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Black Duck SCA

Composite Score

7.7 /10

CX Score

8.2 /10

7 Reviews Write a Review

What is Black Duck SCA?

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.

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Black Duck SCA Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

95 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+100 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Black Duck SCA?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 89

Policy Engine and Enforcements

Container Security Testing

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

Automated Workflow

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-in

Risk Scoring

False Positive Remediation

Vulnerability Scanning

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Mobile Application Security Testing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Black Duck SCA Reviews

jessica m.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Biotechnology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

Adequate App Analyzing App

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Black Duck SCA from other similar products?

Black Duck SCA offers a report of the app capacity and security strengths, which gives the users a breakdown of what to expect.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Black Duck SCA conducts extra scan to understand the application load, in the business usage.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Black Duck SCA has a higher pricey rates that put off user who lucks finances.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Black Duck SCA is the application that will give applications the go ahead of being utilized in a company.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Sustainable and Trusted Software

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Jim J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Energy
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Outstanding Security Testing Solution for Apps.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Black Duck SCA from other similar products?

Black Duck SCAis the most appropriate program in conducting a vulnerability scanning, which is makes the company know the dangers that a software can have. Further, Black Duck SCA has the capacity to know the risk scores from a software, making us stay updated.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Black Duck SCA helps in determining the software composition, the details or the fabrics in terms of make through analysis. More so, the container security testing is done using the program, a very efficient role.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Black Duck SCA is a stable, affordable, and error free safety tool, which has maximized its capacity in identifying the dangers a software can have to a company. Swift operations from the application, and very focused on assisting clients.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Black Duck SCA has substantial capacity in determining the safety nature of a software. The vulnerability testing and determining the risk score has been made effective by the program, and no dangers that can pass through the testing program.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Black Duck SCA

What is Black Duck SCA?

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Black Duck SCA Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

95 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+100 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Black Duck SCA?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Policy Engine and Enforcements Includes standard and/or customizable security policies, and the ability to enforce policies.

Container Security Testing Analyzes application containers to identify security vulnerabilities.

Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Analyzes libraries and other components of an application to identify potential security vulnerabilities.

Automated Workflow Workflow based on events.

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Analyzes applications while in runtime to identify potential security vulnerabilities.

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-in Provides plug-ins or other means to integrate directly into popular Integrated Development Environments (IDEs).

Risk Scoring Provides an overall risk score that consolidates and normalizes assessment results and allows for comparisons against other third parties.

False Positive Remediation Resolves false positives using either human curators and/or machine-enabled algorithms.

Vulnerability Scanning Identify security vulnerabilities in applications and middleware.

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Analyzes application source code to identify potential security vulnerabilities.

Mobile Application Security Testing Analyzes mobile apps and/or APIs to identify security vulnerabilities.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Black Duck SCA Reviews

jessica m.

Adequate App Analyzing App

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sustainable and Trusted Software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jim J.

Outstanding Security Testing Solution for Apps.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Title

Feature Ratings

Policy Engine and Enforcements

Container Security Testing

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

Automated Workflow

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-in

Risk Scoring

False Positive Remediation

Vulnerability Scanning

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Mobile Application Security Testing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness