Scanii
What ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Grok actually say · September 2026
The verdict
Scanii appears in 1 AI-ranked category — best position #3 for malware scanning apis for user-uploaded files.
Purpose-built since 2010 for scanning untrusted uploads before they hit your stack; pairs a proprietary engine with OEM Sophos for redundant detection, keeps bytes inside a chosen region (US, Canada, Ireland, UK, Australia, Singapore), publishes self-serve pricing, handles files up to 2 GB, and returns a simple safe/unsafe verdict plus NSFW-image and unsafe-language signals in one call — assumption: the typical user is a SaaS/product team that needs production scanning tomorrow, not a SOC buying 30 engines.
Where Scanii falls short, per the models
- Grok Not for teams that need 20–70 engine consensus reports or Content Disarm; detection is dual-engine, not a full multiscanner.
Poll history — On this board 1 of 2 polls since Sep 9 · now #1
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Top alternatives per the models: OPSWAT MetaDefender · Cloudmersive Virus Scan API · AWS GuardDuty Malware Protection · ClamAV
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Boards re-poll weekly and the models change their minds. One short email only when Scanii's standing moves — a rank change, a rival overtaking, or new reasoning from the models. Nothing otherwise.
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