# Mend.io – Mend SCA alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 193 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Mend.io – Mend SCA holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/mend-io-mend-sca/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Snyk Open Source: 44
- Trivy: 35
- OWASP Dependency-Check: 15
- OWASP Dependency-Track: 11
- GitHub Dependabot: 10
- Sonatype Lifecycle: 9

## Software composition analysis

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Mend.io – Mend SCA (Mend.io – Mend SCA is #12 of 14 at 0%).

- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 31 of those 78
- Trivy: first choice in 16 of those 78
- OWASP Dependency-Check: first choice in 10 of those 78
- GitHub Dependabot: first choice in 6 of those 78
- OSV-Scanner: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 78
- FOSSA: first choice in 1 of those 78
- GitHub Advanced Security: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 59 of 84 answers did not name Mend.io – Mend SCA (Mend.io – Mend SCA is #5 of 19 at 6%).

- Trivy: first choice in 16 of those 59
- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 11 of those 59
- OWASP Dependency-Check: first choice in 5 of those 59
- GitHub Dependabot: first choice in 4 of those 59
- OWASP Dependency-Track: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 59

**Enterprise**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Mend.io – Mend SCA (Mend.io – Mend SCA is #4 of 14 at 7%).

- OWASP Dependency-Track: first choice in 9 of those 56
- Sonatype Lifecycle: first choice in 9 of those 56
- Black Duck: first choice in 4 of those 56
- OSV-Scanner: first choice in 3 of those 56
- Trivy: first choice in 3 of those 56
- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 56
- GitHub Advanced Security: first choice in 1 of those 56

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