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Application security posture management · October 2026 Edition

Cycode ASPM vs Jit

Two of fourteen models named Cycode ASPM first on the direct prompt; zero named Jit. Cycode ASPM was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Jit by ten and Cycode ASPM carries 36 labels and Jit 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cycode ASPM

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Jit

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share8%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3618A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cycode ASPM reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Aikido Security was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Aikido Security vs Cycode ASPM · Aikido Security vs Jit · Snyk 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.
Cycode ASPMFirst choices, of fourteen modelsJit
Direct201 against Cycode ASPM
Paraphrase23
Comparative01
Budget-constrained002 against Cycode ASPM
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against Cycode ASPM · 1 against Jit
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, Cycode ASPM and Jit were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 95 answers naming Cycode ASPM and the 67 naming Jit. In those answers Jit took the first choice three times and Cycode ASPM two.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cycode ASPM and Jit stood in it.

Cycode ASPM first, Jit not the choice

2 of 14 modelsJit was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniCycode ASPM alternatives: ArmorCode, Legit Security, Snyk AppRisk
GLM 4.7 FlashXCycode ASPM, Snyk alternatives: Invicti ASPM, Strobes, Xygeni

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
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
Qwen 3.7 FlashAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Jit, Snyk AppRisk
Kimi K2Aikido Security, Snyk alternatives: Apiiro, Cycode ASPM, Jit, Semgrep

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: ArmorCode, Checkmarx One, Snyk
Mistral SmallPhoenix Security alternatives: Aikido Security, Snyk AppRisk
Llama 4 MaverickAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Snyk AppRisk
MiniMax M2.5no first choice
GPT-6 LunaArmorCode alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon ASPM, Snyk AppRisk, Wiz ASPM
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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Cycode ASPM0%#7 of 12
Jit0%#5 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Cycode ASPM leads by two points.
Cycode ASPM8%#4 of 12
Jit6%#5 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Cycode ASPM leads by two points.
Cycode ASPM4%#5 of 13
Jit2%#9 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cycode ASPM

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

“ASPM platforms like Apiiro, ArmorCode, Cycode, OX Security, AccuKnox, and Snyk AppRisk aggregate security findings into a unified posture view; they cannot test a compiled mobile binary” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“their pricing models are built for large enterprises and often start at tens of thousands of dollars, requiring enterprise sales calls” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Vendor-locked scanner suites (e.g., those bundling ASPM with proprietary tools like Checkmarx, Cycode, or Snyk)” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Cycode and Snyk are currently the top contenders for general use cases.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“or Cycode if you need to consolidate multiple existing tools” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Cycode as the strongest default choice” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Jit

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

“Users report integration issues—doesn't support all enterprise environments, requires extra manual setup. Also lacking customer support” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“For most mid-sized B2B companies: Start with Jit for its ease of use, built-in scanning, and developer-friendly approach.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Jit is a cloud-native, developer-first Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) and DevSecOps orchestration platform.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Jit is considered the best overall ASPM tool in 2026” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase 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.