Dependabot vs Veracode

Free

Quote on request

Completely free. Advanced Security features such as code scanning are separately licensed.

Enterprise annual subscriptions priced by application count and scan types.

Free on all GitHub repositories including private ones.

No free tier.

Category standard

GitHub (Microsoft) · since 2017

Widely used

Veracode · since 2006

• Free and requires a single config file to enable.
• Version-bump pull requests mean remediation is a review, not a task.
• Grouped updates keep the PR volume manageable.

• Binary scanning works on third-party and supplier software where source is unavailable.
• Policy engine and attestation reports satisfy regulated procurement directly.
• Managed service model suits organisations without a security engineering team.

• No reachability analysis, so it reports vulnerabilities in code you never call.
• PR noise is a genuine problem on large dependency trees without grouping configured.
• GitHub only.

• Slow feedback compared with developer-first tools — poor fit for per-commit scanning.
• Expensive per application.
• Developer experience lags Snyk and Semgrep considerably.

Every GitHub repository, as the free baseline before considering a paid SCA tool.

Regulated enterprises needing formal security attestation, including for supplier software.