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Black Duck Software Composition Analysis

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4.4
Market Presence: Application Security Testing, Software Supply Chain Security

Overview

Product Information on Black Duck Software Composition Analysis

Updated 3rd June 2022

What is Black Duck Software Composition Analysis?

Black Duck® software composition analysis (SCA) helps teams manage the security, quality, and license compliance risks that come from the use of open source and third-party code in applications and containers. Black Duck uses multiple open source discovery techniques to generate a complete and accurate software bill of materials (SBOM), including: declared/transitive dependency analysis, filesystem scanning, binary file analysis, and embedded code snippet detection. Black Duck gives teams a complete picture of open source risks with information from the Black Duck KnowledgeBase™ of over 5 million open source projects. In addition, independently researched Black Duck Security Advisories (BDSAs) provide teams with detailed vulnerability risk and remediation guidance weeks ahead of the NVD. Teams can manage risks across the SDLC using integrated policy management capabilities as well as monitoring and alerting for newly reported vulnerabilities impacting production applications.

Black Duck Software Composition Analysis Pricing

Annual contract based on team size and number of code bases analyzed by the product.

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Overall experience with Black Duck Software Composition Analysis

VP, COMPLIANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT
<50M USD, Services (non-Government)
FAVORABLE

“Best-in-class SCA tool with Flexible Policy Management”

5.0
Oct 13, 2025
Best in class Software Composition Analysis tool. Wide language support. Open Source components identification using various scanners, including binary analysis and a rich knowledgebase.
Manager, It Security And Risk Management
10B - 30B USD, Banking
CRITICAL

“Dated User Interface and Deployment Challenges Highlighted in Platform Feedback”

3.0
Jan 12, 2026
The design of the on-prem version of the platform is a bit dated. It required a considerable amount of the engineering effort to operate the platform.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 17th February 2025

Black Duck builds trust in software by enabling organizations to manage application security, quality, and compliance risks at the speed their business demands. Black Duck solutions help developers to secure code as fast as they write it; development and DevSecOps teams to automate testing within development pipelines without compromising velocity; and security teams to proactively manage risk and focus remediation efforts on what matters most. With Black Duck, organizations can transform the way they build and deliver software, aligning people, processes, and technology to intelligently address software risks across their portfolio and at all stages of the application lifecycle.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Year Founded
2002
Head office location
Burlington, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
https://blackduck.com

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Black Duck Software Composition Analysis Likes & Dislikes

Like

The combination of high security and license compliance capabilities with flexible policies makes BlackDuck Software Composition Analysis the perfect tool for companies that wish to manage Open Source at a high level. There is no need for any additional complementary tools to manage Open Source.

Like

1. Responsive and professional support team. Very fast response time to support tickets and can always resolve our issues in one or two rounds of communication. 2. Good documentation of the product. 3. Black duck has it's own research team with it's own vulnerability database.

Like

1. Ease of use and search capabilities. 2. Integrates with our Power BI - dashboards help us track the security posture of our products. 3. The support team is responsive, honest and overall we are satisfied.

Dislike

Black Duck Software Composition Analysis tool comes with a high price tag and a minimum developer plan, which may not fit many small software companies.

Dislike

1. The UX is a bit dated and not the most intuitive to use. 2. Deployment is hard to manage. HA requires two full stack deployments. Also, the product is only released quarterly, hence a lot of vulnerabilities in the product itself can't be patched in a timely manner. 3. Tend to have many bugs in every version.

Dislike

The reporting bug that they've had in the product for about 4 releases now. We have mitigated the issues and yet they still appear as open, which leads to a misleading status.

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Peer Discussions

Black Duck Software Composition Analysis Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(100 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
47%
4 Star
45%
3 Star
8%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.5

Product Capabilities

4.5

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  • VP, COMPLIANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT
    <50M USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Best-in-class SCA tool with Flexible Policy Management

    5.0
    Oct 13, 2025
    Best in class Software Composition Analysis tool. Wide language support. Open Source components identification using various scanners, including binary analysis and a rich knowledgebase.
  • Research and Development Associate
    1B-10B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Black Duck - an excellent SCA tool

    4.0
    Jan 12, 2026
    Black duck helps us greatly in identifying critical vulnerabilities. We did encounter a reporting buf that was not fixed over several releases, hence the non-perfect score.
  • Manager, It Security And Risk Management
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Dated User Interface and Deployment Challenges Highlighted in Platform Feedback

    3.0
    Jan 12, 2026
    The design of the on-prem version of the platform is a bit dated. It required a considerable amount of the engineering effort to operate the platform.
  • Security & Risk Management
    50M-1B USD
    Telecommunication
    Review Source

    Transparency in CVE Status Reporting and Database Updates Remain Key User Concerns

    5.0
    Jun 24, 2025
    Black Duck is the only SCA solution we found which supports both C/C++ source code/binary detection, and can be deployed in pravacy. This solution has strong ability/power in component analysis, and the vulnerabilities database is really up-to-date. We can find further and deeply support in CVE management and fix issues. Also the vendors' technical support is so strong, any problems/issues can be solved in really short time.
  • IT Security Specialist
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Government
    Review Source

    BlackDuck's Intuitive Interface Covers All Programming Languages

    5.0
    Nov 5, 2024
    BlackDuck was easy to setup and the vendor provided clear instructions on the configuration.
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