CodeHawk vs. Snyk Code
What Snyk Code does
Snyk is a security platform: dependency scanning, SAST, container scanning, and infrastructure-as-code scanning. Snyk Code is the SAST component — it scans your source code for security vulnerabilities.
What CodeHawk does
CodeHawk reviews PRs for both security issues (injection, insecure deserialization, etc.) and non-security bugs (null deref, error handling, async issues). It posts inline review comments on the PR rather than a separate dashboard.
The key difference
Snyk is a security platform. CodeHawk is a PR reviewer. Snyk goes deeper on security (more vulnerability types, CVE tracking, fix PRs). CodeHawk covers more ground (bugs, not just security) and integrates directly into the PR review flow.
When to use Snyk
- Security compliance is a primary requirement (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- You need dependency vulnerability tracking
- Your threat model requires deep SAST with low false-negative tolerance
- You need container or IaC scanning
When to use CodeHawk
- You want security + general bug coverage in one PR comment
- Your team doesn't have a security specialist and wants basic coverage automatically
- You want something that feels like code review, not a security scan
Can you use both?
Yes — they don't overlap much. Snyk handles deep security scanning; CodeHawk handles day-to-day PR bug review. Some teams use Snyk for security audits and CodeHawk for every PR.
Pricing
- Snyk: Free tier available; Team plan starts at ~$25/developer/month
- CodeHawk: $79/month per org, unlimited users