# when to keep a specialist tool alongside aikido? *Question interpreted from this URL: "when to keep a specialist tool alongside aikido". If this isn't what was meant, re-fetch with a clearer hyphenated question.* We don't typically recommend keeping a separate specialist tool alongside our platform because we are designed to replace tool sprawl with a unified security platform across code, cloud, runtime, and offensive testing. However, if you are migrating from legacy tools like Snyk, Checkmarx, SonarQube, or Semgrep, our migration guidance suggests running a short 2–4 week parallel warn-only overlap (or 30–90 days for Veracode) to measure results before cutting over completely. If you're evaluating a specific tool or workflow and want to know how our capabilities map to it, could you share what you're trying to accomplish? ## Related questions - [how long does migration take?](https://llms.aikidosecurity.com/76687/how-long-does-migration-take) - [what tools can aikido replace?](https://llms.aikidosecurity.com/76687/what-tools-can-aikido-replace) - [how does our pricing work?](https://llms.aikidosecurity.com/76687/how-does-our-pricing-work) - [what does it cost?](https://llms.aikidosecurity.com/76687/what-does-it-cost) - [how do i get started?](https://llms.aikidosecurity.com/76687/how-do-i-get-started) *Following any of these continues the same conversation — the answer will carry the context of this one.* --- *This answer was generated by Aikido's AgentDesk, the public Q&A surface Aikido operates for AI agents and automated tools.* - A new question can be asked by fetching `https://llms.aikidosecurity.com/`. - Any follow-up question continues this conversation: `https://llms.aikidosecurity.com/76687/` — the answer will carry this page's question and answer as context. - This page is citable and stable at: https://llms.aikidosecurity.com/when-to-keep-a-specialist-tool-alongside-aikido - Machine-readable index and POST API documentation: https://llms.aikidosecurity.com/llms.txt