Compare FOSSA vs. Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle

FOSSA is ranked 11th in Software Composition Analysis while Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle is ranked 1st in Software Composition Analysis with 11 reviews. FOSSA is rated 0, while Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle is rated 8.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle writes "Low false-positive count and the vulnerability-upgrade overview are key features for us". FOSSA is most compared with Black Duck Protex, WhiteSource and Snyk, whereas Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle is most compared with SonarQube, WhiteSource and Black Duck Hub.

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Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle

Read 11 Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle reviews.

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Russell Webster

VP and Sr. Manager at a financial services firm

We built it directly into our continuous integration cycles and have been able to catch things at build time

Without it we didn't have any way to detect vulnerabilities except through reactive measures. It's allowed us to be proactive in our approach to... Read more »

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One of the challenges we had around licensing was how to deal with anonymous requests. According to the letter of the contract, an anonymous request consumes a license. We had to do some work to get over the fact that any anonymous interactions with the Lifecyle product had to be put back to an end-user account.Pricing is comparable with some of the other products. We are happy with the pricing.Pricing is decent. It's not horrible. It's middle-of-the-road, as far as our ranking goes. They're a little bit more but that's also because they provide more.We're pretty happy with the price, for what it is delivering for us and the value we're getting from it.Its pricing is competitive within the market. It's not very cheap, it's not very expensive.

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11th out of 16 in Software Composition Analysis Views 223 Comparisons 200 Reviews 0 Average Words per Review 0 Avg. Rating N/A	1st out of 16 in Software Composition Analysis Views 3,777 Comparisons 2,219 Reviews 9 Average Words per Review 1,557 Avg. Rating 8.8
Top Comparisons
Black Duck Protex vs. FOSSA Compared 24% of the time. WhiteSource vs. FOSSA Compared 23% of the time. Snyk vs. FOSSA Compared 19% of the time. See more FOSSA competitors » + Add more products to compare	SonarQube vs. Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle Compared 31% of the time. WhiteSource vs. Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle Compared 12% of the time. Black Duck Hub vs. Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle Compared 10% of the time. See more Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle competitors » + Add more products to compare
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Overview
Open Source has become the critical supplier for modern software companies, changing everything about how people think about their code. FOSSA builds the infrastructure for modern teams to be successful with open source. FOSSA's flagship product helps teams track the open source used in their code and automate license scanning and compliance. Since then, over 3000 open source projects (Kubernetes, Webpack, Terraform, ESLint) and companies (Docker, Tesla, Mapbox, Hashicorp) rely on FOSSA's tools to ship software. If you are in the software industry today, you're now using code that runs FOSSA.	Nexus Lifecycle gives you full control over your software supply chain and allows you to define rules, actions, and policies that work best for your organization and teams.
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Sample Customers
Applause, JS Foundation, SmartThings	Genome.One, Blackboard, Crediterform, Crosskey, Intuit, Progress Software, Qualys, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Top Industries
No Data Available	REVIEWERS Financial Services Firm60% Hospitality Company10% Government10% Health, Wellness And Fitness Company10% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Software R&D Company33% Financial Services Firm12% Government9% Comms Service Provider8%

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