# Snyk - Enterprise Compatibility Evaluation

## Tool Overview
**Name:** Snyk
**Website:** https://snyk.io
**Category:** AI-Powered Developer Security Platform
**Date Evaluated:** 2026-02-02

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## Privacy & Enterprise Use

### Commercial/Enterprise Use Permission
**Status:** ✅ APPROVED FOR ENTERPRISE USE

- Designed specifically for enterprise and commercial use
- Dedicated Enterprise plan with custom pricing
- Enterprise-grade security and compliance certifications
- SSO, Jira integration, custom user roles

### Model Training on User Data
**Status:** ✅ NO TRAINING ON CUSTOMER CODE

**Critical Privacy Protections:**
- DeepCode AI trained ONLY on permissively licensed open-source projects - NEVER customer data
- No proprietary code used for training, optimizing, or fine-tuning AI models
- No customer data retained - Snyk does not keep customer code
- Short-term caching only for security analysis
- Customer code never used for engine training or fix examples

**AI Approach:** Hybrid Symbolic AI + Generative AI
- Symbolic AI: Mathematical proof of code paths, near-zero false positives
- Generative AI: Plain English explanations, code fix generation

### Data Retention & Sharing
**Status:** ✅ MINIMAL RETENTION, NO EXTERNAL SHARING

- Short-term caching only for security analysis
- No long-term storage of customer code
- Customer code NOT shared externally
- On-premise container registries supported

### IP & Confidentiality
**Status:** ✅ STRONG PROTECTIONS

- Customers own their code and fixes
- Clear separation: training data (open source) vs customer data (never used)
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR compliant

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## Pricing & Plans (2026)

### Free Plan
**Price:** $0/developer
**Features:** Limited scanning capabilities

### Team Plan
**Price:** ~$105/month per developer ($1,260/year)
- Multiple security products included
- Real-time vulnerability scanning
- Automated remediation suggestions

### Enterprise Plan
**Price:** Custom (varies significantly by scale)
- 50 developers: $34,886 - $47,413/year
- 100 developers: $67,552 - $89,858/year
- Range: $5,000 - $70,000+ depending on needs

**Enterprise Features:**
- License compliance
- Jira integration, Rich API, Reports
- On-premise container registries
- Custom user roles, security policies
- SSO (Single Sign-On)

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## Enterprise Compatibility Assessment

### Strengths ✅
- NO customer code used for AI training
- Strong privacy and security certifications
- Hybrid AI approach (low false positives)
- Enterprise features (SSO, custom roles, on-premise options)
- Clear data handling policies

### Concerns ⚠️
- Pricing can be expensive for large teams
- Enterprise pricing not transparent (custom quotes)
- Cloud-based analysis (not fully on-premise)

### Recommendations
- **APPROVED** for enterprise use
- **Best for:** Organizations needing automated security scanning with AI-powered fixes
- **Ideal customers:** Medium to large development teams, companies with security/compliance requirements
- **Procurement:** Enterprise plan requires budget approval and custom quote

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## Sources
1. [Snyk Plans & Pricing](https://snyk.io/plans/)
2. [DeepCode AI](https://snyk.io/platform/deepcode-ai/)
3. [How Snyk Incorporates Generative AI](https://docs.snyk.io/snyk-data-and-governance/how-snyk-incorporates-generative-ai-into-the-platform)
4. [Snyk Pricing 2026 - G2](https://www.g2.com/products/snyk/pricing)
5. [Snyk Review 2026](https://aiquiks.com/ai-tools/snyk)

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**Last Updated:** 2026-02-02
**Key Finding:** Snyk provides strong enterprise privacy protections with NO customer code training. AI trained only on open-source data. Suitable for enterprise security needs.