We performed a comparison between Black Duck and Sonatype Repository Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Composition Analysis (SCA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is able to drill down to the source level."
"The UI is the solution's most valuable feature since it allows for easy pipeline integration."
"The knowledge base and the management system are the most valuable features of Black Duck Hub. It has a very helpful management environment. They offer an editor where we can check the discovered license, which is retrieved from their knowledge base. They have a huge knowledge base build over the years. It gives you some possibilities, such as this license with possibility A could cause a vulnerability issue or a potential breach."
"The solution is stable."
"Policy management is a valuable feature."
"The installation is very easy."
"It highlights what the developers have done, and it shows the impact from an intellectual property point of view."
"I like the fact that the product auto analyzes components."
"The product's network and intrusion protection features are valuable. It also has rules and compliance features for security."
"Another thing that I like about Sonatype is that if you download something today, and five days from today it becomes vulnerable, it will notify you."
"It needs to be more user-friendly for developers and in general, to ensure compliance."
"The solution's pricing model and documentation areas of concern where improvement is needed."
"The initial setup could be simplified. It was somewhat complex."
"Due to the fact that, with our software developer life cycle, we don't need to scan our source code every day or every week. For that reason, we find the cost is too high. We might only actually use it five to ten times a year, which makes it expensive."
"The solution must provide more open APIs."
"The documentation is quite scattered."
"The product's pricing is higher compared to other competitor products."
"The scanner client is limited by the size of software it can handle."
"The tool needs to improve its file systems. The product should also include zero test feature."
"What I don't like is the lack of an option to pick up the phone and call someone for support. That is something they need to improve on. They need to have a professional services package, or they need to include that option with their services."
Black Duck is ranked 1st in Software Composition Analysis (SCA) with 16 reviews while Sonatype Repository Firewall is ranked 12th in Software Composition Analysis (SCA) with 3 reviews. Black Duck is rated 7.8, while Sonatype Repository Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Black Duck writes "Enables applications to be secure, but it must provide more open APIs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sonatype Repository Firewall writes "You will get clean code every time, and that's a great achievement". Black Duck is most compared with Snyk, Fortify Static Code Analyzer, JFrog Xray, Mend.io and ShiftLeft, whereas Sonatype Repository Firewall is most compared with JFrog Xray, Cisco Secure Firewall, GitHub, Snyk and Veracode. See our Black Duck vs. Sonatype Repository Firewall report.
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