2025 Forrester Wave: Static Analysis Security Testing (SAST)
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Analyst Report

The Forrester Wave™:
Static Application Security Testing Solutions, Q3 2025

Checkmarx received the highest score in the Current Offering category of the 10 vendors evaluated.  

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Independent research can help you make more informed AppSec purchasing decisions.  

The Forrester Wave™: Static Application Security Testing specifically evaluates SAST providers against 23 criteria across three dimensions: Current Offering, Strategy, and Customer Feedback. 

We’re delighted to report that Checkmarx has been named as a ‘Leader’.  We also received the highest score in the Current Offering category of the 10 vendors evaluated. 

 

“Checkmarx stands out for its investment in AI.”
“Checkmarx’s vision is to secure modern applications.”
“Checkmarx is ideal for enterprises leveraging existing and emerging technologies in their application development.”

 

Checkmarx received the highest scores possible (5/5) for:  

  • Risk prioritization 
  • Language and framework support  
  • Modern application development support
  • Policy management  
  • Application portfolio risk management  
  • AI-powered tools in SDLC  
  • Roadmap  
  • Supporting services and offerings 


Access the report now for more details on what to look for in a SAST solution and how Checkmarx and other vendors measure up in the evaluation.

 

The Forrester Wave™: Static Application Security Testing Solutions, Q3 2025, Forrester Research, Inc., September 9, 2025 

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What Our Customers Say About Us

See why enterprises trust our approach to AppSec to secure their business-critical applications.

“We view Checkmarx as our trusted partner. They’ve elevated our security posture by consolidating our SAST, SCA, and API Security into a unified platform, Checkmarx One, enabling us to achieve vulnerability remediation, reduce noise, and benefit from strong support.”

“Incorporating Checkmarx’s technology has revolutionized our development culture. It’s more than just technology; it serves as the foundation of our security strategy, ensuring that our applications are secure by design.”

“Checkmarx One definitely checks all my boxes from a security standpoint and has a great interface that’s engaging and easy to use. Some of the solutions we considered were more complicated. With Checkmarx One, it’s easy to get right to the problem with little to no learning curve.”

“The success of our AppSec program can be directly attributed to the tooling, processes and support provided by Checkmarx managed services. Our mission revolves around providing secure and compliant lottery and gaming applications and services to our clients around the globe, and with Checkmarx SAST, SCA and associated components enhanced by their stellar service support, we deliver on this promise with confidence and certainty.”

“After nearly nine years of using Checkmarx’s SAST, CGI’s journey has been one of seamless integration and consistent satisfaction. The last three years have been particularly smooth, reflecting the solution’s reliability and our successful partnership.”

“After reviewing the Checkmarx platform, I’m not sure how Veracode is able to exist while being at a similar price point.”

“Checkmarx’s execution is impressive; it’s brought all the products under one cloud platform.”

“By Far The Best AppSec Tooling Decision We Have Made!!”

“We were thrilled to find Checkmarx, which helped us improve the SLA for identifying and remediating risk, reduce risk and the number of vulnerabilities, and eliminate high- and medium-risk issues.”

“Checkmarx made security team and developers life easier.”

Market Technology Leadership

40%

of Fortune 100

1800+

Customers in 70 countries

75+

Languages 100+ frameworks

6X

Leader at Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing

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