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Checkmarx ranks #3 in DevSecOps & Application Security AI search.
Outside the top three on 15 of the 25 prompts buyers actually ask.
Endor Labs is cited on 9 of those losses.
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Top-3 citations across 150 prompt × platform pairs
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Bing CopilotVisible, but narrative can improve. Checkmarx ranks #3 on presence but #10 on sentiment. The brand appears relatively often, but competitors may be getting more favorable language when they appear.
Where Checkmarx is losing
Prompts where competitors are visible and Checkmarx is not.
These prompt-level losses are the first prompts to track and repair.
Where Checkmarx is winning5
Which software supply chain security tools detect malicious packages, not just known vulnerable versions?
Avg # 1.5 · 2 platforms
Which application security platforms go beyond known CVEs to detect logic-level vulnerabilities and misconfigurations?
Avg # 2.0 · 1 platform
Which runtime application security tools have the lowest production overhead and are safe to run on high-traffic services?
Avg # 2.0 · 1 platform
What are the best software supply chain security tools for a polyglot monorepo with Node.js, Python, and Go services?
Avg # 2.0 · 1 platform
Which DevSecOps tools integrate best with SIEM platforms for correlating app security findings with infrastructure events?
Avg # 10.0 · 3 platforms
Where Checkmarx is losing5
Which application security tools offer the best IDE-native experience vs. CI-only scanning — and what are the tradeoffs for developer adoption?
Competitors on 4 platforms
Track this promptWhich application security platforms are best at communicating vulnerabilities to developers in an actionable way rather than just generating noise?
Competitors on 3 platforms
Track this promptWhich DevSecOps platforms have the best two-way integration with ticketing systems for tracking vulnerability remediation end to end?
Competitors on 3 platforms
Track this promptWhich application security scanning tools are fastest at scale and least likely to slow down PR pipelines as the codebase grows?
Competitors on 3 platforms
Track this promptWhich application security tools integrate natively into the pull request workflow so findings can block or warn on merges?
Competitors on 3 platforms
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Overview
Checkmarx is an enterprise application security testing (AST) company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Paramus, NJ. Its flagship product, Checkmarx One, is a unified, cloud-native platform integrating SAST, SCA, DAST, API security, IaC scanning, container security, secrets detection, and Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) under a single interface. An agentic AI layer — the Assist family (Developer, Triage, Remediation Assist) — embeds AI-guided vulnerability prevention and auto-remediation directly into developer IDEs and CI/CD workflows. The platform scans over 800 billion lines of code monthly and supports 75+ programming languages. Acquired by Hellman & Friedman in 2020 for $1.15 billion, Checkmarx One surpassed $150M ARR in October 2025. The company serves more than 1,800 enterprise customers globally, including 40% of Fortune 100 companies, and has been named a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for AST seven consecutive times.
Checkmarx One is a unified, agentic application security platform covering the full software development lifecycle — from static and dynamic code scanning to software composition analysis, infrastructure-as-code, container, API, and AI supply chain security — with ASPM for correlated risk prioritization and an AI-powered Assist family that delivers in-IDE vulnerability prevention and auto-remediation.
Key Facts
- Founded
- 2006
- HQ
- Paramus, NJ, USA
- Founders
- Maty Siman, Emmanuel Benzaquen
- Employees
- 900-1000
- Funding
- ~$84M-$98.5M (pre-acquisition VC); acqui
- ARR
- >$150M
- Customers
- 1,800+ total; 860+ on Checkmarx One ente
- Valuation
- $2.5B+ (H&F sale target, 2024)
- Status
- Private (PE-backed by Hellman & Friedman)
Target users
Key Capabilities10
- SAST: static application security testing across 75+ languages and 100+ frameworks
- SCA: open-source vulnerability, license risk, and malicious package detection
- DAST: dynamic application security testing for running applications
- API security scanning for enterprise-scale API vulnerability detection
- IaC security: scanning Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes manifests for misconfigurations
- Container security: SDLC-wide scanning from code to cloud runtime
- ASPM: correlated, risk-prioritized application security posture management
- Agentic AI Assist family: Developer Assist, Triage Assist, and Remediation Assist for in-IDE guidance and auto-fix
- AI Supply Chain Security: visibility and governance over AI/LLM components, MCP servers, and AI-BOMs
- Secrets detection and repository health monitoring
Key Use Cases8
- Shifting security left into developer IDEs and CI/CD pipelines
- Consolidating multiple AppSec point tools into a single enterprise platform
- Meeting compliance requirements (PCI DSS, HIPAA, FISMA, FedRAMP) with built-in presets
- Securing AI-generated and AI-assisted code at scale
- Software supply chain risk management and malicious package detection
- Reducing vulnerability backlog and mean time to remediation (MTTR) with AI-guided fixes
- Enterprise AppSec program governance with ASPM and risk-based prioritization
- Securing containerized and cloud-native applications from code to runtime
Checkmarx customer outcomes
80% reduction in false positives; 27,000 scans/month securing 2.1B lines of code
Adopted Checkmarx One to secure a massive retail tech environment with 3,000+ engineers, 8,000 repositories, and thousands of microservices across SAST, SCA, and CI/CD pipelines. Engineers can now release software at speed without compromising security.
