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Dynamic application security testing · October 2026 Edition

Invicti vs StackHawk

Five of fourteen models named Invicti first on the direct prompt; three named StackHawk. Invicti was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and StackHawk by thirteen and Invicti carries 43 labels and StackHawk 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Invicti

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

StackHawk

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share20%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4330A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Invicti reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Acunetix was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. OWASP ZAP vs Invicti · OWASP ZAP vs StackHawk · Invicti vs Acunetix

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 dynamic application security testing page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
InvictiFirst choices, of fourteen modelsStackHawk
Direct53
Paraphrase301 against Invicti
Comparative50
Budget-constrained001 against StackHawk
Scale-constrained21
Negative311 against Invicti
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, Invicti and StackHawk were named in the same answer fifty-six times, of the 142 answers naming Invicti and the 147 naming StackHawk. In those answers StackHawk took the first choice four times and Invicti sixteen.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Invicti first, StackHawk an alternative

5 of 14 modelsStackHawk was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Invicti alternatives: Acunetix, Intruder, OWASP ZAP, Rapid7 InsightAppSec
GPT-5.4 miniAcunetix, Invicti alternatives: Burp Suite
MiniMax M2.5Invicti alternatives: Acunetix, Aikido Security, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Rapid7 InsightAppSec
GPT-6 LunaInvicti alternatives: Burp Suite DAST, StackHawk
Muse Glimmer 30BInvicti alternatives: Acunetix, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP

StackHawk first, Invicti an alternative

3 of 14 modelsInvicti was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashStackHawk alternatives: Escape, Intruder, Invicti
Kimi K2Bright Security, StackHawk alternatives: Acunetix, Invicti
GLM 4.7 FlashXStackHawk alternatives: OWASP ZAP, Rapid7 InsightAppSec

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashEscape alternatives: Astra Security, Invicti, StackHawk
Qwen 3.7 FlashIntruder alternatives: Acunetix, Aikido Security, Invicti

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarBright Security alternatives: Acunetix, Beagle Security, Detectify, Intruder
Grok 4.1 FastIntruder alternatives: Acunetix, Astra Security
Mistral SmallBurp Suite Enterprise Edition, Intruder alternatives: Aikido Security
Llama 4 MaverickBurp Suite Enterprise Edition alternatives: Aikido Security, AppCheck, Intruder

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
StackHawk leads by seven points.
StackHawk12%#3 of 12
Invicti5%#5 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Invicti leads at mid-market.
Invicti20%#2 of 11
StackHawk8%#4 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Invicti leads by sixty points.
Invicti62%#1 of 14
StackHawk2%#9 of 14
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Invicti

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

“Invicti has had GUI scan bugs observed at times and slows down while scanning large applications” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Quote-only (enterprise skew) | Exploit confirmation; scales well but pricier” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Invicti is considered the best DAST tool for most mid-market enterprises, with proof-based scanning that eliminates false-positive triage” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Combines DAST with IAST, excels at identifying vulnerabilities in web apps and APIs, and is known for high accuracy and low false positives.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“commercial tools like Burp Suite Professional and Invicti catch more vulnerability types than open-source alternatives” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about StackHawk

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

“tools like StackHawk are built on ZAP, but they're not the cheapest option for a tight budget” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, StackHawk offers the best balance of features, pricing, and developer experience.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct 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.