Finite State Platform vs Mend SCA
Finite State Platform
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Mend SCA
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| Figure | Finite State Platform | Mend SCA |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $20.83/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 3 |
| Spec score · Software Composition Analysis Software | 7.4 (#47) | 8.6 (#6) |
| Company history | The company’s About page lists 2017 as its founding year. | Mend says its predecessor WhiteSource was founded in 2011 to automate tasks around open source software use and security. |
| Founded | 2017 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Columbus, Ohio, United States | Givatayim, Israel |
| Integrations | The maker lists GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Azure Repos, Jira, and Slack as featured integrations. | The integrations page lists GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Jira, ServiceNow, Jenkins, Docker, JFrog Artifactory and several IDEs. |
| Intended users | Finite State says it helps teams building connected devices and describes use across security, engineering, compliance, and product teams. | Mend positions SCA for developers and security and legal teams managing open source security and compliance risks. |
| Purpose | Finite State describes its platform as a product security system for connected devices that links firmware, binaries, source code, and compliance evidence in reviewable workflows. | Mend SCA identifies, prioritizes and remediates security and license risks in applications’ open source components. |
| Vulnerability prioritization | It prioritizes vulnerabilities using reachability, exploit intelligence, and product context, with VEX support and remediation guidance. | Mend combines CVSS 4.0 severity with EPSS exploitability data to rank threats. |
Plans
Mend SCA
- Mend Renovate Enterprise$250 a year
- Mend AI$300 a year
- Mend AppSec$1,000 a year
In their own words
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