{"slug":"owasp-zap","name":"OWASP ZAP","domain":"zaproxy.org","verdict":"As of 2026-07-17, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok collectively rank OWASP ZAP #3 of 8 for dast tools for api security testing in ci/cd (one of 4 leaderboards it appears on). Source: https://modelsagree.com/product/owasp-zap (modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0).","best_rank":3,"categories":4,"brief":{"category":"best-dast-tools-for-api-security-testing-in-ci-cd","title":"Best DAST tools for API security testing in CI/CD","rank":3,"of":8,"top":"StackHawk","day":"2026-07-18","why":[{"t":"free open-source option","m":["Claude","Grok","Gemini","ChatGPT"],"q":"The free, open-source baseline that remains genuinely competitive"},{"t":"strong CI/CD automation","m":["Claude","Grok","Gemini","ChatGPT"],"q":"strong CI/CD automation"},{"t":"extensible scripting and configurability","m":["Claude","Grok","Gemini","ChatGPT"],"q":"extensive scripting engine and massive community support"},{"t":"OpenAPI, GraphQL, and API coverage","m":["Claude","Grok","ChatGPT"],"q":"OpenAPI, SOAP, and GraphQL"}],"gap":[{"t":"straightforward authentication","m":["ChatGPT"],"q":"straightforward authentication"},{"t":"strong triage and dedup","m":["Claude"],"q":"strong triage/dedup so devs fix rather than drown"},{"t":"developer-friendly PR feedback","m":["Claude","Grok"],"q":"developer-friendly feedback in PRs"}],"fix":[{"t":"manual auth scripting and tuning","m":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini"],"q":"auth scripting, tuning false positives, maintaining configs"},{"t":"security expertise required","m":["ChatGPT","Gemini"],"q":"requires substantially more configuration and security expertise than the commercial leaders"},{"t":"ongoing engineering work without support","m":["Claude"],"q":"real ongoing engineering work with no vendor support behind it"}]},"entries":[{"slug":"best-dast-tools-for-api-security-testing-in-ci-cd","title":"Best DAST tools for API security testing in CI/CD","rank":3,"of":8,"score":10,"appearances":4,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":5,"Claude":2,"Gemini":4,"Grok":3},"reason":"The free, open-source baseline that remains genuinely competitive: the Automation Framework and OpenAPI/GraphQL add-ons plus official Docker images give a scriptable, license-free API scan in any CI system, with a huge community and total configurability; unbeatable value when budget is zero and near-tie with StackHawk if you have engineering time to invest.","reasons":[{"model":"Claude","reason":"The free, open-source baseline that remains genuinely competitive: the Automation Framework and OpenAPI/GraphQL add-ons plus official Docker images give a scriptable, license-free API scan in any CI system, with a huge community and total configurability; unbeatable value when budget is zero and near-tie with StackHawk if you have engineering time to invest."},{"model":"Grok","reason":"Leading free/open-source option with mature Docker/CLI/GitHub Actions support, SARIF output, strong CI/CD automation, solid REST API coverage via scripts/specs — unbeatable accessibility and community extensibility for typical practitioners."},{"model":"Gemini","reason":"Fully open-source and free tool with an extensive scripting engine and massive community support, allowing unlimited custom pipeline integrations without license fees."},{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"Best zero-cost option: its maintained Docker API scan supports OpenAPI, SOAP, and GraphQL, configurable pipeline exit thresholds, authentication contexts, extensibility, and complete self-hosting."}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Achieving reliable authenticated coverage and low-noise build gates requires substantially more configuration and security expertise than the commercial leaders."},{"model":"Claude","fix":"You own the glue — auth scripting, tuning false positives, maintaining configs, and scaling across many repos is real ongoing engineering work with no vendor support behind it."},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"Demands substantial manual tuning and scripting effort from security engineers to handle modern API authentication and prevent alert noise."}],"updated":"2026-07-17","api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-dast-tools-for-api-security-testing-in-ci-cd.json"},{"slug":"best-dast-tool-for-dynamic-app-testing","title":"Best DAST tool for dynamic app testing","rank":4,"of":9,"score":9,"appearances":3,"modelRanks":{"Claude":4,"Gemini":3,"Grok":2},"reason":"Free open-source powerhouse with strong community support, solid automation via Docker/CI, AJAX spider for modern apps, and extensibility; delivers high value for typical practitioners needing broad coverage without cost barriers, proven in production environments.","reasons":[{"model":"Grok","reason":"Free open-source powerhouse with strong community support, solid automation via Docker/CI, AJAX spider for modern apps, and extensibility; delivers high value for typical practitioners needing broad coverage without cost barriers, proven in production environments."},{"model":"Gemini","reason":"The leading open-source DAST solution that is completely free, highly customizable, and easy to run in automated CI/CD environments via a powerful API and Docker wrappers."