4 categories · Named, not rankedCheckov
Checkov is a tool that scans infrastructure as code for misconfigurations · checkov.io ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Checkov has 9.
Why models recommend it
“Offers a free community tier for scanning Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud posture via CI/CD pipelines.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Combine open-source tools (Prowler + Checkov) with the free Microsoft offering.”MiniMax M2.5 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Prowler + Kubescape + Checkov + Cloud Custodian for multi-cloud at $0 license”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“An OSS stack of Prowler + Kubescape + Checkov + Cloud Custodian”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Checkov, over the 22 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 7 | View → | |
| 12 | 3 | View → | |
| 12 | 1 | View → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 2 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 2 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 3 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Checkov's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- developers using Terraform, Terraform plan, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, ARM Templates, Serverless, Helm, and AWS CDK
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 17 of the 22 answers that named Checkov and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Fifty-three of the fifty-three domain citations in answers naming Checkov came from a third party's page.
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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |