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Perfai Security vs Snyk

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan
Snyk — $25/mo vs $99/mo for Perfai Security
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Snyk has one; not confirmed by us for Perfai Security
Best fit
Perfai Security: Teams shipping apps built with Cursor, Bolt, v0, or Replit · Snyk: Small teams that want dependency and container scanning in the pull request without a security hire
Platforms
Perfai Security: Web · Snyk: Web, VS Code extension, Linux

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Perfai SecurityAutonomous agents map an app's flows and auth boundaries, then continuously test for vulnerabilities and open pull requests with fixes.SnykDeveloper security scanning for code and dependencies

Side by side

FactPerfai SecuritySnyk
CategoryVulnerability Scanning & PentestingAI Security & Model Protection
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$99/mo$25/mo
Public APINot confirmedYes
Trust score88 / 10090 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb, API, VS Code extension, Linux
CompanyPerfai SecuritySnyk Limited
Launched20232015
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Perfai Security

Perfai targets a real gap: apps built quickly with AI coding assistants that skip a security review entirely. The exploit-validation step before alerting is a meaningful difference from scanners that just flag anything that looks risky, and the free tier is generous enough to actually test it on one app before paying.

Pros

  • Validates exploits before alerting, reducing false-positive findings
  • Covers 70+ threat categories including AI-specific risks like prompt injection
  • Generates pull requests with fixes rather than just a report
  • Free tier is usable for a real single-app evaluation, not just a demo

Cons

  • Continuous protection requires the $99+/month paid tier
  • Enterprise and MSSP features are quote-only, with no published price
  • Credit-based limits mean cost can scale unpredictably with app size

Snyk

Snyk earns its place on the free tier for any small team that ships open-source dependencies and containers: the scanner lives in the IDE and the pull request, and the fix-PR workflow is what gets findings closed rather than filed. The commercial cliff is steep — Team is a flat self-serve plan that stops at ten developers, and everything above that, including every AI-branded Evo feature, is a credit-based enterprise contract priced per contributor per day.

Pros

  • Free tier includes code, dependency, container and IaC scanning with IDE and CLI integrations
  • Fix pull requests close findings instead of listing them
  • Published rate card makes enterprise credits legible: 1 credit = $1 per contributor per day for Code or Open Source
  • Founded 2015, with a decade of vulnerability data behind the scanner

Cons

  • Free Code scanning is capped at 100 tests a month, which a busy repository exhausts quickly
  • Team stops at 10 developers and shows no annual price
  • All Evo AI capabilities require an Enterprise subscription
  • Enterprise credits are prepaid for the contract term and overage is invoiced in arrears

Which one fits

Choose Perfai Security if you need

  • Teams shipping apps built with Cursor, Bolt, v0, or Replit
  • Small teams without a dedicated security engineer
  • Anyone wanting auto-generated fix pull requests instead of just a findings list

Choose Snyk if you need

  • Small teams that want dependency and container scanning in the pull request without a security hire
  • Developers who want fixes proposed as PRs rather than a vulnerability list
  • Organisations on GitHub, GitLab or Jira that need SCA, SAST and IaC from one vendor

Perfai Security vs Snyk: the questions people ask

Is Perfai Security cheaper than Snyk?

On published entry prices, Snyk starts lower — $25/mo against $99/mo for Perfai Security. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Perfai Security or Snyk have a free tier?

Both: Perfai Security has a free tier, and Snyk has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Perfai Security or Snyk?

Snyk ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Perfai Security is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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