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Comparison

Mend vs Renovate

No clear leader: Renovate (59.7) and Mend (59.3) 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.

Mend full profile →Renovate full profile →
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Mend59
Renovate60
Score
vioscaleAI score
Mend59 / 100medium · 70%
Renovate60 / 100low · 41%
Pricing
Free tier
Mend✓
Renovate✓
Model
Mendfreemium
Renovatefreemium
Price level
Mendlow
Renovatelow
Transparent
Mend✗
Renovate✗
Integrations
Count
Mend2
Renovate90
Security
Gdpr
Mend✓
Renovate–
Iso27001
Mend✓
Renovate–
Scorecard
Mend–
Renovate6.7
Soc2
Mend✓
Renovate–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Mend✓
Renovate–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Mend–
Renovate308
Github stars
Mend–
Renovate22,754
Package downloads weekly
Mend–
Renovate374,610
Activity
Commits last 30d
Mend–
Renovate100
Release
History
Mend–
Renovate20 items
License
Spdx
Mend–
RenovateAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
Mend–
RenovateTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Mend7 items
Renovate6 items

Capabilities

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

Scan types
SAST (static analysis)
Mend✓
Renovate-
DAST (dynamic analysis)
Mend✓
Renovate-
SCA / dependency scanning
Mend✓
Renovate✓
Secret scanning
Mend✗
Renovate-
Container / image scanning
Mend✗
Renovate-
IaC misconfiguration scanning
Mend✗
Renovate-
Governance
OSS licence compliance
Mend✓
Renovate✓
SBOM generation (SPDX/CycloneDX)
Mend✓
Renovate-
Remediation
Automated fix / upgrade PRs
Mend✓
Renovate✓
Prioritisation
Reachability / exploitability prioritisation
Mend✓
Renovate-
Deployment
Hosting
MendCloud + self-hosted
RenovateCloud + self-hosted
Integration
First-class CI / pipeline integration
Mend✓
Renovate✓
In-editor / IDE scanning
Mend✗
Renovate-
Licensing
OSS engine available
Mend✓
Renovate✓

What each one is

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

Mend

An automated security platform that helps identify and manage security risks in application code and external dependencies throughout the development lifecycle.

Independently observed

Renovate

Scans repositories for outdated dependencies and automatically creates pull requests to update them to newer available versions.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.

Mend

enterprise_quoteFree tier

Teams and Enterprise editions; free tier for open source. Contact sales for pricing.

  • Teams-
  • EnterpriseContact sales
  • Renovate Cloud OSSFree
as of verify ↗

Renovate

HybridFree tier

Community Edition free; Enterprise Edition available

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Mend✓
Renovate✗
CLI
Mend✗
Renovate✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Mend✓
Renovate✓
Self-hosted
Mend✓
Renovate✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • GitHub
  • Azure DevOps

Mend

8 total - 6 not shared
  • GitHub Marketplace
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Jenkins
  • Atlassian Bamboo
  • CI/CD
  • Repository integration
Independently observed

Renovate

18 total - 16 not shared
  • GitLab Cloud
  • GitLab Enterprise Edition
  • Bitbucket Data Center
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • AWS CodeCommit
  • Gitea
  • Forgejo
  • Gerrit
  • SCM-Manager
  • npm
  • Python
  • .NET
  • Ruby
  • Go
  • Docker
Independently observed
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Mend or Renovate: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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