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GitLab vs Snyk

GitLab states that software teams and their agents plan, build, secure, and ship on one control plane. Snyk sells the AI Security Platform, which secures the code AI writes, the agents it runs, and the applications it builds. CISO Tribune files both under Static application security testing, Software composition analysis and Secrets detection. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • GitLab
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GitLab vs Snyk: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
GitLabGitLab states that software teams and their agents plan, build, secure, and ship on one control plane.about.gitlab.comSnykSnyk sells the AI Security Platform, which secures the code AI writes, the agents it runs, and the applications it builds.snyk.io
What it sells
  • GitLab Duo Agent Platform[3]Orchestrates agents across the software development lifecycle.
  • GitLab.com[3]GitLab.com is multi-tenant SaaS.
  • Self-Managed[3]Self-Managed runs in the customer's environment.
  • GitLab Dedicated[3]Single-tenant SaaS with data residency and isolation controls.
  • GitLab Dedicated for Government[3]FedRAMP Moderate authorized single-tenant SaaS.
  • CI/CD Catalog[9]A shared, versioned home for tested components.
  • Snyk Code[12][14][19]Snyk Code provides SAST scanning.
  • Snyk Container[12][13]Container and Kubernetes security solutions for developers and DevOps.
  • Snyk Agent Fix[14]Snyk Agent Fix is an AI-driven tool that automatically fixes code vulnerabilities.
  • Snyk Studio[19]Snyk Studio is a solution for securing the AI-driven development lifecycle.
  • DeepCode AI[20]DeepCode AI powers the Snyk AI Security Platform.
  • Agentic AppSec[12][25]Security agents that find, fix, and verify vulnerabilities continuously.
  • AI-SPM[1][12][18][24]AI Security Posture Management for the AI assets in code.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesBoston, United States[2]
Founded
Not stated on its pages2015[2][17]
Ownership and funding
Public (Nasdaq Global Market: GTLB)[1][14]Not stated on its pagesSeries G (USD 196.5 million round), December 13, 2022[3]
Named customers
Not stated on its pages
Recent news
Not stated on its pages
  • October 15, 2026Snyk announced Evo Agentic AppSec, a team of AI security agents that finds, fixes and blocks vulnerabilities in code.[25]
  • September 17, 2026Snyk said Evo by Snyk now accounts for 60% of its new deal volume and drove a 30% increase in average contract value.[26]
  • September 17, 2026Snyk said its Evo product line accounts for 60% of its new deal volume and has lifted average contract value by 30%.[9]
  • August 4, 2026Snyk made Evo Continuous Offensive Security generally available, offering automated AI pentesting and agent red teaming that runs continuously against applications.[10]
  • June 23, 2026Snyk released Evo Agentic Development Security, which governs the tools AI coding agents use, what they do, and the code they generate.[11]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[14]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
GitLab offers Self-Managed for customers that run it on any cloud or on premises, including air-gapped patterns. GitLab addresses teams that build spacecraft, aviation, and defense software. GitLab describes running agentic work on-prem or BYOM when ITAR and IP demand it. GitLab addresses teams that move software from commit to vehicle, with SLSA-ready controls and SBOM visibility.Snyk speaks to organizations building with AI, and to security teams that lack an inventory of the models, workflows, or agents running in production. Snyk describes its SAST tool as built by and for developers. Snyk's platform integrates with IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, and AI coding assistants, which points to teams that work in those tools.
Last verified
November 5, 2026October 10, 2026

Where they overlap

  • GitLab and Snyk are both filed under Static application security testing, Software composition analysis, Secrets detection and Software supply chain security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • GitLab's primary category is Static application security testing; Snyk's is Software composition analysis.
  • GitLab lists GitLab Duo Agent Platform, GitLab.com, Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated, GitLab Dedicated for Government and 1 more. Snyk lists Snyk Code, Snyk Container, Snyk Agent Fix, Snyk Studio, DeepCode AI and 2 more.
  • Snyk is headquartered in Boston, United States.
  • Snyk was founded in 2015.
  • GitLab is a public company listed on Nasdaq Global Market as GTLB.
  • Snyk's latest recorded funding is Series G (USD 196.5 million round), dated December 13, 2022.
  • Snyk publicly names MongoDB, Skyscanner, Auth0, DFDS and Helvetia.

