ONEKEY 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 beyond ONEKEY

ONEKEY is a product cybersecurity and compliance platform for connected devices. It analyzes compiled firmware with "no source code or network access needed," generates an SBOM from the binary, imports supplier SBOMs, and exports CycloneDX and SPDX. Its zero-day analysis looks for issues such as command injection and hardcoded credentials, its firmware monitoring re-analyzes images daily, and its Compliance Wizard covers the CRA, IEC 62443, ETSI EN 303 645 and the Radio Equipment Directive. ONEKEY integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins and Bitbucket, and maintains the open-source extraction suite unblob.

Teams still compare alternatives, usually for one of these reasons:

• Most of the firmware is their own. Analyzing an image works backward from the output. A team that builds its own images can record what went into them instead.
• A different scope. Some teams want source code, binaries and supplier findings in one product record, prioritization by reachability, or protection running on the device.
• Malware and tampering. Checking a release for injected code is a different job from matching components against vulnerability data.
• Pricing and hosting. ONEKEY publishes no prices, and some teams want a free tool they run themselves.

What to look for

• Whether you mainly analyze firmware you receive or firmware you build.
• How the SBOM is produced, and whether the tool tells you when it is incomplete.
• Findings beyond known CVEs: zero-days, secrets, malware and tampering.
• Prioritization: reachability, exploit intelligence and VEX.
• Evidence for the Cyber Resilience Act: which releases contain an affected component, and how fast you know.
• CI coverage, hosting options and how pricing scales.

The options

1. CRACI (our product)

CRACI is a GitHub Actions runner that produces the SBOM while the build runs. It is for teams that build their own firmware and software. A package-aware proxy records what each job fetches from package and source hosts, including packages restored from CI caches, and each SBOM states its completeness per job and per cache. Yocto builds run on runners of up to 32 vCPUs and 96 GB of RAM: in a side-by-side build of core-image-sato, CRACI's SBOM had every component in Yocto's own SBOM plus 88 it missed, such as host packages and GitHub Actions, and a package URL for each of the 653 Rust crate versions Yocto lists without one.

CRACI re-evaluates monitored SBOMs continuously, supports VEX, and lets security teams triage findings and route each one to the team that owns the fix. You can add vendor SBOMs, so bought-in components are monitored next to your own builds. Because CRACI runs the job, it also enforces an egress policy that fails closed.

Best for: device makers that build their own images on GitHub Actions and want the build, the SBOM and the vulnerability tracking in one place. Consider if: you can live without binary analysis, zero-day analysis and a compliance wizard, none of which CRACI has; it cannot see inside firmware you did not build. It supports GitHub Actions only, with GitLab CI and Jenkins on the roadmap. CRACI vs ONEKEY

2. Finite State

Finite State analyzes firmware, binaries, source code and supplier SBOMs, with "support for 50+ binary instruction set architectures," and brings them into one product record. It ranks findings by reachability, exploit intelligence and product context, records VEX decisions, and its compliance workflow covers CRA control mapping and audit-ready reports with SBOM and VEX artifacts. It embeds checks in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and Jenkins.

Best for: connected-device makers who need analysis of firmware from many suppliers, with less noise from unreachable findings. Consider if: you want one platform across source, binaries and supplier SBOMs rather than an image-first tool. CRACI vs Finite State

3. Black Duck Binary Analysis

Black Duck Binary Analysis identifies open source in executables, libraries, containers, firmware and mobile apps without source code, using static and string analysis with fuzzy matching so it finds modified components too. It reports vulnerabilities, license issues and exposed secrets such as tokens and passwords. It sits next to Black Duck SCA and Coverity SAST.

Best for: organizations that already use Black Duck for source code and want the same component data for binaries. Consider if: quote-based pricing works for you; there were no published prices as of September 2026. CRACI vs Black Duck

4. NetRise

NetRise Turbine performs "firmware/binary analysis to create accurate SBOMs and uncover risk within the software that actually executes on your devices," and prioritizes vulnerabilities by reachability and exploitability. NetRise Provenance looks at the origin, maintainers and repository health of open-source components. Dragos acquired NetRise on September 21, 2026, and positions it for operational technology fleets.

Best for: product security, third-party risk and incident response teams, especially in industrial and critical infrastructure, who need to know what runs on devices. Consider if: quote-based buying works for you; NetRise publishes no prices, and it has been part of Dragos since September 2026.

5. Exein

Exein works on the device and on the firmware. Exein Runtime uses eBPF to monitor and block malicious behavior on embedded Linux, and the open-source meta-exein Yocto layer puts its Pulsar agent into your image. Exein Analyzer inspects firmware before release, or your SBOM when the binary is not available, ranks findings with reachability scoring and LLM-powered filtering, and maps them to CRA requirements.

Best for: embedded Linux makers that want protection in the field as well as firmware analysis. Consider if: you are comfortable shipping an agent on the device. CRACI vs Exein

6. ReversingLabs Spectra Assure

Spectra Assure analyzes compiled software packages without source code for malware, tampering, exposed secrets and vulnerabilities, and produces CycloneDX and SPDX SBOMs from what it finds. Differential analysis compares versions and flags suspicious changes between releases. The rl-secure CLI runs on premises and in CI.

