10 categories · RankedAikido Security
Aikido Security is a cloud-based cybersecurity platform for developers, covering code, cloud, container, attack surface and vulnerability management, plus penetration testing · aikido.dev ↗
Leads at small business. Thin evidence at enterprise: eight labels.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Jit at 8%.
Ranked first. Next is DefectDojo at 12%. 11 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
ArmorCode is first at 32%.
Why models recommend it
“The platform is used by over 50,000 organizations, with the sweet spot being startups and mid-market DevOps teams that want consolidated vulnerability management”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · first choice
“Aikido Security is the most frequently cited mid-market-specific SAST platform with transparent flat pricing and an all-in-one developer workflow.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Direct question · first choice
“the default recommendation is Aikido Security if you want one platform covering API discovery, security testing, and runtime visibility”Perplexity Sonar · Paraphrase question · first choice
“or Aikido Security for a more cloud-agnostic approach. Both provide meaningful security value without enterprise-level costs.”MiniMax M2.5 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“paid "Basic" plan starts around $350/month, which may be too high for very tight budgets”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“often criticized as not providing novel detection beyond Semgrep's ruleset”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Aikido Security, over the 326 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 71 | 17 | Compare → | |
| 69 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 68 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 60 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 56 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 55 | 2 | View → | |
| 53 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 52 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 49 | 18 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of Aikido Security →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Aikido Security's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- developers
- Price stated
- Predictable pricing; straightforward tiered plans with feature bundles. Transparent pricing, no surprises.
- Starting price
- Starts at $50/pentest
- Free plan or trial
- Start for Free; No CC required
- Certifications
- SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, FedRAMP
- Hosting
- EU, US
- Customers named
- Supermetrics, GEA, n8n, Visma, TechDivision, Faspay, Petrosea, Dental Intelligence
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 326 of the 326 answers that named Aikido Security and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
748 of the 970 domain citations in answers naming Aikido Security came from a third party's page. 101 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 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |