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September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 · The permanent record of that edition, superseded since. The current standing is on the category page →
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Static application security testing for enterprise buyers

Asked as “SAST tool”, and as “static code security scanner”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 46 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
54%
Clear leader
54Checkmarx One13Veracode Static Analysis09SonarQube24others

54% of first choices, clear leader.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Checkmarx One54%18%74endorsed leader
02Veracode Static Analysis13%23%64accepted challenger
03SonarQube9%29%45criticized challenger
04Snyk Code4%12%32accepted challenger
05Semgrep4%31%49criticized challenger
06Black Duck Coverity2%19%21accepted challenger
07CodeQL2%24%21accepted challenger
08GitHub Advanced Security2%29%14criticized challenger
Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09OpenText Fortify0%29%45criticized challenger
10Snyk0%29%21criticized challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All fifteen head-to-head pages: the top six products, each against each

One product takes 54% of first choices here, so the chart would put nine markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Five products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.

What they warned about

Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
SonarQube
29%
13 of 45 labels negative · 11 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Legacy enterprise SAST platforms like SonarQube, Checkmarx, Veracode, Coverity, and Fortify, which may have high false positive rates” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Veracode Static Analysis
23%
15 of 64 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Tools to Avoid for Predictable Costs at Scale: ... Veracode | Quote-based, ~$15K-$52K+ average contracts, complex pricing tiers” Kimi K2, budget prompt
OpenText Fortify
29%
13 of 45 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Legacy enterprise SAST platforms like SonarQube, Checkmarx, Veracode, Coverity, and Fortify” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Semgrep
31%
15 of 49 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“**Avoid for Enterprise**: Open-source like Semgrep/SonarQube (great for devs, but lack enterprise support/compliance)” Grok 4.20, direct prompt

What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

74 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1002 links across 196 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

vendor site · Checkmarx50 answers · 79 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Augment Code45 answers · 59 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Aikido43 answers · 59 citations · 12 models
42 answers · 62 citations · 11 models
36 answers · 42 citations · 12 models
vendor site · ZeroPath29 answers · 30 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Pixee28 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Corgea22 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 29 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Safeguard17 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Opsera17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Endor Labs16 answers · 17 citations · 8 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

Search against answers

Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best sast tool”, “sast tool”, “sast tools”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Company and productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsGoogle ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
Checkmarx checkmarx.com
Checkmarx One 54%
54%245260354,982 company618
Veracode Static Analysis veracode.com13%12540212,54317
SonarQube9%14,8001,353
Snyk snyk.io
Snyk Code 4%, Snyk 0%
4%14312,10058161,651 company60
Semgrep semgrep.dev4%1948,1001913,46143
Black Duck blackduck.com
Black Duck Coverity 2%, Black Duck 0%
2%13733,1003,08776,25973
CodeQL2%2,90081
GitHub parent site
GitHub Advanced Security 2%
2%1111,500,00031,479
GitLab parent site
GitLab SAST 2%
2%1890,5004,844
Broadcom Fortify2%

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 24 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (checkmarx.com, endorlabs.com, safeguard.sh, zeropath.com). The first result for “best sast tool” is reddit.com.

