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Container and Kubernetes security · October 2026 Edition

Wiz vs Snyk Container

Five of fourteen models named Wiz first on the direct prompt; one named Snyk Container. Wiz was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Snyk Container by fourteen and Wiz carries 35 labels and Snyk Container 44, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wiz

accepted challenger

Named in sixteen categories this edition.

Snyk Container

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share8%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3544A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Wiz reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sysdig Secure was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Trivy vs Wiz · Trivy vs Snyk Container · Sysdig Secure vs Wiz

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the container and kubernetes security page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
WizFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSnyk Container
Direct511 against Wiz
Paraphrase001 against Wiz
Comparative601 against Snyk Container
Budget-constrained011 against Wiz · 1 against Snyk Container
Scale-constrained01
Negative002 against Wiz · 2 against Snyk Container
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wiz and Snyk Container stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Wiz Snyk Container first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wiz on the left and Snyk Container on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Wiz and Snyk Container stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Qwen 3.7 FlashSnyk Container, Wiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure

Wiz first, Snyk Container an alternative

4 of 14 modelsSnyk Container was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure, Upwind
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure
Grok 4.1 FastWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Orca Security, Sysdig Secure
MiniMax M2.5Orca Security, Wiz alternatives: Sysdig Secure

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniSysdig Secure alternatives: Wiz
Mistral SmallSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container, Uptycs
DeepSeek V4 FlashSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container, Trivy, Wiz
Llama 4 MaverickSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container, Uptycs
Kimi K2Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure alternatives: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container
GPT-6 LunaSysdig Secure alternatives: Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container
Muse Glimmer 30BAqua Security, Sysdig Secure alternatives: Aikido Security, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container, Wiz

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Snyk Container leads by fifteen points.
Snyk Container19%#2 of 14
Wiz4%#6 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Wiz leads at mid-market.
Wiz8%#6 of 11
Snyk Container5%#7 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Wiz leads by two points.
Wiz5%#4 of 10
Snyk Container4%#5 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Wiz

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Snyk Container

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Less focus on runtime protection and Kubernetes posture; more of a scanning/shift-left tool than a full lifecycle security platform” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative
“a governance/trust signal for teams that are sensitive to how a vendor handles public research” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“as a *container security platform* it's a compromise ... Snyk is not the right primary tool.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Snyk is usually the strongest "best value" starting point for container security” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Snyk: Developer-first; excels in CI/CD, fix guidance. Great for mid-market.” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“Choose Snyk if your bottleneck is developers introducing vulnerable code.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.