90% reduction in vulnerabilities in a few months
Deployed Checkmarx One to improve vulnerability management across their application portfolio, achieving significant reduction in overall vulnerability density within months of adoption.
Recent Trend
How AI describes Checkmarx3
| | Checkmarx | Available as both SaaS and self-hosted deployments, allowing organizations to choose higher availability through self-management.
Which security scanning platforms handle availability well so a critical fix can still ship even if the scanning service goes down temporarily?
...GitLab | Security dashboard, vulnerability deduplication, policy-driven triage | Teams already using GitLab end-to-end | | Checkmarx | Correlation across SAST, SCA and APIs with exploitability insights | Large AppSec programs | | Veracode | Policy-based...
Which DevSecOps platforms handle vulnerability prioritisation well when there are hundreds of findings across multiple repositories?
| | Checkmarx | Large enterprises | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ | Supports incremental scans and extensive language coverage.
Which SAST tools integrate into an existing CI pipeline without slowing down developer velocity?
Most cited sources8
9Top 18 DevSecOps Tools for the AI Era: Securing the SDLC in 2026
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SCA Vs SAST Vs DAST – Which Is Right For The Organization?
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Developer-Centric AppSec Tools: What to Look For
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Top 10 SAST Tools (Open Source + Premium) and How to Choose- Checkmarx
checkmarx.com·Listicle
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Best AI Security Testing Platforms: Top 10 in 2026
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Best ASPM Tools: 5 Platforms to Watch in 2026
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Alternatives in DevSecOps & Application Security6
Checkmarx positions itself as the enterprise-grade leader in agentic application security testing, competing primarily on breadth of coverage (SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC, API, ASPM, secrets, container, supply chain), depth of AI-powered remediation via its Assist family of agents, and sustained analyst recognition (Gartner MQ Leader 7 consecutive years, Forrester SAST Wave Leader, IDC ASPM Leader).
- It targets large enterprises with complex multi-language, multi-pipeline environments where consolidation, compliance, and scale matter more than low cost or developer self-service ease.
- Its primary differentiators versus Snyk and Semgrep are enterprise governance and unified ASPM context; versus Veracode it claims broader language coverage, stronger developer workflow integration, and more aggressive AI-native roadmap; versus SonarSource it offers richer supply chain and cloud scanning coverage.
- H&F's ongoing exit process (targeting $2.5B+ as of late 2024) may introduce commercial uncertainty.
Reviews
Praised
- Comprehensive SAST, SCA, and IaC coverage in one platform
- Strong CI/CD pipeline integration
- Broad language and framework support
- Responsive and knowledgeable customer support
- Effective risk prioritization via ASPM
- Scalability for large enterprise environments
- Good price-performance ratio for enterprise buyers
- Customizable scan queries and policies
Criticized
- High number of false positives, especially for less common languages
- Slow SAST scan times on large or monorepo codebases
- Complex and non-intuitive UI/UX
- High licensing costs, especially at scale
- Reporting can be slow and complex to configure
- Limited deep support for newer frameworks (Rust, Go, serverless)
- Pipeline integration errors can be difficult to diagnose
- Additional modules require separate licensing fees
Checkmarx consistently earns strong enterprise ratings, recognized as a Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for AST for six consecutive years (2019–2024) with an overall 4.7/5 score and 92% recommendation rate. Reviewers praise its comprehensive feature coverage, broad language support, CI/CD integration quality, and responsive customer support. Common criticisms include high false positive rates (especially for niche languages), slow scan times on large codebases, UI complexity, and high licensing costs. Gartner Peer Insights shows 4.6/5 across 453+ verified reviews; PeerSpot rates Checkmarx One 7.8/10, noting it as the #2 ranked AST solution on their platform.
Pricing
Checkmarx does not publish list pricing publicly; all contracts are quote-based. Third-party estimates indicate starting costs of approximately $59,000 per year for entry-level deployments, scaling to approximately $500,000 or more per year for organizations with ~250 developers. Pricing is modular (SAST, SCA, IaC, DAST, API Security, ASPM sold individually or bundled) and varies by deployment model (SaaS via Checkmarx One or on-premises), developer seat count, and scan volume. Multi-year commitments and competitive pressure commonly yield 20–40% discounts below list. Some free open-source tools (KICS, ZAP, 2MS) are available separately.
Limitations
- Pricing is enterprise-only and quote-based, with reported starting costs around $59,000/year and significant cost increases at scale (reported ~$500K/year for ~250 developers); commonly cited as expensive relative to alternatives.
- Reviewers on G2, Gartner Peer Insights, and PeerSpot note high false positive rates, particularly for less common languages (e.g., Kotlin).
