GitHub Dependabot vs OWASP Dependency-Track
Zero of fourteen models named GitHub Dependabot first on the direct prompt; zero named OWASP Dependency-Track. GitHub Dependabot was named by twelve of the fourteen models and OWASP Dependency-Track by twelve and GitHub Dependabot carries 25 labels and OWASP Dependency-Track 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the software composition analysis page.
By framing
GitHub DependabotFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOWASP Dependency-Track
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, GitHub Dependabot and OWASP Dependency-Track were named in the same answer twenty times, of the 61 answers naming GitHub Dependabot and the 68 naming OWASP Dependency-Track. In those answers OWASP Dependency-Track took the first choice two times and GitHub Dependabot two.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | ||||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | |||||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
GitHub Dependabot OWASP Dependency-Track first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, GitHub Dependabot on the left and OWASP Dependency-Track on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
GitHub Dependabot4%#5 of 14OWASP Dependency-Track2%#6 of 14GitHub Dependabot8%#4 of 19OWASP Dependency-Track6%#6 of 19OWASP Dependency-Track17%#3 of 14GitHub Dependabot0%#– of 14What the models said about GitHub Dependabot
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“GitHub Dependabot as your entire SCA program: It can be useful for repositories on GitHub, but check the documented ecosystem and file-format coverage” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“May be insufficient as a standalone program for complex SBOM, license, or multi-repository governance” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“Dependabot is convenient if you're all-in on GitHub, but it's more of an updater than a deep scanner.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Using GitHub and want zero setup effort | GitHub Dependabot | Free, native, automatically creates fix PRs.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Best value for most budget-conscious companies: GitHub Dependabot—if your code is already on GitHub.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“GitHub Dependabot or Snyk Open Source are the best starting points due to their free tiers” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about OWASP Dependency-Track
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Free and open source, but requires internal hosting and maintenance.” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“my default recommendation would be OWASP Dependency-Track” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Primary Recommendation: OWASP Dependency-Track” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Start with OWASP Dependency-Track + Trivy.” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.