Best alternative to Detectify
What middleBrick covers
- Black-box scanning with no agents or SDK dependencies
- Risk score A–F with prioritized findings
- OpenAPI 3.0/3.1 and Swagger 2.0 parsing with $ref resolution
- LLM adversarial probes across Quick, Standard, and Deep tiers
- Authenticated scans with header allowlisting
- CI/CD integration and continuous monitoring options
Best alternative to Detectify
For teams that want a self-service scanner without an agent, the best alternative to Detectify is a black-box API security scanner that submits read-only requests and returns a standardized risk score. Unlike Detectify, which relies on a fixed set of templates, this approach combines OpenAPI spec analysis with runtime probing to surface misconfigurations without requiring code access or SDK integration. The scanner completes in under a minute and supports any language or framework, making it suitable for heterogeneous environments where Detectify coverage may be limited.
Detection approach and coverage
The scanner performs black-box testing using GET and HEAD methods, with text-only POST for LLM probes, and never delivers destructive payloads. It checks 12 categories aligned to the OWASP API Top 10 (2023), including authentication bypass, broken object level authorization (BOLA), broken function level authorization (BFLA), property authorization over-exposure, input validation, rate limiting, data exposure, encryption, SSRF, inventory management, unsafe consumption, and LLM/AI security. Each finding includes a risk score from A to F and prioritized remediation guidance, enabling teams to triage issues based on exploitability and impact.
OpenAPI and authenticated scanning
The tool parses OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and Swagger 2.0 files and resolves recursive $ref references to cross-check spec definitions against runtime behavior. It flags undefined security schemes, deprecated operations, missing pagination, and sensitive field exposure in the spec. For authenticated scans, Bearer tokens, API keys, Basic auth, and cookies are supported after domain verification via DNS TXT record or an HTTP well-known file. Only a restricted allowlist of headers is forwarded, ensuring that credentials do not leak to unrelated services.
Product features and integrations
The Web Dashboard centralizes scans, score trends, and report downloads with branded compliance PDFs. The CLI, published as an npm package, supports commands such as middlebrick scan <url> with JSON or text output for scripting. A GitHub Action can gate CI/CD pipelines, failing builds when the score drops below a defined threshold. An MCP server enables scanning from AI coding assistants, and a programmable API supports custom integrations. Continuous monitoring in higher tiers provides scheduled rescans, diff detection, email alerts rate-limited to one per hour, and signed webhooks with auto-disable after repeated failures.
Compliance mapping and limitations
The scanner maps findings to PCI-DSS 4.0, SOC 2 Type II, and OWASP API Top 10 (2023), using direct language such as maps findings to and validates controls from for these frameworks. For other standards, the tool helps you prepare for audits and aligns with security controls described in relevant guidelines, but it does not certify, guarantee compliance, or claim compliance with any regulation. It does not perform active SQL injection or command injection testing, detect business logic flaws, or conduct blind SSRF testing, and it should not replace a human pentester for high-stakes assessments.