Mend Bolt for GitHub vs. Mend.io full solution
Inventory Management
Main Features
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Mend Bolt for GitHub | Mend Full Solution |
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| Languages and Frameworks Coverage | Supports over 200 languages, frameworks, and development environments. | Supports over 200 languages, frameworks, and development environments. |
| Integrations with DevOps Tools | Integrates with GitHub.com. | Integrates with IDES, package managers, issue trackers, repos, build tools, container registries, CI servers, and security tools. |
| Dependency Detection | Fully resolves dependency tree and manifest files including undeclared dependencies. | Fully resolves dependency tree and manifest files including undeclared dependencies. |
| Automated Policy Enforcement | x | Initiate automated workflows based on severity level, license types, library age, and more. |
| Reporting | x | Dozens of built-in reports at the project, product or organization level, including: inventory report, due diligence report, risk and attribution reports and even trend reports. |
Vulnerability Detection
Main Features
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Mend Bolt for GitHub | Mend Full Solution |
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| Identifying Vulnerabilities | Aggregates dozens of sources: NVD, security advisories, and open source issue trackers. Experts analysis to determine impact and credibility. | Aggregates dozens of sources: NVD, security advisories, and open source issue trackers. Experts analysis to determine impact and credibility. |
| Accuracy and False Positives | Accurate association of vulnerabilities to specific versions for zero false positives. | Accurate association of vulnerabilities to specific versions for zero false positives. |
| Real-Time Alerts | Creates issues within GitHub UI to alert on vulnerable components. | Real-time alerts, including Initiating automated workflows upon detection. Components and vulnerabilities databases are updated daily to provide the most updated information. |
Vulnerability Remediation
Main Features
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Mend Bolt for GitHub | Mend Full Solution |
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| Pinpointing Vulnerabilities in Code (trace analysis) | x | Provides complete trace analysis for each vulnerability. Shows which part of the code, down to the line number, is impacted by the vulnerable functionality. |
| Prioritization | x | Prioritize detected vulnerabilities by analyzing whether your proprietary code is actually making calls to the vulnerable functionality, reducing security alerts by 70% to 85%. |
| Suggested fixes | Provides one suggested link to patches, specific source files, and newer versions that fix the issue, and recommended code changes which block vulnerable methods. We even suggest changes to your system configuration to block exploitation. | Provides one suggested link to patches, specific source files, and newer versions that fix the issue, and recommended code changes which block vulnerable methods. We even suggest changes to your system configuration to block exploitation. |
License Compliance
Main Features
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Mend Bolt for GitHub | Mend Full Solution |
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| Real-Time Alerts | x | Get real-time alerts when a component with an unwanted license is added to your software |
| Auditing | x | Offers a wide range of reports built for all relevant organizational roles. Provides visibility for internal teams—R&D, IT, security, legal, management. Offers visibility for compliance auditors and due diligence investigators. Automates attribution notices for deployment. |
