# GitHub Advanced Security alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 437 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where GitHub Advanced Security holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/github-advanced-security/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Semgrep: 66
- Snyk Open Source: 39
- Checkmarx One: 32
- Trivy: 31
- SonarQube: 21
- Sonatype Lifecycle: 19

## Static application security testing

**Small business**: 69 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #6 of 13 at 2%).

- Semgrep: first choice in 38 of those 69
- SonarQube: first choice in 10 of those 69
- Snyk Code: first choice in 6 of those 69
- Aikido Security: first choice in 4 of those 69
- Snyk: first choice in 4 of those 69
- CodeAnt AI: first choice in 1 of those 69
- CodeQL: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Codiga: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #6 of 10 at 2%).

- Semgrep: first choice in 23 of those 72
- Snyk Code: first choice in 8 of those 72
- SonarQube: first choice in 8 of those 72
- Snyk: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Checkmarx One: first choice in 3 of those 72
- CodeQL: first choice in 3 of those 72
- DeepSource: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Semgrep Community/OSS: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #8 of 10 at 2%).

- Checkmarx One: first choice in 29 of those 76
- Veracode Static Analysis: first choice in 6 of those 76
- Semgrep: first choice in 5 of those 76
- Snyk Code: first choice in 3 of those 76
- SonarQube: first choice in 3 of those 76
- CodeQL: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Black Duck Coverity: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Broadcom Fortify: first choice in 1 of those 76

## Software composition analysis

**Small business**: 66 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #8 of 14 at 2%).

- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 25 of those 66
- OWASP Dependency-Check: first choice in 11 of those 66
- Trivy: first choice in 11 of those 66
- GitHub Dependabot: first choice in 7 of those 66
- Aikido Security: first choice in 5 of those 66
- FOSSA: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Dependancy Checker: first choice in 1 of those 66
- GitLab Dependency Scanning: first choice in 1 of those 66

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #8 of 17 at 2%).

- Trivy: first choice in 15 of those 75
- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 11 of those 75
- GitHub Dependabot: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Mend.io: first choice in 4 of those 75
- OWASP Dependency-Track: first choice in 4 of those 75
- OWASP Dependency-Check: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Endor Labs: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #9 of 14 at 4%).

- Sonatype Lifecycle: first choice in 19 of those 79
- Black Duck: first choice in 14 of those 79
- Mend.io: first choice in 9 of those 79
- Trivy: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Endor Labs: first choice in 3 of those 79
- OWASP Dependency-Track: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Aikido Security: first choice in 2 of those 79

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.