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Application security posture management · November 2026 Edition

DefectDojo vs Legit Security

Zero of fourteen models named DefectDojo first on the direct prompt; zero named Legit Security. DefectDojo was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Legit Security by twelve and DefectDojo carries 26 labels and Legit Security 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.

DefectDojo

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Legit Security

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share12%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%19%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels2627A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, DefectDojo 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 DefectDojo · Aikido Security vs Legit Security · DefectDojo vs Cycode ASPM

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.
DefectDojoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLegit Security
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative002 against DefectDojo
Budget-constrained612 against Legit Security
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against DefectDojo · 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, DefectDojo and Legit Security were named in the same answer twenty-four times, of the 81 answers naming DefectDojo and the 58 naming Legit Security. In those answers Legit Security took the first choice zero times and DefectDojo six.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 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
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 named

8 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
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
GLM 4.7 FlashXWiz alternatives: Aikido Security, Apiiro, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, OX Security
MiniMax M2.5Aikido Security, Snyk alternatives: Cycode ASPM, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
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
DefectDojo leads by two points.
DefectDojo2%#5 of 14
Legit Security0%#10 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
DefectDojo leads by ten points.
DefectDojo12%#2 of 14
Legit Security2%#8 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
DefectDojo leads by four points.
DefectDojo4%#7 of 12
Legit Security0%#10 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about DefectDojo

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

“DefectDojo may be a reasonable findings-management and aggregation choice, but OWASP notes it does not provide native reachability analysis. Be cautious if you expect that capability out of the box” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Primarily an open-source aggregation and vulnerability-workflow hub rather than a full native ASPM platform.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · soft negative
“though it requires internal resources to maintain and configure” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative
“If your budget for software licenses is $0, OWASP DefectDojo is the industry standard for open-source ASPM” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“If budget = $0 and you have engineering capacity: DefectDojo or Faraday for self-hosted aggregation.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with OWASP DefectDojo if you want the lowest-cost way to aggregate findings” GPT-5.4 mini · budget 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 DefectDojoAikido Security vs Legit SecurityDefectDojo vs Cycode ASPMDefectDojo vs ArmorCodeDefectDojo vs SnykDefectDojo vs WizDefectDojo vs ApiiroCycode ASPM vs Legit SecurityArmorCode vs Legit SecuritySnyk vs Legit SecurityWiz vs Legit SecurityApiiro 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.