# GitHub Advanced Security alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 438 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where GitHub Advanced Security holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/github-advanced-security/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Semgrep AppSec Platform: 77
- Snyk Open Source: 62
- Trivy: 37
- Checkmarx One: 28
- Sonatype Lifecycle: 25
- SonarQube: 18

## Static application security testing

**Small business**: 64 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #6 of 14 at 0%).

- Semgrep AppSec Platform: first choice in 45 of those 64
- SonarQube: first choice in 6 of those 64
- CodeQL: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Snyk: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Snyk Code: first choice in 1 of those 64

**Mid-market**: 68 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #5 of 11 at 2%).

- Semgrep AppSec Platform: first choice in 32 of those 68
- SonarQube: first choice in 6 of those 68
- Aikido Security: first choice in 3 of those 68
- CodeQL: first choice in 2 of those 68
- Checkmarx One: first choice in 1 of those 68
- Snyk: first choice in 1 of those 68
- Snyk Code: first choice in 1 of those 68

**Enterprise**: 70 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #6 of 10 at 2%).

- Checkmarx One: first choice in 27 of those 70
- SonarQube: first choice in 6 of those 70
- Veracode Static Analysis: first choice in 6 of those 70
- Aikido Security: first choice in 2 of those 70
- GitLab SAST: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Black Duck: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Black Duck Coverity: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Offensive360 SAST: first choice in 1 of those 70

## Software composition analysis

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #11 of 14 at 0%).

- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 32 of those 79
- Trivy: first choice in 17 of those 79
- OWASP Dependency-Check: first choice in 10 of those 79
- GitHub Dependabot: first choice in 7 of those 79
- OSV-Scanner: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Aikido Security: first choice in 2 of those 79
- FOSSA: first choice in 1 of those 79
- GitHub Dependency Graph & Dependabot: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 76 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #15 of 19 at 0%).

- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 20 of those 76
- Trivy: first choice in 17 of those 76
- OWASP Dependency-Check: first choice in 5 of those 76
- GitHub Dependabot: first choice in 4 of those 76
- Mend.io – Mend SCA: first choice in 4 of those 76
- OWASP Dependency-Track: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Sonatype Lifecycle: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Black Duck: first choice in 1 of those 76

**Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Advanced Security (GitHub Advanced Security is #9 of 14 at 2%).

- Sonatype Lifecycle: first choice in 23 of those 81
- Snyk Open Source: first choice in 10 of those 81
- Black Duck: first choice in 9 of those 81
- OWASP Dependency-Track: first choice in 9 of those 81
- Mend.io – Mend SCA: first choice in 5 of those 81
- OSV-Scanner: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Trivy: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 81

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