Black Duck
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Black Duck's? The following comparison table enables you to
discern the performance of both providers across various attributes essential for meeting your company’s
cybersecurity needs. To better understand each attribute, read their descriptions in the dedicated page.
Organization
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Attribute
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Essential
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Advanced
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Black Duck
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Focus
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Native ASPM with in-house scanners
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||
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Extras
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None
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None
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Fuzz testing, MAST, MPT and PTaaS
|
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Headcount
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1,278 | ||
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Headcount distribution
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Engineering 42%, IT 13%, sales 13%,
marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 26%
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Engineering 34%, IT 13%, sales 17%,
marketing 3%, operations 2% and others 31%
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Headcount growth
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+8%, +10%, -8%
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-8%, -10%, +253%
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Headquarters
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CO and US
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US
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|
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Countries
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AR, BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and
US
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IN and US
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Reputation
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Same
|
8.74 from 153 reviews over 8 years on
G2, Gartner, PeerSpot, SoftwareAdvice and TrustRadius
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|
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Followers
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Same
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85K based on the following: Facebook,
Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube
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|
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Research firms
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None
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None
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451 Research, Forrester and Gartner
|
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Founded
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2001 |
2003
|
|
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Funding
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Bootstrapped
|
Same
|
$82M USD in 12 rounds from 15 investors
|
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Acquisitions
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None
|
None
|
Acquired 1 time and made 4 acquisitions
|
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Revenue
|
10M to 15M
|
25M to 1B
|
|
|
CVEs as CNA Researcher
|
53 CVEs reported to MITRE
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||
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Compliance
|
SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3
|
CSA STAR Level 1, ISO/IEC 26262,
ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IECv27017, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 and TISAX
|
|
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Bug bounty
|
No | ||
|
Visits
|
21K
per month. Top 3: 26% CO, 8% FR, 7% US. Others 59%
|
182K per month. Top 3: 23% US, 15% IN,
9% SA. Others 53%
|
|
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Authority
|
51 out of 100
|
||
| Public vulnerability DB |
Discovered and third-party
|
Discovered and third-party
|
|
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Content
|
Same
|
Blog, case studies, data sheets,
documentation, e-books, glossary, reports, webinars and white papers
|
|
| Comprehensive documentation |
13 documentation sections, 7 in common
and 6 additional
|
8 documentation sections, 7 in common
and 1 additional
|
|
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Community
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Forum
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||
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Sync training
|
1 workshop
|
No
|
|
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Async training
|
3 product use courses, all free
|
Security education platform
(subscription-based)
|
|
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Distribution
|
Same
|
Direct or with any of its partners
|
|
| Marketplaces | AWS and GCP | ||
|
Freemium
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Free trial
|
PoC
|
||
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Demo
|
Yes
|
||
|
Open demo
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
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Pricing
|
Contact sales and marketplaces
|
||
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Pricing tiers
|
1 plan
|
1 plan
|
1 plan
|
|
Minimum term
|
Annually
|
||
|
Minimum payment period
|
Monthly
|
||
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Minimum capabilities
|
ASPM, binary SAST, containers, CSPM, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and
secrets
|
Same plus: API
security testing, PTaaS, RE and SCR
|
Binary SAST, IAST, SAST and SCA
|
|
Minimum scope
|
1 author
|
50 developers
|
|
|
Pricing drivers
|
Developers
|
||
|
Minimum monthly payment
|
4,375 USD
