Snyk scans dependencies.
Hyrax evaluates six domains.
Snyk is a mature security platform, strongest on dependency and container vulnerabilities, and it opens upgrade pull requests. Hyrax evaluates security alongside correctness, maintainability, performance, architecture and operations, and verifies each change against the project test suite.
- Hyrax audits roughly 400 of its own repositories.
- Free plan: full access, up to 100 PR reviews a month, a $30 starter credit, and $10/month ongoing.
Verified end to end, with no Snyk handoff
What changes when Hyrax runs above the tools.
Six domains, not one
Snyk covers its own scanning domain well. Hyrax evaluates security, correctness, maintainability, performance, architecture and operations together.
Verified against the project tests
A rules engine confirms a change satisfies its own rules. Hyrax runs the project test suite and build, so a change is proven against the real system.
Context that compounds
The map of the codebase lives in the repository and strengthens with every merge, so the next decision starts from everything learned before it.
How Hyrax and Snyk decide what matters.
| Decision criteria | Snyk | Hyrax |
|---|---|---|
| Unit of work | Dependencies, code, containers and infrastructure as code. | The whole repository, audited continuously across six domains. |
| Codebase context | Vulnerability data matched against manifests and source. | A durable map committed to the repository as HYRAX.md and .hyrax/discovery, so it strengthens as the codebase changes. |
| Output type | Security issues and dependency upgrade pull requests. | Verified pull requests, plus issues ranked by severity and effort. |
| Verification | Upgrade pull requests run whatever CI the repository already has. | Baseline tests, build, lint and a second reviewer agent run against the project itself before a pull request opens. |
| Human control | The team merges upgrade pull requests. | A human approves and merges every pull request. Hyrax never merges on its own. |
| Delivery surface | Git providers, CLI, IDE and CI. | GitHub pull requests, with issues and posture in the Hyrax console. |
| Pricing model | Free plan, then per contributing developer, commonly from $25 per month. | Free plan with a $30 starter credit and $10/month ongoing. Paid is $30 per user per month and each paid user gets $30/month of credits. |
Read how Snyk describes itself: snyk.io(opens in a new tab)
Comments on a diff, or a verified pull request.
- 01Snyk scans the project against its rule set.
- 02Issues arrive as a list to triage, with severity attached.
- 03The team decides what is worth resolving, makes the edits, and merges.
- 01Maps the codebase and keeps the map in the repository
- 02Applies architectural judgment across six domains
- 03Opens a verified pull request that a human merges
GitHub-native. Human-controlled. Verified before merge. No training on customer code.
From install to the first verified pull request.
Install the GitHub App
Grant read access to the repositories in scope. No card is required to start.
Hyrax maps the repository
Discovery writes HYRAX.md and .hyrax/discovery into the repository, so humans and AI tools read the same context.
Review the first pull request
Approved upgrades arrive as verified pull requests. A human merges every one.
Both tools solve real problems.
Choose Snyk if
The requirement is security coverage with licence compliance, container scanning and a vulnerability database behind it. Snyk is a serious tool for that, and Hyrax does not replace it.
Choose Hyrax if
Security is one of six things that decide whether a codebase is healthy. Hyrax weighs all six, ranks by severity and effort, and proves each change against the project tests.
Free plan, then priced per contributing developer.
Free plan with a $30 starter credit and $10/month ongoing. Paid is $30 per user per month, and each paid user gets $30/month of credits.
Questions about Snyk and Hyrax.
Does Hyrax work alongside Snyk?
Yes, and most teams run both. Snyk keeps doing its job. Hyrax works at the level of the whole codebase, decides what is worth changing, and delivers verified pull requests. Nothing about the Snyk setup has to change.
What does Hyrax change in the repository?
Discovery writes HYRAX.md and a .hyrax/discovery directory, which document the architecture, conventions and risk areas of the codebase. Everything else arrives as a normal pull request on its own branch. Hyrax has no write access to the default branch.
How does pricing work?
The free plan includes full access, a $30 starter credit and $10/month of credits ongoing, with no card required. The paid plan is $30 per user per month, and each paid user gets $30/month of credits. Pull request reviews are included on every plan.
What happens after signup?
Installing the GitHub App and granting access to a repository takes a few minutes. Hyrax maps the codebase, then runs the first audit and returns issues ranked by severity and effort. The first verified pull requests follow once an audit is approved.