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Container security software: AI search visibility ranking (2026)

How AI search engines rank container security software by visibility and citations. 20 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, secure runtime workloads, enforce policies, and reduce cloud-native infrastructure risk. 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

Category leader Wiz 12% visibility · named in 1 of 8 AI answers

Most cited brand Wiz 25% citation rate · the AI's most-trusted source brand in container security software

Top cited domain youtube.com Referenced by AI across the container security software query set — the highest-leverage PR target in this category

Visibility spread 12pp Gap between top and bottom of the ranking · 16 brands at 0% (invisible to the AI)

What we observed in this categoryauto-generated

Wiz leads the container security software category with a composite score of 16.2, ahead of Chainguard at 12.5 and Aqua Security at 8.8. The gap between Wiz and the rest is partly driven by its citation rate of 25%, the highest in the category, while brands ranked three through ten either score zero on citations or zero on visibility. With the category average visibility sitting at just 2.5%, the top three brands account for nearly all AI-surfaced presence in this space.

Tigera presents the sharpest divergence between visibility and citation in the dataset. It holds zero visibility yet a 25% citation rate, matching Wiz on citations while being entirely absent from named responses. This means Google AI Mode references Tigera as a source without surfacing it as a brand recommendation, a distinction that separates being trusted as evidence from being named as a solution. Aqua Security and Snyk show the inverse pattern, appearing in responses at 12.5% visibility but receiving zero citations.

Google AI Mode is the top engine for every brand in this audit, indicating the dataset is concentrated on a single engine. The top cited sources include youtube.com, ox.security, sentinelone.com, wiz.io, tigera.io, reddit.com, and chainguard.dev. The presence of non-vendor sources such as YouTube and Reddit alongside vendor domains suggests AI is anchoring on a mixed content ecosystem rather than relying solely on official product pages or analyst reports.

Movers & shakers since last refresh

Biggest visibility risers

Wiz 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #1
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Chainguard 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #2
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Aqua Security 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #3
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The ranking

#	Brand	Visibility	Citation	Top engine
1	Wiz wiz.io	12%	25%	Google AI Mode
Wiz leads with a composite score of 16.2 and a 25% citation rate, five times the category average citation rate of 3.1%, making it the only brand strong on both visibility and citations.
2	Chainguard chainguard.dev	12%	12%	Google AI Mode
Chainguard matches Wiz on visibility at 12.5% and holds a 12.5% citation rate, four times the category average, placing it as the only other brand with balanced presence across both metrics.
3	Aqua Security aquasec.com	12%	0%	Google AI Mode
Aqua Security shares the 12.5% visibility figure with the top two brands but records zero citations, giving it a composite score of 8.8 and no foothold as a cited source.
4	Snyk snyk.io	12%	0%	Google AI Mode
Snyk mirrors Aqua Security exactly, with 12.5% visibility and zero citations, producing an identical composite score of 8.8 and no differentiation from rank three in citation performance.
5	Tigera tigera.io	0%	25%	Google AI Mode
Tigera holds zero visibility but a 25% citation rate, the same citation figure as Wiz, indicating it functions as a referenced source rather than a recommended brand in AI responses.
6	Sysdig sysdig.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
7	Prisma Cloud paloaltonetworks.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
8	Lacework lacework.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
9	Tenable tenable.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
10	Qualys qualys.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
11	Orca Security orca.security	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
12	Check Point CloudGuard checkpoint.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
13	Anchore anchore.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
14	Rapid7 rapid7.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
15	Trend Micro trendmicro.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
16	CrowdStrike crowdstrike.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
17	Microsoft Defender for Cloud microsoft.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
18	NeuVector neuvector.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
19	JFrog jfrog.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
20	Spectral spectralops.io	0%	0%	Google AI Mode

Sources AI engines trust in this category

Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on container security software, 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.

youtube.comox.securitysentinelone.comwiz.iotigera.ioreddit.comchainguard.dev

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 software AI visibility

Who leads AI visibility in container security software?

Wiz leads with a composite score of 16.2, a visibility rate of 12.5%, and a citation rate of 25%, all above any other brand in the category.

What is the average AI visibility for brands in container security software?

The category average visibility is 2.5% and the average citation rate is 3.1%, meaning most of the 20 brands audited have near-zero presence in AI responses.

Which container security brands are cited by AI but not named as solutions?

Tigera has a 25% citation rate but zero visibility, meaning Google AI Mode references its content as a source without surfacing it as a recommended product.

What sources does AI cite most for container security software research?

The top cited sources include youtube.com, ox.security, sentinelone.com, wiz.io, tigera.io, reddit.com, and chainguard.dev, showing a mix of vendor and non-vendor content.

Which brands have gained the most AI visibility recently in this category?

Wiz, Chainguard, and Aqua Security are the biggest risers, each moving from zero visibility to 12.5%, with Wiz also gaining 25 percentage points in citation rate.

Are established brands like Prisma Cloud, Sysdig, and Lacework visible in AI responses for this category?

No, Prisma Cloud, Sysdig, and Lacework all record zero visibility and zero citations in this audit, giving them composite scores of 0.0.