SentriKat vs. Dependabot
Dependabot is a free, excellent tool for one thing: opening pull requests that bump vulnerable dependencies in GitHub repos. It is not a vulnerability-management platform. SentriKat is.
| Feature | SentriKat | Dependabot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free (Early Access) / €59–€999/mo | Free with GitHub |
| Scope | Endpoints + containers + dependencies + OS patches + SCA | Dependencies inside GitHub repos only |
| Output | Prioritised dashboard + signed compliance reports | Automated PRs bumping versions |
| Prioritisation | CISA KEV-first + EPSS + vendor backports | Severity per CVE, no KEV awareness |
| Endpoint inventory | Windows, Linux, macOS agents | Not applicable |
| Container image scanning | Trivy engine on Docker + Podman | Not supported (separate Code Scanning setup needed) |
| NIS2 / DORA / BOD 22-01 reports | Signed PDF + JSON | Not supported |
| SBOM export | CycloneDX 1.5 + SPDX 2.3 | GitHub Dependency Graph, SPDX only |
| On-premises deployment | Yes — single docker-compose | GitHub Enterprise Server only |
| EU data residency | Hetzner Germany/Finland | GitHub.com is US-hosted |
| Language / ecosystem coverage | 11+ lockfiles, 7 ecosystems | ~20 ecosystems — best in class |
| Automated remediation PRs | Auto-ticket in Jira/GitHub/GitLab/YouTrack | Native auto-PRs |
| SLA-driven escalation | Per-severity assignments + 3-tier escalation | None |
Keep Dependabot. Add SentriKat.
The two tools answer different questions. Dependabot answers "what can this repo automatically upgrade today?" SentriKat answers "across all our production assets — OS, containers, dependencies — which vulnerabilities are actually being exploited right now, and what's the documented remediation status?"
A NIS2-regulated organisation needs both a clean dependency graph and a signed report to show a regulator. A security team also needs to know what's happening outside the repos: on the laptops, on the servers, inside the running containers. That's SentriKat's job.
Operationally, Dependabot runs PR-sized work; SentriKat runs ticket-sized work. A vulnerability with no patch yet cannot be auto-PR'd — but it still needs to be tracked, triaged, assigned, and escalated. SentriKat's workflow engine does that, then closes the loop by opening the ticket in Jira / GitHub / GitLab / YouTrack.
Turn Dependabot PRs into a real VM programme.
Free during Early Access. Agents deploy in minutes, compliance reports are built-in. Dependabot keeps doing its thing; you get the platform on top.