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StackPatch vs Snyk — honest comparison for solo SaaS founders

Snyk is the enterprise-grade developer security platform — code, container, cloud, IaC, all integrated. It's great. It's also priced per-developer-seat for a team-of-5+ workflow. StackPatch is for the other tier: one person, a few Linux servers, $99 lifetime. Different audiences entirely.

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Side-by-side feature matrix

Green = clear advantage. Red = clear disadvantage. Grey = neutral. Snyk's pricing page changes; if you spot an inaccuracy, email us.

Dimension
Snyk
StackPatch
Price
Free tier (limited tests/mo); Team $25/dev/mo; Enterprise custom
$99 lifetime founder seat / $19+/mo monthly tiers (per-server, not per-developer)
Pricing model
Per-developer seat
Per-server (3 servers in founder seat)
Setup time
15-30 min: signup + auth + connect repo/registry/cluster
5 sec: curl scan.sh | bash; install.sh adds the cron + agent
Source code
Closed (commercial SaaS)
Closed source (bash + Python agent is plain text, read before pipe)
Dev-time scan
Excellent — IDE plugin, PR comments, container build scans
No dev-time mode (V1); production server scanning only
IaC scan
Yes — Terraform, CloudFormation, K8s, Helm
Out of scope (V1)
Server / OS scan
Snyk Container can scan running hosts via agent (Snyk Cloud add-on)
That's the whole product. 5 distros: Ubuntu/Debian/Alpine/AlmaLinux/Rocky
Audit URL
Internal dashboard; sharing requires Snyk Org seat for the viewer
Public audit URL per server, share with prospects without an account
Custom rules
Yes — extensive policy engine, IaC custom checks
Opinionated playbooks (apt_upgrade / kernel_reboot / modprobe_blacklist / mitigated)
Vendor lock-in
Significant: dashboard, policies, SAML, integrations all bound
Minimal: agent uninstall in 1 command; data export as JSON/CSV
Best for
Engineering teams of 5+ that want one platform for code + cloud + IaC + container
Solo founder / 2-person SaaS that wants the answer in 5 min on a server

Pick Snyk if

You have a team and want one platform for everything.

  • 5+ engineers, dev-time scanning is a must (PR comments, IDE plugins).
  • You write Terraform / Helm / K8s and want IaC scanning integrated.
  • You have a security team that runs policies + audit + reporting workflows.
  • Per-developer pricing math works for your headcount.
  • You need SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA-grade enterprise compliance integrations.
Snyk plans

Pick StackPatch if

You're solo (or 2 people), Snyk's pricing math doesn't work.

  • You run 1–10 Linux servers (not k8s, not heavy IaC).
  • Per-developer pricing is silly when there's one developer.
  • You want a public audit URL to share with paying customers; Snyk gates this behind paid Org seats.
  • You'd rather pay $99 once than navigate enterprise sales for a single founder seat.
  • You want exact remediation commands, not policy violation severity scores.
Run the free quickscan

Try the free quickscan first.

5 seconds, no signup, no Snyk auth flow. Works on any Ubuntu/Debian/Alpine/AlmaLinux/Rocky box.

Run the free quickscan See StackPatch ($99 lifetime)

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