Best alternative to Veracode

middleBrick is a self-service API security scanner designed as a practical alternative to heavyweight solutions such as Veracode. Submit a URL and receive a risk score from A to F with prioritized findings. The scanner operates as a black-box tool, requiring no agents, SDKs, or code access, and supports any language, framework, or cloud. Scan times remain under one minute using read-only methods, and sensitive production systems are never modified.

middleBrick maps findings to OWASP API Top 10 (2023), PCI-DSS 4.0, and SOC 2 Type II. Within these frameworks, the scanner detects 12 security categories, including authentication bypass, JWT misconfigurations such as alg=none or expired tokens, IDOR and BOLA via sequential ID probing, privilege escalation through admin endpoint discovery, and data exposure including PII, Luhn-validated card numbers, and API key formats for AWS, Stripe, GitHub, and Slack. Additional coverage includes CORS misconfigurations, dangerous HTTP methods, SSRF indicators, missing versioning, unsafe consumption surfaces, and LLM/AI security probes across tiered scan depths.

OpenAPI specifications are parsed in versions 3.0, 3.1, and Swagger 2.0, with recursive $ref resolution to cross-reference spec definitions against runtime behavior. This highlights undefined security schemes, deprecated operations, and missing pagination. The scanner also detects HTTPS redirect issues, HSTS, cookie flags, and mixed content to validate encryption controls.

Authenticated scanning is available starting with the Starter tier, supporting Bearer tokens, API keys, Basic auth, and cookies. Domain verification is enforced via DNS TXT records or an HTTP well-known file to ensure only domain owners can scan with credentials. Header forwarding is limited to Authorization, X-API-Key, Cookie, and X-Custom-* headers. All scanning is read-only, with destructive payloads never sent. Private IPs, localhost, and cloud metadata endpoints are blocked at multiple layers, and customer data is deletable on demand and never used for model training.

The Web Dashboard centralizes scans, reports, and score trend tracking, with branded compliance PDF downloads. The CLI, published as an npm package, supports commands such as middlebrick scan <url> with JSON or text output. A GitHub Action enables CI/CD gating, failing builds when scores drop below a defined threshold. An MCP Server allows scanning from AI coding assistants, and a programmatic API supports custom integrations.

Pro tier adds continuous monitoring with configurable reschedules every 6 hours, daily, weekly, or monthly. Diff detection highlights new findings, resolved issues, and score drift. Email alerts are rate-limited to one per hour per API, and HMAC-SHA256 signed webhooks can auto-disable after five consecutive failures. Enterprise tiers provide unlimited APIs, custom rules, SSO, audit logs, SLAs, and dedicated support.

middleBrick does not fix, patch, block, or remediate findings; it detects and reports with remediation guidance. It does not perform active SQL injection or command injection tests, which require intrusive payloads outside its scope. Business logic vulnerabilities are not detected, as they demand domain context best handled by human experts. Blind SSRF and many advanced prompt-injection techniques are also out of scope, and the tool does not replace a human pentester for high-stakes audits.