Snyk is the most-deployed SCA tool in the world. It scans, surfaces findings, and asks you to remediate. dpndncY runs the same multi-signal exploitability stack — but lives one step earlier in the workflow: at install time, with a signed JWS attestation per decision, on infrastructure you control.
Pre-install enforcement with portable signed evidence.
Self-managed. Multi-signal fusion (CISA KEV, EPSS, ExploitDB, reachability, attack-path, license obligations) applied at admission time. Runtime traces are DSSE-signed in-toto Statements verifiable offline with one binary and a public key; DSSE-signed firewall and scan attestations are on the roadmap. No telemetry.
Post-scan SaaS that surfaces vulnerabilities after install.
Cloud-hosted by default. Mature SCA + SAST + IaC + container scanning surfaced in a portal. Auto-fix PRs and IDE plugins. Decisions and evidence live in the Snyk portal; portability requires API export.
Same set of capabilities. Different stack.
| Capability | dpndncY | Snyk |
|---|---|---|
Self-hosted / air-gapped by default On-prem broker exists; primary product is SaaS | ||
Pre-install enforcement (Dependency Firewall) | ||
Trust-delta gating (catches takeovers + typosquats) | ||
Signed evidence per decision (DSSE / in-toto) Findings live in portal, not as portable JWS | ||
Offline-verifiable attestation binary | ||
eBPF Runtime Agent on CI runners (4 kernel hooks) | ||
cgroup-BPF egress enforcement | ||
SCA across 17 ecosystems | ||
SAST with AST taint tracking (JS/TS + Python) | ||
Container image scanning (OCI + layer SBOM) | ||
IaC scanning (Terraform / CFN / K8s) | ||
Auto-fix PRs with breaking-change analysis Fix PRs ship; pre-flight breaking-change analysis varies | ||
CycloneDX + SPDX SBOM export | ||
Pricing transparency Early-access design partner model on our side | talk to us | tiered SaaS |
Read every decision. Verify it offline.
dpndncY is self-hosted. No portal you have to log into to defend a decision three years from now.