Dependency-Track alternatives

We build CRACI, so weigh that in; we describe every option from its own documentation and say when another tool fits better.

Why teams look for alternatives

OWASP Dependency-Track is open source under the Apache 2.0 license. It tracks component usage across every version of every application in a portfolio, pulls vulnerability intelligence from sources including the National Vulnerability Database and GitHub Advisories, applies security, license and operational policies, and consumes and produces CycloneDX VEX. Pipelines upload SBOMs to it through its API. For many teams it is the right answer, and it costs nothing to license.

The reasons teams look further are usually about scope and fit:

• You would rather not operate it. Dependency-Track is self-hosted, so you run the server, the upgrades and the backups.
• You need supplier workflows. Collecting SBOMs from vendors, analyzing vendor binaries, or sharing SBOMs with customers are jobs some commercial platforms are built around.
• You need license compliance with legal output, such as attribution notices.
• You do not trust the input. Dependency-Track analyzes the SBOMs it receives; it does not generate them. If the generator misses a dependency, so does every finding downstream.

What to look for

• Where the SBOM comes from: generated by the platform, imported, or recorded from the build.
• Whether anything tells you how complete an SBOM is.
• VEX, triage and policy workflows, if your security team lives in them today.
• License analysis and attribution.
• Who operates it, and whether you can self-host or run air-gapped.
• Supplier SBOM intake and sharing with customers or authorities.

The options

CRACI (our product)

CRACI is not a portfolio analysis platform. It is a GitHub Actions-compatible runner: you change runs-on to craci, and a package-aware proxy records what each job fetches from package sources, including packages restored from CI caches. The SBOM, in CycloneDX or SPDX, comes from that record, with a completeness state per job and per cache and signed provenance linking the artifact to its build. CRACI monitors those SBOMs for new vulnerabilities and exports reports.

Best for: teams on GitHub Actions whose problem is the input. CRACI can feed Dependency-Track: the CRACI API offers a CycloneDX SBOM download, and Dependency-Track accepts uploads through its REST API.

Consider if: you want build evidence and egress control at the source. CRACI lets security teams triage findings and route them to the right team; keep Dependency-Track for VEX and its policy engine (license policy is on CRACI's roadmap). CRACI runs on GitHub Actions only.

CRACI for Dependency-Track users

Anchore Enterprise

Anchore Enterprise builds on Anchore's open-source Syft and Grype. It generates SBOMs from container images, source and filesystems, imports SBOMs created elsewhere, rescans stored SBOMs without the original artifact, and enforces policy packs for FedRAMP, NIST, CIS, PCI DSS and CMMC. It deploys on Kubernetes, Docker Compose or air-gapped, with integrations for GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild and Azure Pipelines. Pricing is by quote.

Best for: container fleets across several CI systems, and government or air-gapped environments.

Consider if: you want a commercial platform you still run yourself. If you only need generation and matching, Syft and Grype are free.

CRACI vs Anchore

FOSSA

FOSSA started with open-source license compliance: full-text license detection, automatic policies and attribution notices. It produces and consumes SBOMs in SPDX and CycloneDX, optionally with VDR or VEX statements, enforces NTIA and FDA minimum elements on imported SBOMs, and on Enterprise shares SBOMs through an SBOM Portal. The Free plan runs as multi-tenant SaaS; Business is $20 per project per month, billed annually (as of September 2026).

Best for: teams where license risk and supplier SBOMs are the main concern.

Consider if: you want a hosted platform and a free way to start.

CRACI vs FOSSA

Cybeats SBOM Studio

SBOM Studio calls itself "the SBOM system of record." It stores SBOMs from your products and suppliers, supports SPDX 2.2 to 3.0.1 and CycloneDX 1.2 to 1.7, validates files with an SBOM Quality Score, matches every component continuously against vulnerability intelligence, handles VEX and license analysis, and shares SBOMs with customers, including over the Transparency Exchange API. For generation, Cybeats points to its Marketplace of tool vendors.

Best for: central product security teams in ICS and OT, medical devices, telecom and automotive.

Consider if: you run an SBOM program across many products and suppliers.

CRACI vs Cybeats

Manifest

Manifest creates, imports, enriches and shares SBOMs across your products, your vendors' software and your AI models. Vendors upload SBOMs through a portal, and when a vendor provides none, Manifest can generate one from the compiled binary. It turns findings into tickets and supplier outreach, supports VEX, and its CLI works in any CI, with a GitHub Action that runs Syft by default.

Best for: organizations whose main exposure is software they buy.

Consider if: third-party risk and AI model inventories matter as much as your own builds.

CRACI vs Manifest

Side by side

"Not stated" means we could not find it in the vendor's public pages. Every platform except CRACI analyzes SBOMs produced by something else, so the quality of that input still matters whichever you pick.

A note on the Cyber Resilience Act

If the CRA is why you are reviewing your SBOM tooling, the reporting obligations apply from September 11, 2026, with an early warning due within 24 hours of becoming aware of an actively exploited vulnerability. Meeting that depends on knowing which releases contain the affected component, which depends on the SBOM for each release being right. Anchore, FOSSA, Cybeats and Manifest all publish CRA material. CRACI automates a significant part of the software supply chain visibility and evidence that companies need for their wider CRA compliance process. No platform on this page makes a product compliant on its own.

When to stay with Dependency-Track

• You are comfortable operating it, and a free, open-source, self-hosted platform fits your policy.
• Your security team relies on its policy engine, VEX and portfolio views.
• Your real gap is SBOM quality. Fix the input instead, and keep the analysis you have.

For more on the input side, read about build-time SBOM generation and CRA compliance.