# Best Software Composition Analysis Tools for Small Business

  *By [Adam Crivello](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/adam-crivello)*

   Products classified in the overall Software Composition Analysis category are similar in many regards and help companies of all sizes solve their business problems. However, small business features, pricing, setup, and installation differ from businesses of other sizes, which is why we match buyers to the right Small Business Software Composition Analysis to fit their needs. Compare product ratings based on reviews from enterprise users or connect with one of G2's buying advisors to find the right solutions within the Small Business Software Composition Analysis category.

In addition to qualifying for inclusion in the Software Composition Analysis Tools category, to qualify for inclusion in the Small Business Software Composition Analysis Tools category, a product must have at least 10 reviews left by a reviewer from a small business.





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**Total Products under this Category:** 74


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## Top-Rated Products (Ranked by G2 Score)
  ### 1. [GitHub](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews)
  GitHub is where the world builds software. Millions of individuals, organizations and businesses around the world use GitHub to discover, share, and contribute software. Developers at startups to Fortune 50 companies use GitHub, every step of the way.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 2,258

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Quality of Support:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Language Support:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Continuous Monitoring:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Integration:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [GitHub](https://www.g2.com/sellers/github)
- **Year Founded:** 2008
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Twitter:** @github (2,638,213 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1418841/ (6,000 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 46% Small-Business, 31% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Features (123 reviews)
- Ease of Use (110 reviews)
- Team Collaboration (109 reviews)
- Collaboration (107 reviews)
- Version Control (102 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Complexity (47 reviews)
- Learning Curve (45 reviews)
- Difficulty for Beginners (43 reviews)
- Learning Difficulty (41 reviews)
- Steep Learning Curve (36 reviews)

  ### 2. [Aikido Security](https://www.g2.com/products/aikido-security/reviews)
  Aikido Security is the developer-first security platform that unifies code, cloud, protection, and attack testing in one suite of best-in-class products. Built by developers for developers, Aikido helps teams of any size ship secure software faster, automate protection, and simulate real-world attacks with AI-driven precision. The platform’s proprietary AI cuts noise by 95%, delivers one-click fixes, and saves developers 10+ hours per week. Aikido Intel proactively uncovers vulnerabilities in open source packages before disclosure, helping secure more than 50,000 organizations worldwide, including Revolut, Niantic, Visma, Montblanc, and GoCardless.


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 139

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Quality of Support:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Language Support:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Continuous Monitoring:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Integration:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Aikido Security](https://www.g2.com/sellers/aikido-security)
- **Company Website:** https://aikido.dev
- **Year Founded:** 2022
- **HQ Location:** Ghent, Belgium
- **Twitter:** @AikidoSecurity (6,307 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/aikido-security/ (175 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** CTO, Founder
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 71% Small-Business, 17% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (78 reviews)
- Security (55 reviews)
- Features (52 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (47 reviews)
- Easy Setup (47 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Missing Features (19 reviews)
- Expensive (17 reviews)
- Limited Features (16 reviews)
- Pricing Issues (15 reviews)
- Lacking Features (14 reviews)

  ### 3. [GitLab](https://www.g2.com/products/gitlab/reviews)
  GitLab is the most comprehensive AI-Powered DevSecOps platform that enables software innovation by empowering development, security, and operations teams to build better software, faster. With GitLab, teams can create, deliver, and manage code quickly and continuously instead of managing disparate tools and scripts. GitLab helps your teams across the complete DevSecOps lifecycle, from developing, securing, and deploying software. What makes us truly different? - Flexibility: Consume as a service or manage your own deployment - Cloud-Agnostic: Deploy anywhere with no vendor lock-in - No rip and replace: Scale to a platform approach at your own pace


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 869

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Quality of Support:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Language Support:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Continuous Monitoring:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Integration:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [GitLab Inc.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/gitlab-inc)
- **Company Website:** https://about.gitlab.com/
- **Year Founded:** 2014
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, California
- **Twitter:** @gitlab (170,735 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/5101804/ (3,357 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 38% Mid-Market, 37% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (43 reviews)
- Features (42 reviews)
- CI (36 reviews)
- CD Integration (34 reviews)
- Integrations (34 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Complexity (21 reviews)
- Difficult Learning (19 reviews)
- Confusing Interface (16 reviews)
- Complex User Interface (15 reviews)
- Learning Curve (13 reviews)

