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Alternatives to Nuclei, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 231 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Nuclei holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Invicti63
OWASP ZAP47
StackHawk16
Acunetix14
Intruder11
Burp Suite DAST6
First choices in the 231 answers that did not name Nuclei, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Dynamic application security testing

Developer platform. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Nuclei is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessNuclei is #7 of 13 here at 2% of first choices, 14 labels.

Seventy-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Nuclei; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

OWASP ZAP37 of 72
Intruder11 of 72
StackHawk10 of 72
Acunetix4 of 72
Probely2 of 72
Blacksight1 of 72
Detectify1 of 72
Escape1 of 72
1 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketNuclei is #12 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 16 labels.

Seventy-five of the eighty-four answers did not name Nuclei; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those seventy-five answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:

Invicti21 of 75
Acunetix10 of 75
OWASP ZAP10 of 75
StackHawk6 of 75
Burp Suite2 of 75
Escape2 of 75
Bright1 of 75
Bright Security1 of 75
6 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseNuclei holds 3 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Nuclei; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

Invicti42 of 84
Burp Suite DAST6 of 84
Burp Suite3 of 84
Burp Suite Enterprise Edition2 of 84
Checkmarx DAST2 of 84
HCL AppScan2 of 84
ImmuniWeb Neuron2 of 84
Astra Security1 of 84
8 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Nuclei neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Nuclei only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Nuclei's side.

The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Nuclei was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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