Comparison

Renovate vs Trivy

No clear leader: Trivy (60.8) and Renovate (58.1) 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
Renovate58
Trivy61
Score
Vioscale score
Renovate58 / 100low · 38%
Trivy61 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tier
Renovate
Trivy
Model
Price level
Renovatelow
Trivyfree
Transparent
Renovate
Trivy
Integrations
Count
Renovate3
Trivy7
Adoption
Dependent repos
Renovate308
Trivy134
Github stars
Renovate22,348
Trivy37,628
Package downloads weekly
Renovate374,610
Trivy
Activity
Commits last 30d
Renovate100
Trivy43
Release
Cadence days
Renovate
Trivy5
History
Renovate20 items
License
Spdx
RenovateAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
RenovateTypeScript
TrivyGo
Market
Availability
Renovate

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Renovate

A self-hosted dependency update automation tool that integrates with version control platforms to manage software dependencies.

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.

Renovate

HybridFree tier

Community Edition free; Enterprise Edition available

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
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
CLI
Renovate
Trivy
Deployment
Self-hosted
Renovate
Trivy

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Renovate

4 total - 3 not shared
  • GitLab Cloud
  • GitLab Enterprise Edition
  • Bitbucket Data Center
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.

Renovate vs Trivy: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale