4 categories · RankedGitHub Advanced Security
GitHub Advanced Security is a code security product from GitHub that scans code inside GitHub-based development workflows, using CodeQL · github.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Semgrep AppSec Platform is first at 82%.
Semgrep AppSec Platform is first at 71%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Checkmarx One is first at 53%.
Why models recommend it
“GitHub Advanced Security (CodeQL code scanning) is often the best default choice if your engineering team already uses GitHub”GPT-5.4 mini · Direct question · first choice
“Choose Snyk or GitHub if your priority is developer adoption, fast fixes, and frictionless integration.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“Platform Native: *GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) or GitLab Ultimate* (Ideal if you are already heavily committed to GitHub or GitLab”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Scale-constrained question · alternative
“You already use GitHub extensively and want deep repository-native analysis | GitHub Advanced Security / CodeQL”Perplexity Sonar · Paraphrase question · alternative
What gives them pause
“May be insufficient as a standalone program for complex SBOM, license, or multi-repository governance”Perplexity Sonar · Direct question · warning
“GitHub Advanced Security (not a true ASPM, but often marketed as one)”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as GitHub Advanced Security, over the 113 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 33 | Compare → | |
| 67 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 58 | 13 | View → | |
| 49 | 5 | View → | |
| 41 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 33 | 13 | View → | |
| 31 | 2 | View → | |
| 28 | 3 | View → | |
| 27 | 2 | View → | |
| 26 | 3 | View → |
What the models named instead of GitHub Advanced Security →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on GitHub Advanced Security's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- enterprises
- Certifications
- SOC 2, GDPR
- Customers named
- SAP, Otto Group, SPH Media, Postmates
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 78 of the 113 answers that named GitHub Advanced Security and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
183 of the 195 domain citations in answers naming GitHub Advanced Security came from a third party's page. Twelve 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |