Comparison

SecPortal vs Sonatype
enterprise SCA repository firewall vs security testing workspace

Sonatype is the enterprise open-source supply chain platform anchored on the Nexus Repository (the package manager proxy and binary store that fronts Maven Central, npm, PyPI, NuGet, RubyGems, Docker Hub, and other component registries) plus the Nexus Lifecycle policy and SCA console, the Nexus Firewall (the in-line repository firewall that quarantines or blocks open-source components on download against policy and the Sonatype malicious-package intelligence stream), Lifecycle XC for cross-component reachability, SBOM Manager for ingest and publishing, and the Sonatype IQ Server policy engine that drives build-time and pipeline-time gating. The buyer assumption is a large enterprise development estate that pulls open-source components through a central repository proxy and needs the proxy, the policy engine, and the firewall together so license risk, vulnerability risk, and malicious-package risk are stopped before the component enters the development workflow. SecPortal is a different shape: scoped engagements, manual finding entry, AI report generation, branded client portal, native external and authenticated web scanning, and SAST plus dependency analysis on connected repositories all live inside one workspace. This page is the side-by-side for buyers comparing a repository-firewall-anchored enterprise SCA platform to a security testing workspace that scans, records, reports, and delivers findings on its own.

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Feature	SecPortal	Sonatype
Primary use case	Security testing and remediation workspace with scanning, findings, AI reports, and branded portal on one tenant	Enterprise open-source supply chain platform with Nexus Repository proxy, Nexus Lifecycle SCA and policy console, Nexus Firewall in-line component quarantine, Lifecycle XC reachability, SBOM Manager, and Sonatype IQ policy engine across an enterprise development estate
Engagement model with scope, ROE, and deliverables		Development organisation, application identity, and component policy model rather than scoped engagement
Client model with onboarding, contacts, and access control		Internal application owner, contributing-developer, and open-source programme office model
Branded white-label client portal on your subdomain
Software composition analysis (SCA)	Dependency analysis through Semgrep on connected repositories	Nexus Lifecycle SCA with the Sonatype curated component data set, license-risk classification, and Lifecycle XC reachability scoring
Repository proxy that fronts Maven Central, npm, PyPI, NuGet, RubyGems, Docker Hub, and similar public registries
In-line repository firewall that quarantines or blocks open-source components on download against policy and malicious-package intelligence
Sonatype malicious-package intelligence stream from the Sonatype research team
Open-source license risk register and policy-driven build gating
SAST scanning	Semgrep-powered, multi-language	Source-code SAST is not the primary lane; Sonatype focuses on component-level analysis and policy gating rather than analyser-driven SAST findings
DAST scanning against running applications	17-module authenticated web scanner behind stored credentials on verified domains
Container image scanning	Container image package SCA via Semgrep on connected repositories	Container image SCA against the Sonatype component intelligence inside the same Nexus and Lifecycle workflow
Built-in external vulnerability scanning (16 modules)
Subdomain enumeration and external attack surface discovery
Repository OAuth (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)		Application source identity binds to the build, the pipeline, and the Sonatype IQ scan rather than to a repository connector
Manual finding entry with full editor		Limited (records originate from Nexus Lifecycle engines, the IQ policy engine, the SBOM ingest, or the Firewall quarantine)
AI-powered narrative report generation (executive, technical, remediation)		Console dashboards, audit-ready application reports, and SBOM exports rather than engagement-shaped narrative deliverables
300+ finding templates with remediation guidance		Sonatype Security Advisories and component-level remediation guidance per matched component and per policy violation
CVSS 3.1 vector parsing and auto-scoring		CVSS plus the Sonatype severity model layered against the curated component data set and reachability signal
Scanner result import (Nessus, Burp Suite, CSV)		Imports limited to Sonatype IQ output, SBOM ingest (CycloneDX, SPDX), and the Nexus Repository feed
Encrypted credential vault for authenticated scans (AES-256-GCM)		Credential management for connected source repositories, package registries, and the Nexus Repository
Continuous scheduled scanning cadence (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly)		Continuous policy-driven evaluation at component download time, build time, and on the application identity in Sonatype IQ
Retest workflow paired to original finding		Re-evaluation through the next pipeline build or the next Nexus Lifecycle scan against the application identity
Exception register with eight-field decision chain		Sonatype IQ waiver workflow against the component policy violation; not a per-finding exception decision chain shaped like an engagement record
SBOM ingest and publishing (CycloneDX, SPDX)		Sonatype SBOM Manager ingests, normalises, monitors, and publishes SBOMs across the application portfolio
Compliance framework templates	21 frameworks including OWASP, OWASP ASVS, OWASP MASVS, OWASP API Security Top 10, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, MITRE ATT&CK, DORA, NIS2, CIS Controls, and Essential Eight	Compliance reports across NIST SSDF, EU CRA, US CISA Secure Software Development Attestation, OWASP, PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and similar through the IQ application report pack
Integrated invoicing and Stripe Connect payments for engagements
Activity audit trail with CSV export		Sonatype IQ audit logs and policy evaluation history inside the console
MFA enforcement on every workspace		SSO and IdP-driven controls
Free plan available		Nexus Repository OSS is free; Lifecycle, Firewall, Lifecycle XC, SBOM Manager, and Auditor are commercial
Pricing model	Free, Pro, Team	Sales-led, organised on application-count licensing for Lifecycle, repository-count and feature-tier licensing for Nexus, plus separately priced modules for Firewall, Lifecycle XC, SBOM Manager, and Auditor with annual commitment
Setup time	2 minutes	Nexus Repository proxy deployment, package manager redirection across the development estate, Lifecycle IQ Server install, application onboarding, policy calibration, and Firewall enable across the proxy fronts
Best fit for	AppSec teams, internal security teams, vulnerability management teams, product security teams, pentest firms, MSSPs, and consultancies that scan, report, and deliver findings from one workspace	Enterprise AppSec, product security, and open-source programme office teams that already operate a central repository proxy across the development estate, want a repository firewall that stops malicious or non-compliant components at download, run policy-driven build gating against a curated component data set, and need the Lifecycle and SBOM Manager record across the application portfolio

