# Socket AI visibility in DevSecOps & Application Security

Canonical: https://devtune.ai/verticals/devsecops-application-security/socket

[Website](https://socket.dev/)

Updated: 2026-10-16T02:51:45.583033+00:00
Prompts: 25
Runs: 6


## Platforms

- google-ai-mode
- perplexity
- chatgpt-search
- google-ai
- bing-copilot-search
- xai-search

Rank: 10
Total brands: 12
Measured responses: 150
Presence percent: 2.666666666666667
Share of voice percent: 1.6985138004246285
Average position: 6.375
Docs presence percent: 1.3333333333333335
Blog presence percent: 0
Brand mention percent: 7.333333333333333


## Profile

Overview: Socket is a developer-first software supply chain security platform founded in 2021 by Feross Aboukhadijeh and headquartered in San Francisco. It protects applications from malicious and vulnerable open source dependencies by using AI-powered deep package inspection and over 70 behavioral risk signals to detect supply chain attacks—such as malware, typosquatting, and obfuscated backdoors—in real time rather than relying solely on known CVE databases. Following the April 2025 acquisition of reachability analysis startup Coana, Socket now combines proactive threat detection with static control-flow analysis to eliminate up to 90% of irrelevant vulnerability alerts. The platform integrates into GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines. As of early 2025, Socket protects over 8,500 organizations and 750,000+ repositories. It has raised $65M in total funding backed by a16z and Abstract Ventures.
Product summary: Socket is a software supply chain security platform that combines real-time malicious package detection, AI-powered behavioral analysis of open source dependencies, and reachability-based CVE prioritization into a single developer-friendly tool. It monitors pull requests, package installs, and dependency updates across 10+ language ecosystems—flagging backdoors, typosquats, obfuscated code, and known vulnerabilities before they reach production. The Socket Firewall blocks malicious installs at the registry level, and Certified Patches automates remediation. Acquired reachability technology from Coana (April 2025) enables function-level static analysis to eliminate irrelevant alerts. The platform integrates across the full developer lifecycle: IDE (VS Code), SCM (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps), CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), Slack, and AI coding agents via MCP.


### Key capabilities

- Real-time malicious package detection across npm, PyPI, Maven, Go, RubyGems, Cargo, and more using 70+ behavioral risk signals
- AI/LLM-powered deep package inspection to flag obfuscated code, backdoors, typosquatting, and zero-day supply chain threats
- Precomputed and full application function-level reachability analysis (via Coana acquisition) cutting up to 90% of irrelevant CVE alerts
- Socket Firewall — intercepts package installs to block malicious dependencies before they enter developer or CI/CD environments
- Automated remediation with backported patch PRs (Socket Certified Patches) and reachability-powered prioritization
- License compliance enforcement with policy-based blocking and provenance tracking
- SBOM generation, import, and export for full dependency visibility
- Native CI/CD and SCM integrations (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
- Extension security scanning for browser, IDE, and AI tool extensions (via Secure Annex acquisition)
- Developer-first design: source code never leaves the customer environment; only dependency manifests are analyzed



### Target users

- Engineering teams and developers building applications with heavy open source dependency usage
- Application security (AppSec) engineers responsible for OSS risk and vulnerability management
- Security operations and DevSecOps teams managing software supply chain risk at scale
- CISOs and security leaders at tech, finance, and AI companies seeking alternatives to legacy SCA tools
- Open source project maintainers and contributors (free tier available)
- Platform and infrastructure engineers integrating security into CI/CD pipelines



### Key use cases

- Detecting and blocking software supply chain attacks (malware, typosquatting, dependency hijacking) in open source dependencies
- Replacing legacy SCA tools (e.g., Snyk, Dependabot) with proactive, behavior-based analysis
- Reducing CVE alert fatigue through reachability analysis that surfaces only exploitable vulnerabilities
- Enforcing open source license compliance policies across engineering organizations
- Securing AI-generated code and AI coding agent dependency imports
- Generating and managing SBOMs for compliance and audit requirements
- Providing security feedback loops in pull request reviews and CI/CD pipelines

