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Black Duck vs FlexNet Code Insight comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Black Duck
Ranking in Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
FlexNet Code Insight
Ranking in Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
21st
Average Rating
4.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Software Composition Analysis (SCA) category, the mindshare of Black Duck is 23.0%, down from 23.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of FlexNet Code Insight is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
 

Featured Reviews

Saravanan_Radhakrishnan - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 5, 2024
Enables applications to be secure, but it must provide more open APIs
We use the solution for open-source security management. The product connects the entire customer entity into DevOps and DevSecOps. Solutions like Black Duck and Code Dx enable application testing and onboarding of different applications from entities for security. All the users in different…
Apr 11, 2019
A decent web interface for reports, but the snippet style code matching requires too much effort
I was trying to assess our third party software risks and license risk. We also wanted to ensure we had proper third party license compliance After about a year, we never really institutionalized the reports and review data coming from Flexera due to a number of issues. Some of those issues were…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It highlights what the developers have done, and it shows the impact from an intellectual property point of view."
"Black Duck is pretty extensive in terms of the scan reserves and the vulnerability exposures. From that perspective, I'm happy with it."
"The most valuable feature of Black Duck is the seamless integration to scan our Docker binary files, it provides us all open vulnerabilities, and it ensures a reference point from where it finds the vulnerability is up to date. For example, if there is any new vulnerability found, they are immediately available in the Black Duck. There is no delay in finding the vulnerabilities, they are called out in our code immediately."
"We accidentally use third-party library APIs, which may not be secure. Our technical team may not have the end time or expertise to figure it out. Black Duck helps us with that and saves us time."
"I like the fact that the product auto analyzes components."
"The solution is very good at scanning and evaluating open source software."
"The stability is okay."
"Policy management is a valuable feature."
"It had a web interface into the reporting tools that was decent, and open source components could be reported per project and/or aggregated similar to other software composition tools."
 

Cons

"We have been having some issues with the latest releases where we are not able to scan our applications with the help of Black Duck."
"The tool needs to improve its pricing. Its configuration is complex and can be improved."
"The tool's documentation and support are areas of concern where improvements are required."
"The initial setup could be simplified. It was somewhat complex."
"I would like to see more integration with other solutions, such as IntelliJ IDEA."
"The scanner client is limited by the size of software it can handle."
"Due to the fact that, with our software developer life cycle, we don't need to scan our source code every day or every week. For that reason, we find the cost is too high. We might only actually use it five to ten times a year, which makes it expensive."
"The product's pricing is higher compared to other competitor products."
"I found the user interface cumbersome and difficult to use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is a little high."
"The price is quite high because the behavior of the software during the scan is similar to competing products."
"The price charged by Black Duck is exorbitant."
"I rate the product's price one on a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price, and ten is a low price."
"It is expensive."
"The price is low. It's not an expensive solution."
"Black Duck is more suitable if you require a lot of licensing compliance. For smaller organizations, WhiteSource is better because its pricing policies are not really suitable for huge organizations."
"Depending on the use case, the cost could range from $10,000 USD to $70,000 USD."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Healthcare Company
4%
Manufacturing Company
23%
Computer Software Company
21%
Real Estate/Law Firm
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

How does WhiteSource compare with Black Duck?
We researched Black Duck but ultimately chose WhiteSource when looking for an application security tool. WhiteSource is a software solution that enables agile open source security and license compl...
What do you like most about Black Duck?
The cloud option of the product is always available and a positive aspect of the solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Black Duck?
The price charged by Black Duck is exorbitant. For the features provided by the product, I would not want to pay a high price. There are many other products in the market that offer better features...
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Also Known As

Blackduck Hub, Black Duck Protex, Black Duck Security Checker
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Sample Customers

Samsung, Siemens, ScienceLogic, BryterCX, Dynatrace
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