Snyk Open Source vs Trivy
Twelve of fourteen models named Snyk Open Source first on the direct prompt; zero named Trivy. Both were named by all fourteen models and Snyk Open Source carries 60 labels and Trivy 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the software composition analysis page.
By framing
Snyk Open SourceFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTrivy
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Snyk Open Source and Trivy were named in the same answer sixty-nine times, of the 176 answers naming Snyk Open Source and the 284 naming Trivy. In those answers Trivy took the first choice fourteen times and Snyk Open Source twenty-eight.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | | |
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Snyk Open Source Trivy first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Snyk Open Source on the left and Trivy on the right.The direct prompt
Snyk Open Source first, Trivy an alternative
12 of 14 modelsTrivy was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Snyk Open Source38%#1 of 14Trivy26%#2 of 14Snyk Open Source34%#1 of 19Trivy34%#2 of 19Snyk Open Source7%#5 of 14Trivy6%#6 of 14What the models said about Snyk Open Source
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“tools including Snyk, GitHub Dependabot, OWASP Dependency-Check, and npm audit all failed to detect vulnerabilities in cloned or shaded components” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Does not protect against unknown malware or supply chain attacks like typosquatting, and lacks vulnerability prioritization” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Credit-based pricing model; SBOM generation locked behind Enterprise tier; can be expensive at scale” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Snyk is built to get security out of the hands of security teams and into the IDEs of developers. It focuses heavily on speed and automation.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Snyk Open Source is the best overall choice due to its broad feature set, strong community support, and developer-friendly approach” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“The best software composition analysis tool for a company with a limited budget is Snyk Open Source, which offers a free plan” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Trivy
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Top Recommendation for Open-Source Tools: Trivy (by Aqua Security) ... the gold standard open-source scanner for mid-sized engineering teams” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Top overall choice (free & powerful): Trivy (open-source; CLI, CI/CD, containers, IaC; zero cost, no vendor lock‑in)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.