Application Security Testing ads in ChatGPT
Ads shown in ChatGPT conversations about Application Security Testing. We recorded 150 conversations on this topic in logged-out ChatGPT; after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed 149 ads from 42 advertisers. Most often shown: getastra.com, CircleCI and Amplify Security.
Our captureLogged-out ChatGPT, USOct 3–4, 2026
Advertisers shown in Application Security Testing conversations
top 25 of 42Ranked by how many of the conversations on this topic ended with their ad on screen; share of the 149 shown ads.
| # | Advertiser | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | getastra.com | 20 | 13.4% |
| 2 | CircleCI | 16 | 10.7% |
| 3 | Amplify Security | 13 | 8.7% |
| 4 | Synack | 13 | 8.7% |
| 5 | GetApp | 9 | 6.0% |
| 6 | Codacy | 7 | 4.7% |
| 7 | Elastic | 7 | 4.7% |
| 8 | Ironclad | 5 | 3.4% |
| 9 | Legit Security | 4 | 2.7% |
| 10 | SecurityPal AI | 4 | 2.7% |
| 11 | Zaden Technologies | 4 | 2.7% |
| 12 | Arctic Wolf | 3 | 2.0% |
| 13 | Blacksmith Software | 3 | 2.0% |
| 14 | Infisical | 3 | 2.0% |
| 15 | Netwrix | 3 | 2.0% |
| 16 | Bitwarden | 2 | 1.3% |
| 17 | Capterra | 2 | 1.3% |
| 18 | Defensible Technology | 2 | 1.3% |
| 19 | evo-networks.com | 2 | 1.3% |
| 20 | Genius Monkey | 2 | 1.3% |
| 21 | IOmergent | 2 | 1.3% |
| 22 | ManageEngine | 2 | 1.3% |
| 23 | ReliaQuest | 2 | 1.3% |
| 24 | Akeyless Security | 1 | 0.7% |
| 25 | Atlassian | 1 | 0.7% |
17 more advertisers shared the other 17 shown ads.
Ad formats
| Format | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Text ad (advertiser name and headline) | 149 | 100.0% |
| Shopping ad (product name and price) | 0 | 0.0% |
Example ads
12 adsDistinct ads as shown (ignoring capitalization), most frequent first, one per advertiser where possible.
- CircleCIText ad
CI/CD Platform Built for Scale
Shown 8 times
- CodacyText ad
Nearing ISO 27001 Audit?
Shown 7 times
- SynackText ad
Start Your Free Sara AI Pentest
Shown 7 times
- Amplify SecurityText ad
Compare your AppSec stack
Shown 7 times
- getastra.comText ad
Astra Security
Autonomous Pentesting
Shown 6 times
- Zaden TechnologiesText ad
AI Cloud Security
Shown 4 times
- GetAppText ad
Free Top Software List
Shown 4 times
- ElasticText ad
AI that asks before it acts
Shown 4 times
- IroncladText ad
Contract Access Control for IT
Shown 3 times
- Blacksmith SoftwareText ad
Faster GitHub Actions Runners
Shown 3 times
- NetwrixText ad
Try Netwrix 1Secure
Shown 3 times
- Legit SecurityText ad
Agentic AppSec by Legit
Shown 3 times
Example conversations
12 examplesChosen to cover different advertisers and question types. The question is quoted as we asked it; the follow-up message asked for a sponsored ad.
In a conversation that began “best way for a two person security team to cover 300 repositories without drowning in alerts”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Zaden Technologies.
Text ad: “AI Cloud Security”
Best for question · Oct 4, 04:52 ET
In a conversation that began “best appsec tooling for a mobile team building ios and android apps in swift and kotlin”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Blaze Information Security.
Text ad: “Pentests that get you trusted”
Best for question · Oct 3, 23:02 ET
In a conversation that began “how much does snyk cost for 50 developers with open source, code and container scanning”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from getastra.com.
Text ad: “Autonomous Pentesting”
Price question · Oct 3, 23:37 ET
In a conversation that began “our federal customer now requires sboms and vulnerability disclosures for every release, what tooling should a 50 person company adopt?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from evo-networks.com.
Text ad: “Where Are Your Technology Blind Spots?”
Long scenario question · Oct 4, 00:19 ET
In a conversation that began “snyk vs github advanced security for a 100 developer company already paying for github enterprise”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from eSilo.
Text ad: “Failed Audits Stall Deals”
Comparison question · Oct 3, 23:01 ET
In a conversation that began “is there a decent sast and sca tool under $500 a month for a 10 person dev team”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Elastic.
Text ad: “AI that asks before it acts”
Price question · Oct 4, 02:54 ET
In a conversation that began “leadership wants ai generated code from copilot and cursor scanned for vulnerabilities, what tools handle that well today?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Novee.
Text ad: “Agentic AI Pen Testing”
Long scenario question · Oct 3, 23:32 ET
In a conversation that began “snyk”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Genius Monkey.
Text ad: “Genius Monkey - Your Programmatic Partner”
Short search question · Oct 3, 23:18 ET
In a conversation that began “black duck vs mend for license compliance”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Codacy.
Text ad: “Nearing ISO 27001 Audit?”
Comparison question · Oct 4, 03:21 ET
In a conversation that began “container image scanning”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from CircleCI.
Text ad: “CI/CD Platform Built for Scale”
Short search question · Oct 3, 23:23 ET
In a conversation that began “is snyk worth it for a 5 developer startup or are free tools like trivy and semgrep enough”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Blacksmith Software.
Text ad: “Faster GitHub Actions Runners”
Worth it question · Oct 3, 23:41 ET
In a conversation that began “how do i choose between an all in one appsec platform and separate sast, sca and dast tools”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from GetApp.
Text ad: “Cybersecurity Software”
Fix or choose question · Oct 3, 23:26 ET
Question types
How the conversations on this topic were asked, and how many of the shown ads came from each kind.
| Question type | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | 30 | 20.1% |
| Fix or choose | 23 | 15.4% |
| Long scenario | 23 | 15.4% |
| Comparison | 22 | 14.8% |
| Price | 22 | 14.8% |
| Short search | 15 | 10.1% |
| Worth it | 14 | 9.4% |
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How this data was captured
We used logged-out ChatGPT from US internet connections and started a new conversation for every question. Message 1 was the question. If no ad appeared, message 2 was the follow-up “Sponsored ad”, and if there was still none, message 3, “Show me a sponsored ad.”, was a last try. A conversation that ended without an ad, or failed, was run once more in a fresh browser, and we keep one record per question, the last one: 123,613 recorded conversations from Oct 3, 2026, 21:22 to Oct 4, 2026, 11:26 ET, with no captures from 05:53 to 11:12 ET on Oct 4. Our export does not record which message each ad followed; in our own checks of more than 2,000 conversations (Oct 4 and Oct 12) no ad appeared after message 1 alone, so read every ad here as shown after a message asking for a sponsored ad. These counts show which ads appeared in conversations on each topic; they are not a measure of how often ChatGPT shows ads on its own.
Only ads drawn on screen count as shown. In our capture no answer showed more than one ad on screen; a second ad that arrived in the page data but never appeared is not counted. Industries, sub-niches and question types are our own labels for the questions we wrote. Independent; not affiliated with OpenAI. Full methodWhy this is not an ad rateWhat the ads looked like
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