Software composition analysis · RankedFOSSA
FOSSA is a software composition analysis product for engineering teams that manage their software supply chain · fossa.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Snyk Open Source is first at 38%.
Snyk Open Source is first at 34%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Sonatype Lifecycle is first at 30%.
Why models recommend it
“Ranked runner-up in 2026 iTechGuides research: mature SCA platform covering dependencies, SBOMs, containers, licenses and policy controls”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
“Choose FOSSA if your risk is primarily legal/compliance-related and you want the simplest possible deployment.”Kimi K2 · Direct question · alternative
“Best for policy & compliance (SBOM, licenses): FOSSA or Safeguard SCA (free plans, policy enforcement)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Other top contenders include FOSSA, Safeguard SCA, Socket, Semgrep Supply Chain, and Endor Labs.”Llama 4 Maverick · Direct question · alternative
What gives them pause
“license compliance depth does not automatically mean superior malware detection, exploitability analysis, or runtime prioritization”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as FOSSA, over the 56 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 26 | View → | |
| 32 | 5 | View → | |
| 31 | 2 | View → | |
| 27 | 9 | View → | |
| 25 | 4 | View → | |
| 25 | 2 | View → | |
| 21 | 6 | View → | |
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 15 | 1 | View → | |
| 15 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of FOSSA →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on FOSSA's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Engineering
- Price stated
- No credit card required. Free trial includes full access to all features.
- Starting price
- Free
- Free plan or trial
- Free trial includes full access to all features.
- Certifications
- SOC 2
- Customers named
- Omnissa, Prometheus, Kubernetes, CNCF, Sentry, UiPath, Applause, Collibra
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 49 of the 56 answers that named FOSSA and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
171 of the 171 domain citations in answers naming FOSSA came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 571 | 8 | 2026-09-11 | SCA, AI coding | |
| Glossary or explainer | 138 | undated | SCA, MFA | ||
| Conference or event | 28 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 20 | undated | |||
| Case study | 18 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 14 | undated | SAST, SCA | ||
| Podcast or video | 12 | undated | SCA | ||
| News or press | 3 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-11Cra 2026 reporting requirements blog
- 2026-09-10Fossa nohau partner software security compliance nordics blog
- 2026-08-28How fossa first hack house reinvented documentation blog
- 2026-08-17Cra product classification blog
- 2026-08-06Cra compliance timeline blog
- 2026-07-30Cisa releases 2026 minimum sbom elements blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page fossa.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.