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Application security posture management · November 2026 Edition

Apiiro vs Legit Security

Zero of fourteen models named Apiiro first on the direct prompt; zero named Legit Security. Apiiro was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Legit Security by twelve and Apiiro carries 30 labels and Legit Security 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Apiiro

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Legit Security

accepted 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 rate27%19%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels3027A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Apiiro reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Aikido Security was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Aikido Security vs Apiiro · Aikido Security vs Legit Security · DefectDojo vs Apiiro

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.
ApiiroFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLegit Security
Direct00
Paraphrase10
Comparative50
Budget-constrained012 against Apiiro · 2 against Legit Security
Scale-constrained00
Negative006 against Apiiro · 3 against Legit Security
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, Apiiro and Legit Security were named in the same answer forty-three times, of the 99 answers naming Apiiro and the 58 naming Legit Security. In those answers Legit Security took the first choice zero times and Apiiro nine.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Apiiro and Legit Security 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.
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
Kimi K2Aikido Security, Cycode ASPM alternatives: ArmorCode, Legit Security
GLM 4.7 FlashXWiz alternatives: Aikido Security, Apiiro, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, OX Security

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Aikido Security alternatives: Cycode ASPM, Jit
GPT-5.4 miniArmorCode alternatives: Checkmarx One ASPM, CrowdStrike Falcon ASPM, Phoenix Security, Wiz
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
MiniMax M2.5Aikido Security, Snyk alternatives: Cycode ASPM, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
GPT-6 LunaArmorCode alternatives: Cycode ASPM, GitLab Ultimate
Muse Glimmer 30BAikido Security alternatives: DefectDojo, Snyk

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Apiiro0%#14 of 14
Legit Security0%#10 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Apiiro2%#7 of 14
Legit Security2%#8 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Apiiro leads by eleven points.
Apiiro11%#4 of 12
Legit Security0%#10 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Apiiro

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

“explicitly recommend avoiding these for smaller organizations due to high costs and complexity” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Frequently criticized as a "pure-play" tool with high negatives (up to 85% in some analyses)” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“some ASPM platforms that are considered "criticized challengers" include Apiiro... may have pricing models that are not suitable for small or mid-sized businesses” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“The strongest choices are Cycode, Apiiro, ArmorCode, Legit Security, OX Security, Snyk AppRisk, Wiz, and ecosystem offerings from Palo Alto and CrowdStrike” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“Top-tier risk scoring with business & code context, strong in Gartner evaluations... Gartner-recognized leader (4.6/5 Peer Insights)” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Keep your existing scanners: start with ArmorCode or Apiiro.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Legit Security

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

“Around 64% negative. Criticized for niche focus (e.g., supply chain), high costs” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“also mentioned among those criticized for not being ideal for small businesses” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“considered "criticized challengers" include ... Legit Security” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“For the lowest entry point, Cycode and Legit Security are the most budget-friendly” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“purpose-built ASPM solutions like *Apiiro*, *Cycode*, or *Legit Security* generally offer stronger contextual correlation” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
“Emphasize software-factory policies and supply-chain governance: compare Legit and Apiiro.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared
Aikido Security vs ApiiroAikido Security vs Legit SecurityDefectDojo vs ApiiroDefectDojo vs Legit SecurityCycode ASPM vs ApiiroCycode ASPM vs Legit SecurityArmorCode vs ApiiroArmorCode vs Legit SecuritySnyk vs ApiiroSnyk vs Legit SecurityWiz vs ApiiroWiz 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.