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title: "Mend vs Sonatype: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Mend or Sonatype? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Dependency 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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# Mend vs Sonatype: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Mend or Sonatype? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Dependency 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**: Mend and Sonatype
- **Competitive set**: Dependency scanning tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Mend Share of Search**: 1.2%
- **Sonatype Share of Search**: 11.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Mend or Sonatype?

- In August 2026, Sonatype had more branded searches than Mend among dependency scanning tools worldwide. Sonatype was estimated to have 9.9K branded searches compared to Mend’s 1K, and held an 11.5% Share of Search versus Mend’s 1.2%.
- Sonatype was ahead of Mend in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Mend’s estimated Share of Search among dependency scanning tools worldwide moved from 1% to 1.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Sonatype’s estimated Share of Search among dependency scanning tools worldwide moved from 10.3% to 11.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 9.9K.

## How did search popularity change for dependency scanning tools worldwide in August 2026?

Neither Mend nor Sonatype moved beyond provider rounding among dependency scanning tools in Aug 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Mend estimated searches | Mend Share of Search | Mend rank | Sonatype estimated searches | Sonatype Share of Search | Sonatype rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1K | 1% | 5 | 9.9K | 10.3% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 1K | 1.2% | 5 | 9.9K | 12.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 1K | 1.2% | 5 | 8.1K | 9.9% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 1K | 1.2% | 5 | 9.9K | 11.8% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 1K | 1.1% | 5 | 9.9K | 10.5% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 1K | 1% | 5 | 9.9K | 10% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.3K | 1.3% | 5 | 9.9K | 10% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 1K | 1% | 5 | 9.9K | 10.1% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 880 | 0.89% | 5 | 9.9K | 10% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 1K | 1.1% | 5 | 9.9K | 11.4% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 1K | 1.2% | 5 | 9.9K | 11.5% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Mend’s and Sonatype’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.

- **Mend**: Measured on the search term “mend io”.
- **Sonatype**: Measured on the search term “sonatype”.

- [Mend profile](/demand/global-en/brands/mend)
- [Sonatype profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sonatype)
- [All dependency scanning tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/dependency-scanning-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Mend or Sonatype?

In August 2026, Sonatype had more branded searches than Mend among dependency scanning tools worldwide. Sonatype was estimated to have 9.9K branded searches compared to Mend’s 1K, and held an 11.5% Share of Search versus Mend’s 1.2%.

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