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Black Duck - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: November 2025

Black Duck overview

What is Black Duck?

Black Duck is an open source management software used by web developers and legal and security teams to discover, monitor, and manage open source vulnerabilities and license compliance. It uses a unique multi-factor detection technology to ensure security in code, binaries, and containers, and it allows the user to set open source security and use policies. Black Duck automatically scans for vulnerabilities and produces a comprehensive Bill of Materials to track identified risks. With Synopsys, your organization benefits from use of the Black Duck Knowledge Base, which contains over 4.5 million open source projects and 2,750 open source licenses, providing the most complete and comprehensive security coverage in the industry.

Key benefits of using Black Duck

  • Detect partial and modified components.
  • Identify and inventory open source software used in applications.
  • Map components to known vulnerabilities and license requirements.
  • Continuously monitor and alert for new open source vulnerabilities.
  • Assist teams in remediation with orchestration and policy enforcement.
  • Starting price

    Free

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    Black Duck reviews

    Overall rating

    4.3

    /5

    31

    Positive reviews

    84

    %

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend7.5/10
    Rating distribution

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    Pros
    “Great insight into software security, coverage is excellent - in my opinion the best product out there and easily integratable at scale.”
    SW

    Sam W.

    Infrastructure engineer

    “The ease of identifying and managing the open source code and as well examining the source code for vulnerabilities and specifically the hidden security vulnerabilities is amazing.”
    ra

    rajiv a.

    senior specialist cloud architect

    “So far my experience with BlackDuck is great. I have seen almost positive response pretty much.”
    RS

    Ramani S.

    Business Analyst

    Cons
    “Some of the upgrades did not go smoothly. Some of the information that most IT departments require seems to be missing from the documentation.”
    FF

    Frank F.

    Senior Chief Engineer

    “Upgrading it is a major pain / undertaking. Each time we need to upgrade the system we have to do the equivalent of installing it from scratch.”
    AW

    Andrew W.

    Release Engineer

    “There are a lot of false alarms that should be corrected to update its database.”
    BS

    Basma S.

    Senior Release Engineer

    Who uses Black Duck?

    Based on 31 verified user reviews.

    Company size

    Enterprises

    Midsize Businesses

    Small Businesses

    Top industries

    Information Technology and Services
    Banking
    Computer Software
    Financial Services
    Others

    Use cases

    Network Security
    Application Performance Management
    Computer Security
    Encryption
    License Management

    Black Duck's key features

    Most critical features, based on insights from Black Duck users:

    Vulnerability scanning
    Compliance management
    Policy management
    Reporting/Analytics
    Third-Party integrations
    Audit management

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    API
    Risk alerts
    User management
    Activity tracking
    Application security
    Audit trail
    License inventory
    License tracking
    Monitoring
    Real-Time notifications
    Reporting & statistics
    Risk assessment
    Security auditing

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    User opinions about Black Duck price and value

    Value for money rating:

    To see what individual users think of Black Duck's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

    “Great insight into software security, coverage is excellent - in my opinion the best product out there and easily integratable at scale.”
    SW

    Sam W.

    Infrastructure engineer

    “The ease of identifying and managing the open source code and as well examining the source code for vulnerabilities and specifically the hidden security vulnerabilities is amazing.”
    ra

    rajiv a.

    senior specialist cloud architect

    Black Duck integrations (24)

    Integrations rated by users

    We looked at 31 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Black Duck integrations and how users feel about them.

    Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

    Black Duck support options

    Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Email/Help Desk
    Knowledge Base
    Phone Support
    FAQs/Forum
    24/7 (Live rep)

    Training options

    Documentation
    In Person
    Videos
    Live Online
    Webinars

    Black Duck FAQs

    Q. What type of pricing plans does Black Duck offer?

    Black Duck has the following pricing plans:
    Free Trial: Available

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    Q. Who are the typical users of Black Duck?

    Black Duck has the following typical customers:
    Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business


    Q. What languages does Black Duck support?

    Black Duck supports the following languages:
    Chinese (Simplified), English, Japanese


    Q. Does Black Duck offer an API?

    Yes, Black Duck has an API available for use.


    Q. What other apps does Black Duck integrate with?

    Black Duck integrates with the following applications:
    Microsoft Visual Studio, GitHub, VMware Tanzu, Jira, Microsoft Azure, PyCharm, Travis CI, PhpStorm , GitLab, Jenkins, IntelliJ IDEA, Slack, ThreadFix , TeamCity, WebStorm, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Docker, Mercurial, Eclipse


    Q. What level of support does Black Duck offer?

    Black Duck offers the following support options:
    Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, FAQs/Forum, 24/7 (Live rep)

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