Integrations ecosystem: Socket integrates natively with GitHub (GitHub App and GitHub Actions), GitLab Pipelines, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps (Classic and YAML). It offers a VS Code extension, a Chrome browser extension, and a Socket MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for AI coding agents. Dashboard integrations include Slack alerts, Vanta (compliance), SSO/SAML, SCIM provisioning, and webhooks. The platform exposes a REST API, a JavaScript SDK, and a Python SDK for custom integrations. SBOM import/export is supported on Business and Enterprise tiers. Socket is available on the GCP Marketplace and is SOC 2 Type II certified. In April 2026, Socket acquired Secure Annex to extend coverage to browser extensions, IDE extensions, and AI tool extensions.
Pricing summary: Socket offers four tiers billed per active developer (a developer who committed to a scanned repo in the past 90 days). Free: $0/month — unlimited developers and public repos, 1,000 scans/month, up to 3 members, detects 70+ risk types. Team: $25/month per developer (20% discount on annual) — 5,000 scans/month, up to 10 members, includes precomputed reachability analysis that cuts ~60% of CVE false positives, Slack alerts. Business: $50/month per developer (20% discount on annual) — unlimited members, unlimited scans, SBOM import/export, SSO/SAML, Vanta compliance integration, GitHub Actions and AI model scanning. Enterprise: Custom pricing — full application function-level reachability (up to 90% CVE noise reduction), GitLab/Bitbucket/Azure DevOps integrations, SCIM provisioning, audit logs, IP restrictions, named account manager, private Slack channel, uptime SLA. Open source projects get Team accounts free. Available on GCP Marketplace.
Review summary: G2 reviewers (approximately 8 verified reviews as of mid-2025) consistently praise Socket's proactive supply chain attack detection, its 70+ behavioral signal approach that goes beyond CVE lists, and the low false-positive rate—especially post-Coana integration. Users highlight seamless GitHub integration, easy initial setup, and strong responsiveness from the Socket team. The primary criticism is occasional UI sluggishness and a desire for Socket to cover more AppSec use cases (e.g., SAST) to reduce reliance on multiple tools. The review volume on public platforms remains low relative to larger incumbent vendors, reflecting Socket's early-stage market presence.
Competitive positioning: Socket competes in the Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and software supply chain security space, differentiating itself from legacy SCA tools like Snyk through proactive, real-time detection of malicious packages—not just known CVE matching. Its core differentiators are: (1) AI/LLM-powered deep package inspection using 70+ behavioral signals to catch zero-day threats and obfuscated malware before they enter codebases; (2) reachability analysis (accelerated by the April 2025 acquisition of Coana) that eliminates up to 80–90% of irrelevant CVE alerts so teams focus on genuinely exploitable risks; (3) a developer-first design philosophy—source code never leaves the customer environment, scans integrate natively into GitHub PRs and CI/CD pipelines, and the team are prolific open source maintainers themselves. Socket is primarily an SCA + supply chain security platform, not a full-stack SAST/DAST/cloud security suite, positioning it as a specialized next-gen replacement for point SCA tools rather than an all-in-one AppSec platform.
Limitations: Socket's core focus is open source dependency and supply chain security (SCA); it does not natively provide first-party SAST, DAST, secrets scanning at scale, or cloud/container security, meaning organizations with broader AppSec needs still require additional tools. Reviewer feedback on G2 notes desire for broader use-case coverage to consolidate tooling. The dashboard UI has been noted as occasionally slow to load. Reachability analysis at full application function-level is limited to Enterprise tier, with precomputed reachability available on Team plans. GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, and self-hosted SCM integrations are gated to Enterprise. The relatively small G2 review base (~8 reviews as of mid-2025) limits third-party validation depth compared to more established vendors.