- SAST scan speeds can be slow for large monorepos (reported 30–50 minutes).
- Some users flag UI/UX complexity and dashboard usability as weaknesses.
- Limited deep support for newer language frameworks such as Rust and certain serverless architectures noted by reviewers.
- A March 2026 supply-chain incident compromised two Checkmarx-maintained GitHub Actions, exposing CI/CD credential risk.
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Prompt-Level Results
| Prompt | Google AI Mode | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Bing Copilot | Gemini Search | Grok |
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Capability5/5 cited (100%) | ||||||
Which application security platforms go beyond known CVEs to detect logic-level vulnerabilities and misconfigurations? | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited | A competitor was cited |
Which software supply chain security tools detect malicious packages, not just known vulnerable versions? | Your brand was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
What tools cover SAST, DAST, and SCA in one platform — and which do teams use to cover all three vulnerability types without tool sprawl? | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which SAST tools have the lowest real-world false positive rates and the best tooling for managing them at scale? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which secret scanning tools are best at both detecting credentials in git history and preventing new secrets from being committed? | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Developer Experience4/5 cited (80%) | ||||||
Which application security platforms are best at communicating vulnerabilities to developers in an actionable way rather than just generating noise? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
What security tooling do teams typically use for managing findings across dozens of repositories from a single security engineer workflow? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited |
Which security scanning tools are best at reducing noise so developers actually act on alerts instead of ignoring them? | Your brand was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which DevSecOps platforms handle vulnerability prioritisation well when there are hundreds of findings across multiple repositories? | Your brand was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which application security tools offer the best IDE-native experience vs. CI-only scanning — and what are the tradeoffs for developer adoption? | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Integrations & Ecosystem4/5 cited (80%) | ||||||
What cloud security posture management tools integrate well with container and orchestration platform security scanning? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which DevSecOps tools integrate best with SIEM platforms for correlating app security findings with infrastructure events? | Your brand was cited | A competitor was cited | Your brand was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which DevSecOps platforms have the best two-way integration with ticketing systems for tracking vulnerability remediation end to end? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which security scanning platforms have the best support for SBOM generation workflows for compliance and audit requirements? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which application security tools integrate natively into the pull request workflow so findings can block or warn on merges? | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited |
Performance & Reliability5/5 cited (100%) | ||||||
Which security scanning platforms handle availability well so a critical fix can still ship even if the scanning service goes down temporarily? | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which runtime application security tools have the lowest production overhead and are safe to run on high-traffic services? | Your brand and a competitor were cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited |
Which security vendors update their vulnerability databases fastest after major CVE disclosures like Log4Shell? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which enterprise application security platforms scale best when scanning thousands of repositories across multiple teams? | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Which application security scanning tools are fastest at scale and least likely to slow down PR pipelines as the codebase grows? | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
Setup & First Run3/5 cited (60%) | ||||||
Which SAST tools integrate into an existing CI pipeline without slowing down developer velocity? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited |
I'm rolling out a software composition analysis tool across an engineering org — which platforms have the smoothest onboarding for large teams? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
What are the best software supply chain security tools for a polyglot monorepo with Node.js, Python, and Go services? | Your brand and a competitor were cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited |
What are the best container image scanning tools that catch vulnerabilities before images are pushed to production? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Your brand and a competitor were cited |
What secrets management tools are best for a small startup team to ensure developers never commit credentials to the repo? | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | A competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | Neither your brand nor a competitor was cited | A competitor was cited |
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| # | Brand | PresencePres. | Share of VoiceSoV | DocsDocs | BlogBlog | MentionsMent. | Avg PosPos | Sentiment |
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| 1 | Endor Labs | 34.0% | 27.4% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 21.3% | #17.3 | +0.33 |
| 2 | Wiz | 20.7% | 14.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 26.0% | #24.1 | +0.41 |
| 3 | Checkmarx | 20.0% | 15.8% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 38.0% | #25.4 | +0.32 |
| 4 | Snyk | 17.3% | 15.3% | 7.3% | 6.0% | 67.3% | #32.2 | +0.36 |
| 5 | Jit | 11.3% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.3% | #17.0 | +0.34 |
| 6 | Semgrep | 8.7% | 8.0% | 2.7% | 4.0% | 35.3% | #41.7 | +0.41 |
| 7 | Veracode | 7.3% | 6.8% | 0.7% | 6.7% | 28.0% | #34.3 | +0.37 |
| 8 | Aqua Security | 5.3% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.3% | #29.8 | +0.36 |
| 9 | SonarSource | 4.7% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 2.7% | #24.9 | +0.35 |
| 10 | GitGuardian | 3.3% | 2.5% | 0.7% | 2.7% | 7.3% | #27.2 | +0.44 |
| 11 | Socket | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.7% | #20.0 | +0.00 |
| 12 | Chainguard | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% | — | — |
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