3 categories · RankedAcunetix
Acunetix is an end-to-end web security scanner that gives an organization a 360 view of its security · acunetix.com ↗
Strongest at mid-market. Ranked 36 of 79 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
OWASP ZAP is first at 51%.
Invicti is first at 33%. 4 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Invicti is first at 58%.
Why models recommend it
“For most mid-sized B2B companies, Acunetix offers the best balance of cost, ease of use, and sufficient capabilities”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Paraphrase question · first choice
“A pragmatic mid-sized B2B starting point is Acunetix for a balanced commercial DAST with low false positives”Muse Glimmer 30B · Paraphrase question · first choice
“For dev teams wanting quick, reliable scans with low false positives: Choose Invicti or Acunetix.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“Enterprise automated scanning with proof and vulnerability management: Invicti/Netsparker and Acunetix.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Do you only want an automated scan (like Intruder or Acunetix)? *Warning: ... requires a provider that includes manual hacking.*”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · warning
“Acunetix notes its heuristic approach and AcuSensor reduces false positives, but still recommends”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Affordable (~$4,000–$15,000) but may miss complex issues.”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · warning
“more enterprise-friendly, but usually much more expensive”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Acunetix, over the 104 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 21 | Compare → | |
| 70 | 19 | Compare → | |
| 45 | 2 | View → | |
| 44 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 36 | 2 | View → | |
| 27 | 0 | View → | |
| 22 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 21 | 6 | View → | |
| 20 | 0 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Acunetix →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Acunetix's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- your security team
- Free plan or trial
- Get a demo
- Customers named
- Tasheel, US Air Force, Miles Technologies, EBSCO Information Services, NPG, LLC, WestonFoods (Canada), Arkas Holding SA, Vermont Systems
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 92 of the 104 answers that named Acunetix and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
253 of the 271 domain citations in answers naming Acunetix came from a third party's page. Eighteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 848 | 1 | 2026-09-07 | WAF, SOAR | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 163 | 5 | 2026-09-24 | ||
| News or press | 132 | 1 | 2026-08-03 | WAF | |
| Conference or event | 123 | 0 | 2021-10-20 | ||
| Report or ebook | 74 | 0 | 2020-10-08 | WAF, ASM | |
| Case study | 29 | 0 | 2022-10-24 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 27 | 0 | 2024-07-25 | SCA | |
| Comparison | 23 | 0 | 2025-05-05 | ||
| Template or tool | 1 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 1 | 0 | 2016-03-29 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-24V26 9 1 24 sep 2026 webinar or virtual event
- 2026-09-10V26 9 0 10 sep 2026 webinar or virtual event
- 2026-09-07Agentic pentesting tools blog
- 2026-08-27V26 8 1 27 august 2026 webinar or virtual event
- 2026-08-13V26 8 0 13 august 2026 webinar or virtual event
- 2026-08-03Acunetix is now invicti web api news or press
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page acunetix.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name WAF (10); 0 name its categories the models place it in. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.