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Renovate

Automated dependency updates with smart merge strategies

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Acquired★4.6ratingPricing · FreeRising

What happened to Renovate?

Renovate was acquired by WhiteSource (now Mend) in 2019.

WhiteSource, now called Mend, acquired Renovate in Nov 2019. It still runs as Mend Renovate.

Source: prnewswire.com ↗Its AI Graveyard record →AI products shut down or acquired before 2021 →

The FalcoScan Intel PanelRenovate · Security
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.6
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Renovate does

Renovate automatically updates all dependencies across repos — smarter than Dependabot with grouped updates and auto-merge.

How Renovate compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Renovate does. 4 of the 5 offer an API, as Renovate does. Renovate offers a web app and a desktop app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a web app and 2 offer a desktop app. Renovate was founded in 2017; the alternatives were founded between 2015 and 2022, 1 of them earlier. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in Israel, the United States and Belgium.

Market position · Security

How Renovate compares in Security

Renovate has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 361 live Security tools on FalcoScan. Across Security, the average opportunity score is 70.4 and the average saturation score 33. FalcoScan rates Renovate's own market position as open. 121 of the 361 operating Security tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 1 shutdown in the category.

Renovate compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
RenovateFounded 2017ModerateOpenFree—YesYesWeb, DesktopRising
DependabotFounded 2019 · Remote-firstModerateContestedFree—YesNoWebRising
TrivyFounded 2019 · Ramat Gan, IsraelHighOpenFree—YesYesDesktopHot
Snyk ContainerFounded 2015 · Boston, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, DesktopHot
Aikido SecurityFounded 2022 · Ghent, BelgiumModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWebHot
ChainguardFounded 2021 · Seattle, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWebHot

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Security.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Renovate exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Vulnerability DetectionCompatibility Analysis
Industry Verticals
Technology
Tagged

Renovate shows up when builders search for these

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Dependabot

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★ 4.5Opportunity Moderate
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Trivy

Open-source vulnerability scanner for containers and code

★ 4.7Opportunity High
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Snyk Container

Container and Kubernetes vulnerability scanning from Snyk

★ 4.6Opportunity Moderate
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Aikido Security

All-in-one application security for developers who hate false positives

★ 4.7Opportunity Moderate
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Chainguard

Minimal container images with zero known vulnerabilities

★ 4.6Opportunity High
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Aqua Security

Full lifecycle cloud-native security platform

★ 4.5Opportunity Moderate
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Questions

Renovate: common questions

Is Renovate still running?

Renovate was acquired by WhiteSource (now Mend) in 2019. WhiteSource, now called Mend, acquired Renovate in Nov 2019. It still runs as Mend Renovate.

Who acquired Renovate?

WhiteSource (now Mend) acquired Renovate in 2019 (prnewswire.com).

Source: prnewswire.com ↗

Is Renovate free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Renovate as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Renovate?

The closest alternatives to Renovate that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Dependabot, Trivy, Snyk Container, Aikido Security, and Chainguard.

Does Renovate have an API?

Yes. Renovate offers an API.

Who is Renovate for?

Renovate is built for developers and devops.

How do I sign in to Renovate?

Sign in on Renovate's own website, mend.io. FalcoScan reviews Renovate but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Renovate directly.

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