Black Duck SCA vs Eclipse Steady
Black Duck SCA
blackduck.com
Eclipse Steady
eclipse-steady.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Black Duck SCA | Eclipse Steady |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Software Composition Analysis Software | 7.8 (#30) | 8.6 (#5) |
| Deployment | Black Duck SCA is available as hosted or on-premises software, including options for air-gapped environments. | The backend is a Docker Compose application that stores vulnerability information and scan results, and must be running during scans. |
| Purpose | Black Duck SCA helps teams manage security, quality, and license compliance risks in open source and third-party code. | Eclipse Steady analyzes Java and Python applications for dependencies with known vulnerabilities and helps developers mitigate them. |
Plans
Black Duck SCA
- Open source detection (enterprise edition)Priced on request
- Standard EditionPriced on request
In their own words
Black Duck SCA
Black Duck SCA has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Eclipse Steady
Eclipse Steady is an open-source tool for analyzing Java and Python applications that depend on open-source components with known vulnerabilities. It combines static and dynamic analysis to determine whether vulnerable code is reachable or executed in an application context, using a code-focused, usage-based assessment rather than metadata alone. The project includes Java and Python client tools, server-side REST services, and web frontends. Documentation covers Java scans for Maven, Gradle, and command-line workflows, plus Python command-line scanning. Jenkins and other continuous-integration systems can automate scans. Java Maven reports can be written as HTML, XML, or JSON. Its backend runs as a Docker Compose application during scans, storing vulnerability information and results. Initial setup processes code-level vulnerability data, followed by daily delta updates. Eclipse Steady is free under Apache License 2.0; version 3.2.5 is labeled an Incubator Project.