PullGuard vs Snyk — a Snyk alternative that runs in your CI

Capability	PullGuard	Snyk
OWASP Top 10 detection	15 checks	Yes
Inter-procedural / cross-file taint	Cross-file	Yes
Code quality analysis	13 analyzers	No
Dependency CVE scanning	5 ecosystems	Core
Cost-of-change ($/finding)	Yes	No
SOC 2 security evidence	8 controls	No
Multi-framework compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001 + AI-era)	8 total*	No
AI-era risk + AI×security composite	Yes	Partial†
Committed agent & MCP config scanning (rules files, MCP servers, hooks, drift)	Yes	No
AI Bill of Materials (CycloneDX ML-BOM) & Shadow-AI inventory	Yes	No
Signed, verifiable release images (Sigstore keyless + SLSA provenance + SBOM)	Cosign-signed	No
PR-delta / baselines (Clean as You Code)	Yes	Yes
Air-gapped reports & dashboard	Self-contained HTML	Cloud only
Self-hosted / air-gapped scan	Docker (offline key)	Cloud only

Capabilities reflect each tool's publicly documented tiers; "$" denotes a paid tier. PullGuard's OWASP parity is backed by a runnable fixture corpus (18/18 vs Semgrep Pro). *8 compliance frameworks = 5 classic (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS 4.0, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001) + 3 AI-era (EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF); AI-era frameworks are opt-in and provide evidence supporting compliance, not certification. †Snyk ships agent-workflow and AI-platform security (LLM-assisted, runtime-oriented); it does not statically scan the agent/MCP configuration committed in your repo, compose AI context with security findings, or map findings to AI compliance frameworks. Last reviewed 2026-08-08.

What PullGuard adds over Snyk

✓Code-quality and architecture analysis
✓Deep in-repo SAST with cross-file taint that runs in your CI (not the cloud)
✓8 compliance frameworks — 5 classic (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001) + 3 AI-era (EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF; opt-in, evidence supporting)
✓AI-era risk detection + an AI×security composite
✓AI Bill of Materials (CycloneDX ML-BOM) and Shadow-AI usage inventory
✓Cosign-signed release images (Sigstore keyless signing + SLSA provenance + SBOM)
✓Cost-of-change estimates ($/finding)
✓Self-hosted and air-gapped operation — source code never leaves your runner

Where Snyk is a strong fit

Snyk is a strong fit when your focus is best-in-class software composition analysis (SCA), container, and IaC scanning with a large vulnerability database and automated fix PRs, and a cloud platform is acceptable.

PullGuard's goal isn't to win every row — it's to give most teams one GitHub-native tool that covers security, quality, dependencies, and compliance on every PR, with your code never leaving your runner.

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