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CA App Synthetic Monitor vs Snyk comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 11, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

CA App Synthetic Monitor
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
69th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Snyk
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
21st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (7th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (6th), GRC (5th), Cloud Management (13th), Vulnerability Management (20th), Container Security (7th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (1st), Software Development Analytics (2nd), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (18th), DevSecOps (3rd), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (2nd), AI Security (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of CA App Synthetic Monitor is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Snyk is 1.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Snyk1.2%
CA App Synthetic Monitor0.6%
Other98.2%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2286675 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
A reliable solution for SSL offloading and to encrypt outside traffic
If you are responsible for monitoring the logs in F5, it isn't very easy. The format is complicated compared to different vendors. For example, Fortinet and Cisco have feasible formats for sending and fetching logs. Suppose I'm monitoring the logs and everything, and when I am retrieving logs from F5, I want to know whether it is regular traffic or any abnormality is happening. The logs itself is not user-friendly. It may not give you a clear way of what's happening. You have to go through different websites and work on it. You have to waste so much time on it.
Abhishek-Goyal - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Improves security posture by actively reducing critical vulnerabilities and guiding remediation
Snyk's main features include open-source vulnerability scanning, code security, container security, infrastructure as code security, risk-based prioritization, development-first integration, continuous monitoring and alerting, automation, and remediation. The best features I appreciate are the vulnerability checking, vulnerability scanning, and code security capabilities, as Snyk scans all open-source dependencies for known vulnerabilities and helps with license compliance for open-source components. Snyk integrates into IDEs, allowing issues to be caught as they appear in the code dynamically and prioritizes risk while providing remediation advice. Snyk provides actionable remediation advice on where vulnerabilities can exist and where code security is compromised, automatically scanning everything and providing timely alerts. Snyk has positively impacted my organization by improving the security posture across all software repositories, resulting in fewer critical vulnerabilities, more confidence in overall product security, and faster security compliance for project clients. Snyk has helped reduce vulnerabilities significantly. Initially, the repository had 17 to 31 critical and high vulnerabilities, but Snyk has helped manage them down to just five vulnerabilities, which are now lower and not high or critical.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"From our experience, it really helps managers in measuring application SLAs and viewing historical performance data."
"Each had strengths in one area or another, but CA covered the majority of our needs end-to-end."
"The most effective feature in securing project dependencies stems from its ability to highlight security vulnerabilities."
"We have hundreds of source code repositories, and Snyk scans them in minutes (it just looks at package management files to identify the dependency tree), Snyk uses the same infrastructure to scan for all customers on the cloud which gives it lots of scalability opportunities compared to some other vendors where the software is installed on-prem or on a dedicated instance which makes the software pricy and limited."
"Snyk finds problems that we may not have ever found otherwise, so it is a significant benefit for us."
"Snyk is a good tool that provides equivalent security standards compared to other expensive tools."
"The dependency checks of the libraries are very valuable, but the licensing part is also very important because, with open source components, licensing can be all over the place. Our project is not an open source project, but we do use quite a lot of open source components and we want to make sure that we don't have surprises in there."
"We use Snyk to check vulnerabilities and rectify potential leaks in GitHub."
"It is a really nice tool if you really want to do the dependency check and security scanning of your code, which falls under static code analysis."
"The solution has great features and is quite stable."
 

Cons

"The RBMS component is limited as you can only record using Internet Explorer."
"Pricing makes little sense. We had examples where it would be cheaper to have two basic accounts than one intermediate."
"Scalability has some issues because we have a lot of code and its use is mandatory."
"Right now, we receive too many high vulnerabilities. If we enable notifications, then we just get a lot of spam message."
"It can be improved from the reporting perspective and scanning perspective. They can also improve it on the UI front."
"It would be ideal if there was customization with a focus on specific cybersecurity areas or capabilities."
"Snyk has several limitations, including issues with Gradle, NPM, and Xcode, and trouble with AutoPR."
"The solution could improve the reports. They have been working on improving the reports but more work could be done."
"Generating reports and visibility through reports are definitely things they can do better."
"I think Snyk should add more of a vulnerability protection feature in the tool since it is an area where it lacks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product has good pricing."
"Snyk is an expensive solution."
"The price of the solution is expensive compared to other solutions."
"Cost-wise, it's similar to Veracode, but I don't know the exact cost."
"Their licensing model is fairly robust and scalable for our needs. I believe we have reached a reasonable agreement on the licensing to enable hundreds of developers to participate in this product offering. The solution is very tailored towards developers and its licensing model works well for us."
"Presently, my company uses an open-source version of the solution. The solution's pricing can be considered quite reasonable owing to the features they offer."
"We are using the open-source version for the scans."
"Compared to Veracode, Snyk is definitely a cheaper tool."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

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How does Snyk compare with SonarQube?
Snyk does a great job identifying and reducing vulnerabilities. This solution is fully automated and monitors 24/7 to find any issues reported on the internet. It will store dependencies that you a...
What needs improvement with Snyk?
There are a lot of false positives that need to be identified and separated. The inclusion of AI to remove false positives would be beneficial. So far, I've not seen any AI features to enhance vuln...
What is your primary use case for Snyk?
I use Snyk ( /products/snyk-reviews ) in the DevOps pipeline to identify vulnerabilities before deploying the application. It integrates with Jenkins ( /products/jenkins-reviews ).
 

Also Known As

CA ASM
Fugue, Snyk AppRisk
 

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Sample Customers

Lexmark
StartApp, Segment, Skyscanner, DigitalOcean, Comic Relief
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