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Salt Security is an API security platform used to discover APIs, including shadow APIs, detect anomalous behavior at runtime, and manage API posture and governance · salt.security ↗
Leads at enterprise. Ranked 98 of 98 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Cloudflare API Shield is first at 33%.
Ranked first, contested: Zuplo has 14%. 2 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Ranked first. Next is Akamai API Security at 19%.
Why models recommend it
“Salt Security | AI-driven behavioral analysis, cloud-native architecture, continuous learning from traffic patterns | Large, dynamic API estates needing dedicated API-specific defense”Kimi K2 · Comparative question · first choice
“Positioned as best for large enterprises requiring advanced API discovery and threat protection... Described as best behavioral runtime in 2026 rankings.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · first choice
“1. Salt Security ... Best For: Large enterprises seeking deep, out-of-band behavioral analysis across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“Salt Security is widely considered a pioneer in the space, focusing on deep visibility and AI-driven threat detection.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“What to Avoid (Unless You Have Enterprise Budget) | Salt Security | ~$50k–$100k+ | Enterprise-only sales; heavy tuning required”Kimi K2 · Direct question · warning
“Enterprise-grade tools like Salt Security, Akamai API Security, or Cequence often start at thousands per month and are better suited for larger organizations.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Best for mid-market companies with complex API ecosystems, though it is often recommended more for larger organizations”Mistral Small · Direct question · warning
“enterprise API security platforms (like Salt Security, Noname, or Traceable) can be cost-prohibitive”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Salt Security, over the 159 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 97 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 85 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 70 | 6 | View → | |
| 65 | 16 | Compare → | |
| 61 | 1 | View → | |
| 58 | 1 | View → | |
| 45 | 6 | View → | |
| 33 | 2 | View → | |
| 27 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Salt Security →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Salt Security's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Trusted by global enterprises to deliver Agentic Security
- Price stated
- Free API Attack Surface Assessment
- Starting price
- 0
- Free plan or trial
- Free API Attack Surface Assessment
- Integrations
- 8
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, ISO 27701, EU AI Act, SOC 2
- Hosting
- USA, Germany, Canada, Sydney
- Customers named
- DienDeal, Navan, TripActions, Armis, DeinDeal, AppsFlyer, SoFi
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 144 of the 159 answers that named Salt Security and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
401 of the 430 domain citations in answers naming Salt Security 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 413 | 14 | 2026-10-01 | WAF, API gateways | |
| News or press | 131 | undated | WAF, API security | ||
| Case study | 35 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 5 | 1 | 2026-08-20 | ||
| Conference or event | 4 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 3 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 2 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 1 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-10-01Salt Labs found the agentic AI platform Manus could be hijacked with a single email blog
- 2026-10-01When a security guardrail detects the attack and still cant stop it blog
- 2026-09-29Introducing the salt claude connect continuous mcp server visibility for claude enterprise blog
- 2026-09-22Salt Blog | AI Security Has a Context Problem blog
- 2026-09-10The role of agentic ai in cybersecurity blog
- 2026-09-03Salt | Ten Years, Two Photos, and One Bet That Got Much Bigger blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page salt.security exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read October 5, 2026.