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The most visible B2B vulnerability scanners on Google AI Mode, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked in English, worldwide · Google AI Mode · 30 answers read

Leader

Snyk

40%of answers name it

Most cited source

wiz.io

4citations

From Google AI Mode

Where engines disagree most

One engine

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Brands

Rank Brand Heralded Score Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1#1 overall Snyk GB 35 , range 27–47 40% 0% None First reading
2#2 overall OWASP ZAP US 26 , range 14–41 17% 7% None First reading
3#3 overall Trivy IL 23 , range 12–39 13% 7% None First reading
4#4 overall Burp Suite GB 20 , range 11–37 13% 3% None First reading
= 5#5 overall Qualys US 17 , range 5–36 10% 3% None First reading
= 5#5 overall Tenable Nessus US 17 , range 5–36 10% 3% None First reading
7#7 overall Aikido Security BE 14 , range 2–34 10% 0% None First reading
– Acunetix MT Too few answers 3% 0% None First reading
– Aqua Security IL Too few answers 0% 0% None First reading
– AWS Inspector US Too few answers 0% 0% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

No answer cited a source of this type (Review sites).

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
what vulnerability scanner should a security team use to find software flaws English Burp Suite, Qualys, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Nessus and Tenable One, tied
which tool can scan our applications for security vulnerabilities English No brand recommended
how do small engineering teams scan code for vulnerabilities English No brand recommended
what can help developers find vulnerabilities before release English No brand recommended
how can i find vulnerabilities across our applications English No brand recommended
how do we catch security flaws in code before deployment English OWASP ZAP
how can my team find and prioritize software vulnerabilities English No brand recommended
how do i check whether our software has known vulnerabilities English Trivy
should we scan source code or running applications for vulnerabilities English No brand recommended
what works better for finding flaws, manual reviews or automated scans English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Method

Each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

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