Software composition analysis · September 2026 Edition
Trivy vs Snyk Open Source
Zero of twelve models named Trivy first on the direct prompt; five named Snyk Open Source. Both were named by all twelve models and Trivy carries 30 labels and Snyk Open Source 47, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share40%16%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%15%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3047A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Trivy reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Mend.io was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Trivy vs Mend.io · Snyk Open Source vs Mend.io
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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
How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TrivyFirst choices, of twelve modelsSnyk Open Source
Direct05
Paraphrase70
Comparative07
Budget-constrained1012 against Snyk Open Source
Scale-constrained011 against Snyk Open Source
Negative111 against Trivy · 4 against Snyk Open Source
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.
The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Trivy and Snyk Open Source stood in it.
Snyk Open Source first, Trivy not the choice
5 of 12 modelsTrivy was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniMend.io, Snyk Open Source alternatives: Black Duck, GitHub Advanced Security, Sonatype Lifecycle
Grok 4.1 FastSnyk Open Source alternatives: Aikido Security, Black Duck, Mend.io, SOOS, Sonatype Lifecycle
DeepSeek V4 FlashSnyk Open Source alternatives: Mend.io, Sonatype Lifecycle
Kimi K2Snyk Open Source alternatives: Mend.io, Sonatype Lifecycle
MiniMax M2.5Snyk Open Source alternatives: Black Duck, GitLab Dependency Scanning, Mend.io
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashAikido Security alternatives: Mend.io, Semgrep Supply Chain, Snyk Open Source
Perplexity SonarMend.io alternatives: Black Duck, Endor Labs, Snyk Open Source, Sonatype Lifecycle
Qwen 3.7 FlashMend.io alternatives: Renovate, Snyk Open Source
GLM 4.7 FlashXMend.io alternatives: Black Duck, Snyk Open Source, Sonatype Lifecycle
Neither was named
3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Mistral SmallMend.io alternatives: OX Security, Sonatype Lifecycle
Llama 4 MaverickMend.io alternatives: Sonatype Lifecycle
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
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Trivy leads by two points.
Trivy36%#1 of 12Snyk Open Source33%#2 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Trivy leads by twenty-three points.
Trivy40%#1 of 13Snyk Open Source16%#2 of 13Enterprise
The order flips: Snyk Open Source leads at enterprise.
Snyk Open Source10%#5 of 13Trivy7%#7 of 13What 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.
“Avoid for high-security environments until fully audited; check releases post-v0.69.4 and scan your pipelines.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“I would recommend Trivy as the default open-source dependency vulnerability scanner because it gives the broadest practical coverage in one tool” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Trivy (by Aqua Security) stands out as the best software composition analysis (SCA) tool for companies with a limited budget.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Snyk Open Source
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“The industry heavyweight with top-tier developer UX, strong remediation suggestions, and a wide ecosystem, though it can be highly expensive.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“Be cautious with tools like Snyk if you're at scale or in a regulated environment, because they're known to generate significant noise” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“its paid plans are typically around the mid-$20s to $30 per developer per month, so it is not the cheapest option” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“For many teams, Snyk, Mend.io (formerly WhiteSource), and Sonatype (Nexus IQ/Black Duck) are considered leaders” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Choose Snyk if you want to empower developers to fix issues quickly without leaving their IDE or CI pipeline.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd start with Snyk Open Source — it gives you the fastest developer adoption and integrated remediation” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.