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Application security posture management · October 2026 Edition

Snyk vs ArmorCode

Two of fourteen models named Snyk first on the direct prompt; one named ArmorCode. Snyk was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and ArmorCode by fourteen and Snyk carries 34 labels and ArmorCode 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Snyk

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

ArmorCode

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share14%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%24%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3433A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Snyk 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 Snyk · Aikido Security vs ArmorCode · 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.
SnykFirst choices, of fourteen modelsArmorCode
Direct211 against ArmorCode
Paraphrase411 against Snyk · 1 against ArmorCode
Comparative04
Budget-constrained102 against ArmorCode
Scale-constrained00
Negative101 against Snyk · 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, Snyk and ArmorCode were named in the same answer thirty-five times, of the 177 answers naming Snyk and the 101 naming ArmorCode. In those answers ArmorCode took the first choice four times and Snyk three.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Snyk first, ArmorCode not the choice

2 of 14 modelsArmorCode was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Aikido Security, Snyk alternatives: Apiiro, Cycode ASPM, Jit, Semgrep
GLM 4.7 FlashXCycode ASPM, Snyk alternatives: Invicti ASPM, Strobes, Xygeni

ArmorCode first, Snyk not the choice

1 of 14 modelsSnyk 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

7 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
GPT-5.4 miniCycode ASPM alternatives: ArmorCode, Legit Security, Snyk AppRisk
Gemini 3.5 FlashAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Cycode ASPM, DefectDojo, Jit.io
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: ArmorCode, Checkmarx One, Snyk
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

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.1 FastAikido Security, Strobes ASPM alternatives: Jit, StackHawk
Mistral SmallPhoenix Security alternatives: Aikido Security, Snyk AppRisk
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
Snyk leads by nineteen points.
Snyk19%#2 of 12
ArmorCode0%#12 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Snyk leads by ten points.
Snyk14%#2 of 12
ArmorCode4%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: ArmorCode leads at enterprise.
ArmorCode20%#1 of 13
Snyk4%#7 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Snyk

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

“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
“Snyk would cost significantly more for the same breadth of coverage” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend starting with Snyk or Aikido due to their balance of features, pricing transparency, and mid-market-friendly onboarding” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with Snyk or Aikido Security due to their free tiers and affordability” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Snyk as a strong starting point for Application Security Posture Management (ASPM)” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase 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.