Comparison

Mend vs Trivy

No clear leader: Trivy (60.8) and Mend (59.9) 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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Mend60
Trivy61
Score
Vioscale score
Mend60 / 100high · 75%
Trivy61 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tier
Mend
Trivy
Model
Price level
Mendlow
Trivyfree
Transparent
Mend
Trivy
Integrations
Count
Mend4
Trivy7
Reliability
Status page
Mend
Trivy
Adoption
Dependent repos
Mend
Trivy134
Github stars
Mend
Trivy37,628
Activity
Commits last 30d
Mend
Trivy43
Release
Cadence days
Mend
Trivy5
History
Mend
License
Spdx
Mend
Language
Primary
Mend
TrivyGo

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Mend

Unified security platform combining static code analysis and open source component scanning to automatically identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities in custom code and dependencies, with integrated compliance governance and fix automation.

Independently observed

Trivy

A free, open-source tool that scans code repositories, container images, binary artifacts, and Kubernetes clusters to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, and license compliance issues. Designed for cloud-native environments and integrates into CI/CD pipelines.

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 ↗

Trivy

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Mend
Trivy
CLI
Mend
Trivy
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Mend
Trivy
Self-hosted
Mend
Trivy

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Mend

6 total - 5 not shared
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Marketplace
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Jenkins
  • Atlassian Bamboo
Independently observed

Trivy

7 total - 6 not shared
  • Docker
  • GitLab
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Kubernetes
  • Harbor
  • CloudNativePG
Independently observed

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