Hello, I am brand new to 3d printing and when I asked for software to be installed on our existing 3d printers I was informed that due to 3rd party dependencies the software wasnt allowed. Are there other options out there that are compatible with my Ender 3 Pro?
Orca Slicer is the best open source option of Prusa based Slicer.
as creality print is a fork of orca, i don’t see that they’ll install that one either, but you can give it a try
orca is a actually a fork of bambu studio - which is a fork of prusa, which is a fork of slic3r 
so many forks lolol
HA HA HA HA, The copy of the copy of the copy.
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But Creality Print have closed code and proprietary files, Orca is Full Open Source. (unless you want to use Bambu lab addon)
Even Orca can be used Portable, so there is some differences which make it more «safe to use»
Welcome to the community.
I would ask IT to define exactly what they mean by “3rd Party dependencies.”
That phrase is too vague to be technically useful. It could mean the vendor is China-based, the software includes third-party libraries, the slicer has network or cloud-control functions, or the software is simply not on their approved application list.
There is also some Bambu lineage here, so I would not frame this as purely a Creality-versus-Bambu misunderstanding. Creality Print is derived through Orca Slicer, Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer, and Slic3r, and Creality’s own GitHub page notes an optional Bambu networking plugin. That does not automatically make it unsafe, but it may explain why IT flagged it.
The more useful question is whether they object to the slicer application itself or to putting the printer on the company network.
If the concern is network exposure, there is a workable compromise: run the slicer locally, do not connect the printer to the corporate network, export the sliced file locally, and move it to the printer using removable media. That removes the LAN-printing and remote-control issue, though IT may still have a separate policy objection to installing the software.
I would ask them for the specific item that failed review: executable, DLL, dependency, certificate, network destination, CVE, vendor rule, or company policy. Without that, “foreign dependencies” is not enough information to troubleshoot.
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I use Linux not Windows So I use the Linux version of creality print. You could do the same on a laptop. It doesn’t need to be a powerful one you could save the gcode to a usb stick and load it onto the printer from there.