Yes and no. In the sense that many "manufacturer tools" for USB sticks (and controllers) are available (sometimes released by he actual manufacturers, sometimes released by some "OEM" or "Brands" as a recovery or formatting software, the most part AFAICT leaked), while there are very few (if any at all) correspondent tools for SD cards.

Here is a couple known articles by "Bunnie" of BunnieStudios, respectively 2013 and 2009:

https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3554

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=1022