### Source urls

- https://socket.dev/blog/series-b
- https://socket.dev/pricing
- https://docs.socket.dev/docs/getting-started
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/socket-lands-a-fresh-40m-to-scan-software-for-security-flaws/
- https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/23/3066431/0/en/Socket-Acquires-Coana-to-Bring-Best-in-Class-Reachability-Analysis-to-Modern-SCA.html
- https://socket.dev/about
- https://www.g2.com/sellers/socket
- https://tracxn.com/d/companies/socket/__2LQNg4mG8lIK3v9SRpXuGmr8w2dcmWBDp5vh3KqRwB0
- https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/23/socket-acquires-coana-enhance-static-analysis-reachability-software-composition-analysis/
- https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/socket_get_jacked_with_reachability/

Reviewed at: 2026-04-28T23:07:21.365+00:00


### Customer outcomes

| Customer | Summary | Metric |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coana customers (pre-acquisition, now Socket users) | Teams using Coana's reachability analysis engine, now integrated into Socket, experienced dramatically faster vulnerability remediation by eliminating the majority of irrelevant CVE alerts. | Up to 10x faster remediation times for critical security vulnerabilities |
| Average 100-engineer engineering team (Coana/Socket estimate) | By drastically reducing developer time spent on false-positive vulnerability triage, Socket's reachability analysis generates significant annual savings. | $300,000+ annually saved per 100-engineer team |



### Reviews breakdown





### Review themes



#### Praised

- Proactive supply chain attack detection beyond CVE lists
- 70+ behavioral risk signals per package
- Low false-positive alert rate
- Seamless GitHub PR integration and easy setup
- Reachability analysis cuts irrelevant vulnerability noise
- Responsive and knowledgeable customer support team
- Developer-friendly design that doesn't slow down workflows
- High-signal malware detections in open source packages



#### Criticized

- Dashboard UI can be slow to load
- Limited AppSec use-case coverage (no native SAST/DAST) requires multiple tools
- Advanced integrations (GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps) gated to Enterprise tier
- Full application-level reachability only available on Enterprise plan




### Company facts

Founded year: 2021
Hq: San Francisco, CA, USA


#### Founders

- Feross Aboukhadijeh

Employees range: 50-100
Total funding: $65M
Valuation: Not available
Arr: Not available
Customer count: 8,500+ organizations
Status: Private


Readiness: Not available


## Ranking

| Display name | Pair count | Total pairs | Presence percent | Avg position |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Snyk | 42 | 150 | 28.000000000000004 | 24.479166666666668 |
| Endor Labs | 37 | 150 | 24.666666666666668 | 22.924050632911392 |
| Checkmarx | 31 | 150 | 20.666666666666668 | 21.4875 |
| Wiz | 28 | 150 | 18.666666666666668 | 22.822580645161292 |
| Semgrep | 24 | 150 | 16 | 25.216666666666665 |
| Veracode | 14 | 150 | 9.333333333333334 | 26.181818181818183 |
| Jit | 9 | 150 | 6 | 23.666666666666668 |
| Aqua Security | 7 | 150 | 4.666666666666667 | 32.25 |
| SonarSource | 6 | 150 | 4 | 23.25 |
| Socket | 4 | 150 | 2.666666666666667 | 6.375 |
| GitGuardian | 3 | 150 | 2 | 28.7 |
| Chainguard | 0 | 150 | 0 | Not available |



## Platform breakdown

| Platform | Prompt count | Presence rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| google-ai-mode | 1 | 4 |
| perplexity | 1 | 4 |
| chatgpt-search | 1 | 4 |
| google-ai | 0 | 0 |
| bing-copilot-search | 0 | 0 |
| xai-search | 1 | 4 |



## Strengths





## Gaps

| Prompt text | Competitor presence count |
| --- | --- |
| Which security scanning tools are best at reducing noise so developers actually act on alerts instead of ignoring them? | 5 |
| Which application security tools offer the best IDE-native experience vs. CI-only scanning — and what are the tradeoffs for developer adoption? | 4 |
| Which application security platforms go beyond known CVEs to detect logic-level vulnerabilities and misconfigurations? | 4 |
| Which SAST tools have the lowest real-world false positive rates and the best tooling for managing them at scale? | 4 |
| What tools cover SAST, DAST, and SCA in one platform — and which do teams use to cover all three vulnerability types without tool sprawl? | 3 |



## Topic scores

| Topic name | Prompt count | Cited prompt count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability | 5 | 1 |
| Developer Experience | 5 | 0 |
| Integrations & Ecosystem | 5 | 0 |
| Performance & Reliability | 5 | 0 |
| Setup & First Run | 5 | 0 |



## Prompt results

- Prompt text: What secrets management tools are best for a small startup team to ensure developers never commit credentials to the repo?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity





