The most visible vulnerability scanners in Europe, October 2026

October 2026 · 105 questions asked from 7 countries · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 420 answers read

Leader

Snyk

39Heralded Score, range 37–43

Most cited source

owasp.org

228citations

From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Orca Security

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
21 Intruder GB New entry 1 , range 1–3 1#21
1
  • : score 1 · #21
1% 0% None First reading
– AWS Inspector US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Detectify SE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Holm Security SE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Nikto US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Pentest-Tools.com RO Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Probely PT Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Synopsys Seeker US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. 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

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
11 wiz.io Vendor site 4.0% 3 of 4 14 4
12 first.org Community 1.7% 1 of 4 9 Not read
13 linkedin.com Social 3.6% 2 of 4 17 Not read
14 gitlab.com Vendor site 1.9% 4 of 4 11 Not read
15 nhimg.org Industry authority 3.1% 2 of 4 8 Not read
16 sonarsource.com Vendor site 2.9% 3 of 4 6 1
17 deepstrike.io Consultancy 2.9% 4 of 4 2 3
18 fortinet.com Vendor site 2.9% 3 of 4 9 1
19 medium.com Community 2.9% 2 of 4 7 Not read
20 tuxcare.com Vendor site 2.4% 3 of 4 5 8

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
¿Cómo podemos detectar fallos de seguridad en el código antes de desplegarlo? Spanish No brand recommended
¿Cómo puede mi equipo encontrar y priorizar vulnerabilidades de software? Spanish OWASP ZAP and Trivy, tied
¿Cómo puedo comprobar si nuestro software tiene vulnerabilidades conocidas? Spanish Greenbone OpenVAS
¿Deberíamos analizar el código fuente o las aplicaciones en ejecución para encontrar vulnerabilidades? Spanish No brand recommended
¿Qué funciona mejor para detectar fallos: las revisiones manuales o los análisis automatizados? Spanish No brand recommended
how do application scans compare with dependency checks for finding vulnerabilities English No brand recommended
should developers or security teams own vulnerability scanning English No brand recommended
what can replace manual security checks before each software release English No brand recommended
how can we replace spreadsheets for tracking software vulnerabilities English Tenable Vulnerability Management
what can replace separate scanners for code and dependencies English Snyk

Each engine's top three

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, 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.

How the leaderboards are measured