|
||
|
Free implementation
|
No information available
|
||
|
Free support
|
No
|
Service
|
Attribute
|
Essential
|
Advanced
|
Black Duck
|
|
PTaaS
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
|
Reverse engineering
|
No
|
Yes | |
|
Secure code review
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Pivoting
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
|
Exploitation
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
|
Manual reattacks
|
Not applicable
|
1 reattack
|
|
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Zero-day
vulnerabilities
|
None
|
Continuous zero-day vulnerability research
|
Continuous zero-day vulnerability
research
|
|
SLA
|
Response | ||
|
Min availability
|
>=99.95% per minute LTM
|
None
|
|
|
After-sale guarantees
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Accreditations
|
CNA and Penetration Testing by
CREST
|
||
|
Hacker certifications
|
Not applicable
|
101 from 27 different types
|
|
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Type of contract
|
Employee
|
Same
|
Employee
|
|
Endpoint control
|
Not applicable
|
Total
|
No information available
|
|
Channel control
|
Not applicable
|
Total
|
No information available
|
|
Standards
|
Some requirements from 67 standards, 14 in common and 53
additional
|
All requirements from the same standards
|
23 standards, 14 in common and 9
additional
|
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Detection method
|
Automated tools, AI and human intelligence
|
Automated tools
|
|
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Remediation
|
5, 3 in common and 2 additional
|
Same, plus 1
|
3, all in common
|
|
Outputs
|
5, 4 in common and 1
additional
|
Same, plus 2
|
6, 4 in common and 2 additional
|
Product
|
Attribute
|
Essential |
Advanced
|
Black Duck
|
|
ASPM
|
Yes
|
||
|
API
|
REST with JSON and XML
|
||
|
IDE
|
5 functionalities, 2 in common and 3
additional
|
Same, plus 1 functionality
|
2 functionalities in common and 1
additional
|
|
CLI
|
Yes
|
||
|
CI/CD
|
Breaks the build
|
||
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Vulnerability sources
|
4 sources, none in common
|
2 sources, none in common
|
|
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Threat model alignment
|
No
|
||
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Priority criteria
|
CVSS v4.0 and EPSS
|
||
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Custom prioritization
|
Vulnerabilities
|
||
|
Scanner origin
|
In-house
|
||
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SCA
|
23 package managers, 14 in common and 9
additional
|
27 package managers, 14 in common and
13 additional
|
|
|
AI security
|
No
|
No
|
|
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Reachability
|
12 languages, 1 in common and 11
additional
|
1 language in common
|
|
|
Reachability type
|
Deterministic
|
||
|
SBOM
|
22 package managers, 12 in common and 10
additional
|
27 package managers, 12 in common and
15 additional
|
|
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Malware detection
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Autofix on components
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Containers
|
Yes. No information available
|
||
|
Source SAST
(languages)
|
12, all in common
|
29 languages, 12 in common and 17
additional
|
|
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Source SAST
(frameworks)
|
22, 13 in common and 9 additional
|
78 frameworks, 13 in common and 65
additional
|
|
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Custom rules
|
No
|
No
|
Modeling
|
|
IaC
|
6, 4 in common and 2 additional
|
4, 3 in common and 1 additional
|
8, 7 in common and 1 additional
|
|
Binary SAST
|
1 type of binary in common
|
Same, plus 2 types of binaries
|
28 types of binaries, 1 in common and
27 additional
|
|
DAST
|
7 attack surface types, 5 in common and
2 additional
|
6 attack surface types, 5 in common
and 1 additional
|
|
|
API security testing
|
No
|
4 types of APIs, 3 in common and 1
additional
|
3 types of APIs, all in common
|
|
IAST
|
No
|
No
|
58 languages and frameworks
|
|
CSPM
|
Yes |
Yes
|
|
|
ASM
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Secrets
|
15 secrets types, 5 in common and 10
additional
|
Same, plus verify other attack vectors
and secrets exploitability
|
9 secrets types, 5 in common and 4
additional
|
|
AI
|
3 functions, 1 in common and 2
additional
|
1 function in common
|
|
|
MCP
|
No | ||
|
Open-source
|
Not applicable
|
No
|
|
|
Provisioning as code
|
No
|
||
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Deployment
|
SaaS (multi-tenant) +
on-premises (single-tenant)
|
||
| Regions |
No information available
|
||
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Status
|
No
|
||
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Incidents
|
No information available
|
Integrations
|
Attribute
|
Essential
|
Advanced
|
Black Duck
|
|
SCM
|
6, 4 in common and 2 additional
|
4, all in common
|
|
|
Binary repositories
|
None
|
None
|
6
|
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Ticketing
|
3, 2 in common and 1 additional
|
3, 2 in common and 1 additional
|
|
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ChatOps
|
None |
None
|
2 |
|
IDE
|
3, 2 in common and 1 additional
|
11, 2 in common and 7 additional
|
|
|
CI/CD
|
21, 10 in common and 11 additional
|
12, 10 in common and 2 additional
|
|
|
SCA
|
Native and 11 integrations
|
||
|
Container
|
Native and 4 integrations | ||
|
SAST
|
Native and 25 integrations
|
||
|
DAST
|
Native and 12 integrations
|
||
|
IAST
|
None |
None
|
Native and 3 integrations
|
|
Cloud
|
3, all in common
|
3, all in common
|
|
|
CSPM
|
Native and 2 integrations | ||
|
Secrets
|
Native
|
||
|
Remediation
|
None
|
None
|
Native
|
|
Bug bounty
|
None
|
None
|
1
|
|
Vulnerability management
|
None
|
None
|
1
|
|
Compliance
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
The latest update to this comparison was on Dec 11, 2025. The primary sources of information
were blackduck.com and documentation.blackduck.com, which were supplemented by specialized
information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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