reduce security debt across repositories. Security overview reports risk distribution for the organization when Code Security or Secret Protection is enabled	Enterprise governance surfaces include reports, SAML SSO, custom roles, and service accounts on the plans matrix. Generated Pull Requests reporting covers Fix, Backlog, and Upgrade PR merge efficiency for Enterprise

Secrets and containers

Both platforms can stop a bad secret or a vulnerable dependency from merging. Container and IaC coverage is documented more fully on the Snyk side as named products.

	GitHub Advanced Security	Snyk
Secret detection and push block	Secret Protection includes secret scanning, push protection, AI-detected unstructured credentials, custom patterns, delegated bypass for push protection, and security campaigns for remediating exposed secrets at scale	Secrets appears on the Enterprise Platform Rate Card at 0.66 credit per Active Contributor per Day. This page does not treat Secrets as a separate Team-card line item beside the USD 25 Team figure
Container image and Dockerfile fixes	Advanced Security feature pages for Code Security and Secret Protection center on code scanning, Dependabot, and secret scanning. A first-party container image scanner with Dockerfile Fix PRs does not appear in those feature lists	Snyk Container scans images and Dockerfiles. Dockerfile Projects can open automatic or manual Fix PRs that change the FROM line for Docker Official base images, with minor, major, and alternative upgrade recommendations
Infrastructure as code	CodeQL and dependency features remain the documented Code Security surface. IaC is not sold as a separate Advanced Security SKU on the plans page reviewed	Snyk IaC scans Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes including Helm, and ARM. Remediation docs describe applying the recommendation, committing, and letting Snyk rescan rather than an automatic Dockerfile-style Fix PR path

Favor GitHub Advanced Security when the documented requirement is CodeQL code scanning, Copilot Autofix, Dependabot custom auto-triage and security updates, dependency review, and Secret Protection push protection on GitHub repositories. Favor Snyk when the documented requirement is Snyk Code, Open Source Fix or Upgrade PRs, Container Dockerfile base-image Fix PRs, and IaC scanning through GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or Azure Repos integrations.