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Application security posture management · November 2026 Edition

Snyk vs Apiiro

One of fourteen models named Snyk first on the direct prompt; zero named Apiiro. Snyk was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Apiiro by thirteen and Snyk carries 34 labels and Apiiro 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Snyk

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Apiiro

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%27%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels3430A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Snyk 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 Snyk · Aikido Security vs Apiiro · DefectDojo vs Snyk

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.
SnykFirst choices, of fourteen modelsApiiro
Direct10
Paraphrase111 against Snyk
Comparative051 against Snyk
Budget-constrained102 against Apiiro
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Snyk · 6 against Apiiro
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, Snyk and Apiiro were named in the same answer thirty-nine times, of the 181 answers naming Snyk and the 99 naming Apiiro. In those answers Apiiro took the first choice six times and Snyk two.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Snyk first, Apiiro not the choice

1 of 14 modelsApiiro was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5Aikido Security, Snyk alternatives: Cycode ASPM, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

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.
Perplexity SonarAikido Security alternatives: Apiiro, ArmorCode, Cycode ASPM, Legit Security, Wiz
Grok 4.20Aikido Security alternatives: Apiiro, ArmorCode, Cycode ASPM, OX Security, Snyk
Llama 4 MaverickAikido Security alternatives: DefectDojo, Snyk
Qwen 3.7 FlashAikido Security alternatives: Cycode ASPM, DefectDojo, Jit, OX Security, Snyk
GLM 4.7 FlashXWiz alternatives: Aikido Security, Apiiro, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, OX Security
Muse Glimmer 30BAikido Security alternatives: DefectDojo, Snyk

Neither was named

7 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
Gemini 3.5 FlashAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, Cycode ASPM, Legit Security, OX Security, Snyk AppRisk
Mistral SmallAikido Security
DeepSeek V4 FlashAikido Security alternatives: ArmorCode, CrowdStrike Falcon ASPM, Cycode ASPM
Kimi K2Aikido Security, Cycode ASPM alternatives: ArmorCode, Legit Security
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
Snyk leads by two points.
Snyk2%#4 of 14
Apiiro0%#14 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Snyk leads by four points.
Snyk6%#5 of 14
Apiiro2%#7 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Apiiro leads at enterprise.
Apiiro11%#4 of 12
Snyk0%#12 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

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

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
Also compared
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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.