},{"model":"Claude","reason":"The best free, open-source DAST; scriptable, automation-framework-first, huge community, runs headless in any CI pipeline at zero license cost, and remains the baseline scanner embedded in countless other products"}],"fixes":[{"model":"Claude","fix":"Reduce false positives and improve out-of-the-box authenticated scanning and modern SPA/API crawling so results are trustworthy without expert tuning"},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"Modernizing its desktop user interface and improving out-of-the-box handling of complex single-page applications without manual scripting."},{"model":"Grok","fix":"Higher manual triage effort due to moderate false positives and weaker out-of-box auth/complex SPA support compared to commercial tools."}],"updated":"2026-07-14","rank_history":{"days":["2026-06-29","2026-06-30","2026-07-08","2026-07-09","2026-07-10","2026-07-14"],"ranks":[4,7,4,5,null,2]},"reasoning_shift":[{"model":"Gemini","from":"2026-06-30","to":"2026-07-08","added":[{"t":"Powerful API and Docker wrappers","q":"via a powerful API and Docker wrappers"}],"dropped":[{"t":"Massive community","q":"with a massive community"},{"t":"Modern authentication flows","q":"modern authentication flows"}]}],"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-dast-tool-for-dynamic-app-testing.json"},{"slug":"best-dast-tools-for-api-first-applications","title":"Best DAST tools for API-first applications","rank":4,"of":8,"score":5,"appearances":4,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":5,"Claude":5,"Gemini":4,"Grok":5},"reason":"The premier open-source and free DAST tool, offering unmatched flexibility, active community support, and robust OpenAPI/Postman import scripts for headless CI/CD scanning. Near-tie with Nuclei for open-source adoption, but wins on comprehensive stateful scanning capability.","reasons":[{"model":"Gemini","reason":"The premier open-source and free DAST tool, offering unmatched flexibility, active community support, and robust OpenAPI/Postman import scripts for headless CI/CD scanning. Near-tie with Nuclei for open-source adoption, but wins on comprehensive stateful scanning capability."},{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"The strongest free general-purpose choice: scriptable, extensible, CI-friendly, and able to import and actively scan OpenAPI, GraphQL, and SOAP definitions; near-tied with 42Crunch, winning on cost and flexibility."},{"model":"Claude","reason":"Free and open source with OpenAPI/SOAP/GraphQL import add-ons, an automation framework, and Docker/CI packaging; the strongest zero-cost option and a sensible baseline for teams that cannot buy commercial tooling."},{"model":"Grok","reason":"Free/open-source with mature OpenAPI import, active scanning, and Docker/GitHub Actions automation; fully extensible via scripts/addons for custom API auth and payloads; zero licensing friction for any team size"}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Authentication, stateful workflows, noise control, and business-logic testing demand substantial expert tuning, so it is not turnkey."},{"model":"Claude","fix":"Higher false-positive and tuning burden, weaker API business-logic and auth-context handling, and you carry the maintenance/config yourself — total cost of ownership in engineer time is real."},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"Requires significant manual tuning, scripting, and security expertise to handle complex API authentication flows and stateful business logic without producing high noise."},{"model":"Grok","fix":"Higher false-positive noise and config effort than commercial API-native options — not turnkey for complex auth or large GraphQL surfaces without expertise"}],"updated":"2026-08-10","rank_history":{"days":["2026-08-03","2026-08-10"],"ranks":[5,5]},"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-dast-tools-for-api-first-applications.json"},{"slug":"best-automated-penetration-testing-platforms-for-saas-applications","title":"Best automated penetration testing platforms for SaaS applications","rank":12,"of":14,"score":2,"appearances":1,"modelRanks":{"Gemini":4},"reason":"Leading open-source DAST platform providing complete automation flexibility, extensive community add-ons, and CI/CD pipeline integration at zero software cost. Assumes the organization prioritizes an open, highly customizable scanner for shift-left web security testing.","reasons":[{"model":"Gemini","reason":"Leading open-source DAST platform providing complete automation flexibility, extensive community add-ons, and CI/CD pipeline integration at zero software cost. Assumes the organization prioritizes an open, highly customizable scanner for shift-left web security testing."}],"fixes":[{"model":"Gemini","fix":"Steeper learning curve requiring substantial manual configuration and script tuning to reliably navigate modern OAuth/SPA authentication and complex app states without generating noise."}],"updated":"2026-08-10","api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-automated-penetration-testing-platforms-for-saas-applications.json"}],"page":"https://modelsagree.com/product/owasp-zap","check":"https://modelsagree.com/check?q=OWASP%20ZAP","updated":"2026-08-10T18:18:45.051Z","attribution":"modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0"}