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The Snyk Tool: What It Does, and What It Doesn't
The Snyk tool covers SCA, container, and IaC scanning well, but its SAST depth and enterprise pricing are the two things buyers most often get wrong going in.
Feb 11, 20265 min read
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Checkmarx vs SonarQube: An Honest Comparison
Checkmarx and SonarQube get compared constantly, but they're not really solving the same problem — one is a dedicated security SAST platform, the other is a code-quality tool with a security add-on.
Jan 22, 20265 min read
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The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing, 2026 Edition
What the Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing actually measures, how leaders end up in that top-right quadrant, and why the report is one input into a buying decision, not the decision itself.
Jan 20, 20265 min read
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Snyk's Market Position: An Independent Read Going Into 2026
Snyk's market position going into 2026 rests on developer-first SCA and container scanning, with SAST and DAST as comparatively newer additions.
Jan 15, 20265 min read
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Fortify Scan vs Modern SAST Tools: What Changed
A Fortify scan still catches classic code-level flaws well, but the SAST category has moved toward faster feedback and reachability-aware prioritization since Fortify's architecture was designed.
Nov 4, 20255 min read
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Snyk Vulnerability Scanning: How the Engine Actually Works
Snyk vulnerability scanning combines a proprietary vulnerability database with dependency-graph resolution and a separate static analysis engine for code — here's how each piece actually fits together.
Oct 15, 20255 min read
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A Checkmarx Scan: What It Actually Analyzes
A breakdown of what a Checkmarx scan actually analyzes under the hood, what its static analysis engine catches well, and where teams typically add another tool alongside it.
Aug 27, 20255 min read
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The .snyk Ignore File: How It Actually Works
Snyk ignore rules let teams suppress a finding without deleting it from history — here's how the .snyk file's syntax, expiry, and reason fields actually work in practice.
Aug 22, 20255 min read
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Snyk Supported Languages and Ecosystems: A Reference
A practical reference for Snyk supported languages across SCA and SAST, how Snyk opensource scanning compares to Snyk Code, and what to check before assuming your stack is covered.
Jun 9, 20255 min read
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