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42Crunch API Security Platform

42crunch.com

apPosture API Security

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Figure42Crunch API Security PlatformapPosture API Security
Price from$9/mo$2.92/mo
Free planYes—
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYesYes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published1010
Spec score · API Security Software9.5 (#1)8.7 (#5)
ComplianceThe platform maps MCP security findings to NIST AI RMF, OWASP MCP Top 10, EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, and CSA AICM controls.API Security offers API-scoped compliance across seven frameworks and supports SARIF export.
DeploymentEnterprise deployment options listed by the maker are cloud, on-premises, and hybrid.Deployments run self-hosted through Docker Compose, in the customer’s cloud account or as a dedicated managed instance.
HeadquartersLondon, United KingdomBaku, Azerbaijan
IntegrationsDocumented integrations include CI/CD plugins, IDE extensions, SonarQube and a Postman collection.Supported source-control connections include GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, GitLab self-managed, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps.
Purpose42Crunch provides API security testing and runtime protection and extends its contract-driven governance to MCP servers used by AI agents.API Security inventories endpoints, scores risk on an A–F curve, surfaces toxic combinations, and compares declared API contracts with running APIs.
SupportThe Individual plan includes email support, Individual Pro includes community support, and enterprise pricing includes a dedicated support manager.Every license includes email support, documentation, security advisories and upgrade guidance; Enterprise adds a named technical contact and custom response SLA.
What it does42Crunch is a SaaS API-security platform covering definition auditing, live API scanning, runtime protection and monitoring.apPosture is a self-hosted application-security posture platform that discovers applications, APIs, code, dependencies, containers, Kubernetes, cloud accounts, infrastructure-as-code, secrets and AI/ML assets, then correlates results into one posture.

Plans

42Crunch API Security Platform

  • FreeFree
  • StarterFree
  • Individual$9 a month
  • Individual$9 a month
  • Individual Pro$20 a month
  • Individual Pro$20 a month
  • Team 10$349 a month
  • Team 25$599 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request
  • Enterprise API Security PlatformPriced on request

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apPosture API Security

  • API Security add-on$15 a month
  • Essentials$35 a year
  • Essentials$35 a month
  • Platform$70 a year
  • Platform$70 a month
  • Enterprise$90 a month
  • Enterprise$90 a year
  • Agentic Pentest uplift$600 a year
  • DAST target URL$900 a year
  • One-off engagement$900, paid once

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apPosture API Security

apPosture API Security inventories API endpoints, assigns risk priorities, and compares declared API contracts with running APIs. Its risk verdict combines whether an endpoint is public, handles sensitive data, and lacks provable authentication. Endpoint labels distinguish code-and-runtime provenance, source-only findings, and runtime-only observations. Discovery uses SAST attack-maps, DAST crawling, an attached OpenAPI specification, and external subdomain probing; listed coverage includes OpenAPI import, GraphQL, gRPC, HTTP/2, h2c, and REST. Teams can diff an OpenAPI specification against running endpoints to identify documented, shadow, declared-untested, and auth-drift states. Runtime correlation ingests existing access logs out of band rather than inline in the request path. The product supports API-scoped compliance across seven frameworks and SARIF export. It can run self-hosted, in a customer's cloud, or as a dedicated managed instance; self-hosted deployment uses a local LLM and needs no outbound connections after setup. The listed Essentials plan is $35 a year, billed at $35 / dev · mo annually, with a $2,000 / year minimum; API Security is an additional $15 / dev · mo. Platform is $70 a year, billed at $70 / dev · mo annually, with a $4,000 / year minimum. Enterprise is $90 a year, billed at $90 / dev · mo annually, with a $7,500 / year minimum. There is no free tier; each edition starts with the same 30-day proof of concept.

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