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
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Black Duck |
| Focus | Native ASPM with in-house scanners | AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with in-house scanners | Native ASPM with in-house scanners |
| Extras | None | None | Fuzz testing, MAST, MPT and PTaaS |
| Headcount | 143 | Same | 1,278 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 42% , IT 13%, sales 13%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 26% | Same | Engineering 34%, IT 13%, sales 17%, marketing 3%, operations 2% and others 31% |
| Headcount growth | +8% , +10%, -8% | Same | -8%, -10%, +253% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | US |
| Countries | AR , BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | IN and US |
| Reputation | 9.77 from 209 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch | Same | 8.74 from 153 reviews over 8 years on G2, Gartner, PeerSpot, SoftwareAdvice and TrustRadius |
| Followers | 20K based on the following: Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn , X and YouTube | Same | 85K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube |
| Research firms | None | None | 451 Research, Forrester and Gartner |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2003 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | $82M USD in 12 rounds from 15 investors |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 1 time and made 4 acquisitions |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | 25M to 1B |
| CVEs as CNA Researcher | 276 CVEs reported to MITRE , ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide | Same | 53 CVEs reported to MITRE |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 | Same | CSA STAR Level 1, ISO/IEC 26262, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IECv27017, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 and TISAX |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visits | 21K per month. Top 3: 26% CO, 8% FR, 7% US. Others 59% | Same | 182K per month. Top 3: 23% US, 15% IN, 9% SA. Others 53% |
| Authority | 32 out of 100 | Same | 51 out of 100 |
| Public vulnerability DB | Discovered and third-party | Same | Discovered and third-party |
| Content | Blog , documentation , e-books , glossary , reports, success stories , videos , webinars and white papers | 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 | Same | 8 documentation sections, 7 in common and 1 additional |
| Community | Forum | Same | Forum |
| Sync training | 1 workshop | Same | No |
| Async training | 3 product use courses , all free | Same | Security education platform (subscription-based) |
| Distribution | Direct or with any of its 14 partners | Same | Direct or with any of its partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | AWS and GCP |
| Freemium | No | No | No |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial | PoV | PoC |
| Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open demo | No | No | No |
| Pricing | Contact sales and marketplace | Contact sales | Contact sales and marketplaces |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 1 plan |
| Minimum term | Monthly | Monthly | Annually |
| Minimum payment period | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| 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 | Same | 50 developers |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Developers |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | No |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Black Duck |
| PTaaS | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reverse engineering | No | Yes | Yes |
| Secure code review | No | Yes | No |
| Pivoting | No | Yes | Yes |
| Exploitation | No | Yes | Yes |
| Manual reattacks | Not applicable | Unlimited reattacks | 1 reattack |
| Zero-day vulnerabilities | None | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research |
| SLA | Availability | Accuracy , availability and response | Response |
| Minimum availability | >=99.95% per minute LTM | Same | None |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | No |
| Accreditations | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST | Same | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST |
| Hacker certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | 101 from 27 different types |
| 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 |
| Detection method | Automated tools | Automated tools , AI and human intelligence | Automated tools |
| Remediation | 5Â , 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 1Â | 3, all in common |
| Outputs | 5Â , 4 in common and 1 additional | Same, plus 2Â | 6, 4 in common and 2 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Black Duck |
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | 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 | Yes | Yes |
| CI/CD | Breaks the build | Same | Breaks the build |
| Vulnerability sources | 4 sources , none in common | Same | 2 sources, none in common |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | No |
| Priority criteria | CVSS v4.0 , CVSSF , EPSS and KEV | Same | CVSS v4.0 and EPSS |
| Custom prioritization | Priority score | Same | Vulnerabilities |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house |
| SCA | 23 package managers , 14 in common and 9 additional | Same | 27 package managers, 14 in common and 13 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | No |
| Reachability | 12 languages , 1 in common and 11 additional | Same | 1 language in common |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Deterministic |
| SBOM | 22 package managers , 12 in common and 10 additional | Same | 27 package managers, 12 in common and 15 additional |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | No |
| Autofix on components | No | No | Yes |
| Containers | 4 distributions | Same | Yes. No information available |
| **Source SAST ** (languages) | 12 , all in common | Same | 29 languages, 12 in common and 17 additional |
| **Source SAST ** (frameworks) | 22 , 13 in common and 9 additional | Same | 78 frameworks, 13 in common and 65 additional |
| Custom rules | No | No | Modeling |
| IaC | 6Â , 4 in common and 2 additional | 4Â , 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 | Same | 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 | 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 | Same | 1 function in common |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | No |
| Open-source | MPL-2 license , totally equivalent to the paid version | Not applicable | No |
| Provisioning as code | Yes | Yes | No |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS (multi-tenant) + on-premises (single-tenant) |
| Regions | US | Same | No information available |
| Status | Yes | Yes | No |
| Incidents | 4 per year | Same | No information available |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Black Duck |
| SCM | 6 , 4 in common and 2 additional | Same | 4, all in common |
| Binary repositories | None | None | 6 |
| Ticketing | 3 , 2 in common and 1 additional | Same | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional |
| ChatOps | None | None | 2 |
| IDE | 3 , 2 in common and 1 additional | Same | 11, 2 in common and 7 additional |
| CI/CD | 21 , 10 in common and 11 additional | Same | 12, 10 in common and 2 additional |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native and 11 integrations |
| Container | Native | Same | Native and 4 integrations |
| SAST | Native | Same | Native and 25 integrations |
| DAST | Native | Same | Native and 12 integrations |
| IAST | None | None | Native and 3 integrations |
| Cloud | 3 , all in common | Same | 3, all in common |
| CSPM | Native | Same | Native and 2 integrations |
| Secrets | Native | Same | Native |
| Remediation | None | None | Native |
| Bug bounty | None | None | 1 |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | 1 |
| Compliance | None | None | None |
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The latest update to this comparison was on Dec 15, 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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