# OWASP Dependency-Track: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 21 judge labels across 1 category by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/owasp-dependency-track

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Software composition analysis](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/software-composition-analysis/index.md) | 6% | 6 | 5% | 21 |

## What the models said for it

- "my default recommendation would be OWASP Dependency-Track" (GPT-5.4 mini, SCA)
- "Primary Recommendation: OWASP Dependency-Track" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, SCA)
- "Start with OWASP Dependency-Track + Trivy." (GPT-5.4 mini, SCA)
- "Java‑centric or compliance‑heavy orgs: OWASP Dependency‑Check + Dependency‑Track provides the audit trail and reporting you need." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, SCA)

## And against it

- "Free and open source, but requires internal hosting and maintenance." (Perplexity Sonar, SCA)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named OWASP Dependency-Track, from 61 of the 68 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 34
- safeguard.sh: 26
- guideflow.com: 18
- upwind.io: 18
- appsecsanta.com: 17
- owasp.org: 17 (its own site)
- checkmarx.com: 14
- dupple.com: 13
- owasp.github.io: 12
- sourcegraph.com: 12

### Pages cited

- https://upwind.io/glossary/10-best-software-composition-analysis-tools-for-sca: 18
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-software-composition-analysis-tools: 13
- https://appsecsanta.com/sca-tools: 12
- https://sourcegraph.com/blog/sca-tools: 12
- https://blog.jetbrains.com/qodana/2025/09/best-software-composition-analysis-tools: 11
- https://github.com/topics/software-composition-analysis: 11
- https://linuxfoundation.org/hubfs/Reports/An-Open-Guide-To-Evaluating-Software-Composition-Analysis-Tools_V2.pdf: 11
- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Vulnerable_Dependency_Management_Cheat_Sheet.html: 10

## In its own words

What OWASP Dependency-Track's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: the open source platform that organizations use to identify and reduce risk in the software supply chain (https://owasp.org/)
- For: organizations (https://owasp.org/)

## What it publishes

Every page owasp.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 893 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 86 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-08-05
- webinar or virtual event: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-13
- conference or event: 35 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-14
- template or tool: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-05-08
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 18 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-11-20
- Recent: 2026-05-13 webinar or virtual event: Gen ai project application security risk virtual summit https://genai.owasp.org/event/gen-ai-project-application-security-risk-virtual-summit
- Recent: 2025-11-14 conference or event: Genai security project agentic ai summit europe https://genai.owasp.org/event/genai-security-project-agentic-ai-summit-europe
- Recent: 2025-08-30 conference or event: Genai security project uae summit hackathon https://genai.owasp.org/event/genai-security-project-uae-summit-hackathon
- Recent: 2025-08-28 conference or event: Owasp 2025 global appsec usa washington dc https://genai.owasp.org/event/owasp-2025-global-appsec-usa-washington-dc
- Recent: 2025-08-27 webinar or virtual event: Gen ai application security risk virtual conference https://genai.owasp.org/event/gen-ai-application-security-risk-virtual-conference
- Recent: 2025-08-06 webinar or virtual event: Owasp genai agentic security top 10 global kick off livestream https://genai.owasp.org/event/owasp-genai-agentic-security-top-10-global-kick-off-livestream

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.