APIsec

APIsec is a cloud-based API security tools platform that uses AI to run continuous penetration tests against your APIs. It generates attack scenarios based on your API specification, then executes them against live endpoints to find vulnerabilities that static scanners miss.

APIsec is trusted by 5,000+ organizations. Customer logos on the APIsec website include Nike, FedEx, PayPal, Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, Home Depot, Bank of America, Tesla, Coca-Cola, and Cigna. APIsec claims 80% of Fortune 100 organizations use the platform.

What is APIsec?

APIsec provides automated API penetration testing through a cloud-delivered platform. You upload an API specification (OpenAPI, Swagger, Postman, or RAML), and the platform learns your API’s behavior. It then generates and executes attack scenarios designed to find security weaknesses, including business logic flaws that generic scanners overlook.

It operates in a zero-touch model. No agents, no code instrumentation, no direct network access to your infrastructure. Tests run from APIsec’s cloud against your publicly accessible or staging endpoints. For internal APIs, APIsec offers hosted agents deployed via Docker containers that communicate with the control plane over SSL.

Key Features

Protocol and specification support

APIsec accepts API definitions in multiple formats:

• OpenAPI/Swagger — Full REST API testing including path parameters, query strings, and request bodies
• GraphQL — Mutation and query testing with introspection-based discovery
• SOAP — WSDL-based testing for legacy web services
• RAML — RESTful API Modeling Language support
• Postman — Import directly from Postman collections

Security playbooks

APIsec ships over 1,200 security playbooks. These are pre-built attack sequences covering the OWASP API Top 10 and beyond. APIsec also supports custom payloads across four categories: Default, Injection, Stored Injection, and ABAC (Attribute-Based Access Control).

Teams can create and edit their own playbooks through the configurations panel, and back them up to Git repositories for version control.

Vulnerability management

When APIsec finds a vulnerability, it creates verified findings with proof and remediation details. Vulnerability lifecycle management is automated through integrations with issue trackers:

• Jira — Creates issues with severity-based priority mapping
• GitHub — Links findings to repository issues
• Trello — Creates cards for vulnerability tracking

Compliance reporting

APIsec generates audit-ready reports mapped to compliance frameworks:

• PCI DSS
• HIPAA
• GDPR
• SOC 2
• ISO 27001

Reports can be exported to AWS S3, GCP, or Azure. Monthly reports are sent automatically at the start of each month.

Integrations

API Gateways

Apigee

Azure API Management

AWS Gateway

Mulesoft

CI/CD Platforms

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure Pipelines

AWS CodePipeline

Issue Trackers

Jira

GitHub

Trello

SSO Providers

Okta

Azure AD

JumpCloud

APIsec also integrates with Slack for notifications and scan reports, and supports Git-based backup for playbooks and project configurations.

Getting started

Pricing

APIsec prices by 100-endpoint increments. Four tiers are available:

• Free ($0) — Public API testing, basic test simulations, community support. No credit card required.
• Pen Test (custom pricing) — Certified penetration test reports, manual and ad-hoc testing, private and public API support, authentication support.
• Standard ($650/month) — Continuous automated testing, business logic attack detection (BOLA, RBAC), team collaboration, dedicated support.
• Pro ($2,600/month) — Full CI/CD and ticketing integrations, custom attack simulations, advanced reporting and SLAs, white-glove onboarding, premium support.

Monthly subscriptions are cancellable anytime. No per-integration charges. No limits on number of applications tested per endpoint tier.

When to use APIsec

APIsec fits teams that need automated API penetration testing without hiring dedicated pentesters. It works well when:

• Your APIs are REST, GraphQL, or SOAP-based and you have specifications available
• You need business logic vulnerability testing beyond generic injection scans
• You run APIs in cloud environments and want a zero-touch testing model
• Compliance reporting for PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, or ISO 27001 is required
• You want continuous testing integrated into CI/CD across any of 10 supported platforms

Consider alternatives if:

• You need runtime API protection and blocking (APIsec is testing-focused, not a WAF or gateway)
• Your APIs are only accessible from isolated internal networks with no way to deploy hosted scanners
• You prefer open-source tools with fully self-hosted infrastructure
• You need to test APIs before deployment — APIsec tests running endpoints

For runtime API protection, look at tools like Salt Security or Wallarm. APIsec fills the gap between basic vulnerability scanning and expensive manual penetration testing.

APIsec University and community

APIsec runs APIsec University, a free education platform with courses and certifications on API security. The community includes over 120,000 AppSec professionals, with a 15,000+ member Discord server for peer support. APIsec also hosts APIsec|CON, an annual conference focused on API security.

Frequently Asked Questions