What it sells: GitLab

What GitLab Duo Agent Platform does[3]
Foundational, custom, and external agents run flows for planning, coding, review, security, and CI/CD. Humans stay above the loop with policy, identity, and audit. GitLab Duo Agent Platform covers agents, agentic workflows, model choice, and extensibility.
What GitLab.com does[3]
GitLab.com is a multi-tenant SaaS deployment of GitLab. Across deployments, customers can use GitLab-managed models or self-hosted models.
What Self-Managed does[3]
Self-Managed runs in the customer's environment. Self-Managed runs on any cloud or on premises, including air-gapped patterns.
What GitLab Dedicated does[3]
GitLab Dedicated provides single-tenant SaaS. GitLab Dedicated provides data residency and isolation controls.
What CI/CD Catalog does[9]
The CI/CD Catalog is a shared, versioned home for tested components. Teams publish versioned, reusable components once.

What it sells: Snyk

What Snyk Code does[12][14][19]
Snyk Code provides SAST scanning. Snyk's vulnerability scanner is compatible with most popular languages, IDEs, and CI/CD tools. Snyk maintains a database of over 35,000 real-world vulnerabilities and fixes written by Snyk security experts. The Snyk Agent delivers AI-generated fixes for Snyk Code issues directly within a pull request.
What Snyk Container does[12][13]
Snyk Container lets developers know the risks in each image and provides one-click upgrades and alternative image recommendations. Snyk Container has priority scoring based on risk signals such as exploit maturity and insecure workload configs. Snyk Container monitors images for newly discovered vulnerabilities and base image updates and sends alerts via Slack, Jira, email, or custom integration. Snyk Container is available to bundle with Snyk Open Source.
What Snyk Agent Fix does[14]
Snyk Agent Fix is an AI-driven tool that automatically fixes code vulnerabilities. Snyk Agent Fix uses an agentic architecture for AI-powered code fixes. Snyk Agent Fix provides automatic remediation for issues found by Snyk Code's SAST scanning.
What Snyk Studio does[19]
Snyk Studio is a solution for securing the AI-driven development lifecycle. Snyk Studio is used to prevent new AI-generated vulnerabilities and clear existing security debt. Snyk offers delta findings, a view focused on vulnerabilities introduced only in new code.
What DeepCode AI does[20]
DeepCode AI powers the Snyk AI Security Platform and uses frontier AI models fine-tuned with security-specific context. Snyk's DeepCode AI code analyzer was designed to find, autofix, and prioritize vulnerabilities, and manage tech debt. DeepCode AI supports Snyk's context-aware risk scoring, which assesses the popularity of the affected package and the reachability of vulnerable code.
What Agentic AppSec does[12][25]
Snyk's Agentic AppSec uses security agents to find, fix, and verify vulnerabilities continuously. Humans set the bar in Snyk's Agentic AppSec.
What AI-SPM does[1][12][18][24]
AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) gives visibility, governance, and security oversight of the AI assets in code. AI-SPM maps assets, scores their risk, and helps enforce governance. AI-SPM scans the repositories that are imported after Evo is enabled.

Questions about GitLab and Snyk

What do GitLab and Snyk sell?
GitLab sells GitLab Duo Agent Platform, GitLab.com, Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated, GitLab Dedicated for Government and 1 more. Snyk sells Snyk Code, Snyk Container, Snyk Agent Fix, Snyk Studio, DeepCode AI and 2 more.
Are GitLab and Snyk in the same category?
They share Static application security testing, Software composition analysis, Secrets detection and Software supply chain security. GitLab's primary category is Static application security testing and Snyk's is Software composition analysis.
Where are GitLab and Snyk headquartered?
Snyk is headquartered in Boston, United States.
When were GitLab and Snyk founded?
Snyk was founded in 2015.
Who owns GitLab and Snyk?
GitLab is a public company listed on Nasdaq Global Market as GTLB. Snyk's latest recorded funding is Series G (USD 196.5 million round), dated December 13, 2022.
Which customers do GitLab and Snyk name?
Snyk publicly names MongoDB, Skyscanner, Auth0, DFDS and Helvetia.
Who are GitLab and Snyk sold to?
GitLab offers Self-Managed for customers that run it on any cloud or on premises, including air-gapped patterns. Snyk speaks to organizations building with AI, and to security teams that lack an inventory of the models, workflows, or agents running in production.
What have GitLab and Snyk announced recently?
October 15, 2026: Snyk announced Evo Agentic AppSec, a team of AI security agents that finds, fixes and blocks vulnerabilities in code.