How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
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ModelDirect“What is the best SAST tool for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which static code security scanner would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade SAST tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best SAST tool for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a SAST tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which SAST tools should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Checkmarx One
Two alternativesOpenText Fortify, Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx One, Veracode Static AnalysisChanged
One alternativeSonarQube
no first choice
Six alternativesCheckmarx One, OpenText Fortify, Semgrep, Snyk Code, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx One
One alternativeSonarQube
against: Snyk
no first choiceagainst: Checkmarx One, GitHub Advanced Security, GitLab SAST, Semgrep, Veracode Static Analysis
GPT-5.4 miniCheckmarx One
Three alternativesOpenText Fortify, Semgrep, Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx OneHeld
Two alternativesSemgrep, SonarQube
against: CodeQL
no first choice
Five alternativesCheckmarx One, OpenText Fortify, Semgrep, Snyk Code, Veracode Static Analysis
SonarQube
One alternativeCheckmarx One
against: GitHub
no first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashSnyk Code
Four alternativesCheckmarx One, GitHub Advanced Security, Semgrep, Veracode Static Analysis
GitHub Advanced SecurityChanged
Five alternativesCheckmarx One, GitLab SAST, Semgrep, Snyk, Veracode Static Analysis
no first choice
Five alternativesBlack Duck Coverity, Checkmarx One, GitHub Advanced Security, Semgrep, Snyk
against: OpenText Fortify, SonarQube
SonarQube
One alternativeVeracode Static Analysis
against: GitHub Advanced Security, Semgrep, Snyk
no first choiceagainst: Bandit, Brakeman, gosec
Perplexity SonarCheckmarx One
Four alternativesBlack Duck Coverity, OpenText Fortify, Perforce Klocwork, Snyk Code
Checkmarx OneHeld
Two alternativesOpenText Fortify, Veracode Static Analysis
no first choiceCheckmarx One
Three alternativesBlack Duck Coverity, OpenText Fortify, SonarQube
against: Semgrep, Snyk
no first choiceagainst: CodeQL, Semgrep, Snyk Code, SonarQube
Grok 4.20Checkmarx One
Three alternativesBlack Duck, OpenText Fortify, Veracode Static Analysis
against: Semgrep, SonarQube
Veracode Static AnalysisChanged
Three alternativesBlack Duck, Checkmarx One, OpenText Fortify
against: Semgrep
Checkmarx One
Four alternativesBlack Duck, OpenText Fortify, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
GitLab SAST
Two alternativesMend SAST, Snyk
against: Aikido Security, Checkmarx One, SonarQube, Synopsys Fortify, Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx One
Five alternativesBlack Duck Coverity, OpenText Fortify, Snyk Code, SonarQube, Veracode Static
against: Bandit, Black Duck Coverity, Checkmarx One, CodeQL, OpenText Fortify, Semgrep, Snyk, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
Mistral SmallCheckmarx One, Veracode Static Analysis
Two alternativesAikido Security, Snyk Code
Checkmarx OneChanged
One alternativeVeracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx One
Five alternativesGitHub Advanced Security, OpenText Fortify, Snyk Code, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
no first choiceagainst: Mend SAST, Veracode Static Analysisno first choiceagainst: Black Duck Coverity, Checkmarx One, CodeQL, OpenText Fortify, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
DeepSeek V4 FlashSemgrep, Snyk Code
Three alternativesCheckmarx One, OpenText Fortify, Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx OneChanged
One alternativeSemgrep
against: OpenText Fortify
Checkmarx One
Six alternativesBlack Duck Coverity, OpenText Fortify, Semgrep, Snyk Code, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
against: HCL AppScan
Semgrep
One alternativeSonarQube
against: Checkmarx One, OpenText Fortify, Veracode Static Analysis
no first choiceagainst: Bandit, Brakeman, Checkmarx One, Detectify, OpenText Fortify, Semgrep, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
Llama 4 MaverickVeracode Static Analysis
Three alternativesAikido Security, Checkmarx One, Snyk Code
Checkmarx OneChanged
Two alternativesSemgrep, Veracode Static Analysis
no first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Black Duck Coverity, Checkmarx One, OpenText Fortify, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
Qwen 3.7 FlashBlack Duck Coverity, Broadcom Fortify
Four alternativesCheckmarx One, Semgrep, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
SonarQubeChanged
Three alternativesCheckmarx One, Snyk, Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx One, OpenText Fortify
Three alternativesSnyk Code, SonarQube Enterprise Edition, Veracode Static Analysis
Veracode Static Analysis
One alternativeMend SAST
against: Checkmarx One, GitHub Advanced Security
no first choiceagainst: CPPCheck, Checkmarx One, FindBugs, Flawfinder, OpenText Fortify, RATS, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
Kimi K2Checkmarx One
Three alternativesSnyk Code, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx OneHeld
One alternativeSnyk
against: Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx One
Six alternativesCodeQL, OpenText Fortify, Semgrep, Snyk Code, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
SonarQube
One alternativeGitHub Advanced Security
against: Checkmarx One, Semgrep, Snyk, Veracode Static Analysis
no first choiceagainst: Checkmarx One, OpenText Fortify, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
GLM 4.7 FlashXCheckmarx One, Veracode Static Analysis
Two alternativesSnyk Code, SonarQube
against: OpenText Fortify
Checkmarx OneChanged
Four alternativesAikido Security, Semgrep, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx One, Semgrep, Snyk Code
Seven alternativesBlack Duck Coverity, CodeQL, OpenText Fortify, Opsera, Perforce Klocwork, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx One
One alternativeSonarQube
against: CodeAnt AI, Semgrep, Snyk Code
no first choiceagainst: Black Duck Coverity, OpenText Fortify, Perforce Klocwork, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
