Comparison

FOSSA vs pip-audit

No clear leader: pip-audit (50.6) and FOSSA (48.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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FOSSA49

pip-audit51

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	FOSSA	pip-audit
vioscaleAI score	49 / 100medium · 55%	51 / 100low · 35%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	free
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$20	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	20	3
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	8.4
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://github.com/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=pip-audit&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	115
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	1,381
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	9
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	31
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

FOSSA49 / 100medium · 55%

pip-audit51 / 100low · 35%

Pricing

Free tier

FOSSA✓

pip-audit✓

Model

FOSSAfreemium

pip-auditopen_source

Price level

FOSSAmid

pip-auditfree

Starting price

FOSSA$20

pip-audit–

Transparent

FOSSA✗

pip-audit–

Integrations

Count

FOSSA20

pip-audit3

Security

Scorecard

FOSSA–

pip-audit8.4

Soc2

FOSSA✓

pip-audit–

Trust center

FOSSA–

pip-audithttps://github.com/security

Vulnerabilities

FOSSA–

pip-auditCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=pip-audit&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

FOSSA–

pip-audit115

Github stars

FOSSA–

pip-audit1,381

Activity

Commits last 30d

FOSSA–

pip-audit9

Release

Cadence days

FOSSA–

pip-audit31

History

FOSSA–

pip-audit20 items

License

Spdx

FOSSA–

pip-auditApache-2.0

Language

Primary

FOSSA–

pip-auditPython

Market

Availability

FOSSAAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

pip-auditAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

FOSSA7 items

pip-audit6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for dependency management. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Dependency Management
Capability	FOSSA	pip-audit
Capabilities
Update automation	✓	✓
Vuln scanning	✓	✓
Reachability analysis	✗	-
License compliance	✓	-
Sbom generation	✓	✓
Ci gating	✓	-
Container image scanning	✓	-
Auto merge policy	✗	-
Open source	✓	✓

Capabilities

Update automation

FOSSA✓

pip-audit✓

Vuln scanning

FOSSA✓

pip-audit✓

Reachability analysis

FOSSA✗

pip-audit-

License compliance

FOSSA✓

pip-audit-

Sbom generation

FOSSA✓

pip-audit✓

Ci gating

FOSSA✓

pip-audit-

Container image scanning

FOSSA✓

pip-audit-

Auto merge policy

FOSSA✗

pip-audit-

Open source

FOSSA✓

pip-audit✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

FOSSA

A portable analysis tool that scans codebases to identify licensing and security vulnerabilities across multiple programming languages and build systems, with support for large monolithic codebases.

Independently observed

pip-audit

Scans Python environments and dependency files against multiple vulnerability databases to detect insecure packages, and can automatically upgrade them to secure versions.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

FOSSA

from $20/project/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free plan available; Business from $20/project/month billed annually; Enterprise custom pricing

FreeFree
- Container scanning
- Identify dependencies at any depth
- Basic email support
- API access
- SaaS (multi-tenant cloud)
- +2 more
Business$20/project/month billed annually
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited imported SBOMs
- Automated license and vulnerability scanning
- Multi-project reporting
- Priority support
- +1 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Business, plus:
- Enterprise-grade SLAs
- Custom retention policies
- Advanced compliance reporting
- Enterprise-grade APIs
- +3 more

as of 2026-08-25verify ↗

pip-audit

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-10-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	FOSSA	pip-audit
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

CLI

FOSSA✓

pip-audit✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

FOSSA✓

pip-audit✗

Self-hosted

FOSSA✓

pip-audit✓

On-premise

FOSSA✓

pip-audit✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

GitHub Actions

FOSSA

11 total - 10 not shared

GitHub
CI/CD platforms
Gradle
Maven
JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems
Python
Golang
Ruby
Rust
Kotlin

Independently observed

pip-audit

6 total - 5 not shared

PyPI
OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
ESMS
OSV
Ecosyste.ms

Independently observed

Still deciding?

FOSSA or pip-audit: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.