SecPortal vs Sonatype: enterprise SCA repository firewall vs security testing workspace

Sonatype is one of the dominant enterprise open-source supply chain platforms, anchored on the Nexus Repository (the package manager proxy that fronts Maven Central, npm, PyPI, NuGet, RubyGems, and Docker Hub for the development estate) and layered with the Nexus Lifecycle SCA and policy console, the Nexus Firewall (in-line component quarantine that decides which component versions are allowed to pass against policy and the Sonatype malicious-package intelligence stream), Lifecycle XC for cross-component reachability scoring, SBOM Manager for ingest and publishing, and the Sonatype IQ Server policy engine that drives build-time and pipeline-time gating. The buyer is an enterprise AppSec leader, a product security leader, or an open-source programme office owner whose primary job is to control the open-source component intake at the proxy, evaluate components against a curated data set and a malicious-package intelligence stream, and gate non-compliant components at the moment they enter the development estate.

SecPortal is a different shape. SecPortal is the security testing and delivery workspace for AppSec teams, internal security teams, vulnerability management teams, product security teams, pentest firms, MSSPs, and consultancies that run scoped engagements and ship findings to application owners, business stakeholders, or external clients. The engagement, the scoping, the SAST and dependency analysis output from connected repositories, the authenticated DAST and external perimeter scans, the manual findings, the AI-generated report, the branded client portal, the retest, and the invoice all sit inside one workspace. If the question is whether to control component intake at a repository firewall across an enterprise estate or to deliver assessments and findings as a recurring deliverable on a scoped engagement record, this page is the side-by-side. The adjacent comparisons buyers in the source-side AppSec category often evaluate alongside are SecPortal vs Snyk, SecPortal vs Black Duck, SecPortal vs Mend.io, SecPortal vs Veracode, and SecPortal vs Checkmarx.

