middleBrick vs Burp Suite
What middleBrick covers
- Black-box scanning with under-one-minute completion
- Detection aligned to OWASP API Top 10 (2023), PCI-DSS, SOC 2
- Authenticated scanning with header allowlist and domain verification
- Automated monitoring with diff detection and signed webhooks
- CI/CD integration via GitHub Action and MCP Server
- Tiered pricing from free to enterprise with data deletion guarantees
Scope and testing approach
middleBrick is a black-box API security scanner that submits requests to a live endpoint and analyzes responses. It requires no agents, SDKs, or code access and supports any language, framework, or cloud. Scans complete in under a minute using read-only methods plus text-only POST for LLM probes. Burp Suite is a multi-purpose platform that includes intercepting proxy, crawler, and scanner workbenches. Its tools support both black-box and grey-box testing, but effective scanning often requires manual setup, configuration, and sometimes authenticated workflows.
Detection coverage and compliance mapping
middleBrick detects 12 categories aligned to OWASP API Top 10 (2023), including authentication bypass, BOLA and BFLA, property authorization, input validation, rate limiting, data exposure, encryption issues, SSRF, inventory management, unsafe consumption, and LLM/AI security. Findings map directly to PCI-DSS 4.0, SOC 2 Type II, and OWASP API Top 10 (2023). Burp Suite provides extensible tools and a wide plugin ecosystem; coverage varies by edition and active configuration. It supports many checks aligned to the same frameworks, but coverage depends on which features and plugins are enabled.
Authenticated scanning and security posture
middleBrick authenticated scanning (Starter tier and above) supports Bearer, API key, Basic auth, and Cookie. Domain verification via DNS TXT record or HTTP well-known file ensures only the domain owner can scan with credentials. Header forwarding is limited to Authorization, X-API-Key, Cookie, and X-Custom-* for safety. Burp Suite supports authenticated sessions and a broad set of auth methods, including OAuth flows, but configuration complexity is higher. middleBrick blocks private IPs, localhost, and cloud metadata endpoints at multiple layers, and destructive payloads are never sent.
Operational model, integrations, and monitoring
middleBrick offers a Web Dashboard for scans and score trends, a CLI via an npm package, a GitHub Action for CI/CD gating, an MCP Server for AI coding assistants, and an API for custom integrations. Continuous monitoring (Pro tier) includes scheduled rescans, diff detection, hourly rate-limited email alerts, and HMAC-SHA256 signed webhooks with auto-disable after five consecutive failures. Burp Suite provides extensive integrations via its native app and REST API, with broad ecosystem support. Its scanning and workflow features require more manual orchestration compared to middleBrick’s managed monitoring and CI/CD-focused automation.
Pricing and target user
middleBrick pricing is usage-based. The Free tier allows 3 scans per month with CLI access. Starter at 99 USD per month covers 15 APIs, monthly scans, dashboard, email alerts, and MCP Server. Pro at 499 USD per month supports 100 APIs with continuous monitoring, GitHub Action gates, and compliance reports. Enterprise at 2000 USD per month adds unlimited APIs, custom rules, SSO, and dedicated support. Burp Suite typically requires per-seat or per-scanner licensing with varied feature sets across Community, Professional, and Enterprise editions. Target users for middleBrick are teams seeking automated, low-friction API security gates; Burp Suite serves broader application security workflows that may include deep manual testing.