##### Chatgpt-search





##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| GitGuardian | 28 |


- Prompt text: I'm rolling out a software composition analysis tool across an engineering org — which platforms have the smoothest onboarding for large teams?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 2 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 4 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 2 |
| Checkmarx | 12 |
| SonarSource | 27 |
| Wiz | 28 |


- Prompt text: Which security scanning platforms handle availability well so a critical fix can still ship even if the scanning service goes down temporarily?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity





##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 4 |
| Snyk | 8 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 4 |
| Wiz | 6 |
| Checkmarx | 7 |
| Aqua Security | 41 |
| Snyk | 65 |


- Prompt text: Which DevSecOps platforms handle vulnerability prioritisation well when there are hundreds of findings across multiple repositories?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 1 |
| Wiz | 6 |
| Semgrep | 8 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 2 |
| Semgrep | 7 |
| Endor Labs | 9 |
| Checkmarx | 11 |
| Wiz | 14 |
| Jit | 17 |
| Aqua Security | 36 |


- Prompt text: Which SAST tools integrate into an existing CI pipeline without slowing down developer velocity?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 1 |
| Snyk | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 1 |
| Snyk | 2 |



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 5 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 10 |
| Snyk | 38 |
| Semgrep | 52 |


- Prompt text: Which application security tools offer the best IDE-native experience vs. CI-only scanning — and what are the tradeoffs for developer adoption?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Checkmarx | 1 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 1 |
| Snyk | 2 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 1 |
| Checkmarx | 2 |
| SonarSource | 4 |
| Veracode | 6 |
| Semgrep | 10 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 2 |
| Endor Labs | 4 |
| Checkmarx | 6 |
| Snyk | 13 |
| Veracode | 16 |
| Semgrep | 25 |
| SonarSource | 45 |


- Prompt text: What tools cover SAST, DAST, and SCA in one platform — and which do teams use to cover all three vulnerability types without tool sprawl?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Veracode | 3 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Checkmarx | 1 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Checkmarx | 3 |
| Snyk | 25 |
| Veracode | 32 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Jit | 4 |
| Checkmarx | 7 |
| Wiz | 15 |
| Endor Labs | 22 |
| Veracode | 49 |


- Prompt text: Which application security scanning tools are fastest at scale and least likely to slow down PR pipelines as the codebase grows?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Checkmarx | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 1 |
| Snyk | 8 |
| SonarSource | 10 |
| Checkmarx | 12 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 6 |
| Checkmarx | 20 |
| Semgrep | 22 |
| Wiz | 26 |
| Jit | 33 |


- Prompt text: Which runtime application security tools have the lowest production overhead and are safe to run on high-traffic services?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity





##### Chatgpt-search





##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 2 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 53 |
| Snyk | 57 |


- Prompt text: Which DevSecOps platforms have the best two-way integration with ticketing systems for tracking vulnerability remediation end to end?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 1 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 4 |
| Wiz | 10 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Veracode | 1 |
| Checkmarx | 4 |
| Wiz | 27 |
| Snyk | 35 |
| Endor Labs | 84 |


- Prompt text: Which security scanning tools are best at reducing noise so developers actually act on alerts instead of ignoring them?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 1 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 1 |
| Snyk | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 1 |
| Endor Labs | 2 |
| Snyk | 7 |



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 1 |



##### Bing-copilot-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 5 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 1 |
| Checkmarx | 9 |
| Snyk | 29 |
| Wiz | 43 |


- Prompt text: Which enterprise application security platforms scale best when scanning thousands of repositories across multiple teams?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 1 |
| Checkmarx | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Veracode | 7 |
| Snyk | 13 |
| Checkmarx | 14 |



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 4 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 4 |
| Checkmarx | 6 |
| Wiz | 7 |
| Semgrep | 34 |
| Snyk | 89 |


- Prompt text: Which security scanning platforms have the best support for SBOM generation workflows for compliance and audit requirements?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity





##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 18 |



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 5 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 2 |
| Endor Labs | 16 |
| Checkmarx | 19 |
| Jit | 21 |
| Aqua Security | 24 |


- Prompt text: What cloud security posture management tools integrate well with container and orchestration platform security scanning?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity





##### Chatgpt-search





##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 8 |
| Checkmarx | 9 |
| Jit | 19 |
| Aqua Security | 49 |


