# Brakeman: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/brakeman

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Static application security testing](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/static-application-security-testing/index.md) | 0% | 14 | 14% | 7 |

## What the models said for it

- "Static analysis security scanner designed specifically for Rails." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, SAST)
- "Highly accurate for Rails-specific vulns. | Rails-only" (Grok 4.20, SAST)
- "Brakeman (Ruby on Rails)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, SAST)

## And against it

- "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, SAST)

## 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Brakeman, from 11 of the 15 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- appsecsanta.com: 7
- safeguard.sh: 7
- checkmarx.com: 6
- corgea.com: 5
- opsera.ai: 5
- upwind.io: 4
- community.owasp.org: 3
- deepsource.com: 3
- dev.to: 3
- gbhackers.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://checkmarx.com/learn/sast/open-source-vs-premium-sast-tools: 6
- https://appsecsanta.com/sast-tools: 5
- https://opsera.ai/blog/sast-tools: 5
- https://corgea.com/learn/best-sast-tools: 4
- https://upwind.io/glossary/best-sast-tools-static-code-scanners-compared: 4
- https://community.owasp.org/Source_Code_Analysis_Tools: 3
- https://deepsource.com/resources/static-analysis-tools: 3
- https://gbhackers.com/best-sast-compared: 3

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.