Trivy vs OWASP Dependency-Check
Zero of fourteen models named Trivy first on the direct prompt; zero named OWASP Dependency-Check. Trivy was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and OWASP Dependency-Check by fourteen and Trivy carries 27 labels and OWASP Dependency-Check 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in three categories 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
TrivyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOWASP Dependency-Check
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Trivy and OWASP Dependency-Check were named in the same answer fifty-six times, of the 224 answers naming Trivy and the 99 naming OWASP Dependency-Check. In those answers OWASP Dependency-Check took the first choice four times and Trivy twenty-seven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
Trivy OWASP Dependency-Check first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Trivy on the left and OWASP Dependency-Check 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
Trivy18%#2 of 14OWASP Dependency-Check15%#3 of 14Trivy31%#1 of 17OWASP Dependency-Check8%#5 of 17Trivy9%#4 of 14OWASP Dependency-Check4%#10 of 14What the models said about Trivy
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“free options like Trivy being the best zero-budget choice but typically requiring more tuning than commercial offerings” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Trivy disclosed a 2026 compromise involving a malicious release and GitHub Action tags, so pin and verify the tooling” GPT-6 Luna · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend Trivy (from Aqua Security) as the top open-source dependency vulnerability scanner for a mid-sized B2B company.” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about OWASP Dependency-Check
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“useful as a free scanner, but I'd avoid treating its results as definitive ... can produce both false positives and false negatives” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“It has a higher false-positive rate than Trivy or Grype (due to CPE-based matching), so it requires more triage time.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Basic scanning, can be noisy, and is often cited as lacking the depth and automation of commercial tools.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“OWASP Dependency-Check is a free, open-source SCA tool that provides basic CVE scanning for teams with limited budgets.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best starting point is usually OWASP Dependency-Check because it is free and open source” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually OWASP Dependency-Check. It's free, open source” GPT-5.4 mini · 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.