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    Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABlack Duck is a software composition analysis tool acquired and now supported by Synopsys since 2017.N/A

    Snyk

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASnyk’s Developer Security Platform automatically integrates with a developer’s workflow and helps security teams to collaborate with their development teams. It boasts a developer-first approach that ensures organizations can secure all of the critical components of their applications from code to cloud, driving developer productivity, revenue growth, customer satisfaction, cost savings and an improved security posture. The vendor states Snyk is used by 1,200 customers worldwide today, including…

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    Pricing
    Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA)Snyk
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0
    Team (Snyk Open Source or Snyk Container or Snyk Infrastructure as Code)
    $23
    per month per user
    Business (Snyk Open Source or Snyk Container or Snyk Infrastructure as Code)
    $42
    per month per user
    Team (Snyk Open Source + Snyk Container + Snyk Code + Snyk Infrastructure as Code)
    $98
    per month per user
    Business (Snyk Open Source + Snyk Container + Snyk Code + Snyk Infrastructure as Code)
    $178
    per month per user
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    Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA)Snyk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsContact the Synopsys Software Integrity Group (SIG) Sales team at https://www.synopsys.com/software-integrity/contact-sales.html for more detailed pricing information.Pricing is dependent on the number of developers selected, the number of products selected, and the payment term selected. Please visit the Snyk plans page for an interactive pricing calculator.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA)Snyk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA)Snyk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Black Duck Software
    If you are using a lot of open-source libraries, which is most likely, this is a must-have to ensure no known vulnerabilities slip into production
    Incentivized
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    Snyk
    Scenarios Where Snyk Is Well-Suited CI/CD Pipeline Integration (Node.js, Python, etc.) Container Security Open Source License Compliance Infrastructure as Code (IaC) SecurityScenarios Where Snyk May Be Less Appropriate Scanning Proprietary or Custom Code for Unknown Vulnerabilities Complex Monorepos with Custom Build Tools Organizations Requiring Custom Security Rules Advanced Security Teams Needing Correlation and Deep Triage.
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    Pros
    Black Duck Software
    • Quick inventory scan: Black Duck helps us scan the code repositories in no time. And quickly list the components and I now really know what is in my code.
    • Security and License risk management: Black Duck being rich in its knowledge base about the vulnerabilities and license issues of open source components, quickly compares the identified inventory to the Black Duck knowledge base and lists all the vulnerabilities and license issues in the code.
    • Integration for automatic scanning: Black Duck is part of devops which provides us automatic scanning. Black Duck is not just for devops but also SecOps.
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    Snyk
    • Helps in dependency management
    • SAST - Static Application Security Testing
    • Infra Code Scan ( Terraform , Cloud Formation , Docker image scan)
    • OSSG
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    Cons
    Black Duck Software
    • License model based on usage is costly.
    • Documentation is extensive, but often confusing.
    • Black Duck Hub could use some feature improvements for more robust governance capabilities
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    Snyk
    • The tool itself has many capabilities but using them operationally within the platform on a day to day basis for managing vulnerabilities is not a good experience.
    • Our company was in desparate need of a tool to help us manage vulnerabilities so we could achieve a SOC 2 assurance report without findings.
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    Usability
    Black Duck Software
    If you don’t know how to scan for the language, it isn’t entirely user friendly
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    Snyk
    Developer-Centric Design - Snyk integrates directly into IDEs (like VS Code and IntelliJ), CI/CD pipelines, GitHub/GitLab, and container registries. Clear, Actionable Vulnerability report issues are categorized by severity.


    Reports include fix recommendations, pull request suggestions, and links to remediation advice.
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    Support Rating
    Black Duck Software
    Support seems very responsive.
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    Snyk
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    Alternatives Considered
    Black Duck Software
    Black Duck is an obvious choice, with its versatility, integration, best enterprise support and on top of the list the knowledge base Black Duck has. Vega or Grabber also scans the application and tells about vulnerabilities. But it can never be compared with the feature set of Black Duck. Black Duck can also generate reports.
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    Snyk
    Unfortunately, neither cover all of the use cases that we would like so we need to use both but they are both excellent tools as part of our vulnerability management. We find that Snyk helps us better with improving our MTTR of identified vulnerabilities when compared to inspector but that may be more based on how we have implemented both tools
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    Return on Investment
    Black Duck Software
    • It is hard to measure ROI since Black Duck Hub saves us from costly legal battles that have thankfully never had to happen.
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    Snyk
    • Increased developer experience
    • Better productivity due to shift left as Vulnerabilities are caught earlier in the SDLC process
    • Improved Vulnerability Management
    • Common dashboard for various stages in CI/CD
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    ScreenShots

    Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Black Duck helps you find and fix your highest-priority vulnerabilitiesScreenshot of Use Black Duck to comply with open source license obligations and to verify compliance with all open source license  termsScreenshot of Black Duck automatically creates tickets in your activity tracking applications like Jira for both policy violations and vulnerabilitiesScreenshot of Black Duck's vulnerability ImpactAnalysis indicates whether a vulnerability is actually being called by your applicationScreenshot of The Black Duck security advisory gives the information you need to address security risks and make the fixScreenshot of Black Duck generates a Bill of Materials which gives you a complete and detailed inventory of all open source identified in your codebase