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Application security posture management · November 2026 Edition

Aikido Security vs Snyk

Eleven of fourteen models named Aikido Security first on the direct prompt; one named Snyk. Aikido Security was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Snyk by twelve and Aikido Security carries 36 labels and Snyk 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Aikido Security

endorsed leader

Named in ten categories this edition.

Snyk

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share40%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels3634A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Aikido Security reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Cycode ASPM was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Aikido Security vs DefectDojo · Aikido Security vs Cycode ASPM · Aikido Security vs ArmorCode

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.
Aikido SecurityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSnyk
Direct111
Paraphrase511 against Snyk
Comparative001 against Snyk
Budget-constrained51
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 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 November 2026 Edition, Aikido Security and Snyk were named in the same answer sixty-eight times, of the 326 answers naming Aikido Security and the 181 naming Snyk. In those answers Snyk took the first choice zero times and Aikido Security fifty-one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Aikido Security and Snyk stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
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
Aikido Security Snyk first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Aikido Security on the left and Snyk on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
MiniMax M2.5Aikido Security, Snyk alternatives: Cycode ASPM, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

Aikido Security first, Snyk an alternative

10 of 14 modelsSnyk was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Aikido Security alternatives: Cycode ASPM, Jit
Gemini 3.5 FlashAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Cycode ASPM, Legit Security, OX Security, Snyk AppRisk
Perplexity SonarAikido Security alternatives: Apiiro, ArmorCode, Cycode ASPM, Legit Security, Wiz
Grok 4.20Aikido Security alternatives: Apiiro, ArmorCode, Cycode ASPM, OX Security, Snyk
Mistral SmallAikido Security
DeepSeek V4 FlashAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, CrowdStrike Falcon ASPM, Cycode ASPM
Llama 4 MaverickAikido Security alternatives: DefectDojo, Snyk
Qwen 3.7 FlashAikido Security alternatives: Cycode ASPM, DefectDojo, Jit, OX Security, Snyk
Kimi K2Aikido Security, Cycode ASPM alternatives: ArmorCode, Legit Security
Muse Glimmer 30BAikido Security alternatives: DefectDojo, Snyk

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GLM 4.7 FlashXWiz alternatives: Aikido Security, Apiiro, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, OX Security

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniArmorCode alternatives: Checkmarx One ASPM, CrowdStrike Falcon ASPM, Phoenix Security, Wiz
GPT-6 LunaArmorCode alternatives: Cycode ASPM, GitLab Ultimate

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
Aikido Security leads by seventy-nine points.
Aikido Security81%#1 of 14
Snyk2%#4 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Aikido Security leads by thirty-five points.
Aikido Security40%#1 of 14
Snyk6%#5 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Aikido Security leads by six points.
Aikido Security6%#– of 12
Snyk0%#12 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Aikido Security

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Snyk

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

“Avoid scanner add-ons (e.g., basic features from Snyk or Checkmarx)” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“I'd recommend starting with Snyk if your team is developer-centric” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“The Best Overall Choice: Snyk ... Start with a pilot using Snyk.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The Best "Freemium" Platform: Snyk ... Snyk is the industry leader” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Aikido Security vs DefectDojoAikido Security vs Cycode ASPMAikido Security vs ArmorCodeAikido Security vs WizAikido Security vs ApiiroAikido Security vs Legit SecurityDefectDojo vs SnykCycode ASPM vs SnykArmorCode vs SnykSnyk vs WizSnyk vs ApiiroSnyk vs Legit SecurityAll twenty-eight 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.