CodeQL
Why models recommend it
“CodeQL consistently produces the lowest false positive rate because its full semantic data-flow analysis means it only flags issues where it can trace an actual vulnerable path”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · first choice
“SonarQube and CodeQL are the most widely adopted today, especially for web/backend teams.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Comparative question · first choice
“CodeQL treats code as queryable data... It's free for open-source projects and integrates natively with GitHub.”MiniMax M2.5 · Comparative question · alternative
“Best if your code is on public GitHub repos; requires GitHub Advanced Security license for private repos”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“CodeQL CLI, often listed as free, may not be run on private code without a paid GitHub licence”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · warning
“For private repos, GitHub says you need Code Security, so check that cost before choosing it.”GPT-6 Luna · Budget-constrained question · warning
“CodeQL doesn't support every language—for example, its documented list excludes PHP”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as CodeQL, over the 64 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 39 | View → | |
| 58 | 0 | View → | |
| 39 | 6 | View → | |
| 38 | 0 | View → | |
| 31 | 0 | View → | |
| 26 | 0 | View → | |
| 20 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of CodeQL →
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 60 of the 64 answers that named CodeQL and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for CodeQL, 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |