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title: "Docker Scout vs Grype: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Docker Scout or Grype more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Container scanning tools set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Docker Scout vs Grype: Which is searched more?

Is Docker Scout or Grype more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Container scanning tools set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Docker Scout and Grype
- **Competitive set**: Container scanning tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Docker Scout Share of Search**: 0.78%
- **Grype Share of Search**: 3.2%

## Is Docker Scout or Grype more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Grype had more branded searches than Docker Scout among container scanning tools worldwide. Grype had about 6,600 branded searches, while Docker Scout had 1,600. Grype made up 3.2% of all container scanning tool searches we track, and Docker Scout accounted for 0.78%.
- Grype was ahead of Docker Scout in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Docker Scout’s share of searches among container scanning tools worldwide moved from 1.2% to 0.78%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.4K to 1.6K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Grype’s share of searches among container scanning tools worldwide moved from 2.6% to 3.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.4K to 6.6K.

## Top container scanning tools in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Grype appeared in all five answers. Docker Scout was mentioned in two out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. Grype was listed before Docker Scout in every answer.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trivy | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Grype | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Snyk | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Prisma Cloud | 4th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Docker Scout | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Anchore | 6th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Clair | 7th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Qualys | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about container scanning tools

- Asked ChatGPT "Which container scanning tool should I use?": 1. Trivy, 2. Grype, 3. Snyk, 4. Prisma Cloud
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best container scanning tools?": 1. Trivy, 2. Grype, 3. Snyk, 4. Docker Scout, 5. Prisma Cloud, 6. Anchore
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best container scanning tool for image security?": 1. Trivy, 2. Snyk, 3. Grype, 4. Prisma Cloud, 5. Docker Scout, 6. Anchore
- Searched Google, AI Overview "container scanning tool": 1. Trivy, 2. Grype, 3. Clair, 4. Anchore
- Searched Google, AI Overview "container security scanning": 1. Trivy, 2. Grype, 3. Snyk

Not named in any answer: Qualys.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for container scanning tools worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Grype gained share of searches among container scanning tools worldwide, from 2.5% to 3.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Docker Scout worldwide fell 33.3% over 12 measured months, from 2.4K to 1.6K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Docker Scout estimated searches | Docker Scout Share of Search | Docker Scout rank | Grype estimated searches | Grype Share of Search | Grype rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.4K | 1.2% | 8 | 5.4K | 2.6% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 2.4K | 1.2% | 8 | 5.4K | 2.8% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 2.4K | 1.2% | 8 | 4.4K | 2.1% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 2.4K | 1.3% | 8 | 5.4K | 2.9% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.4K | 1.2% | 8 | 5.4K | 2.6% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.9K | 0.96% | 8 | 8.1K | 2.7% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 2.4K | 1% | 8 | 8.1K | 3.5% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 2.4K | 1.1% | 8 | 6.6K | 3.1% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.9K | 0.86% | 8 | 6.6K | 3% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.9K | 0.95% | 8 | 6.6K | 3.3% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.6K | 0.74% | 8 | 5.4K | 2.5% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 1.6K | 0.78% | 8 | 6.6K | 3.2% | 5 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Docker Scout’s and Grype’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Docker Scout**: Measured on the search term “docker scout”.
- **Grype**: Measured on the search term “grype”.

- [Docker Scout profile](/demand/global-en/brands/docker-scout)
- [Grype profile](/demand/global-en/brands/grype)
- [All container scanning tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/container-scanning-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Docker Scout or Grype more popular in search?

In September 2026, Grype had more branded searches than Docker Scout among container scanning tools worldwide. Grype had about 6,600 branded searches, while Docker Scout had 1,600. Grype made up 3.2% of all container scanning tool searches we track, and Docker Scout accounted for 0.78%.

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