Best SAST Tools

The Invicti Web + API (formerly Acunetix) legacy is built on runtime accuracy, speed, and proof your team can trust. We pioneered the DAST market 20+ years ago and continue to drive AppSec forward with innovations in AI, code-to-runtime correlation, and vulnerability management.

All the security tools we used were slow, confusing, overpriced and noisy. So we built better ones.

Apiiro provides supply chain security capabilities as part of its application security platform, with a focus on inventorying software components, tracing code-to-runtime relationships, and detecting supply chain risk across SCM repositories and CI/CD pipelines. It is positioned for AppSec and platform security teams that need continuous visibility into dependencies, build activity, commit changes, and artifact provenance, rather than point-in-time scans. Apiiro also ties supply chain findings to code owners and policy workflows, and it offers adjacent ASPM and application inventory features, which are not the focus of this profile.

Black Duck (formerly Synopsys Software Integrity Group) provides a comprehensive application security platform focusing on Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and static/dynamic testing. It enables organizations to manage open-source risks, identify vulnerabilities in proprietary code, and ensure license compliance across the SDLC. The platform complements DevSecOps workflows by integrating security gates into CI/CD pipelines and providing deep visibility into software supply chain risks.

Checkmarx One is an application security software platform built to help enterprises secure every stage of the SDLC while reducing engineering costs and accelerating development. As a leader in agentic application security testing, Checkmarx scans trillions of lines of code each year, helping organizations cut vulnerability density by more than half. Its autonomous security agents detect, prioritize, and counter AI-driven threats across legacy, modern, and AI-generated code at enterprise scale.

Contrast Security provides an IAST platform that embeds agents into running applications, instrumenting code with sensors for real-time vulnerability detection and attack telemetry. Unlike external DAST scans or static SAST analysis, it analyzes data flows, application logic, and runtime behavior across development, CI/CD pipelines, and production. This reduces false positives by validating vulnerabilities in context, supports DevSecOps integration, and offers continuous monitoring for web apps, APIs, and microservices. Best for organizations prioritizing accurate, low-noise AppSec in agile environments over traditional black-box or white-box tools.

Endor Labs is a software supply chain security platform focused on open source governance and CI/CD risk detection. The platform targets DevSecOps teams seeking to reduce alert fatigue while maintaining security posture. Endor Labs distinguishes itself through reachability analysis that eliminates up to 95% of false positives in vulnerability scanning, enabling developers to focus on exploitable risks. The vendor positions itself against traditional SCA tools by providing contextual intelligence on code usage patterns and safe upgrade paths.

OpenText is a leading Cloud and AI company that provides organizations around the world with a comprehensive suite of Business AI, Business Clouds, and Business Technology.

We're the company behind GitLab, the intelligent orchestration platform where teams and their AI agents ship secure software faster.

HCL AppScan is an enterprise application security testing platform acquired from IBM in 2019. It provides integrated DAST, SAST, IAST, SCA, and API security testing across cloud and on-premises deployments. The platform serves large enterprises and regulated industries requiring federal compliance (FIPS 140-3 certified) and comprehensive governance. Best suited for organizations needing centralized application security orchestration with multi-scanner correlation and compliance reporting for PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR.

Kiuwan provides a suite of application security tools centered on Static Application Security Testing (SAST) via Kiuwan Code Security, which scans source code for vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, broken authentication, insecure cryptography, and access control flaws. It maps findings to OWASP Top 10, CWE, CERT, PCI DSS, and SANS standards. Additional SCA tracks third-party dependencies, while governance tools monitor code quality and development progress. Integrates into IDEs and CI/CD pipelines for shift-left detection across 30+ languages. Best for DevSecOps teams embedding security in SDLC to remediate issues pre-production.

Mend.io is the security platform built for every risk, across application security and AI security, securing the code layer, the AI layer, and the attack surface between them. Continuous protection across the full AI application lifecycle.

Snyk is an application security platform providing SAST (static code analysis), DAST (runtime testing), and SCA (software composition analysis) capabilities integrated into CI/CD pipelines. The vendor targets development teams seeking to embed security early in the SDLC, from first commit through production deployment. Snyk's AI-native approach uses machine learning to reduce false positives while detecting complex vulnerabilities across proprietary code, open-source dependencies, containers, and infrastructure.

Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products.

Veracode is a cloud-native application security platform providing SAST, DAST, SCA, and runtime analysis capabilities. The vendor targets enterprise DevSecOps teams seeking to shift-left vulnerability detection into CI/CD pipelines. Veracode is positioned as the only native SaaS application security solution with industry-leading 1% false positive rates. Best suited for organizations requiring comprehensive code coverage across custom and third-party components with centralized policy management and developer-focused remediation workflows.