Where the repository-firewall SCA model stops for delivery work

These are not Sonatype-specific criticisms; they are properties of an enterprise open-source repository-firewall and SCA platform when the buyer compares it to running scoped engagements on a delivery workspace.

Built as a repository proxy plus SCA policy console, not a security testing workspace

Sonatype is organised around the Nexus Repository (the package manager proxy that fronts Maven Central, npm, PyPI, NuGet, RubyGems, and Docker Hub for the development estate), the Nexus Lifecycle SCA and policy console, the Nexus Firewall (in-line component quarantine), Lifecycle XC for cross-component reachability, SBOM Manager, and the Sonatype IQ Server policy engine. The buyer is an enterprise AppSec or open-source programme office leader who owns hundreds or thousands of applications across many development teams and needs an SCA platform that fronts the package registry, evaluates components against a curated data set, blocks malicious or non-compliant components on download, and gates non-compliant builds. SecPortal is a different shape: scoped engagements, manual finding entry, AI report generation, branded client portal, native external and authenticated web scanning, code scanning on connected repositories, retesting, findings management with CVSS 3.1 vector parsing, and the exception register all live inside one workspace.

No engagement, scope, or scoped deliverable model

Sonatype is organised around the application identity, the component policy violation, the open-source license review, the build pipeline gating decision, and the firewall quarantine event. There is no concept of a scoped engagement that opens with a kickoff, runs against a defined target list, ships a final report under a client or stakeholder name, schedules a retest, and closes on a delivery date. If the work being shipped is a penetration test, a vulnerability assessment, an external attack surface programme, an AppSec code review, a third-party security review, or a client-billable security assessment with a defined scope and a deliverable, Sonatype does not carry that record. SecPortal does, on the same workspace as the scanner stack, the AI report generator, and the branded client portal.

No branded client portal for technical findings delivery

Sonatype output (the application policy violations, the component inventory, the malicious package quarantine events, the Lifecycle XC reachability scores, the SBOM publishing record, and the IQ Server application report pack) is reviewed inside the Sonatype console or routed to developer tools through native IDE plug-ins and CI/CD integrations. Sharing the results with an application owner, a business stakeholder, or an external client typically means a Sonatype IQ application report PDF, a CSV export from the console, or a ticket in a downstream system. SecPortal ships a white-label client portal on your tenant subdomain so every finding, retest, remediation thread, and report download lives under your team or consultancy brand rather than a vendor console.

No external perimeter or authenticated DAST inside the same workspace

Sonatype covers the open-source supply chain side of the application: SCA through the curated component data set, repository-firewall component quarantine through the Nexus Firewall, container image SCA inside the Lifecycle workflow, and SBOM ingest and publishing through SBOM Manager. It does not run external perimeter scanning across DNS, ports, SSL, headers, subdomains, and technology fingerprinting against the public attack surface, and it does not run authenticated DAST against logged-in workflows on the same console as the SCA record. Engagements that combine open-source dependency coverage with running-application testing and external perimeter coverage need a separate DAST and a separate external scanner. SecPortal runs SAST and dependency analysis through Semgrep, external scanning across 16 modules, and authenticated DAST behind cookie, bearer, basic, or form authentication on the same engagement record.

No manual finding entry for non-scanner output

Sonatype is a scanner-and-policy-driven console. Findings appear in the workspace because the Sonatype curated data set matched a component, the Sonatype malicious-package intelligence triggered a quarantine, the IQ policy engine fired against an application identity, or the SBOM ingest landed a record from outside. A pentest, a manual code review, a manual SCA review against a private dependency, a threat-modelling output, or a third-party security review also produces findings the scanner cannot reach: business logic flaws, chained exploits, manual SSRF or IDOR proofs, authentication bypasses through application-specific state, design-level weaknesses, and supply-chain-tampering walkthroughs that have not yet hit the data set. SecPortal ships a full manual finding editor with the 300+ finding template library, CVSS 3.1 vector parsing and auto-scoring, and structured evidence so non-scanner findings live on the same record as scanner output.