Best for: a release gate for malware and tampering on the package you ship, or on commercial software before you deploy it. Consider if: device firmware is your main target rather than software packages. Community is free and Community+ is $500 per month (as of September 2026). CRACI vs ReversingLabs

7. RunSafe Security

RunSafe Identify "generates detailed SBOMs for embedded systems at software build time, eliminating the need for binary analysis," with a focus on C and C++, and outputs CycloneDX. RunSafe lists Yocto, QNX, Linux, VxWorks and Windows builds. RunSafe Protect adds runtime code protection against memory exploits without source code changes, and Monitor tracks crashes in the field.

Best for: automotive, aerospace, defense and industrial teams with large C and C++ codebases who want memory safety protection. Consider if: you need more than C and C++ coverage, or control over what the build can connect to. Pricing is by quote.

8. Manifest

Manifest creates, imports, enriches and shares SBOMs for your products, your vendors' software and your AI models. Vendors upload through a portal, and Manifest can generate an SBOM from a compiled binary when a vendor cannot provide one. It supports SPDX, CycloneDX and VEX, and turns findings into tickets and risk reports.

Best for: organizations whose main exposure is software and firmware they buy. Consider if: you need deep firmware analysis such as zero-day checks; Manifest's focus is managing SBOMs and supplier risk. CRACI vs Manifest

9. EMBA (open source)

EMBA is a GPLv3 firmware analyzer "designed as the central firmware analysis and SBOM tool for penetration testers, product security teams, developers and responsible product managers." It extracts firmware, runs static analysis and dynamic analysis through emulation, generates an SBOM, and reports weaknesses such as insecure binaries, outdated components and hardcoded passwords. EMBArk adds a web interface.

Best for: security teams and penetration testers who want firmware analysis without a license fee. Consider if: you can run and maintain it yourself on Linux; there is no vendor support, managed monitoring or compliance guidance.

Side by side

"Black Duck BDBA" means Black Duck Binary Analysis, "NetRise" means NetRise Turbine, "ReversingLabs" means Spectra Assure, and "RunSafe" means Identify with Protect. Manifest is described above and left out of the table. "Not stated" means the capability is not described in the vendor's documentation, not that it is missing.

For the Cyber Resilience Act

ONEKEY, Finite State and Exein all map their findings to the CRA. Its reporting obligations have applied since September 11, 2026, and its main provisions apply from December 11, 2027. A 24-hour early warning depends on knowing quickly which releases contain an affected component. For firmware you build, CRACI keeps the build history with each build's SBOM, so you can see which builds contained a vulnerable dependency. Its API returns SBOMs, network traces and provenance, SBOMs export as CycloneDX or SPDX, and CRACI submits the CRA notifications on your behalf.

No tool on this page makes a manufacturer compliant on its own. See what the CRA requires and CRA compliance tools compared.

When to stay with ONEKEY

• You integrate firmware from chip vendors, module suppliers and contractors whose builds you never see.
• You want findings beyond known CVEs, such as command injection and hardcoded credentials, in the image.
• You rely on guided checks against IEC 62443-4-2, ETSI EN 303 645 or the Radio Equipment Directive.
• You want each firmware image re-analyzed daily after release.

For more, see Yocto builds on CRACI, embedded security tools compared and Finite State alternatives.

ONEKEY alternatives FAQ

Short answers to the questions teams ask when they compare

What is the best alternative to ONEKEY?

It depends on what you use ONEKEY for. For firmware from many suppliers in one product record, with reachability, look at Finite State. For binary analysis next to source code SCA, look at Black Duck Binary Analysis. For runtime protection on the device as well, look at Exein or RunSafe. For malware and tampering checks, look at ReversingLabs Spectra Assure. For a free tool, look at EMBA. If you build your own firmware in GitHub Actions, CRACI records the SBOM from each build and monitors it for vulnerabilities.

Can CRACI analyze a firmware image like ONEKEY?

No. CRACI does not analyze binaries or firmware images, and it does not look for zero-days. It records what your own builds fetch while they run on CRACI's GitHub Actions runners, including Yocto builds, and produces the SBOM from that record. For firmware you receive as a binary, you can add the vendor's SBOM to CRACI so its components are monitored, but without an SBOM you need a binary analysis tool.

Is there a free alternative to ONEKEY?

EMBA is a free, GPLv3 firmware analyzer. It extracts firmware, runs static analysis and dynamic analysis through emulation, generates an SBOM and reports weaknesses such as outdated components and hardcoded passwords. You run it yourself on Linux, and EMBArk adds a web interface. It has no guided compliance checks like ONEKEY's Compliance Wizard.

Is a build-time SBOM better than one from binary analysis?

For firmware you build, a build-time SBOM records what went in instead of inferring it from the image, which is hard for compiled code such as Rust and C. Binary analysis is still the only option for firmware you did not build. In a side-by-side core-image-sato build, CRACI's SBOM had every component in Yocto's own SBOM plus 88 it missed, and a package URL for each of the 653 Rust crate versions Yocto lists without one.

Does CRACI have a compliance wizard like ONEKEY?

No. CRACI has no guided checks against IEC 62443, ETSI EN 303 645 or other standards. It supplies evidence from the build: SBOMs in CycloneDX or SPDX, vulnerability records, and provenance data via the API, and it submits CRA notifications on your behalf. The compliance process stays the manufacturer's.