Enterprise API Security Platforms in AI answers

Data as of Oct 22, 2026Based on 179 AI responsesReviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky

AI summary

Salt Security leads AI recommendations for enterprise API security, solidifying its top position by March 2026. While Salt Security has risen to the top, competitors like Akamai and Traceable AI have also gained significant ground, displacing former leader Cequence.

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Rank and Mentioned in · since Jul 5

#	Brand	Mentioned in	Recommended for
1	Salt Security 96% Praised for AI-driven runtime protection and behavioral analysis.	96%	Praised for AI-driven runtime protection and behavioral analysis.
2	Cequence 63% Initially a leader, now noted for unified protection and bot management.	63%	Initially a leader, now noted for unified protection and bot management.
2	Akamai API Security Akamai product line 59%	59%
4	Traceable AI 45% Recommended for its full-lifecycle security and deep contextual analysis.	45%	Recommended for its full-lifecycle security and deep contextual analysis.
4	Wallarm 41% Cited for its AI-driven approach and integrated WAAP capabilities.	41%	Cited for its AI-driven approach and integrated WAAP capabilities.
6	Akamai 26% Frequently cited for discovery, runtime defense, and edge security.	26%	Frequently cited for discovery, runtime defense, and edge security.
7	Noname Security 16%	16%
7	Imperva API Security Imperva product line 15%	15%
7	42Crunch 15%	15%
10	StackHawk 11%	11%
10	Cloudflare API Shield Cloudflare product line 8%	8%
10	Google Cloud Apigee Alphabet product line 7%	7%
13	Imperva 6% A top choice for unified platforms and real-time BOLA detection.	6%	A top choice for unified platforms and real-time BOLA detection.
13	Cequence Security 6%	6%
13	Cloudflare 5%	5%
13	Aptori 5%	5%
13	Harness 4%	4%
13	Kong · konghq.com 4%	4%
13	Harness SAST Harness product line 4%	4%
20	AccuKnox 3%	3%
20	DataDome 3%	3%
20	F5 3%	3%
20	Mulesoft Owned by Salesforce 3%	3%
20	Levo AI 2%	2%
20	APIsec 2% Recommended for automated 'shift-left' testing to find logic flaws.	2%	Recommended for automated 'shift-left' testing to find logic flaws.
20	Traceable by Harness Harness product line 2%	2%
20	Radware 2%	2%
20	Akto 2% A developer-centric choice for agentless discovery and security testing.	2%	A developer-centric choice for agentless discovery and security testing.
20	Cequence Unified API Protection Cequence product line 2%	2%
20	F5 Distributed Cloud Services F5 product line 2%	2%
20	Harness WAAP Harness product line 2%	2%
20	Wiz 2%	2%
20	Pynt 2%	2%
20	Amazon API Gateway Amazon product line 2%	2%
20	Checkmarx 1%	1%
20	Radware API Security Radware product line 1%	1%
20	AppSentinels 1%	1%
20	Splunk Owned by Cisco 1%	1%
39	Salt Behavioral API Protection Salt Security product line 1%	1%
39	ThreatX 1%	1%
39	IBM API Connect IBM product line 1%	1%
39	Akamai API Protector Akamai product line 1%	1%
39	Datadog 1%	1%
39	Escape Technologies 1%	1%
39	Traceable API Threat Protection Traceable AI product line 1%	1%
39	Prisma Cloud Palo Alto Networks product line 1%	1%
39	Fastly API Security Fastly product line 1%	1%
39	Radware API Protection Radware product line 1%	1%
39	Equixly 1%	1%
39	Google Cloud Alphabet product line 1%	1%
39	API Discovery Fastly product line 1%	1%
39	Postman 1%	1%
39	Salt Protect Salt Security product line 1%	1%
39	AWS Amazon product line 1%	1%
39	Kong · kongusa.com 1%	1%
39	Google Cloud Armor Alphabet product line 1%	1%
39	Agnite Scan 1%	1%
39	Fastly 1%	1%
39	IBM QRadar SIEM IBM product line 1%	1%
39	Microsoft Azure Microsoft product line 1%	1%
39	F5 Distributed Cloud API Security F5 product line 1%	1%
39	Kubernetes 1%	1%
39	Google Cloud Platform Alphabet product line 1%	1%
39	Google Cloud reCAPTCHA Enterprise Alphabet product line 1%	1%
39	Cisco 1%	1%
39	Microsoft Sentinel Microsoft product line 1%	1%
39	Elastic 1%	1%

Who leads each AI engine

ChatGPT SearchChatGPT Search: Salt Security
Google AI ModeGoogle AI Mode: Salt Security

Mentioned in on each engineChatGPT SearchGoogle AI Mode

Widest split: Traceable AI, 30% on ChatGPT Search and 60% on Google AI Mode.

Mentioned in on each AI engine, by brand
Brand	ChatGPT Search	Google AI Mode
Salt Security	97%	94%
Cequence	70%	55%
Akamai API Security	63%	55%
Traceable AI	30%	60%
Wallarm	44%	38%
Akamai	20%	33%
42Crunch	26%	3%
Noname Security	5%	27%
Imperva API Security	5%	25%
Cloudflare API Shield	15%	Outside Google AI Mode's top 25

Questions by topic1

API security for business logic abuse
- What is the best API security platform for detecting business logic abuse and broken object-level authorization (BOLA) attacks?
- What's a solid API security platform that can detect business logic abuse and broken object-level authorization?
- What platforms provide the best detection capabilities for BOLA and business logic abuse within an API environment?
- We want to protect our web applications from sophisticated attacks. What's the best API security platform that can detect business logic abuse?

The problem is, we have no visibility into our API traffic. What is the best enterprise API security and discovery platform?

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59% of citations point at the ranked brands’ own sites. gartner.com, appsecsanta.com, youtube.com are the most-cited sites outside the ranked brands’ own domains.

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