Black Duck SCA vs Endor Labs

Black Duck SCA8.9Visit Endor Labs8.8Visit

Higher score Black Duck SCA #4 in Software Composition Analysis Software 8.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Black Duck

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Endor Labs #5 in Software Composition Analysis Software 8.8/10 Free plan · pricing on request Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Endor Labs

• Black Duck SCA fits best

  Large enterprises needing broad analysis

• Endor Labs fits best

  Teams prioritizing reachability and risk

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Side by side

Feature	Black Duck SCA 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Endor Labs 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.8
Ranking	#4 in Software Composition Analysis Software	#5 in Software Composition Analysis Software
Best for	Large enterprises needing broad analysis	Teams prioritizing reachability and risk
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web, Linux, macOS
Support	Docs	Docs
Compliance	ISO 27001	SOC 2, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML
Integrations	13 integrations	16 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Black Duck SCA 3/3 · Endor Labs 3/3
SBOM generation	✓	✓
Reachability analysis	✓	✓
Pull request scanning	✓	✓
Specs
Supported ecosystems	BitBake, Cargo, Carthage, CocoaPods, Conan, Conda, CPAN, CRAN, Dart, Go, Gradle, Hex, Ivy, Lerna, Maven, npm, NuGet, Packagist, PEAR, pip, pnpm, Poetry, RubyGems, SBT, Setuptools, Swift, Yarn, Xcode, OPAM, UV, Rush	C/C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, .NET (C#), PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Swift, TypeScript, Bazel
Monitored projects	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment options	Hybrid	Hybrid
Our review
Pros	Analyzes dependencies, binaries, snippets, and software bills of materials. Supports reachability, policy enforcement, and continuous application monitoring. Covers many ecosystems with source-control, CI/CD, and IDE integrations.	Reachability analysis helps identify vulnerable code that can be executed SBOM, VEX, upgrade impact, and container scanning support supply-chain work Integrates with major SCM, CI/CD, ticketing, and collaboration tools
Cons	Pricing uses a contact-sales model rather than self-serve plans. Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of dependency-only teams. Hybrid deployment may require planning across hosted and self-hosted environments.	Advanced triage and remediation capabilities are limited to the Pro tier Developer is focused on individual feedback rather than team policy workflows The platform is not open source
Our verdict	Black Duck SCA helps development, DevOps, and security teams identify and manage risks in open-source and third-party software. Its coverage spans dependency, binary, and snippet analysis, with capabilities for vulnerability… Read the review →	Endor Labs is an application security platform for engineering and security teams managing open-source dependencies, first-party code, containers, secrets, and software supply-chain risk. Its software composition analysis identifies… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Black Duck SCA — where it wins

  • Analyzes dependencies, binaries, snippets, and software bills of materials.
  • Supports reachability, policy enforcement, and continuous application monitoring.
  • Covers many ecosystems with source-control, CI/CD, and IDE integrations.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing uses a contact-sales model rather than self-serve plans.
  • Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of dependency-only teams.
  • Hybrid deployment may require planning across hosted and self-hosted environments.

• Endor Labs — where it wins

  • Reachability analysis helps identify vulnerable code that can be executed
  • SBOM, VEX, upgrade impact, and container scanning support supply-chain work
  • Integrates with major SCM, CI/CD, ticketing, and collaboration tools

  Where it doesn't

  • Advanced triage and remediation capabilities are limited to the Pro tier
  • Developer is focused on individual feedback rather than team policy workflows
  • The platform is not open source

• Black Duck SCA8.9/10 · Pricing on request

  Broad SCA coverage for enterprises managing open-source risk across the SDLC.

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• Endor Labs8.8/10 · Free plan · pricing on request

  A broad SCA platform for teams that need reachability and risk-based prioritization.

  Visit Endor LabsFull verdict →