Legit Security vs Snyk for AI code security

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Legit Security scores 4.4 and Snyk 4.1, the closest head-to-head involving Legit. Legit leads on endpoint deployment and tamper resistance, governance and policy control, and remediation and ASPM depth. Snyk leads on developer experience and pricing and buying clarity, and the two tie on AI code and assistant coverage.

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

How do Legit Security and Snyk score side by side?

Legit Security and Snyk: editorial assessment, 0-5. Last reviewed October 2026.
Criterion	Weight	Legit Security	Snyk	Edge
Coverage of AI-generated code and AI coding assistants	25%	5.0	5.0	Tie
Endpoint deployment and tamper resistance	20%	5.0	3.0	Legit
Governance and policy control for the CISO	20%	4.5	4.0	Legit
Developer experience and low friction	15%	3.5	4.5	Snyk
Pricing and buying clarity	10%	2.5	3.5	Snyk
Remediation and ASPM depth	10%	5.0	4.0	Legit
Weighted total		4.4	4.1

Legit Security leads on 3 criteria, Snyk leads on 2, and 1 is tied.

Legit Security

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Strength:VibeGuard 2.0 (3 Aug 2026) discovers coding agents on the developer endpoint, blocks dangerous operations, secures MCP use and resists tampering. [source]
Strength:Named support for Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf and MCP-based assistants. Codex: supported (per Legit). [source]
Strength:Runs SAST and SCA inside the IDE and keeps secrets from being shared with AI systems during generation. [source]
Strength:Secrets scanning covers Git history, Jira, Confluence, Slack and developers' personal GitHub accounts. [source]
Strength:ASPM core pulls in existing scanners and de-duplicates findings, scored by business and exposure context. [source]

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Limitation:No prices, pricing unit or free tier published. [source]
Limitation:No self-serve start for a single developer or a small team. [source]
Limitation:Reachability is not the headline prioritization method on the pages reviewed. [source]

Snyk

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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]

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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 Legit Security and Snyk handle coding agents?

Both have a dedicated agent product. Snyk Evo Agentic Development Security discovers MCP servers, skills and tools, monitors agent behavior and can evaluate, steer or block risky activity; it names Claude, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Antigravity, Kiro and Qodo. Legit VibeGuard 2.0 discovers agents on the developer endpoint, enforces command policy, blocks dangerous operations and covers MCP security; Legit names Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf and Amazon Q Developer; Codex: supported (per Legit). Snyk's agent product requires an Enterprise subscription; Legit is sold through sales in any case.

Where do their controls run?

Legit VibeGuard 2.0 is a desktop app on the developer endpoint with anti-tampering that stops agents or threat actors from disabling it. Snyk Evo coding agent security is metered per active machine per day and can steer or block agent activity, but an endpoint application and tamper resistance are not described on the pages we reviewed. Legit scores 5.0 here against Snyk's 3.0.

How do they compare on price and getting started?

Snyk is free to start and publishes a Team plan from $25 a month and an Enterprise credit rate card, with coding agent security at 1.0 credit per active machine per day. Legit has no free tier and no price on its own site; AWS Marketplace lists an all-modules, 100-user bundle at $60,000 for 12 months. For a developer who wants to scan today, Snyk is the faster start.

Which should you choose?

Choose Snyk if you want developers scanning today at no cost and plan to add agent governance later under an Enterprise contract. Choose Legit Security if agent governance enforced on every developer machine is the requirement from day one and a sales-led purchase is acceptable.

Frequently asked questions

Is Snyk or Legit Security better for AI-generated code?

They score 4.4 and 4.1. Legit leads on endpoint deployment, governance and remediation; Snyk leads on developer experience and pricing and buying clarity; they tie on AI code and assistant coverage.

Does Snyk have a free plan for AI code security?

Snyk's Free plan covers SCA, SAST, IaC and container scanning with IDE and CLI integrations. Its coding agent security features, part of Snyk Evo, require an Enterprise subscription.

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