- Prompt text: Which application security tools integrate natively into the pull request workflow so findings can block or warn on merges?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 1 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 4 |
| Semgrep | 6 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Checkmarx | 2 |
| Snyk | 13 |
| Veracode | 14 |
| Semgrep | 29 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| SonarSource | 7 |
| Endor Labs | 13 |
| Wiz | 31 |
| Veracode | 33 |
| Snyk | 43 |


- Prompt text: Which security vendors update their vulnerability databases fastest after major CVE disclosures like Log4Shell?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity





##### Chatgpt-search





##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 10 |
| Endor Labs | 21 |
| Checkmarx | 45 |
| Snyk | 60 |


- Prompt text: Which software supply chain security tools detect malicious packages, not just known vulnerable versions?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: 3
Perplexity: 1
Chatgpt-search: 1
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: 20



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 1 |
| Socket | 3 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Socket | 1 |
| Snyk | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Socket | 1 |



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Checkmarx | 1 |
| Snyk | 6 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Checkmarx | 2 |
| Veracode | 5 |
| Snyk | 9 |
| Endor Labs | 11 |
| Socket | 20 |


- Prompt text: What security tooling do teams typically use for managing findings across dozens of repositories from a single security engineer workflow?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 3 |
| Endor Labs | 4 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 3 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 3 |
| Wiz | 23 |
| Endor Labs | 39 |


- Prompt text: Which application security platforms are best at communicating vulnerabilities to developers in an actionable way rather than just generating noise?


#### Brand position by platform

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#### Platform rows



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##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 1 |
| Snyk | 2 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 2 |
| Endor Labs | 4 |
| Semgrep | 12 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 2 |
| Wiz | 7 |
| Veracode | 14 |
| Checkmarx | 18 |
| Snyk | 35 |
| Semgrep | 62 |


- Prompt text: What are the best container image scanning tools that catch vulnerabilities before images are pushed to production?


#### Brand position by platform

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##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Aqua Security | 1 |
| Snyk | 3 |



##### Chatgpt-search





##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Aqua Security | 3 |
| Wiz | 4 |
| Jit | 11 |
| Checkmarx | 12 |


- Prompt text: Which application security platforms go beyond known CVEs to detect logic-level vulnerabilities and misconfigurations?


#### Brand position by platform

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##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 1 |
| Endor Labs | 4 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Checkmarx | 3 |



##### Chatgpt-search





##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 3 |



##### Bing-copilot-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 3 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 21 |
| Endor Labs | 61 |


- Prompt text: What are the best software supply chain security tools for a polyglot monorepo with Node.js, Python, and Go services?


#### Brand position by platform

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##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 1 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Snyk | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search





##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 6 |
| Wiz | 8 |
| Jit | 14 |
| Snyk | 39 |
| Aqua Security | 67 |


- Prompt text: Which secret scanning tools are best at both detecting credentials in git history and preventing new secrets from being committed?


#### Brand position by platform

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| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| GitGuardian | 6 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| GitGuardian | 4 |
| Jit | 5 |
| Checkmarx | 20 |


- Prompt text: Which DevSecOps tools integrate best with SIEM platforms for correlating app security findings with infrastructure events?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
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##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 1 |
| Veracode | 2 |



##### Perplexity





##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Wiz | 2 |
| Snyk | 20 |



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 5 |



##### Bing-copilot-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Checkmarx | 2 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Checkmarx | 24 |
| Endor Labs | 34 |
| Wiz | 47 |
| Jit | 54 |
| Snyk | 57 |


- Prompt text: Which SAST tools have the lowest real-world false positive rates and the best tooling for managing them at scale?


