# Endor Labs alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 232 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Endor Labs holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/endor-labs/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Snyk Open Source: 48
- Trivy: 34
- Sonatype Lifecycle: 19
- OWASP Dependency-Check: 16
- Black Duck: 15
- Mend.io: 15

## Software composition analysis

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Endor Labs.

- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 37 of those 82
- Trivy: first choice in 13 of those 82
- OWASP Dependency-Check: first choice in 12 of those 82
- GitHub Dependabot: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Aikido Security: first choice in 6 of those 82
- FOSSA: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Dependancy Checker: first choice in 1 of those 82
- GitHub Advanced Security: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Endor Labs (Endor Labs is #12 of 17 at 0%).

- Trivy: first choice in 16 of those 73
- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 11 of those 73
- Mend.io: first choice in 6 of those 73
- GitHub Dependabot: first choice in 4 of those 73
- OWASP Dependency-Check: first choice in 4 of those 73
- OWASP Dependency-Track: first choice in 4 of those 73
- Sonatype Lifecycle: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Black Duck: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Endor Labs (Endor Labs is #11 of 14 at 0%).

- Sonatype Lifecycle: first choice in 17 of those 77
- Black Duck: first choice in 14 of those 77
- Mend.io: first choice in 9 of those 77
- Trivy: first choice in 5 of those 77
- OWASP Dependency-Track: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Aikido Security: first choice in 2 of those 77
- GitHub Advanced Security: first choice in 2 of those 77
- JFrog Xray: first choice in 2 of those 77

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.