---
id: 7600
title: "When to use SAST versus an LLM security scanner"
source_domain: about.gitlab.com
source_url: "https://about.gitlab.com/blog/sast-vs-llm-security-scanner/"
published_at: "2026-09-16T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["ai-security", "appsec", "devsecops", "code-review", "sast", "llm", "vulnerability-scanning"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7600"
lang: en
---

# When to use SAST versus an LLM security scanner

## Summary

AI-based review and SAST catch different classes of bugs and both have benefits. Here's how to decide which one runs where, and when your team needs both.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** about.gitlab.com
- **Published:** 2026-09-16T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://about.gitlab.com/blog/sast-vs-llm-security-scanner/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7600