We're planning to consolidate our security scanning tooling for a ~100-person engineering team working primarily in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python. Our current patchwork of open-source CLI tools is creating too much noise and process friction. We're evaluating a unified, platform-style solution and have narrowed it to Snyk and Apiiro after initial demos.
The core need is accurate, actionable findings to integrate into developer workflows without overwhelming them. For context:
* We operate several monorepos (npm workspaces, pnpm, a bit of Turborepo).
* Our priority is reducing false positives in SAST, especially in the JS/TS ecosystem.
* Dependency scanning needs to handle transitive dependencies and private registries effectively.
* We have a modest cloud-native environment (AWS, some Terraform) that would be nice to cover, but it's secondary.
I'm particularly interested in hands-on experiences with:
* **Benchmarking false-positive rates** for SAST in a similar tech stack. Which tool required less tuning to get a clean baseline?
* **Monorepo handling** – specifically, how each tool's CI/CD integration and PR comment behavior works with multiple projects in one repository. Does it spam the PR or aggregate intelligently?
* **Developer experience** – the quality of the IDE plugins (VS Code, JetBrains) and the fix guidance provided.
* **Operational overhead** – the internal effort required to maintain rules, policies, and integrations as the team scales.
We've seen the sales decks; now I'm looking for real-world operational trade-offs. Any insights from teams of a similar size who have made this choice would be greatly appreciated.