Snyk vs WP HealthKit

Snyk protects your supply chain. WP HealthKit protects what you built with it.

	Snyk	WP HealthKit
What it does	Open-source dependency scanning, license compliance, container security	WordPress plugin source code audit: security, quality, accessibility, compatibility
Who it's for	Development teams across any language or framework	WordPress plugin developers and agencies
How it works	Database lookup + automated fix PRs for vulnerable packages	46-layer static analysis (42 deterministic scanners + 4 AI engines) on your PHP code
Price range	Free (limited) – enterprise	Free – £499/mo

What Snyk does well

World-class dependency vulnerability database across 20+ languages
Automated fix PRs directly in GitHub and GitLab
Container, IaC, and license compliance scanning
Deep CI/CD integration (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI)
Free tier is genuinely useful for small teams
Largest developer security community

What WP HealthKit does differently

WP HealthKit already runs Composer dependency auditing as one of its 42 deterministic scanners — Snyk's coverage is a subset of what's included
Audits your PHP source code for WordPress-specific vulnerabilities Snyk can't see (nonce misuse, SQL injection in $wpdb queries, capability check bypass)
Checks PHPCS WordPress-Extra standards, PHPStan type safety, and PHP 8.x compatibility
No infrastructure required — upload a ZIP, get a report in under 3 minutes
WordPress-aware AI engines understand hooks, filters, WooCommerce patterns, REST API permissions
MCP Server lets Claude, Cursor, and other AI tools trigger audits and read findings via the Model Context Protocol
WP-CLI plugin runs full audits directly from the terminal — scriptable into any pipeline
GitHub Action drops into existing workflows for audit-on-push and audit-on-PR with severity-gated checks
WordPress Playground activation matrix tests real plugin activation across WP 7.0/6.8 and PHP 8.1/8.2/8.3 — catches activation fatals dependency scanners cannot
Companion plugin for continuous site monitoring — auto re-audit when plugins update

Where they overlap

Composer dependency scanning. Snyk does this with deeper fix automation. WP HealthKit includes it as one of 26 engines, plus everything else.

When to use both

Use Snyk if you want automated fix PRs for vulnerable Composer packages across your entire codebase
Use WP HealthKit before major releases for a comprehensive WordPress-aware audit that goes beyond dependencies into your custom PHP code

Decision framework

If you need...	Use...
Automated fix PRs for Composer vulnerabilities	Snyk
Audit your plugin's PHP source code for security issues	WP HealthKit
License compliance across all dependencies	Snyk
WordPress-specific security (nonces, capabilities, XSS)	WP HealthKit
Full-stack dependency + code security	Use both

Snyk pricing

Free (limited), Team from $25/mo/developer, Business/Enterprise custom

WP HealthKit pricing

Free (2 audits/mo), £4.99 single, £29/mo Pro, £149/mo Agency, £499/mo Enterprise

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