Sales-led procurement and enterprise commercial model

Sonatype pricing is custom and sales-led, typically structured on the application count for Nexus Lifecycle, the repository count and feature tier for Nexus Repository, the malicious-package intelligence subscription for Nexus Firewall, the additional cross-component subscription for Lifecycle XC, the SBOM Manager subscription, and the Auditor subscription. The Nexus Repository OSS tier is free; everything around the policy engine, the firewall, the reachability layer, and the SBOM platform is commercial. There is no public price page for the commercial modules, no monthly self-serve commercial tier, and no free starting point for a small team running a single engagement. SecPortal pricing is transparent on the website with a free plan, monthly Pro and Team tiers, and no minimum commitment.

What SecPortal adds to the picture

Engagement-shaped workflow

Every scan, manual finding, retest, AI report, and invoice sits inside an engagement that has a client, business unit, or stakeholder, a scope, a status, and a delivery date. The model matches the way internal AppSec teams run scoped application reviews for an application owner, the way internal security teams run scoped assessments for business units, the way consultancies deliver scoped engagements to clients, and the way pentest firms ship findings under a deliverable contract.

AI report generation from the live findings record

Generate executive summaries, full technical reports, remediation roadmaps, and compliance summaries from the engagement findings with a single click. The AI uses the workspace context: engagement scope, findings, severities, CVSS vectors, evidence, and exception decisions. The report becomes a draft the team edits rather than a console export augmented after the scan.

White-label client portal on a tenant subdomain

Every workspace gets a branded client portal on its own tenant subdomain. Application owners, business stakeholders, or external clients log in to review findings, track remediation, download reports, and communicate with the team under your brand rather than under a vendor console. Sharing findings does not mean exporting and emailing a CSV from Sonatype IQ.

Source-side scanning paired with running-app and perimeter scanning on one workspace

SAST and dependency analysis through Semgrep run against repositories connected via GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket OAuth. External perimeter scanning runs across 16 modules covering SSL, headers, DNS, ports, subdomains, technology fingerprinting, and CVE correlation. Authenticated DAST runs behind stored credentials through cookie, bearer, basic, or form-based authentication. One workspace covers the source, the running application, and the perimeter rather than three consoles, three credential vaults, and three buyer relationships.

300+ finding templates with calibrated severity

A finding template library covers the recurring vulnerability classes a SAST, DAST, SCA, or manual reviewer produces: injection, access control, cryptography, configuration, authentication, and business logic. Templates carry CVSS 3.1 vectors and remediation guidance so the analyst edits the proof rather than rewriting the description. Severity comes from CVSS vector parsing, not from a fixed vendor severity table.

Continuous monitoring inside the engagement record

Continuous monitoring schedules (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly) run scans against verified domains and authenticated targets on the same record as the manual findings, the AI report, and the retest. Continuous coverage sits inside the engagement workflow rather than on a separate repository console.

Who each platform is the right fit for

Sonatype and SecPortal solve adjacent problems for different buyer shapes. The honest framing is that the right tool depends on whether the primary motion is repository-firewall component governance across an enterprise development estate or shipping engagement deliverables that combine source, authenticated, and external coverage on a scoped engagement record.

Sonatype fits enterprise programmes anchored on a repository proxy plus SCA policy and firewall

If you are an enterprise AppSec, product security, or open-source programme office team that already operates a central package manager proxy across the development estate (npm, Maven, PyPI, NuGet, RubyGems, Docker), runs Nexus Lifecycle SCA against the application portfolio as the system of record for component identity and policy violations, blocks malicious or non-compliant components at download through the Nexus Firewall, gates non-compliant builds at pipeline time through the Sonatype IQ policy engine, layers SBOM Manager for ingest and publishing on top, and operates with an enterprise procurement and security architecture model, Sonatype is built for that shape of work. The buyer assumption is one open-source supply chain platform that fronts the registries, evaluates components against the Sonatype curated data set and intelligence stream, and drives the application portfolio policy.

