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Application security posture management · October 2026 Edition

Snyk vs DefectDojo

Two of fourteen models named Snyk first on the direct prompt; zero named DefectDojo. Snyk was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and DefectDojo by ten and Snyk carries 34 labels and DefectDojo 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Snyk

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

DefectDojo

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share14%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate6%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.

Labels3418A 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 DefectDojo · 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.

SnykFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDefectDojo

Direct20

Paraphrase401 against Snyk

Comparative00

Budget-constrained15

Scale-constrained002 against DefectDojo

Negative111 against Snyk

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 DefectDojo were named in the same answer twenty-eight times, of the 177 answers naming Snyk and the 54 naming DefectDojo. In those answers DefectDojo took the first choice five times and Snyk five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Snyk and DefectDojo stood in it.

Model	Direct	Paraphrase	Comparative	Budget-constrained	Scale-constrained	Negative
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

DefectDojo

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Snyk on the left and DefectDojo on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Snyk first, DefectDojo not the choice

2 of 14 modelsDefectDojo 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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 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

Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: ArmorCode, Checkmarx One, Snyk

DeepSeek V4 FlashAikido Security alternatives: Cycode ASPM, Jit.io, Legit Security, Snyk, Snyk AppRisk

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

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

Llama 4 MaverickAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Snyk AppRisk

Qwen 3.7 FlashAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Jit, 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

Snyk leads by seventeen points.

Snyk#2 of 12

DefectDojo#4 of 12

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Snyk leads by four points.

Snyk#2 of 12

DefectDojo#3 of 12

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

The order flips: DefectDojo leads at enterprise.

DefectDojo#4 of 13

Snyk#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 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

Also compared

Aikido Security vs Snyk Aikido Security vs DefectDojo Snyk vs Cycode ASPM Snyk vs Jit Snyk vs ArmorCode Snyk vs Wiz DefectDojo vs Cycode ASPM DefectDojo vs Jit DefectDojo vs ArmorCode DefectDojo vs Wiz All twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full ASPM standing

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.