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Application security posture management · October 2026 Edition

Aikido Security vs ArmorCode

Seven of fourteen models named Aikido Security first on the direct prompt; one named ArmorCode. Both were named by all fourteen models and Aikido Security carries 35 labels and ArmorCode 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Aikido Security

endorsed leader

Named in eleven categories this edition.

ArmorCode

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share37%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%24%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3533A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Aikido Security reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Aikido Security vs Snyk · Aikido Security vs DefectDojo · Aikido Security vs Cycode ASPM

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 application security posture management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Aikido SecurityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsArmorCode
Direct711 against Aikido Security · 1 against ArmorCode
Paraphrase411 against ArmorCode
Comparative04
Budget-constrained702 against ArmorCode
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Aikido Security · 4 against ArmorCode
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.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Aikido Security and ArmorCode were named in the same answer forty-two times, of the 342 answers naming Aikido Security and the 101 naming ArmorCode. In those answers ArmorCode took the first choice two times and Aikido Security twenty-six.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Aikido Security and ArmorCode 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
Aikido Security ArmorCode first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Aikido Security on the left and ArmorCode on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Aikido Security and ArmorCode stood in it.

Aikido Security first, ArmorCode an alternative

7 of 14 modelsArmorCode was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Aikido Security alternatives: Cycode ASPM, Snyk
Gemini 3.5 FlashAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Cycode ASPM, DefectDojo, Jit.io
Grok 4.1 FastAikido Security, Strobes ASPM alternatives: Jit, StackHawk
DeepSeek V4 FlashAikido Security alternatives: Cycode ASPM, Jit.io, Legit Security, Snyk, Snyk AppRisk
Llama 4 MaverickAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Snyk AppRisk
Qwen 3.7 FlashAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Jit, Snyk AppRisk
Kimi K2Aikido Security, Snyk alternatives: Apiiro, Cycode ASPM, Jit, Semgrep

ArmorCode first, Aikido Security not the choice

1 of 14 modelsAikido Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-6 LunaArmorCode alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon ASPM, Snyk AppRisk, Wiz ASPM

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniCycode ASPM alternatives: ArmorCode, Legit Security, Snyk AppRisk
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: ArmorCode, Checkmarx One, Snyk
Mistral SmallPhoenix Security alternatives: Aikido Security, Snyk AppRisk

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GLM 4.7 FlashXCycode ASPM, Snyk alternatives: Invicti ASPM, Strobes, Xygeni
MiniMax M2.5no first choice
Muse Glimmer 30Bno first choice

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
Aikido Security leads by seventy-one points.
Aikido Security71%#1 of 12
ArmorCode0%#12 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Aikido Security leads by thirty-three points.
Aikido Security37%#1 of 12
ArmorCode4%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: ArmorCode leads at enterprise.
ArmorCode20%#1 of 13
Aikido Security4%#– of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Aikido Security

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

“Users note the lack of advanced features in Aikido Security, such as dark mode and in-depth analysis options, and find the pricing structure expensive for micro businesses” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Users report lack of advanced features (e.g., no dark mode, limited deep-analysis options). May not scale well for complex enterprise needs.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“best for smaller teams or simpler environments, less ideal as the primary pick for a typical mid-market company” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“Aikido Security - an all-in-one ASPM platform with native scanning for IaC, SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning, secrets detection, and CSPM.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Aikido Security is an all-in-one ASPM platform designed especially for startups and mid-sized development teams” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“For a small company that wants one affordable, mostly all-in-one AppSec platform, I'd start with Aikido.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about ArmorCode

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

“Enterprise-grade ASPM platforms (such as ArmorCode, Cycode, and Apiiro) are incredibly powerful, but their pricing models are built for large enterprises and often start at tens of thousands of dollars” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Some aggregator-focused platforms like ArmorCode, Tromzo, and similar tools that primarily focus on ingesting and reporting rather than adding intelligence.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“ArmorCode is positioned as a vendor-neutral AppSec command centre that integrates with 100-plus security tools, deduplicates findings and is an aggregator only.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Wiz or ArmorCode if you are a cloud-native organization looking for a "single pane of glass"” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Many existing scanners; don’t want to replace them: start with ArmorCode and Veracode Risk Manager.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose ArmorCode if you have 30+ security tools ... it's the ultimate unification and automation engine.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative 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.