APIPosture vs Haltdos

APIPosture is a self-hosted static source-code analysis tool for identifying potential API security and configuration issues. The maker says scans run locally on a machine or CI/CD runner, with code, findings, and project data not sent to external servers. Its free Community Edition is an open-source CLI with eight authorization rules, AP001–AP008, covering issues such as unintended public access and missing authorization on writes. Supported languages include.NET, Go, Python, Node.js, Java, and PHP, with frameworks including ASP.NET Core, FastAPI, Express, Spring Boot, and Laravel. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps integrations include an option to fail builds when critical vulnerabilities are detected. Pro adds OWASP Top 10 rules, deep source and file scanning, and more than 30 secrets detection patterns. Pro Solo costs $9 a month, billed annually at $108/year. Automated analysis does not guarantee detection of every vulnerability or security issue. Bug reports go through GitHub issues and feature requests through GitHub Discussions.

Haltdos provides security and delivery solutions for web applications and APIs across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. Its Enterprise WAF protects websites and APIs against OWASP Top 10 attacks, known vulnerabilities, and zero-day vulnerabilities. It includes more than 4,000 signatures, machine-learning-based zero-day protection, file-upload antivirus scanning and sandboxing, and DDoS protection from Layer 3 to Layer 7. An API gateway provides authentication, rate limiting, transformation, and observability. Bot controls include detection and mitigation, device fingerprinting, mobile SDK protection, JavaScript and CAPTCHA challenges, and deception technology. Enterprise WAF also lists incident logging, analytics and dashboards, SIEM integration, and PCI compliance reporting. Deployment options include SaaS, virtual, hardware, and MSSP, with on-premise and public- or private-cloud deployment. Community WAF runs on a VM, Docker, or hardware and requires at least 2 GB RAM, 60 GB disk space, and 2 vCPU cores. Community WAF is free for one website and one security profile. Professional WAF costs $30 a month, billed at the end of each monthly billing period based on requests processed; the first 100K requests are free.