MiniMax M2.5no first choiceCheckmarx OneChanged
Four alternativesBlack Duck Coverity, GitHub Advanced Security, Snyk, Veracode Static Analysis
Checkmarx One
Seven alternativesBlack Duck Coverity, IBM AppScan, Mend SAST, OpenText Fortify, Perforce Klocwork, SonarQube, Veracode Static Analysis
Offensive360
Three alternativesBlack Duck Coverity, Checkmarx One, Veracode Static Analysis
against: Semgrep, Snyk, ZeroPath
no first choiceagainst: Checkmarx One, OpenText Fortify, Veracode Static Analysis
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 09:31yes169 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 09:02yes45 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 11:02yes2030 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:53yes203 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 12:40yes1810 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 08:00yes53 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 07:53yes2029 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 13:21yes52 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 11:07no035 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 09:39yes1134 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 09:30yes20156 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 08:56no07 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 07:37no05 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 09:19yes56 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 10:44yes927 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 11:21yes245 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 11:48yes237 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 11:07yes53 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 13:35yes2143 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 13:39yes52 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 11:40no036 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 07:43yes1720 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 09:44yes1753 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 09:59yes1044 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 11:11yes1912 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 11:22yes49 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 09:34yes1025 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:53yes198 s
ComparativeGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 13:16yes1810 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 12:13yes128 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 08:43yes1643 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 08:59yes51 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 11:36yes1732 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 10:37yes1637 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 13:50yes1229 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 08:46yes959 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 13:11yes138 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 13:35yes35 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 13:27yes1124 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 13:46yes204 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 07:51yes188 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 09:31yes55 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 13:09yes2428 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 08:34yes51 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 09:40no035 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 12:45yes2425 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 12:16yes2059 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 08:06yes1343 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 11:58yes1812 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 08:07no07 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 10:36no017 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 10:38yes205 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 10:12yes1710 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 13:20no09 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 12:19yes2257 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 12:09yes52 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 10:18no030 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 10:39yes2425 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 08:27yes2022 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 11:22yes541 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 07:48yes1710 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 08:19yes29 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 13:24yes1230 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:03yes205 s
Negative framingGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 11:14yes238 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 12:39yes56 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 10:16yes1639 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 11:37yes52 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 11:05no038 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 08:41yes2323 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 09:04yes1943 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 10:53yes1341 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
Aikido read as Aikido Security
Checkmarx read as Checkmarx One
Checkmarx (Checkmarx One) read as Checkmarx One
Checkmarx (One) read as Checkmarx One
GitHub Advanced Security / CodeQL read as GitHub Advanced Security
GitHub Code Security / CodeQL read as GitHub Advanced Security
GitHub Code Security with CodeQL read as GitHub Advanced Security
GitLab read as GitLab SAST
GitLab Ultimate read as GitLab SAST
Mend read as Mend SAST
Mend (formerly WhiteSource) read as Mend SAST
Mend.io read as Mend SAST
Veracode read as Veracode Static Analysis
Veracode (by Broadcom) read as Veracode Static Analysis
Unresolved, counted raw
Broadcom Fortify (formerly Micro Focus)
GitHub Code Security
GitLab Advanced Security (GitLab SAST)
IBM AppScan (HCL AppScan)
OpenText's Fortify
RATS
SonarQube Enterprise Edition
SonarQube Enterprise Edition (SonarSource)
SonarQube Server Enterprise or Data Center
Synopsys Fortify
Veracode Static
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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