OWASP Dependency-Track vs GitHub Dependabot
Zero of fourteen models named OWASP Dependency-Track first on the direct prompt; zero named GitHub Dependabot. OWASP Dependency-Track was named by ten of the fourteen models and GitHub Dependabot by nine and OWASP Dependency-Track carries 21 labels and GitHub Dependabot 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the software composition analysis page.
By framing
OWASP Dependency-TrackFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGitHub Dependabot
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, OWASP Dependency-Track and GitHub Dependabot were named in the same answer twelve times, of the 40 answers naming OWASP Dependency-Track and the 53 naming GitHub Dependabot. In those answers GitHub Dependabot took the first choice three times and OWASP Dependency-Track three.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | |||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | |||||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
OWASP Dependency-Track GitHub Dependabot first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, OWASP Dependency-Track on the left and GitHub Dependabot on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
GitHub Dependabot5%#4 of 14OWASP Dependency-Track2%#– of 14OWASP Dependency-Track8%#4 of 17GitHub Dependabot8%#6 of 17OWASP Dependency-Track5%#6 of 14GitHub Dependabot0%#– of 14What the models said about OWASP Dependency-Track
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“If you asked me to pick one for a mid-sized B2B company, I'd choose: Dependency-Track for centralized visibility and governance” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“OWASP Dependency-Track and Scanmycode.io are the top choices due to their open-source nature and lack of ongoing costs.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: OWASP Dependency-Track + Trivy (or Grype)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about GitHub Dependabot
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Useful for alerts, but sources warn about false positives, limited transitive analysis, and limited remediation automation in this basic form.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“a reasonable choice for GitHub-based dependency alerts and updates, but don't assume it gives complete coverage of your software supply chain” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Free/native, but basic (no deep reachability/licenses), prone to stale alerts” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“GitHub Dependabot is the zero-excuse baseline: dependency alerts and automated update PRs free on every repo” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Best low-budget starting point: GitHub Dependabot if your code is already on GitHub.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“the best place to start is GitHub Dependabot (if you're on GitHub) or Trivy” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.