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title: Gartner 2021 Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing - Checkmarx
description: Checkmarx has been named a Leader for four consecutive years in the Gartner 2021 Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing (AST)!
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##### Analyst Report

#### Checkmarx is a Leader, Four Years Running

# 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant

### for Application Security Testing

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#### We’re proud to be a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing again in 2021. See how the AST market continues to evolve by reading the new Gartner Magic Quadrant report.

#### Download the May 2021 report, with our compliments, and find out:

- Why Gartner recognized Checkmarx in the Leaders quadrant again this year
- How Checkmarx compares among application security competitors
- Whether your organization has the right solutions in place to reduce software risk

Checkmarx Application Security Testing software is used by more than 40 of the Fortune 100 and government organizations around the world.

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### Customer Recognition

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#### Excellent SAST Tool

 Last Updated: February 11, 2021

Overall the usage of Checkmarx has been a great experience. The tool and the rate of development has kept pace with the advances in modern software development. There is a lot to like, the tool is both very capable and configurable.

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 — AppSec Lead, Retail

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[https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/application-security-testing/vendor/checkmarx/product/cxsast-on-premises/review/view/3534908](https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/application-security-testing/vendor/checkmarx/product/cxsast-on-premises/review/view/3534908)

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Checkmarx is the global leader in software security solutions for modern enterprise software development. Checkmarx delivers the industry’s most comprehensive Software Security Platform that unifies with DevOps and provides static and interactive application security testing, software composition analysis and developer AppSec awareness and training programs to reduce and remediate risk from software vulnerabilities. Checkmarx is trusted by more than 40 percent of the Fortune 100 and half of the Fortune 50, including leading organizations such as SAP, Samsung and Salesforce.com.

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