SecPortal fits AppSec, internal security, vulnerability management, and consultancy teams that ship findings as a deliverable

If you are an AppSec team running scoped reviews against named applications, an internal security team running scoped assessment cycles for business units, a vulnerability management team that consolidates external and authenticated scan output alongside SAST and SCA findings, a product security team running engagement reviews, a penetration testing firm, an MSSP, or a security consultancy delivering AppSec or pentest engagements to clients, SecPortal is the delivery workspace. Engagement, findings, source-side scanning, perimeter scanning, authenticated DAST, AI reports, branded portal, and invoicing all live on one tenant.

When the answer is both

A team that runs Sonatype as the open-source supply chain platform across the application portfolio and also delivers scoped assessments to application owners, business stakeholders, or external customers can use Sonatype for the repository proxy, the policy console, the firewall, and the SBOM Manager record and SecPortal for the scoped delivery, the external attack surface work, the authenticated DAST against logged-in workflows, the manual pentest findings, and the AI-generated narrative report. The two are adjacent. The question is whether the primary motion this year is repository-firewall component governance across the enterprise development estate or shipping engagement deliverables that combine source, authenticated, and external coverage on one workspace.

How the Nexus Repository plus Firewall compares to the SecPortal engagement record

Sonatype and SecPortal both produce evidence an auditor, a buyer, or an application owner reads, but the asset of record is different. The Sonatype repository proxy plus firewall is the canonical view of the open-source component intake decision across the enterprise development estate. The SecPortal engagement record is the canonical view of the scoped security work that produced a deliverable. The contrast matters when the audit-side reader asks for the underlying technical security testing evidence behind a control or a deliverable, not just the component intake decision history.

Nexus Repository plus Firewall is the asset of record for component intake control

The Sonatype value proposition is that the Nexus Repository proxy is the canonical gate through which open-source components enter the development estate, and the Nexus Firewall is the in-line control that decides which component versions are allowed to pass. The platform evaluates every component request against the Sonatype curated data set, the malicious-package intelligence stream, and the enterprise policy on license terms, known vulnerabilities, and component age. Components that violate policy are quarantined or blocked at the moment of download rather than detected later in the build. The asset is the component intake decision record; the audience is the AppSec leader, the open-source programme office, the platform engineering team that operates the proxy, and the developer requesting the component.

SecPortal finding-level record holds the engagement evidence from kickoff to closure

SecPortal does not front a package manager registry, does not host a repository proxy, does not maintain a malicious-package intelligence stream, and does not block component downloads at the registry boundary. SecPortal does run Semgrep-powered dependency analysis against repositories connected via GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket OAuth so dependency-vulnerability findings land on the engagement record alongside SAST, external, authenticated, and manual findings. The asset is the engagement, scan, finding, exception decision, retest, and closure record; the audience is the application owner, the engineering team, the security operator, the external client, the business unit stakeholder, and the auditor reading remediation history.

Where SecPortal sits next to a Sonatype deployment

SecPortal is not a replacement for a Nexus Repository proxy plus Nexus Firewall plus Nexus Lifecycle across an enterprise development estate. SecPortal sits next to a Sonatype deployment as the security testing and delivery workspace where scoped pentest findings, manual reviewer findings, external perimeter scan output, authenticated DAST output, SAST and dependency analysis output, AI-generated reports, the exception register, and the branded client portal all live on one tenant. If Sonatype is the right answer for the open-source component intake control and the application portfolio policy decision, the security testing workspace is still the right answer for the engagement, finding, and delivery work that sits beside it.

