Grype vs SBOM Studio
Grype
github.com
SBOM Studio
cybeats.comSide by side
| Figure | Grype | SBOM Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Software Composition Analysis Software | 8.7 (#4) | 7.0 (#53) |
| Founded | 2016 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Santa Barbara, California, United States | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Integrations | The installation documentation provides a Docker image and lists community installation options including Homebrew, MacPorts, Winget, Scoop, and Snapcraft. | Cybeats announced a partnership through which SBOM Studio is available to Veracode customers and can be integrated into their environments. |
| Intended users | The project documentation describes individual package scanning as useful for lightweight vulnerability checks and compliance scanning of specific dependencies. | The maker identifies ICS environments, OT equipment makers, medical device manufacturers, software teams, government agencies, and enterprises building software in-house as potential users. |
| Purpose | Grype scans container images, filesystems, and SBOMs for known vulnerabilities. | SBOM Studio is an enterprise SBOM management platform for tracking third-party software components and managing software supply chain risk over a product’s lifecycle. |
| SBOM formats | Grype accepts Syft JSON, SPDX JSON/XML/tag-value and CycloneDX JSON/XML SBOMs. | It ingests CycloneDX 1.2–1.7 and SPDX 2.2–3.0.1, and generates CycloneDX 1.6 and 1.7 and SPDX 2.3 and 3.0.1. |
Plans
In their own words
Grype
Grype is a free, Apache-2.0-licensed scanner for known vulnerabilities in container images, filesystems, and software bills of materials (SBOMs). It can also scan directories, individual files, archives, and packages identified by PURL or CPE. Coverage includes major operating-system package ecosystems and language packages such as Ruby, Java, JavaScript, Python, .NET, Go, PHP, and Rust; supported image formats include Docker, OCI, and Singularity. Grype uses EPSS, KEV, and risk scoring to help prioritize findings. OpenVEX can filter results or add context. Reports can be emitted as a table, JSON, SARIF, or a custom Go template. The project supports SBOM generation and runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, or in a self-hosted setup. Installation options include a Docker image and community packages such as Homebrew, MacPorts, Winget, Scoop, and Snapcraft. Individual package scanning is described as useful for lightweight vulnerability checks and compliance scanning of specific dependencies. Security updates are applied only to the most recent release, and vulnerability-report support is described as best effort.
SBOM Studio
SBOM Studio has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.