  ### 4. [Snyk](https://www.g2.com/products/snyk/reviews)
  Snyk (pronounced sneak) is a developer security platform for securing custom code, open source dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure all from a single platform. Snyk’s developer security solutions enable modern applications to be built securely, empowering developers to own and build security for the whole application, from code & open source to containers & cloud infrastructure. Secure while you code in your IDE: find issues quickly using the scanner, fix issues easily with remediation advice, verify the updated code. Integrate your source code repositories to secure applications: integrate a repository to find issues, prioritize with context, fix & merge. Secure your containers as you build, throughout the SDLC: start fixing containers as soon as your write a Dockerfile, continuously monitor container images throughout their lifecycle, and prioritize with context. Secure build and deployment pipelines: Integrate natively with your CI/CD tool, configure your rules, find & fix issues in your application, and monitor your applications. Secure your apps quickly with Snyk’s vulnerability scanning and automated fixes - Try for Free!


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 131

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Quality of Support:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Language Support:** 8.1/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Continuous Monitoring:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Integration:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Snyk](https://www.g2.com/sellers/snyk)
- **HQ Location:** Boston, Massachusetts
- **Twitter:** @snyksec (20,978 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/10043614/ (1,207 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 44% Mid-Market, 35% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Vulnerability Detection (3 reviews)
- Vulnerability Identification (3 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (2 reviews)
- Features (2 reviews)
- Integrations (2 reviews)

**Cons:**

- False Positives (2 reviews)
- Poor Interface Design (2 reviews)
- Scanning Issues (2 reviews)
- Software Bugs (2 reviews)
- Code Management (1 reviews)

  ### 5. [Mend.io](https://www.g2.com/products/mend-io/reviews)
  Mend.io is the leading application security solution, helping organizations reduce application risk efficiently. Built for modern, AI-driven, and traditional development environments alike, Mend.io prioritizes what matters most, so teams fix less, reduce risk faster, and deliver software with confidence.


  **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 105

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Quality of Support:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Language Support:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Continuous Monitoring:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Integration:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Mend](https://www.g2.com/sellers/mend-ab79a83a-6747-4682-8072-a3c176489d0b)
- **Company Website:** https://mend.io
- **Year Founded:** 2011
- **HQ Location:** Boston, Massachusetts
- **Twitter:** @Mend_io (11,311 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/2440656/ (263 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 38% Small-Business, 34% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Scanning Efficiency (8 reviews)
- Ease of Use (7 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (6 reviews)
- Scanning Technology (6 reviews)
- Vulnerability Detection (6 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Integration Issues (6 reviews)
- Limited Features (3 reviews)
- Missing Features (3 reviews)
- Complex Implementation (2 reviews)
- Confusing Interface (2 reviews)

  ### 6. [SOOS](https://www.g2.com/products/soos/reviews)
  SOOS is the complete application security posture management platform. Scan your software for vulnerabilities, control the introduction of new dependencies, exclude unwanted license types, generate and manage Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), and fill out your compliance worksheets across all your teams. SOOS’s ASPM is a dynamic, comprehensive approach to safeguarding your application infrastructure from vulnerabilities across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and live deployments. Easy to integrate, all in one dashboard. SCA - Deep tree vulnerability scanning, license compliance, governance DAST - Automated Web & API vulnerability scanning Containers - Scan contents for vulnerabilities SAST - Analyze code for security vulnerabilities IaC - Cloud security coverage SBOMs - Create – monitor – manage


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 42

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Quality of Support:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Language Support:** 9.5/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Continuous Monitoring:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Integration:** 9.5/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [SOOS](https://www.g2.com/sellers/soos)
- **Company Website:** https://soos.io
- **Year Founded:** 2019
- **HQ Location:** Winooski, US
- **Twitter:** @soostech (45 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/53122310 (26 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 50% Mid-Market, 43% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (8 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (6 reviews)
- Integrations (6 reviews)
- Customer Support (5 reviews)
- Vulnerability Detection (5 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Inadequate Reporting (4 reviews)
- Poor Reporting (4 reviews)
- Lacking Features (3 reviews)
- Lack of Guidance (3 reviews)
- Dashboard Issues (2 reviews)

