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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

    Veracode

    Score8.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Veracode provides advanced application security solutions, trusted by enterprises to develop and maintain secure software. Its platform identifies exploitable risks, speeds up vulnerability remediation, and reduces security debt at scale using a proprietary AI-assisted remediation engine.N/A
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    Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA)Veracode
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    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.Developer pricing options available
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    Community Pulse
    Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA)Veracode
    Considered Both Products
    Synopsys
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    Veracode
    Chose Veracode
    We didn't really test any other products. Our IT department was using Black Duck before, but by the time we started doing scans on our codebase, they had decided on Veracode.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veracode
    The usage of Veracode is definitely easier going!
    Incentivized
    Chose Veracode
    Earlier in our organisation, Fortify was used (formerly from HP but now owned by Micro Focus). The general consensus was that there was too much noise (false positives), taking a lot of time to find and then fix the real issues.

    SonarQube is also used in our organisation but not …
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    Chose Veracode
    We use several different products. We continue to use Veracode because it does a good job keeping our applications secure.
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    86%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA)Veracode
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.6
    (138 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (27 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
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    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
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    6.4
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    Ease of integration
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    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
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    7.3
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    Vendor post-sale
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    8.9
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    8.2
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    User Testimonials
    Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA)Veracode
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Synopsys
    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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    Veracode
    Veracode is well suited for development applications that can be made more secure right from the beginning. There is an excellent extension in Visual Studio that scans code from the IDE. However, it is less appropriate or incompatible with scanning SOAP or WSDL APIs. It supports only REST APIs.
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    Pros
    Synopsys
    • 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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    Veracode
    • Veracode performs Static Application Security Testing (SAST) very well by finding flaws in the code using entry points so that it tests for everything a user can interact with in the application. This approach is very helpful for avoiding a lot of false positives early on.
    • Veracode performs SCA automatically on every SAST scan, so that we don't have to manually scan the application again for SCA scans.
    • Veracode integrates very well with the ticketing tools, so that it becomes very easy to track every finding and its status within our ticketing tool.
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    Cons
    Synopsys
    • 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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    Veracode
    • Scan results stability: from one scan to another, additional flaws appear whereas code did not change.
    • Entry points selection: hard to be sure selection is optimal, should be automatized or hidden.
    • Branches management: we currently use sandboxes to scan different branches of our software. Would be good to have real branches management.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Synopsys
    No answers on this topic
    Veracode
    At this time, and we just renewed a month ago, I dont see any products out there overall that can offer what Veracode does. Yes, its not cheap by any means, but for the money its the best application security scanning tool out there.
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    Usability
    Synopsys
    If you don’t know how to scan for the language, it isn’t entirely user friendly
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    Veracode
    - Almost no setup required and easy to configure - Very easy to use, intuitive UI with integrated analytics and learning portals. - Seamless to review the results, triage them, generate reports. - Security progression of the product/application is tracked via successive scans. - Privileges/Roles nicely fine grained and tightly controlled to let teams "view" only their products.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Synopsys
    No answers on this topic
    Veracode
    Veracode has always been up and available to us.
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    Performance
    Synopsys
    No answers on this topic
    Veracode
    At this point, it runs well and mostly in a timely fashion. Dynamic scans take days but this may be a config issue still to be resolved.
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    Support Rating
    Synopsys
    Support seems very responsive.
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    Veracode
    Overall, Veracode support is helpful, community support is great, and documentation is available for self-service. Our Customer Success Manager is very helpful and reaches out regularly to see if we need assistance. We have not utilized many of the other resources offered by Veracode, however, in the future we would like to leverage secure coding training for our Development teams.
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    Implementation Rating
    Synopsys
    No answers on this topic
    Veracode
    We use it as a SAS service, so really just getting our teams to mold the use of Veracode into their SDLC has been a process of years in the making. It comes down to what your teams are ready and willing to accept and change. Management is key in getting their groups on board with using it regularly. If it doesnt have management backing, your security teams have little to no influence in getting this process off the ground fully.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Synopsys
    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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    Veracode
    Veracode is slower with scan results however the flaws discovered and sites crawled are almost the same. Rapid7 InsightAppSec only does dynamic scans. Veracode did find more links on a site crawl. Rapid7 InsightAppSec has more out of the box reports than Veracode. Both integration to DevOps tools were striaghtforward.
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    Scalability
    Synopsys
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    Veracode
    It meets our needs.
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    Return on Investment
    Synopsys
    • 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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    Veracode
    • Veracode's platform has had a very positive impact on our security posture, paving the path towards having coverage monitored automatically on hundreds of internal applications throughout the development lifecycle.
    • Veracode's platform has also had a very positive impact on improving the security knowledge of our development team, providing meaningful feedback as well as training options to reduce mitigation time and help to prevent flaws before they are created.
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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

    Veracode Screenshots

    Screenshot of a fixScreenshot of the Veracode PlatformScreenshot of SCAScreenshot of SCA Github