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Application security posture management · October 2026 Edition

DefectDojo vs Wiz

Zero of fourteen models named DefectDojo first on the direct prompt; one named Wiz. DefectDojo was named by ten of the fourteen models and Wiz by nine and both carry 18 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.

DefectDojo

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Wiz

accepted challenger

Named in sixteen categories this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels1818Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, DefectDojo 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 DefectDojo · Aikido Security vs Wiz · Snyk vs DefectDojo

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.
DefectDojoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWiz
Direct011 against Wiz
Paraphrase00
Comparative01
Budget-constrained50
Scale-constrained002 against DefectDojo
Negative101 against Wiz
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 DefectDojo and Wiz 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
DefectDojo Wiz first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, DefectDojo on the left and Wiz on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Wiz first, DefectDojo not the choice

1 of 14 modelsDefectDojo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: ArmorCode, Checkmarx One, Snyk

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Cycode ASPM, DefectDojo, Jit.io

Neither was named

12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Aikido Security alternatives: Cycode ASPM, Snyk
GPT-5.4 miniCycode ASPM alternatives: ArmorCode, Legit Security, Snyk AppRisk
Grok 4.1 FastAikido Security, Strobes ASPM alternatives: Jit, StackHawk
Mistral SmallPhoenix Security alternatives: Aikido Security, Snyk AppRisk
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
GLM 4.7 FlashXCycode ASPM, Snyk alternatives: Invicti ASPM, Strobes, Xygeni
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
DefectDojo leads by two points.
DefectDojo2%#4 of 12
Wiz0%#– of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
DefectDojo leads by eight points.
DefectDojo10%#3 of 12
Wiz2%#7 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
DefectDojo leads by two points.
DefectDojo6%#4 of 13
Wiz4%#6 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about DefectDojo

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

“DefectDojo (open source) – Zero licensing cost, but higher effort” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“DefectDojo (open source, but requires more setup)” Mistral Small · scale prompt · soft negative
“DefectDojo Community Edition – free, powerful, and integrates with 500+ tools. Great for small teams with some DevOps/DevSecOps capacity.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“DefectDojo (Open Source/Community Edition) is the best overall choice because it is free forever” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“If you have DevOps talent: Choose DefectDojo. It maximizes ROI because you aren't paying for a license” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Wiz

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.