  ### 7. [CAST Highlight](https://www.g2.com/products/cast-highlight/reviews)
  By scanning the source code of your applications, CAST Highlight instantly maps your software, generating the insights to understand, improve, and transform it. CIOs, CTOs, Enterprise Architects use CAST to: - Get the true view of all technologies and frameworks - Quantify technical debt and the ways to pay it down - See what’s going to break next, and how best to fix it - Drive cloud adoption faster, knowing what to move and optimize - Prove progress to the board with facts and industry benchmarks Businesses move faster using CAST technology to understand, improve, and transform their software. Through semantic analysis of source code, CAST produces 3D maps and dashboards to navigate inside individual applications and across entire portfolios. This intelligence empowers executives and technology leaders to steer, speed, and report on initiatives such as technical debt, GenAI, modernization, and cloud. As the pioneer of the software intelligence field, CAST is trusted by the world’s leading companies and governments, their consultancies and cloud providers. See it all at castsoftware.com.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 85

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Quality of Support:** 9.1/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Language Support:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Continuous Monitoring:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Integration:** 8.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [CAST](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cast)
- **Company Website:** https://www.castsoftware.com
- **Year Founded:** 1990
- **HQ Location:** New York
- **Twitter:** @SW_Intelligence (1,893 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/cast/ (1,259 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 57% Enterprise, 24% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (8 reviews)
- Easy Setup (4 reviews)
- Cloud Services (3 reviews)
- Efficiency (3 reviews)
- Real-time Monitoring (3 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Complex Navigation (1 reviews)
- Dashboard Issues (1 reviews)
- Delayed Detection (1 reviews)
- Difficulty (1 reviews)
- Expensive (1 reviews)



## Parent Category

[DevSecOps Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/devsecops)



## Related Categories

- [Vulnerability Scanner Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/vulnerability-scanner)
- [Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/static-application-security-testing-sast)
- [Secure Code Review Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/secure-code-review)



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## Buyer Guide

### What You Should Know About Software Composition Analysis Software

### What is Software Composition Analysis Software?

Software composition analysis (SCA) refers to the management and evaluation of open source and third-party components within the development environment. Software developers and development teams use SCA to keep tabs on the hundreds of open source components incorporated in their builds. These components fall out of compliance and require version updates; if left unchecked they can pose major security risks. With so many components to track, developers lean on SCA to automatically manage issues. SCA tools scan for actionable items and alerts developers, allowing teams to focus on development rather than manually combing through a mess of software components.

In conjunction with tools such as [vulnerability scanner](https://www.g2.com/categories/vulnerability-scanner) and [dynamic application security testing (DAST) software](https://www.g2.com/categories/dynamic-application-security-testing-dast), software composition analysis integrates with the development environment to curate a secure DevOps workflow. The synergy between cybersecurity and DevOps, sometimes referred to as DevSecOps, answers an urgent call for developers to approach software development with a security-first mindset. For a long time, software developers have relied on open source and third-party components, leaving siloed cybersecurity professionals to clean up builds. This outdated standard often leaves large unresolved gaps in security for stretches of time. Software composition analysis presents a solution for ensuring secure compliance before the worst happens.

Key Benefits of Software Composition Analysis Software

- Help keep development secure
- Ease the workloads of developers
- Build a productive workflow across teams

### Why Use Software Composition Analysis Software?

Security best practices are a necessary staple in any DevOps environment. Beyond industry standards, secure development is increasingly important as issues such as API vulnerabilities come to the forefront of cybersecurity. There are often many open source and third-party components in a software build—ensuring components are constantly updated and secure is a task better left to software. Software composition analysis does the job and saves development teams significant time and energy.

**Peace of mind —** Software composition analysis software constantly evaluates open source components. This means developers and teams can focus on advancing their projects without worrying about a mess of unchecked components. In the event of any issues, SCA software alerts users and provides suggestions for remediation.

