Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA) vs. Snyk

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

1) SAST Code Scan 2) Infra Code Scan 3) Docker Image Scan 4) SAS solution and provides good integration with various SCMS

Incentivized

• Vulnerability scans
• Tracking of the problem
• Alerting

Incentivized

• Integration in CI/CD pipeline.
• Periodic reporting is also an option.
• Clear separation of issues/categories.
• Insightful reasoning for issue and suggested solutions.

• Very slow.
• Bad UX.
• Outdated design.
• Too expensive.

Incentivized

• Setting up is complex and when not do no properly provides too many false positives.
• We use another tool in parallel because it does not cover all of our languages especially for older code that is in mixed languages.
• Integrating it with bitbucket was not straight forward.

Incentivized

If you don’t know how to scan for the language, it isn’t entirely user friendly

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

I have a very strong reason for the very best rating. Usually, Black Duck support is quick enough and they continuously keep me updated about the status if some issue is taking time for them to resolve. Overall, I am happy with the response I get from t customer care. I was planning an upgrade and I ran into an issue as the migrated Postgres database does not get identified by the new version of the hub. And all the projects, scans and the huge amount of work we put in comments under version are all lost. I immediately opened a case in the Black Duck customer portal. And in no time, I get a message back from the support for a quick WebEx session. And support was able to help me and my weekend was saved. Thank you for the quick support Black Duck. Appreciate it. I also have some questions on using Black Duck in an optimal way. I get helpful replies quick enough.

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

Developer-Centric Design


Snyk integrates seamlessly into the dev workflow (IDEs, Git, CI/CD).


Tools like Veracode/Fortify are security team-centric, with less developer engagement.


Unlike WhiteSource or Sonatype, Snyk has a faster learning curve and actionable fixes.

Incentivized

• It is hard to measure ROI since Black Duck Hub saves us from costly legal battles that have thankfully never had to happen.

Incentivized

• The API is extensive enough for many integration options.
• API keys are rotated on a non-preferred time schedule. There's no way to configure this.
• We had a great experience with the support team and success managers while setting up the product and onboarding projects into the tool

Incentivized