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Static application security testing · October 2026 Edition

GitHub Advanced Security vs Veracode Static Analysis

Zero of fourteen models named GitHub Advanced Security first on the direct prompt; zero named Veracode Static Analysis. GitHub Advanced Security was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Veracode Static Analysis by fourteen and GitHub Advanced Security carries 16 labels and Veracode Static Analysis 39, so the shares are not directly comparable.

GitHub Advanced Security

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Veracode Static Analysis

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%28%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels1639A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, GitHub Advanced Security reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Semgrep was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Semgrep vs GitHub Advanced Security · Semgrep vs Veracode Static Analysis · SonarQube vs GitHub Advanced Security

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 static 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.
GitHub Advanced SecurityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsVeracode Static Analysis
Direct002 against Veracode Static Analysis
Paraphrase111 against GitHub Advanced Security · 3 against Veracode Static Analysis
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained001 against Veracode Static Analysis
Negative005 against Veracode Static Analysis
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, GitHub Advanced Security and Veracode Static Analysis were named in the same answer twenty-nine times, of the 125 answers naming GitHub Advanced Security and the 138 naming Veracode Static Analysis. In those answers Veracode Static Analysis took the first choice one time and GitHub Advanced Security two.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where GitHub Advanced Security and Veracode Static Analysis stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniSemgrep alternatives: Checkmarx One, Snyk Code, Veracode Static Analysis
Gemini 3.5 FlashAikido Security alternatives: GitHub Advanced Security, GitLab SAST, Semgrep, Snyk Code
GLM 4.7 FlashXSonarQube alternatives: Checkmarx One, Codacy, DeepSource, GitHub Advanced Security, OpenText Fortify, Semgrep, Snyk Code, Veracode Static Analysis
MiniMax M2.5Snyk alternatives: Semgrep, Veracode Static Analysis
GPT-6 LunaSemgrep alternatives: GitHub Advanced Security, Snyk

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Perplexity SonarSemgrep alternatives: Checkmarx One, Snyk Code
Grok 4.1 FastSnyk Code alternatives: Semgrep, SonarQube
Mistral SmallSnyk alternatives: Aikido Security, Semgrep
DeepSeek V4 FlashSnyk Code alternatives: CodeAnt.ai, Semgrep, SonarQube
Llama 4 MaverickSnyk Code
Qwen 3.7 FlashSonarQube alternatives: Semgrep, Snyk Code
Kimi K2Semgrep, Snyk Code alternatives: SonarQube
Muse Glimmer 30BSonarQube alternatives: Semgrep

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
GitHub Advanced Security leads by two points.
GitHub Advanced Security2%#6 of 13
Veracode Static Analysis0%#12 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
GitHub Advanced Security2%#6 of 10
Veracode Static Analysis2%#7 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Veracode Static Analysis leads at enterprise.
Veracode Static Analysis13%#2 of 10
GitHub Advanced Security2%#8 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about GitHub Advanced Security

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

“GHAS is sold as an add-on license that can be quite expensive for a mid-sized B2B budget.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Top Recommendation: GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS)” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“GitHub Advanced Security / CodeQL if your company is deeply GitHub-native and wants SAST in the same platform.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · alternative

What the models said about Veracode Static Analysis

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

“What I'd Avoid for Mid-Market: Checkmarx and Veracode are powerful but typically start at $60K–$100K+/year” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Full scans can delay fast-moving dev cycles, there's no on-premise option with code upload raising security concerns, and pricing can be steep” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“not necessarily the one with the most heavy-duty enterprise compliance rules (like legacy tools Veracode or Fortify)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“the recommended static code security scanner for a mid-sized B2B company could be either Checkmarx or Veracode” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Excels in broad language/framework support (including legacy/binary), whole-app analysis, and enterprise integrations” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · alternative
“Highly regulated environments, on-premises requirements, or teams needing very deep taint analysis.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · alternative
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.