**Seamless security —** Most SCA software integrates with preexisting development environments, meaning users don’t have to navigate between windows to address vulnerabilities. Developers can receive important and relevant information about the open source and third-party components in their builds without detaching themselves from their workspace.

### Who Uses Software Composition Analysis Software?

DevOps teams that want to implement security best practices use SCA software as an integral part of the DevSecOps tool kit. SCA software empowers developers to proactively keep their open source and third-party components secure, rather than leave a mess of vulnerabilities for siloed cybersecurity team members to clean up. Tools like SCA software help break down the barriers between DevOps and cybersecurity practices, curating an integrated and agile workflow.

**Solo developers —** While SCA software does wonders for larger teams looking to marry their cybersecurity and DevOps processes, solo developers benefit from their own automated security watchdog. Developers working alone on personal projects can’t expect cybersecurity to be taken care of by someone else, so tools like SCA software help them manage their open source vulnerabilities without eating into their time and energy.

**Small development teams —** Similar to solo developers, small development teams often lack the assets to employ a full-time cybersecurity professional. SCA software also aids these teams, allowing them to focus their limited resources on building their project.

**Large DevOps teams —** Midsize and enterprise DevOps teams rely on SCA software to shape a secure and common sense DevSecOps workflow. Rather than isolate cybersecurity professionals from the DevOps process, companies use tools like SCA to integrate cybersecurity as a default standard for development. This practice mitigates stressors on both developers and IT teams by enabling a more agile environment.

### Software Composition Analysis Software Features

**Comprehensive insights —** SCA software gives users meaningful visibility into the open source and third-party components they use. These tools organize relevant and timely information and present developers with useful updates. This interface often requires some level of development knowledge, meaning the onus is on developers to act on any information presented by SCA tools. Version updates, compliance issues, and vulnerabilities are constantly evaluated so users can be alerted as soon as issues arise.

**Remediation information —** Beyond identifying issues with developers’ open source components, SCA software provides users with relevant documentation for remediation. These suggestions give knowledgeable developers a jumping off point so they can address vulnerabilities in a timely manner. These remediation suggestions typically require development knowledge to understand, but developers can often pass these remediation tasks to cybersecurity professionals on their team.

### Trends Related to Software Composition Analysis Software

**DevOps —** DevOps refers to the marriage of development and IT operations management to make unified software development pipelines. Teams have implemented DevOps best practices to build, test, and release software. SCA software’s seamless blending with integrated development environments (IDEs) means it fits right in with any DevOps cycle.

**Cybersecurity —** Calls for standardized cybersecurity best practices as part of DevOps philosophy, often referred to as DevSecOps, have shifted the responsibility for secure applications to developers. SCA software’s vulnerability detection and remediation features play a necessary role in establishing secure DevOps practices.

### Software and Services Related to Software Composition Analysis Software

[**Vulnerability scanner software**](https://www.g2.com/categories/vulnerability-scanner) **—** Vulnerability scanners constantly monitor applications and networks to identify vulnerabilities. These tools scan full applications and networks then test them against known vulnerabilities. All of these functions work in conjunction with SCA software to form a comprehensive security stack.

[**Static application security testing (SAST) software**](https://www.g2.com/categories/static-application-security-testing-sast) **—** SAST software inspects and analyzes an application’s code to discover security vulnerabilities without actually executing code. Similar to SCA software, these tools identify vulnerabilities and provide remediation suggestions. There is functional overlap with static code analysis software, but SAST software specifically focuses on security, while static code analysis software has a broader scope.

[**Dynamic application security testing (DAST) software**](https://www.g2.com/categories/dynamic-application-security-testing-dast) **—** DAST tools automate security tests for a variety of real-world threats. These tools run applications against simulated attacks and other cybersecurity scenarios using black box testing, or testing performed outside an application.

[**Static code analysis software**](https://www.g2.com/categories/static-code-analysis) **—** Static code analysis is a debugging and quality assurance method that inspects a computer program’s code without executing the program. Static code analysis software scans code to identify security vulnerabilities, catch bugs, and ensure the code adheres to industry standards. These tools help software developers automate the core aspects of program comprehension. While static code analysis is similar to static application security testing, this software covers a broader scope as opposed to focusing solely on security.