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Endor Labs vs Snyk for AI code security

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Endor Labs scores 3.9 and Snyk 4.1 on our AI code security criteria, so Snyk ranks higher on the published weights. Endor Labs leads on governance and policy control and remediation and ASPM depth; Snyk leads on endpoint deployment and tamper resistance, developer experience and pricing and buying clarity; they tie on AI code and assistant coverage. The widest gap is pricing and buying clarity, where Snyk scores 3.5 against 2.0.

Editorial assessment · Compiled from vendor product, docs, pricing and marketplace pages · Rated October 2026

How do Endor Labs and Snyk score side by side?

Endor Labs and Snyk: editorial assessment, 0-5. Last reviewed October 2026.
CriterionWeightEndor LabsSnykEdge
Coverage of AI-generated code and AI coding assistants25%5.05.0Tie
Endpoint deployment and tamper resistance20%2.53.0Snyk
Governance and policy control for the CISO20%4.54.0Endor Labs
Developer experience and low friction15%4.04.5Snyk
Pricing and buying clarity10%2.03.5Snyk
Remediation and ASPM depth10%4.54.0Endor Labs
Weighted total3.94.1

Endor Labs leads on 2 criteria, Snyk leads on 3, and 1 is tied.

Endor Labs

Verdict for Endor Labs: strengths and limitations

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  • Strength:Reachability analysis across dependencies, containers and first-party code. [source]
  • Strength:AURI inventories coding agents, models, MCP servers and skills and applies policy at the moment of action. [source]
  • Strength:MCP server for Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code with Copilot, Codex and Antigravity. [source]
  • Strength:Free Developer tier runs locally with no account. [source]

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  • Limitation:Core and Pro prices are not published. [source]
  • Limitation:Free tier has no UI, policies or scan history. [source]

Snyk

Verdict for Snyk: strengths and limitations

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  • Strength:Free plan with SCA, SAST, IaC and container scanning and IDE, CLI and SCM integrations. [source]
  • Strength:Team plan published at a starting price of $25 a month for up to 10 developers. [source]
  • Strength:Evo Agentic Development Security names Claude, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Antigravity, Kiro and Qodo. [source]
  • Strength:Evo can evaluate, steer or block risky agent activity before it executes. [source]

@@ limitations @@

  • Limitation:Coding agent security requires an Enterprise Platform Subscription. [source]
  • Limitation:Secrets scanning and prioritization method not described on the pages reviewed. [source]

How do Endor Labs and Snyk cover AI code and coding assistants?

Endor Labs: AURI inventories coding agents, models, MCP servers and skills, and the MCP server installs into Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code with Copilot, Codex and Antigravity. AI SAST traces dataflow across repositories and pull requests.

Snyk: Evo Agentic Development Security names Claude, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Antigravity, Kiro and Qodo, discovers MCP servers, skills and tools, and secures code inside the agent. Snyk Studio's MCP server lists Copilot among supported AI tools.

Assistants named on their public pages: Endor Labs: Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex; Snyk: Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenAI Codex and Kiro.

Where do their controls run on the developer machine?

Endor Labs: Runs locally through an MCP server (npx endorctl ai-tools mcp-server) and AURI agents that run inside Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex and Google Antigravity on customer infrastructure; an endpoint application and tamper resistance are not described.

Snyk: Evo coding agent security is metered per active machine per day and can evaluate, steer or block agent activity; an endpoint application and tamper resistance are not described on the pages reviewed.

How much control does the security team get?

Endor Labs: AURI applies policy at the moment of action with an audit trail, and mutating agent actions sit behind approval gates; scoping policy by team or machine is not described.

Snyk: Evo can evaluate, steer or block risky agent activity across discovered MCP servers, skills and tools. It requires an Enterprise subscription, and audit reporting on agent activity is not described on the pages reviewed.

How do they fit the developer's workflow?

Endor Labs: The free Developer tier runs locally with no account.

Snyk: The Free plan includes IDE, CLI and source control integrations, and Snyk Studio brings scanning into AI tools through an MCP server.

How do they fix and prioritize findings?

Endor Labs: Reachability across dependencies, containers and code, and AURI agents write SAST fixes and open SCA upgrade pull requests behind approval gates. Ingestion of third-party scanner findings is not confirmed.

Snyk: Risk Score weighs reachability, exploit maturity, business impact, EPSS and CVSS, and AI remediation uses an agentic retry loop. Ingestion of third-party scanner findings is not confirmed on the pages reviewed.

How do they compare on price?

Endor Labs: free tier: Yes: Developer tier, local, no account; lowest published paid option: Contact sales; pricing unit: Contributors with commits in the last 90 days.

Snyk: free tier: Yes: Free, $0; lowest published paid option: Team from $25 a month (up to 10 developers); pricing unit: Enterprise credits (1 credit = $1).

Source: Endor Labs pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026

Source: Snyk pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026

Which should you choose?

Choose Endor Labs if governance and policy control and remediation and ASPM depth matter most: Endor Labs scores 4.5 and 4.5 there, against 4.0 and 4.0 for Snyk. Choose Snyk if developer experience and pricing and buying clarity matter most: Snyk scores 4.5 and 3.5 there, against 4.0 and 2.0 for Endor Labs.

Frequently asked questions

Is Endor Labs or Snyk better for AI code security?

Endor Labs scores 3.9 and Snyk 4.1 on our AI code security criteria, so Snyk ranks higher on the published weights. Endor Labs leads on 2 of 6 criteria and Snyk on 3; 1 is tied. Which is better depends on which criteria matter most to you; the calculator on this site re-weights them.

How do Endor Labs and Snyk price their plans?

Endor Labs: free tier: Yes: Developer tier, local, no account; lowest published paid option: Contact sales. Snyk: free tier: Yes: Free, $0; lowest published paid option: Team from $25 a month (up to 10 developers). Prices as published on vendor pages and marketplace listings, reviewed 2026-10-11.

Which AI coding assistants do Endor Labs and Snyk name?

On the pages we reviewed, Endor Labs names Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex and Snyk names Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenAI Codex and Kiro. 'Not named' means we did not find the assistant on the vendor's pages; it does not prove the tool cannot work with it.

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Last reviewed October 2026. Editorial assessment from public vendor material; no hands-on testing.