AquilaX API Security Scanner vs Bright Security DAST

AquilaX API Security Scanner analyzes API specifications and probes running endpoints for security weaknesses. Its checks target the OWASP API Security Top 10, including broken authentication, object-level authorization problems, mass assignment, excessive data exposure, and rate-limiting gaps. Supported inputs include OpenAPI 3.x, Swagger 2.0, GraphQL schemas, gRPC/Protobuf, Postman collections, discovered URLs, REST APIs, and webhook endpoints. The API scanner is available on Premium and Ultimate; all plans include unlimited scans without scan quotas or per-scan fees. AquilaX lists more than 50 integrations, including GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Slack, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, and REST API access. CI/CD and IDE connections include GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure Pipelines, CircleCI, Bitbucket Pipelines, TeamCity, VS Code, and JetBrains IDEs. On-premises deployment supports Docker and Docker Compose, air-gapped environments, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or RHEL 9, and data sovereignty. AquilaX says source code is processed in isolated temporary environments, with only security findings retained and scan containers destroyed after analysis. It states that data in transit uses TLS 1.3 and stored findings and metadata use AES-256 encryption. Premium costs $19 a month per developer; Ultimate costs $99 a month per developer.

Bright Security DAST is a dynamic application security testing tool offered as SaaS. It tests websites, web applications, APIs including REST, SOAP, and GraphQL, servers, and network devices; it also tests mobile applications on the server side. Checks include SQL injection, CSRF, XSS, XXE, and business logic vulnerabilities. Bright says it validates findings in real time and does not report issues it cannot validate, with less than 3% false positives among its verified findings. Target discovery can use a crawler, HAR recording, or GraphQL and OpenAPI schemas. Authentication objects let scans reach login-protected application and API resources. Teams can initiate scans from CI/CD pipelines and control them through the CLI or REST API without using the interface. The CLI's Repeater mode routes requests to local targets without exposing them to the internet. Bright lists SaaS, private cloud, and Repeater proxy deployment options. Scan quantity is unlimited, but the number of concurrent scans depends on the organization's engine count. Bright says scan data is held in memory temporarily and deleted after scanning. The tool cannot handle CAPTCHA during scans. Pricing is available on request, with a demo offered.