# Akto vs APIsec

| Attribute | Akto | APIsec |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 21.6 (15% (low)) | 60.1 (26% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` |
| description.long | Akto helps enterprise security teams gain visibility into AI agent deployments, MCPs, and API usage across workstations and infrastructure. It continuously identifies risks, runs automated security testing, and enforces policies to prevent unauthorized or dangerous AI tool usage. | A security testing platform that discovers all an organization's APIs, builds a model of their business logic and access controls, automatically generates targeted attacks, and provides proof of what attackers can actually exploit. |
| integrations.count | 200 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"Azure AI Foundry"},{"name":"Google Vertex AI"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"IBM Watsonx"},{"name":"LiteLLM"},{"name":"Copilot Studio"},{"name":"Langchain"},{"name":"n8n"},{"name":"TrueFoundry"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Arcade"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Gemini"},{"name":"Llama"},{"name":"DeepSeek"},{"name":"Grok"},{"name":"Portkey"},{"name":"Kong"},{"name":"F5"},{"name":"Azure API Gateway"},{"name":"Apigee"},{"name":"Mulesoft"},{"name":"Istio"},{"name":"NGINX"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Envoy"},{"name":"GitHub Copilot"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"VSCode"},{"name":"IntelliJ"},{"name":"Neovim"},{"name":"CrowdStrike"},{"name":"SentinelOne"},{"name":"Microsoft Defender"},{"name":"Zscaler"},{"name":"Cloudflare WARP"},{"name":"Chrome Extension"},{"name":"Firefox Extension"},{"name":"Safari Extension"},{"name":"Ollama"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"vLLM"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS ECS"},{"name":"AWS EKS"},{"name":"Google Cloud Run"}]` | `[{"name":"Postman"},{"name":"SwaggerHub"},{"name":"Insomnia"},{"name":"AWS API Gateway"},{"name":"Google Cloud Endpoints"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"quote","summary":"Usage-based enterprise pricing. Available as open-source or cloud/self-hosted paid tiers—pricing by request.","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.akto.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:22:44.468Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0 forever","features":["Public API testing","Basic test simulations","Community support","Dashboard access"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Test and explore the platform with public APIs, no credit card required","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"scope":"public APIs"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$690/month or $8,275/year per 100 endpoints","features":["Continuous automated validation","Business-logic attack testing (BOLA, RBAC)","Continuous API testing","Team collaboration","Dedicated support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":690,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":8275,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Continuous automated API security validation for teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"scope":"per 100 endpoints"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$2,750/month or $33,075/year per 100 endpoints","features":["All Standard features","Full CI/CD and ticketing integrations","Custom attack simulations","Advanced reporting and SLAs","White-glove onboarding","Premium support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":2750,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":33075,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enterprise-grade platform with full CI/CD integration and advanced testing","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"scope":"per 100 endpoints"}},{"free":false,"name":"Bug Bounty","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Certified expert reports","Manual and ad-hoc deep dives","Private and public API testing","Authentication testing support"],"description":"Expert-led continuous security testing with manual and automated validation","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Standard plan from $690/month per 100 endpoints. Pro plan at $2,750/month per 100 endpoints. Custom enterprise and bug bounty pricing available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.apisec.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:19:22.251Z","startingPrice":{"amount":690,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | quote | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | high |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |

## Capabilities (API Security)

| Capability | Akto | APIsec |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| Shadow zombie API discovery | - | - |
| Pii phi data classification | - | - |
| Bola idor vulnerability detection | - | - |
| Openapi swagger schema validation | - | - |
| Ci cd shift left testing | - | - |
| Ebpf kubernetes traffic capture | - | - |
| Automated threat blocking remediation | - | - |
| Owasp API top 10 coverage | - | - |
| Graphql grpc support | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| ISO 27001 | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:55:48.769Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*