#### Brand position by platform

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#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 3 |



##### Perplexity





##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Semgrep | 3 |
| Veracode | 5 |
| Checkmarx | 7 |



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 2 |
| Wiz | 4 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | 1 |
| Checkmarx | 26 |
| SonarSource | 29 |
| Veracode | 36 |
| Semgrep | 47 |





## Top sources

| Url | Title | Domain | Logo url | Source vertical | Content type | Citation count | Last30d count |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| https://docs.socket.dev/docs/faq | FAQ - Socket | docs.socket.dev | Not available | commercial | documentation | 6 | 6 |
| https://socket.dev/en-us/ | Socket | socket.dev | https://izgwnlozsmjmqjsnddmg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/domain-logos/9dbab6f8-54b2-49a0-8181-89a0ed130318/b67f9606-50e9-4f35-942d-4f43a200da2c/d7fc386ae8fbb1295abb87c6c3fd8b03a5816176.png | commercial | blog_post | 2 | 2 |
| https://docs.socket.dev/docs/socket-for-github | Guide to Socket for GitHub | docs.socket.dev | Not available | commercial | documentation | 2 | 2 |
| https://docs.socket.dev/docs/socket-firewall-overview | Socket Firewall Overview | docs.socket.dev | Not available | commercial | documentation | 1 | 1 |
| https://socket.dev/ | Socket - Block zero-day supply chain attacks | socket.dev | https://izgwnlozsmjmqjsnddmg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/domain-logos/9dbab6f8-54b2-49a0-8181-89a0ed130318/b67f9606-50e9-4f35-942d-4f43a200da2c/d7fc386ae8fbb1295abb87c6c3fd8b03a5816176.png | commercial | blog_post | 1 | 1 |



## Response excerpts

| Prompt text | Platform | Excerpt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Which software supply chain security tools detect malicious packages, not just known vulnerable versions? | perplexity | Socket — analyzes dependency code and metadata for signs such as unexpected install scripts, network or shell access, obfuscation, and typosquatting. |
| Which runtime application security tools have the lowest production overhead and are safe to run on high-traffic services? | google-ai | Because the telemetry pipeline, memory buffers, and socket connections are already initialized by the APM, adding the security module introduces minimal overhead. |
| Which software supply chain security tools detect malicious packages, not just known vulnerable versions? | google-ai | Socket (socket.dev): Focuses heavily on preventing zero-day supply chain attacks. |



## Competitor excerpts

| Platform | Competitor name | Excerpt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| google-ai-mode | Endor Labs | 9 Best SAST Tools in 2026: Accuracy, Speed, and Noise Compared \| Blog \| Endor Labs[Noisy security scanners make apps less secure - Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/VibeCodersNest/comments/1rbf05f/noisy_... |
| perplexity | Semgrep | For first-party code, I’d shortlist Semgrep; for dependency vulnerabilities, Snyk. |
| chatgpt-search | Semgrep | ## 1. Semgrep Best for low-noise code scanning Semgrep combines static application security testing (SAST), dependency scanning, and secrets detection. |
| chatgpt-search | Endor Labs | Semgrep website ## 2. Endor Labs Best for dependency alert noise Its standout capability is function-level dependency reachability: determining whether an application can actually execute vulnerable code in a dependency. |
| google-ai | Endor Labs | Endor Labs: Highly effective at cutting dependency noise (by up to 90%+) by mapping deep function-level call graphs. |
| google-ai-mode | Checkmarx | Snyk, Semgrep, and GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) offer the leading IDE-native security experiences, whereas legacy platforms like Veracode, Checkmarx (traditional configuration), and Fortify lean heavily on CI-only or delayed pipeline scanning. |
| perplexity | Semgrep | ## Short answer For security findings while code is being written, Semgrep and Snyk are the clearest IDE-first choices in the search results. |
| perplexity | Snyk | ## Short answer For security findings while code is being written, Semgrep and Snyk are the clearest IDE-first choices in the search results. |
| chatgpt-search | Snyk | ## 1. Snyk — strongest all-around developer-first option IDE-first Best for teams that want security checks close to the code, with actionable remediation guidance and minimal workflow disruption. |
| chatgpt-search | Checkmarx | Explore: Semgrep ## 3. Checkmarx One — broad AppSec with IDE integration Platform-oriented Best for organizations that need a broader security platform but still want developers to work from their IDE. |
| google-ai-mode | Wiz | wiz.io/academy/application-security/business-logic-vulnerabilities)How to Detect Business Logic Vulnerabilities in API \| APIsec[AI Application Security (AI AppSec) \| ZeroPa... |
| perplexity | Checkmarx | Checkmarx DAST — tests running applications for business-logic flaws, authentication bypasses, API issues, and misconfigurations. |



## Trend

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