# GitHub Dependabot vs OWASP Dependency-Track

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** GitHub Dependabot

| Attribute | GitHub Dependabot | OWASP Dependency-Track |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.4 (73% (medium)) | 52.4 (30% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 4,281 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Monitors your project dependencies, identifies security vulnerabilities and outdated packages, and automatically opens pull requests to update them to safer versions. It is indexed under Dependency Management.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What is GitHub Dependabot?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"GitHub Dependabot does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Free and Enterprise Cloud), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"How much does GitHub Dependabot cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"GitHub Dependabot supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does GitHub Dependabot support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. GitHub Dependabot can be deployed cloud / SaaS and on-premise, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Can GitHub Dependabot be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 22 integrations for GitHub Dependabot, including Azure Pipelines, Linear, Zenhub, Codacy, CodeFactor, Rollbar, Percy and WakaTime, plus 14 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What does GitHub Dependabot integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for GitHub Dependabot. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as GitHub Dependabot not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://github.com/security/advanced-security/software-supply-chain?locale=fr-fr","question":"What security certifications does GitHub Dependabot have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"Provides organizations with a centralized inventory of software components across their entire technology stack and identifies security vulnerabilities from multiple authoritative sources. Designed for continuous monitoring and risk assessment within CI/CD pipelines, with policies to enforce compliance and team notifications. It is indexed under Dependency Management.","source":"https://dependencytrack.org","question":"What is OWASP Dependency-Track?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"OWASP Dependency-Track is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://dependencytrack.org","question":"Is OWASP Dependency-Track free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"OWASP Dependency-Track supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://dependencytrack.org","question":"What platforms does OWASP Dependency-Track support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. OWASP Dependency-Track can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://dependencytrack.org","question":"Can OWASP Dependency-Track be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 15 integrations for OWASP Dependency-Track, including NVD, Sonatype OSS Index, GitHub Advisories, Snyk, OSV, Trivy, VulnDB and Slack, plus 7 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://dependencytrack.org","question":"What does OWASP Dependency-Track integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. OWASP Dependency-Track is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/dependencytrack/dependency-track","question":"Is OWASP Dependency-Track open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A security tool that automatically monitors project dependencies for vulnerabilities, creates pull requests with the latest updates, and groups changes for efficient review and deployment. | Dependency-Track is an open source platform that ingests software bill of materials (SBOMs) to inventory components and continuously scan them against vulnerability sources, enabling teams to track and enforce security and policy compliance across their entire software portfolio. |
| features.capabilities | `{"ci_gating":true,"open_source":true,"vuln_scanning":true,"sbom_generation":true,"auto_merge_policy":true,"update_automation":true,"license_compliance":true}` | `{"ci_gating":true,"open_source":true,"vuln_scanning":true,"container_image_scanning":true}` |
| integrations.count | 17 | 15 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Azure Pipelines"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Zenhub"},{"name":"Codacy"},{"name":"CodeFactor"},{"name":"Rollbar"},{"name":"Percy"},{"name":"WakaTime"},{"name":"Codemagic"},{"name":"Zube"},{"name":"Codetree"},{"name":"POEditor"},{"name":"Imgbot"},{"name":"Qlty Cloud"},{"name":"Render"},{"name":"CircleCI","native":true,"category":"ci"},{"name":"Codecov","native":true,"category":"testing"},{"name":"Codemagic CI/CD","native":true,"category":"ci"},{"name":"Rewind Backups","native":true,"category":"backup"},{"name":"gitpod.io","native":true,"category":"dev_tools"},{"name":"Atlassian","native":true,"category":"project_management"},{"name":"Crowdin","native":true,"category":"localization"},{"name":"Datree","native":true,"category":"security"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Mergify","category":"ci"},{"name":"Jira","category":"project_management"},{"name":"Ranger","category":"project_management"},{"name":"DeepScan","category":"security"},{"name":"GuardRails","category":"security"},{"name":"OpenCode"},{"name":"Octobox"}]` | `[{"name":"NVD"},{"name":"Sonatype OSS Index"},{"name":"GitHub Advisories"},{"name":"Snyk"},{"name":"OSV"},{"name":"Trivy"},{"name":"VulnDB"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Teams"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"OpenID Connect"},{"name":"Active Directory"},{"name":"LDAP"},{"name":"Docker Hub"},{"name":"GitHub Container Registry"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"web":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Secret Protection","summary":"$19/active committer/month","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"active committer","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Code Security","summary":"$30/active committer/month","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"active committer","amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $19/active committer/month for Secret Protection; $30/active committer/month for Code Security","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/features/security/software-supply-chain","retrievedAt":"2026-10-06T11:28:02.852Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"active committer","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://dependencytrack.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:08:30.076Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | mid | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":19,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 4 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.2.0","date":"2026-10-08T09:09:37Z","type":"stable","version":"5.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.1.2","date":"2026-10-05T22:32:41Z","type":"stable","version":"5.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.14.5","date":"2026-10-05T21:50:17Z","type":"stable","version":"4.14.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.1.1","date":"2026-09-20T19:05:22Z","type":"stable","version":"5.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.14.4","date":"2026-09-14T11:19:52Z","type":"stable","version":"4.14.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.1.0","date":"2026-08-27T15:33:20Z","type":"stable","version":"5.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.5","date":"2026-08-24T13:49:41Z","type":"stable","version":"5.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.4","date":"2026-07-30T16:59:52Z","type":"stable","version":"5.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.3","date":"2026-07-20T09:29:35Z","type":"stable","version":"5.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.14.3","date":"2026-07-20T11:31:14Z","type":"stable","version":"4.14.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.2","date":"2026-06-18T13:11:58Z","type":"stable","version":"5.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.1","date":"2026-06-12T12:39:24Z","type":"stable","version":"5.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.0","date":"2026-06-07T15:32:21Z","type":"stable","version":"5.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.0-rc.5","date":"2026-06-05T22:54:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"5.0.0-rc.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.0-rc.4","date":"2026-06-03T14:51:19Z","type":"prerelease","version":"5.0.0-rc.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.0-rc.3","date":"2026-06-02T11:26:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"5.0.0-rc.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.0-rc.2","date":"2026-05-31T23:24:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"5.0.0-rc.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/5.0.0-rc.1","date":"2026-05-28T19:05:46Z","type":"prerelease","version":"5.0.0-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.14.2","date":"2026-05-07T16:45:13Z","type":"stable","version":"4.14.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.14.1","date":"2026-04-03T17:43:42Z","type":"stable","version":"4.14.1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://github.com/security/advanced-security | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FDependencyTrack%2Fdependency-track&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Dependency Management)

| Capability | GitHub Dependabot | OWASP Dependency-Track |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Update automation | ✓ | - |
| Vuln scanning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reachability analysis | - | - |
| License compliance | ✓ | - |
| Sbom generation | ✓ | - |
| Ci gating | ✓ | ✓ |
| Container image scanning | - | ✓ |
| Auto merge policy | ✓ | - |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:21:55.626Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*