What are the top 10 SCA tools?
Asked "What are the top 10 SCA tools?", Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT and Copilot named 43 distinct tools across 15 answers on September 7, 2026, and 30 of them in two or more answers.
30 of 43 names confirmed · named in 2 or more of 15 answers · asked September 7, 2026 · 5 engines
The top SCA tools include Snyk, Black Duck, Mend.io, Sonatype Lifecycle, and GitHub Advanced Security, which offer various features such as developer-first security, enterprise governance, and supply-chain governance. The ranking of the top tools may vary depending on the specific needs of the development team, such as compliance, remediation, or license compliance. Snyk is often recommended as the best overall tool for most development teams, while Black Duck and Mend.io are suitable for large enterprises with compliance needs.
- 1OWASP Dependency-Checknamed in 10 of 15 answers
- 2Snyknamed in 9 of 15 answers
- 3Endor Labsnamed in 9 of 15 answers
- 4GitHub Advanced Securitynamed in 9 of 15 answers
- 5Black Ducknamed in 8 of 15 answers
- 6Mend.ionamed in 8 of 15 answers
- 7Sonatype Lifecyclenamed in 8 of 15 answers
- 8Checkmarx SCAnamed in 8 of 15 answers
- 9JFrog Xraynamed in 8 of 15 answers
- 10FOSSAnamed in 7 of 15 answers
- 11Veracodenamed in 5 of 15 answers
- 12Sonatype Nexus Lifecyclenamed in 4 of 15 answers
- 13Snyk Open Sourcenamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 14SonarQubenamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 15Mendnamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 16Snyk Codenamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 17Checkmarxnamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 18PVS-Studionamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 19Semgrepnamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 20Cycodenamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 21Codacynamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 22Semgrep Supply Chainnamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 23Trivynamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 24Black Duck by Synopsysnamed in 2 of 15 answers
- 25Checkmarx Onenamed in 2 of 15 answers
The full measurement
- The position each of the 5 engines gave all 43 names.
- How many of the 15 answers named each of them.
- 183 sampled observations behind this ranking, and where the engines disagree.
- Fan-out — the query each engine actually searched.
- Every citation, and the sources nobody cited.