# Mend vs Renovate

| Attribute | Mend | Renovate |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59.9 (75% (high)) | 58.1 (38% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 308 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 22,348 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 374,610 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A self-hosted dependency update automation tool that integrates with version control platforms to manage software dependencies. |
| features.capabilities | `{"sca":true,"dast":true,"sast":true,"sbom":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"ide_plugin":false,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"iac_scanning":false,"reachability":true,"pricing_model":"enterprise_quote","secret_scanning":false,"deployment_model":"cloud_web_app","container_scanning":false,"license_compliance":true}` | `{"sca":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"license_compliance":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"GitHub Marketplace"},{"name":"Bitbucket Cloud"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"Atlassian Bamboo"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab Cloud"},{"name":"GitLab Enterprise Edition"},{"name":"Bitbucket Data Center"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | AGPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"enterprise_quote","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Teams","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","contactSales":true},{"free":true,"name":"Renovate Cloud OSS","description":"Free tier for open source projects and maintainers","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Teams and Enterprise editions; free tier for open source. Contact sales for pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.mend.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-24T22:41:27.445Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community Edition","summary":"Open source community edition","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Edition","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Community Edition free; Enterprise Edition available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.renovatebot.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:21:54.986Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.46.4","date":"2026-08-26T13:21:00Z","type":"stable","version":"44.46.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.46.3","date":"2026-08-26T12:43:54Z","type":"stable","version":"44.46.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.46.2","date":"2026-08-26T11:11:59Z","type":"stable","version":"44.46.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.46.1","date":"2026-08-26T10:00:53Z","type":"stable","version":"44.46.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.46.0","date":"2026-08-26T07:33:39Z","type":"stable","version":"44.46.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.45.4","date":"2026-08-26T03:49:33Z","type":"stable","version":"44.45.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.45.3","date":"2026-08-26T00:51:20Z","type":"stable","version":"44.45.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.45.2","date":"2026-08-25T23:23:01Z","type":"stable","version":"44.45.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.45.1","date":"2026-08-25T21:58:47Z","type":"stable","version":"44.45.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.45.0","date":"2026-08-25T20:56:15Z","type":"stable","version":"44.45.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.44.0","date":"2026-08-25T16:13:26Z","type":"stable","version":"44.44.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.43.1","date":"2026-08-25T13:01:04Z","type":"stable","version":"44.43.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.43.0","date":"2026-08-25T12:15:52Z","type":"stable","version":"44.43.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.42.2","date":"2026-08-25T11:50:16Z","type":"stable","version":"44.42.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.42.1","date":"2026-08-25T10:55:36Z","type":"stable","version":"44.42.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.42.0","date":"2026-08-25T07:31:15Z","type":"stable","version":"44.42.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.41.1","date":"2026-08-24T14:48:25Z","type":"stable","version":"44.41.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.41.0","date":"2026-08-24T11:42:24Z","type":"stable","version":"44.41.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.40.1","date":"2026-08-24T11:05:39Z","type":"stable","version":"44.40.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.40.0","date":"2026-08-24T08:22:24Z","type":"stable","version":"44.40.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.6 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":11,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=renovate&per_page=100","last_12m":8,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` |

## Capabilities (DevSecOps Tools)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:26:59.940Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*