Sonatype IQ policy versus the engagement record: two operating models

Sonatype markets the IQ Server as the policy engine that ties the Nexus Lifecycle SCA, the Nexus Firewall, and the SBOM Manager on the same console across the enterprise development estate. SecPortal organises work around scoped engagements and the findings they produce across SAST, dependency analysis, authenticated DAST, and external scanning lanes that converge on a single engagement record. The two models read different surfaces and produce different evidence shapes.

Sonatype IQ Server is the policy engine across the development estate

The Sonatype IQ Server holds the enterprise open-source policy and runs it against every application identity in scope. Policies cover license terms, known vulnerabilities, component age, quality signals, and security ratings against the Sonatype curated data set. The IQ Server evaluates components at every binding point in the development lifecycle: pull request, build, release candidate, and production application identity. Violation handling runs through the waiver workflow on the policy violation, not through a per-finding exception decision chain. The asset is the policy evaluation record across the application portfolio; the audience is the AppSec leader and the security architect operating the policy across many development teams.

SecPortal exception register holds the per-finding decision chain

SecPortal runs the exception register at the per-finding level. Each exception decision carries linked finding, severity, compensating controls, residual likelihood, residual impact, business rationale, expiry, and review cadence. The decision sits on the same record as the engagement, the scan output, the manual finding, the AI report, and the retest workflow. The asset is the per-finding decision chain that an auditor or stakeholder reads against the closure record; the audience is the AppSec analyst, the vulnerability management operator, the consultancy delivery lead, and the application owner reading the rationale behind an open or accepted finding.

Where each model fits the AppSec programme

The Sonatype IQ Server policy model fits enterprise AppSec programmes that own a large application portfolio, want one open-source policy across the estate, and need a fabric layer that holds the policy decision and the waiver workflow across many development teams. The SecPortal engagement record fits AppSec, internal security, vulnerability management, product security, pentest firm, MSSP, and consultancy teams that run scoped engagements with a defined scope, a deliverable, a closure date, and a per-finding exception decision chain. Many enterprise AppSec programmes run both: the Sonatype IQ Server carries the policy evaluation across the portfolio, the SecPortal workspace carries the scoped engagement that ships a deliverable to an application owner, a business unit, or an external client.

How Sonatype sits relative to Snyk, Black Duck, Mend, and JFrog Xray

Buyers comparing source-side open-source supply chain platforms typically shortlist Sonatype alongside Snyk, Black Duck, Mend, and JFrog Xray and weigh repository-proxy ownership, SCA depth, malicious-package intelligence, dependency-update automation, and policy-engine fit against the development estate footprint. The contrast below explains how Sonatype sits relative to those adjacent platforms.

Sonatype versus Snyk and Black Duck

Sonatype, Snyk, and Black Duck (Synopsys) sit in the same source-side AppSec category with overlapping SCA coverage, overlapping container image SCA, and overlapping SBOM publishing. The platforms differ on shape. Sonatype is the most repository-anchored of the three with the Nexus Repository proxy fronting the registries and the Nexus Firewall acting at component download time, making it the canonical answer when the buyer wants the open-source intake decision to live on a proxy rather than on a developer machine. Snyk is the most developer-tool-shaped with the broadest IDE and CI/CD integration footprint and the strongest reachability prioritisation on Snyk Open Source. Black Duck is the most license-compliance-centric with the largest open-source KnowledgeBase and the strongest audit-services tradition for M&A and contractual open-source attribution. Buyers comparing the three usually weigh whether the open-source motion needs a repository-firewall proxy at the boundary, a developer-first SCA inside the IDE and PR, or a license-compliance KnowledgeBase across the portfolio.

