Checkmarx Named Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant

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Checkmarx Named a Leader for the 7th Time in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing

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October 14, 2025

We’re proud to share that Checkmarx has been recognized once again as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing (AST), marking our seventh time in this position. 

We feel this recognition affirms our developer-centric approach to application security, our commitment to innovation, all deeply attuned to the needs of DevSecOps, modern development, and real risk across the software supply chain. 

This year, Checkmarx was also positioned furthest on the Completeness of Vision axis out of all 16 evaluated vendors, which assesses a vendor’s Innovation, Market Understanding, Marketing Strategy, Offering (Product) Strategy, Business Model and Vertical/Industry Strategy.  

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Recognized for Vision, Built for AppSec 

We believe this continued recognition from Gartner reinforces our ongoing commitment to innovation and how customers benefit from our AI-driven innovation, broad coverage, and seamless integration into modern development workflows. 

We’re proud of our comprehensive suite of application security capabilities, built with a strong focus on developer experience. We continue to invest in and expand these solutions to help developers and security teams work smarter and faster—keeping pace with the speed of AI.  

With AI-native capabilities embedded at every layer of the SDLC, Checkmarx One secures both human-written and AI-generated code, across IDEs, languages, etc enabling secure development from code to deploy. This includes our AI assist family of agents, providing developers with real-time, AI-driven guidance directly in their workflows to remediate vulnerabilities more effectively.  

Thank you to our incredible customers, partners, and employees who have been, and will continue to be, the cornerstone of our success. 

Ready to learn more?   

Access the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing (AST)  report or get a demo to learn more about Checkmarx One.   

Gartner®, Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing, By Jason Gross, Mark Horvath, Giles Williams, Shailendra Upadhyay, Dionisio Zumerle, Aaron Lord, October 6, 2025 

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