Compare FOSSA vs. WhiteSource

FOSSA is ranked 11th in Software Composition Analysis while WhiteSource is ranked 2nd in Software Composition Analysis with 4 reviews. FOSSA is rated 0, while WhiteSource is rated 7.8. On the other hand, the top reviewer of WhiteSource writes "Using it, we can take some measures to improve things, replace a library, or update a library which was too old". FOSSA is most compared with Black Duck Protex, WhiteSource and Snyk, whereas WhiteSource is most compared with Black Duck Hub, SonarQube and Veracode.

FOSSA

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FOSSA

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Read 4 WhiteSource reviews.

7,055 views|4,967 comparisons

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Josep Barranco

Director at a media company

Enables scanning of third-party libraries to ensure policy compliance but needs better role definition

To prevent shipping commercial or GPL libraries, we scan our repositories.

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Information Not Available	The version that we are using, WhiteSource Bolt, is a free integration with Azure DevOps.We are paying a lot of money to use WhiteSource. In our company, it is not easy to argue that it is worth the price. Read more »

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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	2nd out of 16 in Software Composition Analysis Views 7,055 Comparisons 4,967 Reviews 4 Average Words per Review 593 Avg. Rating 7.8
Top Comparisons
Black Duck Protex vs. FOSSA Compared 23% of the time. WhiteSource vs. FOSSA Compared 23% of the time. Snyk vs. FOSSA Compared 20% of the time. See more FOSSA competitors » + Add more products to compare	Black Duck Hub vs. WhiteSource Compared 18% of the time. SonarQube vs. WhiteSource Compared 17% of the time. Veracode vs. WhiteSource Compared 10% of the time. See more WhiteSource 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.	WhiteSource offers an agile approach to open source management. WhiteSource is a SaaS solution that integrates with your build process and audits your open source licenses, security and more every time you run your build.
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Sample Customers
Applause, JS Foundation, SmartThings	Autodesk, Temenos, Indeed.com, GE digital, KPMG, LivePerson, Jack Henry and Associates
Top Industries
No Data Available	VISITORS READING REVIEWS Software R&D Company44% Comms Service Provider7% Manufacturing Company7% Insurance Company6%

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