# OWASP Dependency-Track vs pip-audit

| Attribute | OWASP Dependency-Track | pip-audit |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59.1 (28% (low)) | 49.3 (26% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 12 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 4,146 | 1,354 |
| deployment.options | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Scans Python environments and dependency files against multiple vulnerability databases to detect insecure packages, and can automatically upgrade them to secure versions. |
| integrations.count | 15 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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":"PyPI"},{"name":"OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)"},{"name":"ESMS"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://dependencytrack.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:08:30.076Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:05:11.628Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 21 | 31 |
| release.history | `[{"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"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.14.0","date":"2026-03-09T22:05:03Z","type":"stable","version":"4.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.13.6","date":"2025-11-17T08:43:39Z","type":"stable","version":"4.13.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.13.5","date":"2025-10-07T14:54:24Z","type":"stable","version":"4.13.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.13.4","date":"2025-08-26T10:01:24Z","type":"stable","version":"4.13.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.13.3","date":"2025-08-04T12:51:44Z","type":"stable","version":"4.13.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/releases/tag/4.13.2","date":"2025-05-08T22:17:36Z","type":"stable","version":"4.13.2"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.10.1","date":"2026-06-10T22:16:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.10.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.10.0","date":"2025-12-01T23:42:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.9.0","date":"2025-04-07T16:43:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.8.0","date":"2025-02-06T22:57:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.7.3","date":"2024-04-30T19:26:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.7.2","date":"2024-02-29T16:05:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.7.1","date":"2024-02-12T19:08:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.7.0","date":"2024-01-11T19:35:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.6.3","date":"2024-01-08T03:43:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.6.2","date":"2023-12-19T03:48:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.6.1","date":"2023-07-24T18:46:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.6.0","date":"2023-07-02T13:30:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.5.6","date":"2023-05-23T00:25:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.5.5","date":"2023-05-04T16:25:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.5.4","date":"2023-03-29T08:11:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.5.3","date":"2023-03-23T22:06:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.5.2","date":"2023-03-20T17:38:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.5.1","date":"2023-03-17T15:28:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.5.0","date":"2023-03-16T10:58:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/releases/tag/v2.4.15","date":"2023-01-31T17:33:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.15"}]` |
| security.scorecard | - | 8.4 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=dependency-track&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Dependency Management)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:46:16.491Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*