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Black Duck vs FlexNet Code Insight comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
7.9
Black Duck offers robust vulnerability scanning and seamless integration, ensuring efficient open-source compliance and security in DevOps environments.
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The software composition analysis is most effective for security risk management.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.0
Black Duck needs improved integration, scan speed, setup, user experience, documentation, pricing, reporting, APIs, project handling, and customer interaction.
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There are areas for improvement such as false positives and the scanning of containers.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Users find Black Duck stable and reliable, with minor GUI delays and transition bugs, but no significant stability issues.
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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Black Duck is scalable and integrates well with CI/CD, though costs and flexibility vary with organizational needs and user numbers.
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Customer Service

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Black Duck offers responsive support, but users report delays and variability in satisfaction, especially during peak times and across time zones.
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There are some pain points with the response time and first-level support quality.
 

Setup Cost

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Black Duck pricing varies by user count or code size, offering free integrations and training with costs from $10,000.
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Categories and Ranking

Black Duck
Ranking in Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
1st
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
20
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
Enables applications to be secure, but it must provide more open APIs
The product enables other applications to be secure. We use it to onboard 400 to 500 applications into the DevOps platform, protect them, and have a secure environment. The tool integrates well with different technologies, application stacks, and databases. The APIs are available. We can read the blogs in the community for open-source compliance and security. The community feeds are important. Black Duck is a leader in Gartner. It is a reliable solution.
A decent web interface for reports, but the snippet style code matching requires too much effort
Due to the "snippet match" nature of the scans, we found that it was too much effort to properly validate and catalog each open source component with every new project/product. Incremental results were also difficult to achieve even after consulting with the vendor. We found there were too many false positives and the code-snippet validator had bugs and presented too many false positives. My experience with this tool has turned me away from "snippet"-focused composition analysis. We have switched to one that uses more complete code signatures that do not require validation and review of findings in most cases.
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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
24%
Computer Software Company
19%
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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