Sonatype versus Mend and JFrog Xray

Sonatype, Mend (formerly WhiteSource), and JFrog Xray sit alongside in the repository-anchored open-source supply chain category. Mend is the most dependency-update-centric with the commercial home of Renovate and the strongest auto-PR motion. JFrog Xray pairs natively with JFrog Artifactory (the JFrog repository proxy) for buyers who already operate Artifactory and want SCA on the same proxy. Sonatype carries the deepest repository-firewall posture and the longest history of malicious-package research through the Sonatype research team. Buyers comparing the three usually weigh proxy ownership, dependency-update automation, and malicious-package intelligence against the development estate footprint.

Where SecPortal sits relative to all of them

SecPortal is not a repository proxy, is not a dependency firewall, does not host a malicious-package intelligence stream, and does not pretend to replace one. SecPortal sits next to repository-anchored SCA platforms as the security testing and delivery workspace where scoped pentest findings, manual reviewer findings, external perimeter scan output, authenticated web DAST output, SAST and SCA output from connected repositories, AI-generated reports, the exception register, and the branded client portal all live on one tenant. If Sonatype (or Snyk, Mend, Black Duck, JFrog Xray) is the right answer for the portfolio-wide open-source intake decision and the policy engine, the security testing workspace is still the right answer for the engagement, finding, and delivery work that sits beside it.

How SecPortal source-side scanning compares to Sonatype source-side scanning

Sonatype covers the open-source supply chain side of the application with depth on the component intake surface: the Nexus Repository proxy as the canonical gate, the curated component data set as the policy substrate, the Sonatype malicious-package intelligence as the in-line firewall signal, Lifecycle XC for reachability scoring, and SBOM Manager as the publishing layer. SecPortal covers the same source-side surface as one of three lanes that converge on a single engagement record, rather than as the centrepiece of an enterprise SCA console.

The code scanning feature runs SAST and dependency analysis through Semgrep against a repository connected via GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket OAuth. The external scanning feature runs 16 modules across SSL, headers, DNS, ports, subdomains, technology fingerprinting, and CVE correlation so the perimeter is scanned alongside the source. The authenticated scanning feature adds DAST behind stored credentials through cookie, bearer, basic, or form authentication so issues that only surface inside an authenticated session do not slip past anonymous scanning. The continuous monitoring feature runs daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly scans on a schedule and writes the results back to the same engagement record.

How credentials, repository access, and import paths are handled

Source-side scanning needs read access to a repository. SecPortal connects to GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket through OAuth so scope is bound to the connected organisation and the repositories the team selects, rather than through a shared service account or a long-lived deploy key. Authenticated scanning needs credentials that live somewhere durable. SecPortal stores them in an encrypted credential vault with AES-256-GCM, scoped to a verified domain. Every external scan is gated on domain verification through DNS TXT or meta tag so authorisation is provable before any module fires. Teams that operate Sonatype Nexus and IQ for the repository-firewall component intake control can still consolidate scanner output onto the engagement record through the importing third-party scanner results guide for the verified Nessus, Burp Suite, and CSV import paths.

From scan to deliverable

The output of an SCA, SAST, or DAST run is the beginning of a deliverable, not the end. SecPortal turns scan results into draft findings, the analyst triages and validates them, the findings management layer holds the consolidated record with CVSS vectors, evidence, and remediation, and the AI reports feature generates the executive and technical narrative the recipient receives. The branded client portal is where the deliverable lands; the scanner result triage workflow covers how raw scanner output becomes a calibrated finding before it is promoted onto the canonical record.

For AppSec teams running dependency-vulnerability triage on the engagement record, the dependency vulnerability triage workflow covers how SCA output becomes a prioritised finding with a named owner, a defensible severity, and a closure record. For internal security teams that already operate Sonatype Nexus and want to operationalise the output into engagement records and remediation tracking, the SDLC vulnerability handoff workflow and the remediation tracking workflow cover how source-side findings move from detection to closure with named owners, SLA tiers, and an audit trail. For teams that publish or ingest SBOMs alongside SecPortal engagements, the SBOM management and VEX publishing workflow covers how SBOM ingest and VEX statements pair with the engagement record. The compliance crosswalk for AppSec evidence is covered in the control mapping workflow so the same engagement evidence answers OWASP ASVS V14, ISO 27001 A.8.28, SOC 2 CC8.1, PCI DSS Requirement 6, NIST SSDF PW.4, and NIST 800-53 SA-11 simultaneously.