About GitLab

GitLab states that software teams and their agents plan, build, secure, and ship on one control plane. GitLab describes that control plane as covering unified context, orchestration, security and governance, and execution on GitLab Core. GitLab combines planning, source control, and CI/CD in one platform, and projects, releases, and code share one data plane.[3][4]

GitLab runs four peer pillars on one foundation. Execution and Workflows covers planning, source code management, CI/CD pipelines, registry, and delivery. Security and Governance covers application security, software composition analysis, compliance management, and agent governance. Context and Data covers analytics, value stream visibility, and lifecycle context including Context Graph. Agentic Orchestration covers GitLab Duo Agent Platform: agents, agentic workflows, model choice, and extensibility. Deployment and AI inference options let customers choose where GitLab runs and which models power agents.[2][3]

GitLab Duo Agent Platform is how GitLab orchestrates agents across the software development lifecycle. GitLab says humans stay above the loop with policy, identity, and audit. GitLab defines intelligent orchestration as teams setting intent and guardrails while agents execute within them. Policies, approvals, and scanning in GitLab apply to human and agent changes alike. GitLab supports APIs, webhooks, integrations, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) so agents and tools share context under the customer's policies. Across deployments, GitLab customers can use GitLab-managed models or self-hosted models, and reshape seats and agent usage with GitLab Flex.[3][4]

GitLab runs scanning, policies, and approvals inside the pipeline. GitLab consolidates scanners such as SAST, SCA, Secret Detection, and DAST into one platform. Security findings from GitLab appear directly in merge requests and IDEs. GitLab built-in scans run on every push to detect insecure code during development. GitLab can run automated security scans to capture vulnerabilities before code is merged. GitLab supports ensuring that passwords and sensitive information are not in source code. GitLab can find disclosed vulnerabilities in dependent software before they reach production. GitLab can generate an SBOM automatically so that every dependency in the project is known.[4][5][6]

GitLab can block risky packages before they enter the build. GitLab describes protecting multiple attack surfaces, including code, build, dependencies, and release artifacts, with policy-as-code and continuous governance. GitLab can block malicious packages and packages above a vulnerability severity threshold before they are fetched. GitLab can scan licenses and block packages that fall outside organization policies. GitLab isolates the build environment to block unauthorized access and malicious code execution.[6]

GitLab offers over 60 out-of-the-box controls prebuilt into a single platform. GitLab keeps code authors, reviewers, and deployers separated by policy so that no single person or agent can develop and deploy unreviewed changes. GitLab captures every human and AI-driven change in one immutable audit trail. GitLab maps controls from every major or custom framework into a single, unified compliance view. For infrastructure, GitLab includes Infrastructure as Code static and dynamic testing to help catch vulnerabilities before they get to production. GitLab integrates Flux to support pull-based GitOps workflows. GitLab stores Terraform state files and modules and shows Terraform plan output directly in the merge request.[4][7][8]

GitLab.com is multi-tenant SaaS, and Self-Managed runs in the customer's environment on any cloud or on premises, including air-gapped patterns. GitLab Dedicated and GitLab Dedicated for Government provide single-tenant SaaS with data residency and isolation controls. GitLab can deploy to virtual machines, Kubernetes clusters, or FaaS from multiple cloud vendors. Organizations can make one annual commitment and steer their spend across seat-based licenses and usage-based credits.[3][4][9]

GitLab provides building blocks to support compliance, certification, and standards programs for functional safety, code quality, and other requirements: ISO 26262, MISRA, IEC 61508. GitLab describes integrating virtual and physical hardware testing into automated CI. GitLab describes self-hosted and BYOM options that keep code and data inside the customer's boundary. GitLab describes shift-left policies, remediation, and release evidence that help engineer processes for DO-178C.[2][3][9][10][11][12][13]

GitLab on the record

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GitLab full record

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