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Best licscan Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from open source license compliance software ranked against licscan on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    FOSSology Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    licscan vs FOSSology
  2. 2
    Apache Flink CDC Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    licscan vs Apache Flink CDC
  3. 3
    DeepFilterNet Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    licscan vs DeepFilterNet
  4. 5
    OHRisk Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    licscan vs OHRisk
  5. 6
    OSS Review Toolkit Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    licscan vs OSS Review Toolkit
  6. 7
    OSSKB Free plan apiLinuxMacWeb Free6.5
    licscan vs OSSKB
  7. 8
    REUSE Tool Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free6.5
    licscan vs REUSE Tool
  8. 9
    ScanCode Toolkit Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    licscan vs ScanCode Toolkit
  9. 10
    ScanCode Workbench Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    licscan vs ScanCode Workbench
  10. 11
    Double Open Compliance Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    licscan vs Double Open Compliance
  11. 12
    FOSSA Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $168392.50/mo6.4
    licscan vs FOSSA
  12. 13
    SourceTrust Free plan Web $24.92/mo6.4
    licscan vs SourceTrust
  13. 14
    SW360 Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    licscan vs SW360
  14. 15
    Check License Compliance Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    licscan vs Check License Compliance
  15. 16
    ClearlyDefined Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    licscan vs ClearlyDefined
  16. 17
    OpossumUI LinuxMacWin 5.6
    licscan vs OpossumUI
  17. 18
    DejaCode Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $500/mo5.5
    licscan vs DejaCode
  18. 19
    LicenseRec Linuxself-hostedWeb 5.4
    licscan vs LicenseRec
  19. 20
    OSCake 5.3
    licscan vs OSCake
  20. 21
    SBOM Workbench Free plan LinuxMacWin Free5.3
    licscan vs SBOM Workbench

licscan alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1FOSSology6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Apache Flink CDC6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
3DeepFilterNet6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
5OHRisk6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
6OSS Review Toolkit6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7OSSKB6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web
8REUSE Tool6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
9ScanCode Toolkit6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10ScanCode Workbench6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
11Double Open Compliance6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
12FOSSA6.4Free plan$168392.50/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13SourceTrust6.4Free plan$24.92/moWeb
14SW3606.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15Check License Compliance6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
16ClearlyDefined6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
17OpossumUI5.6No—Linux, Mac, Windows
18DejaCode5.5No$500/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
19LicenseRec5.4No—Linux, self-hosted, Web
20OSCake5.3No——
21SBOM Workbench5.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
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Questions about licscan alternatives

What is the best alternative to licscan?

FOSSology, number 1 in open source license compliance software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Apache Flink CDC, DeepFilterNet, OHRisk and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to licscan?

FOSSology is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.