Transparent pricing, no procurement cycle

SecPortal pricing is published on the website and self-service from sign-up. There is no annual contract floor on the Pro or Team tiers, no per-application or per-repository licensing scaled to the development estate footprint, and no sales call required before you can run a real engagement.

SecPortal Free

Free forever

1 user, 3 clients, 2 engagements per client, 3 AI credits, 6 core scan modules.

SecPortal Pro

From $149/month

All scan modules, 100 clients, 25 AI credits/month, branded client portal, invoicing, compliance tracking.

SecPortal Team

From $299/month

Up to 5 users, 75 AI credits/month, team management, activity audit trail with CSV export, MFA enforcement.

Why AppSec, internal security, and consultancy teams pick SecPortal alongside or instead of Sonatype

Run scoped AppSec, pentest, and vulnerability management engagements with a kickoff, deliverables, retests, and a final invoice on one record rather than a repository-firewall console and a separate engagement tracker
Scan the perimeter with 16 external modules, run authenticated DAST with 17 web modules, and run SAST plus dependency analysis on connected repositories from inside the same workspace
Generate executive, technical, and remediation deliverables with Claude from the live findings record rather than annotating a Sonatype IQ application report after the scan
Enter manual findings from a tester, reviewer, or third-party report (business logic flaws, IDOR walkthroughs, chained exploits, design-level weaknesses) into the same record the scanners feed
Deliver findings through a branded client portal on a tenant subdomain instead of console exports or downstream tickets routed out of a vendor console
Pair every retest to the original finding so the closure record holds up under audit rather than relying on the next pipeline build to confirm the fix
Document CVSS 3.1 vector, asset, evidence, owner, severity, and remediation status on the engagement record so prioritisation is defensible to a board, an auditor, or an application owner
Capture the exception register on the same record as the finding with linked finding, severity, compensating controls, residual likelihood, residual impact, business rationale, expiry, and review cadence
Map findings across 21 framework templates including OWASP, OWASP ASVS, OWASP MASVS, OWASP API Security Top 10, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, MITRE ATT&CK, DORA, NIS2, CIS Controls, and Essential Eight
Store privileged scan credentials encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and rotate them through the in-product credential vault
Invoice clients or business units directly from the engagement record through Stripe Connect
Start on the free plan and upgrade without a sales call, an application-count audit, a repository-count audit, or an annual contract floor for the published tiers

Honest scope: what SecPortal does not aim to be

SecPortal does not front a package manager registry, does not host a repository proxy across Maven Central, npm, PyPI, NuGet, RubyGems, or Docker Hub, does not ship an in-line dependency firewall that quarantines or blocks open-source components at download time, does not maintain a curated component data set the size of the Sonatype intelligence stream, does not maintain a malicious-package intelligence service, does not gate non-compliant components at build time through a policy engine, does not ship a Sonatype IQ-style policy console across an enterprise application portfolio, does not provide Lifecycle XC-style reachability scoring against a managed dependency graph, does not host an SBOM Manager platform for ingest and publishing across the estate, and does not ship packaged Jira, ServiceNow, Slack, SIEM, SOAR, or CMDB connectors. The honest framing is that SecPortal is a security testing and delivery workspace that complements a Sonatype Nexus deployment rather than a repository-anchored open-source supply chain platform that replaces one.

When the work is scoped engagement delivery, not repository-firewall component governance

Run scoped AppSec, pentest, and vulnerability management engagements, generate AI reports, and ship findings through a branded portal on one workspace. SAST plus dependency analysis plus DAST plus external scanning live on the same engagement record. Run alongside or instead of a Sonatype Nexus deployment. Start free.