Snyk vs Wasp
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Developer security platform with $7.4B valuation; dependency, code, and container vulnerability scanning in CI/CD pipelines competing with GitHub Advanced Security and Checkmarx.
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Snyk is a developer security platform that integrates security testing directly into the developer workflow — scanning code, open-source dependencies, container images, and infrastructure-as-code for vulnerabilities and providing fix suggestions that developers can apply without leaving their IDE or CI/CD pipeline. Founded in 2015 by Guy Podjarny, Danny Grander, and Assaf Hefetz in London, Snyk has raised approximately $1.2 billion at a $7.4 billion valuation and serves over 2,700 customers including Google, Twilio, and New Relic who want to shift security testing left into development rather than waiting for security teams to scan at release.\n\nSnyk's platform covers four product areas: Snyk Open Source (identifying vulnerable open-source packages in package.json, pom.xml, requirements.txt), Snyk Code (SAST static analysis of first-party code for security flaws), Snyk Container (scanning Docker images and base images for OS-level vulnerabilities), and Snyk IaC (scanning Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes configs for misconfigured security policies). The developer-friendly UX — browser extensions, IDE plugins, GitHub PR integration, Slack alerts — keeps security feedback in the developer's existing workflow rather than requiring a separate security portal.\n\nIn 2025, Snyk competes with Checkmarx, Veracode, GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub's built-in security scanning), SonarQube (code quality with security), and Semgrep for application security testing. The developer security (DevSecOps) market is growing as security breaches from vulnerable dependencies (Log4Shell, Spring4Shell) have forced organizations to invest in systematic dependency scanning. Snyk's developer-first approach differentiates it from traditional AppSec tools that security teams operate separately from engineering. The 2025 strategy focuses on AI-assisted vulnerability remediation (automatically suggesting and applying security fixes), expanding enterprise CISO-level reporting, and deepening platform integrations.
Zagreb YC W21 full-stack React/Node/Prisma framework eliminating boilerplate with declarative DSL; $5.2M total ($3.7M HV Capital/Big Bets 2024 + $1.5M seed) competing with Next.js for developer full-stack web development.
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Wasp is a Zagreb, Croatia-based full-stack web development framework — backed by Y Combinator (W21) with $5.2 million in total funding including a $3.7 million round in late 2024 led by HV Capital with Fifth Quarter Ventures, Big Bets, and Metis Ventures, plus a $1.5 million seed in 2021 — providing web developers with a declarative domain-specific language and full-stack scaffolding that generates React, Node.js, and Prisma boilerplate from high-level configuration, enabling developers to build full-stack web applications significantly faster by eliminating the repetitive setup code that every web project requires. Founded in 2020 by twin brothers Martin and Matija Šošić, Wasp serves developers who want the flexibility of React/Node without the boilerplate overhead of setting up authentication, routing, database ORM integration, and API wiring from scratch.
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