The most visible vulnerability scanners in Romania, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Romania in Romanian and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Snyk

45Heralded Score, range 37–58

Most cited source

owasp.org

35citations

From ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Burp Suite

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Gemini, not on Google AI Mode, 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
– Rapid7 InsightVM US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– StackHawk US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
1% 0% First reading
– Synopsys Seeker US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
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. 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 first.org Community 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
12 microsoft.com Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
13 reddit.com Community 3.3% 1 of 4 2 Not read
14 sciencedirect.com Reference 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
15 sonarsource.com Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
16 techradar.com Media 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
17 appdoggie.com Directory 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
18 appsecsanta.com Review site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
19 aquilax.ai Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
20 arnica.io Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost 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 Snyk, Tenable Nessus, Tenable One and Tenable Vulnerability Management, tied
what can replace separate scanners for code and dependencies English HCL AppScan and Snyk, tied

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

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