Renovate vs Invicti

Free and open source

Quote on request

Free and open source, including the hosted GitHub app. Mend sells an enterprise edition with support.

Enterprise licensing by number of target sites or applications.

Everything, self-hosted

Demo and trial on request.

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Mend.io · since 2017

Established

Invicti Security · since 2009

• Far more configurable than Dependabot — grouping, scheduling and automerge rules that keep PR volume sane.
• Supports dozens of package managers including Docker, Terraform, Helm and GitHub Actions.
• Free hosted app, or self-host it entirely.

• Proof-based scanning eliminates most false-positive triage, which is the main cost of DAST.
• Handles authenticated scanning of modern JavaScript applications well.
• Good asset discovery for organisations that do not know all their own sites.

• The configuration surface is large enough to be its own learning curve.
• Without careful grouping rules it produces a lot of pull requests.
• Vulnerability context is thinner than a dedicated SCA tool.

• Expensive relative to free DAST alternatives.
• Scans take time and are not suited to per-commit feedback.
• Dynamic testing alone cannot find everything a code review would.

Teams that outgrew Dependabot's limited configuration and want update policy under control.

Organisations with many web applications and no capacity to triage scanner noise.