SCA Tools Comparison

Generated at 2026-07-10 22:23 UTC

Summary

Tool Latest Updated Type License Pricing Container Lang/Lib SBOM Policy Centralized Mgmt
FutureVuls
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2026-06 [Hotfix] 2026-06-01 SaaS Proprietary Paid
Yamory
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2026-06-25 2026-06-25 SaaS Proprietary Paid
Trivy
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v0.72.0 2026-06-30 OSS Apache-2.0 Free
Grype
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v0.115.0 2026-06-26 OSS Apache-2.0 Free
OSV-Scanner
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v2.4.0 2026-06-18 OSS Apache-2.0 Free
Syft
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v1.46.0 2026-06-26 OSS Apache-2.0 Free
Vuls
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v0.39.3 2026-06-09 OSS GPL-3.0 Free
Clair
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v4.9.0 2025-12-10 OSS Apache-2.0 Free
Dependency-Check
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v12.1.0 2025-02-17 OSS Apache-2.0 Free

Detailed Comparison

Tool Container Lang/Lib SBOM Policy IaC Secret Detection License Scan Build Plugin API Server SSH Agentless Dashboard Centralized Mgmt Unique Features
Trivy
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• IaC scanning (Terraform, Kubernetes manifests, Helm, Dockerfile)
• Secret / credential detection
• License compliance scanning
• Multiple output formats (SARIF, SBOM, table, JSON)
FutureVuls
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• Ticket management for vulnerability triage and remediation tracking
• Team management with role-based access control
• SLA tracking and compliance reporting
• Cloud SaaS built on OSS Vuls engine
• OSS license detection with GPL violation warning
Yamory
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• OSS license management and compliance
• Vulnerability prioritization support
• CI/CD pipeline integration
• Japanese-first support and UI
Syft
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• Outputs SBOM in multiple formats (SPDX, CycloneDX, Syft JSON, GitHub SBOM)
• Focused on SBOM generation only — no built-in vulnerability scanning
• Paired with Grype for a complete scan pipeline
Grype
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• Accepts SBOM files (SPDX, CycloneDX, Syft JSON) as direct scan input
• Tight integration with Syft for SBOM-driven vulnerability pipeline
• Supports VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) for filtering
OSV-Scanner
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• Uses Google's OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities) database — community maintained
• Lockfile-based scanning for accurate dependency resolution
• Git commit history scanning for introduced vulnerabilities
• Experimental reachability analysis
Vuls
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• Agentless SSH-based Linux server scanning
• Supports NVD / JVN / OVAL multiple vulnerability databases
• Slack and email notification support
• Scan results stored locally for historical diffing
Clair
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• Designed as an API server for integration into container registries
• Used by Quay.io as its core scanner
• ClairCore modular matcher architecture
• Supports multiple Linux distributions (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, etc.)
Dependency-Check
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• Maven, Gradle, and Ant build tool plugins
• Jenkins plugin available
• CPE-based NVD matching
• HTML / XML / JSON / CSV report generation