Container security platforms: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank container security platforms by visibility and citations. 18 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Container security platforms used to scan images, enforce runtime policies, secure Kubernetes environments, and reduce cloud-native attack surface. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Wiz holds the top composite score at 32.5, driven by a citation rate of 50.0% that no other brand comes close to matching. Sysdig sits second with a composite of 30.0, yet its citation rate is only 12.5% despite leading all brands on raw visibility at 37.5%. That 37.5-point visibility gap between Sysdig and the category average of 6.2% shows how concentrated AI mentions are in this category, with the top two brands absorbing almost all named appearances.
The most striking divergence in the data is between Sysdig and Anchore. Sysdig achieves 37.5% visibility but only 12.5% citation, while Anchore records 0.0% visibility yet 25.0% citation. This means Google AI Mode names Sysdig in responses but anchors its sourced evidence more on Anchore's domain. Aqua Security and Snyk both hold 25.0% visibility with 0.0% citation, confirming that being named in AI answers does not guarantee that the AI treats those brands as trusted source material.
The top cited sources list includes ox.security, sentinelone.com, and portainer.io alongside wiz.io, sysdig.com, and anchore.com, suggesting Google AI Mode is pulling category context from third-party and adjacent-category sites rather than relying solely on vendor domains. All ten ranked brands share Google AI Mode as their top engine, confirming there is no meaningful cross-engine variation in this dataset. Prisma Cloud dropped from rank 2 to rank 6 with visibility falling to 0.0%, while Sysdig rose from rank 6 to rank 2, indicating recent and rapid AI narrative shifts.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Sysdig 0% → 38% · rank #6 → #2+38pp
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Aqua Security 0% → 25% · rank #11 → #3+25pp
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Wiz 12% → 25% · rank #1 → #1+12pp
Biggest visibility fallers
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Prisma Cloud 12% → 0% · rank #2 → #6-12pp
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Trend Micro Cloud One 12% → 0% · rank #4 → #13-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
wiz.io
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25% | 50% | Google AI Mode |
Wiz leads all 18 brands with a 50.0% citation rate, more than four times the category average of 6.9%, while holding steady at rank 1 through the measurement period. |
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| 2 |
sysdig.com
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38% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Sysdig has the highest visibility of any brand at 37.5%, six times the 6.2% category average, but its 12.5% citation rate reveals a significant named-versus-trusted gap. |
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| 3 |
aquasec.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Aqua Security jumped from rank 11 to rank 3 with visibility rising from 0.0% to 25.0%, yet it records 0.0% citation, meaning AI mentions it without citing its domain. |
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| 4 |
snyk.io
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Snyk matches Aqua Security with 25.0% visibility and a composite of 17.5, but its 0.0% citation rate means Google AI Mode does not treat snyk.io as a sourced reference. |
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| 5 |
anchore.com
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Anchore is the clearest citation-over-visibility outlier, achieving 25.0% citation against 0.0% visibility, placing its domain among the top cited sources despite zero named appearances. |
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| 6 |
paloaltonetworks.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
orca.security
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
chainguard.dev
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
jfrog.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
spectralops.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
lacework.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
redhat.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
trendmicro.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
datadoghq.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
neuvector.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
tenable.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
microsoft.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
crowdstrike.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on container security platforms, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about container security platforms AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in container security platforms?
Wiz holds the top composite score at 32.5, with a citation rate of 50.0% that is more than double the next closest brand. Sysdig leads on raw visibility at 37.5% but trails Wiz on citations.
Which container security brand is most cited by Google AI Mode without being visibly named?
Anchore records 0.0% visibility but 25.0% citation, meaning Google AI Mode sources its domain as evidence while not naming the brand in its direct responses.
What sources does Google AI Mode anchor on for container security research?
The top cited sources include ox.security, sentinelone.com, portainer.io, wiz.io, sysdig.com, and anchore.com, with third-party and adjacent-category domains appearing alongside vendor sites.
Which brands have seen the biggest AI visibility shifts in this category recently?
Sysdig rose from rank 6 to rank 2 with visibility jumping from 0.0% to 37.5%, while Prisma Cloud fell from rank 2 to rank 6 as its visibility dropped from 12.5% to 0.0%.
How concentrated is AI visibility across the 18 brands in this category?
The category average visibility is just 6.2%, yet Sysdig alone sits at 37.5%, showing that AI mentions are heavily concentrated in the top two or three brands.
Do high-visibility brands in container security also earn high citation rates?
Not consistently. Aqua Security and Snyk both hold 25.0% visibility but 0.0% citation, while Anchore achieves 25.0% citation at 0.0% visibility, showing visibility and citation are decoupled in this category.