Mend.io alternatives
13 other tools do this job. Which one is right depends on why Mend.io is not working for you — so start from the reason, not the list.
Why teams leave Mend.io
- SAST is weaker than dedicated code-analysis vendors.
- Enterprise pricing and sales process.
- Interface is dated in places.
Worth saying: Mend.io is genuinely strong at this — licence compliance reporting is the strongest in the category and often the reason legal approves a release. If that is the part you rely on, switching may cost more than it saves.
If cost is the problem
Cheaper than Mend.io at the entry point, or free outright.
Dependabot
Security Testing
Free dependency updates and vulnerability alerts, built into GitHub.
OWASP ZAP
Security Testing
The free, open-source DAST scanner that attacks your running application.
Renovate
Security Testing
Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.
Trivy
Security Testing
One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.
If you need open source
Mend.io is proprietary; these are not.
OWASP ZAP
Security Testing
The free, open-source DAST scanner that attacks your running application.
Renovate
Security Testing
Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.
Trivy
Security Testing
One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.
CodeQL
Security Testing
Query your codebase like a database to find vulnerability patterns across the whole repo.
If it has to run on your own infrastructure
Mend.io is cloud-only; these can be self-hosted.
Checkmarx One
Security Testing
Enterprise application security platform: SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC and API security.
OWASP ZAP
Security Testing
The free, open-source DAST scanner that attacks your running application.
Renovate
Security Testing
Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.
Trivy
Security Testing
One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.
Everything else in Security Testing
Ranked by how widely adopted they are. Compare any two to see the differences that matter.
Developer-first security across dependencies, code, containers and infrastructure.
Enterprise application security platform: SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC and API security.
The professional web security tester's tool of choice, plus an enterprise scanner.
The free, open-source DAST scanner that attacks your running application.
Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.
One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.
Query your codebase like a database to find vulnerability patterns across the whole repo.
Secrets detection across your repositories, history and developer machines.
Open-source secret scanning that verifies whether the credential is still live.
Application security as a service, with policy enforcement and compliance attestation.
DAST with proof-based scanning that confirms a vulnerability is real before reporting it.
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