Bandit
Why models recommend it
“For language-specific needs, consider Bandit or gosec.”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Simple, fast, Python-specific; easy to extend. | Limited scope”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Good lightweight complements for Python or Go projects”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“(Best for Python) ... Completely free/open source”MiniMax M2.5 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid for mid-market: Pure open-source like Bandit (Python-only, limited)”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
“Tools such as Bandit or Brakeman can be useful for Python or Rails, respectively, but their narrow scope makes them poor choices as an organization-wide SAST platform.”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Bandit, over the 34 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 24 | View → | |
| 32 | 1 | View → | |
| 20 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 2 | View → | |
| 17 | 1 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → | |
| 16 | 2 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Bandit →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
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 30 of the 34 answers that named Bandit and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Bandit, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |