How Vibe Check differs from Snyk, SonarQube, and Checkmarx
Traditional security scanners like Snyk, SonarQube, and Checkmarx are built for developer teams with existing SDLC processes, CI/CD pipelines, and security engineers who read CVSS scores. They are powerful, well-established tools designed for engineering organizations that already have security workflows in place.
Vibe Check is built for a different customer: solo founders and non-technical builders shipping AI-generated code via tools like Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, Replit, and V0. If you don't have a security team reading vulnerability reports, you need a scanner that reads your code the way a senior engineer would: explains findings in plain English, grades them by severity, and tells you exactly what to fix first.
Both are valuable for their respective audiences. Vibe Check isn’t trying to replace Snyk. It’s the AI-powered security scanner built for the vibe-coding era: paste your GitHub URL, get your score in 60 seconds, and know what needs fixing before you ship. Your source code is never stored.