Pricing alternative to Noname Security

Noname Security positions itself as a specialized API security solution, which typically results in a higher per-api cost and constraints around scan methods. middleBrick offers a transparent pricing structure with four tiers and a clear feature set per tier.

• Free: zero cost, includes CLI access and 3 scans per month.
• Starter at 99 dollars per month: supports 15 APIs, monthly scans, web dashboard, email alerts, and MCP Server.
• Pro at 499 dollars per month: supports 100 APIs with additional APIs at 7 dollars each, continuous monitoring, GitHub Action gates, CI/CD integration, Slack or Teams alerts, compliance reports, and signed webhooks.
• Enterprise at 2000 dollars per month and above: unlimited APIs, custom rules, SSO, audit logs, SLA, and dedicated support.

When evaluating a pricing alternative to Noname Security, compare both the sticker price and the practical limits on scan methods. middleBrick focuses on read-only black-box scanning, which avoids the costs and overhead of maintaining agents or SDKs across your stacks.

Noname Security often emphasizes deep API runtime testing, which can require intrusive methods and detailed schema access. middleBrick takes a conservative, black-box approach that works without agents, SDKs, or code access.

• Scan time is under one minute per API.
• Only read-only methods are used: GET and HEAD, plus text-only POST for LLM probes.
• No fixes, patches, blocks, or remediation actions are performed; the tool detects and reports with remediation guidance.
• Active SQL injection or command injection testing is out of scope, as are blind SSRF techniques that require out-of-band infrastructure.
• Business logic vulnerabilities are not detected, as they require domain-specific human expertise.

This methodology reduces operational risk and complexity, making it suitable for environments where intrusive testing is restricted. The scanner validates controls mapped to frameworks such as PCI-DSS 4.0, SOC 2 Type II, and OWASP API Top 10 (2023), while helping you prepare for other security controls without claiming certification.

middleBrick maps findings directly to three primary frameworks: PCI-DSS 4.0, SOC 2 Type II, and OWASP API Top 10 (2023). For other regulations, it aligns with security controls described in HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, NIST, CCPA, NIS2, DORA, FedRAMP, DPDP, APPI, PDPA, PIPEDA, PIPA, UK DPA, LGPD, SOX, GLBA, and FERPA by surfacing findings relevant to audit evidence.

• Authentication checks include multi-method bypass, JWT misconfigurations such as alg=none or HS256, expired tokens, missing claims, and sensitive data in claims.
• BOLA and IDOR detection covers sequential ID enumeration and active adjacent-ID probing.
• BFLA and privilege escalation testing includes admin endpoint probing and role or permission field leakage.
• Property authorization reviews focus on over-exposure, internal field leakage, and mass-assignment surface.
• Input validation flags CORS wildcard usage with and without credentials, dangerous HTTP methods, and debug endpoints.
• Rate limiting and resource consumption detection includes rate-limit header analysis, oversized responses, and unpaginated arrays.
• Data exposure identifies PII patterns such as email and context-aware SSN, API key formats for AWS, Stripe, GitHub, and Slack, and error or stack-trace leakage.
• Encryption checks cover HTTPS redirect, HSTS, cookie flags, and mixed content.
• SSRF detection targets URL-accepting parameters and body fields, internal IP detection, and active IP-bypass probes.
• LLM and AI security includes 18 adversarial probes across Quick, Standard, and Deep tiers, addressing system prompt extraction, instruction override, jailbreak techniques, data exfiltration, token smuggling, and nested instruction injection.

OpenAPI analysis supports versions 3.0, 3.1, and Swagger 2.0 with recursive $ref resolution, cross-referencing spec definitions against runtime findings for undefined security schemes, sensitive fields, deprecated operations, and missing pagination.

For authenticated scans at the Starter tier and above, middleBrick supports Bearer tokens, API keys, Basic auth, and cookies. A domain verification gate using DNS TXT records or an HTTP well-known file ensures only the domain owner can scan with credentials.

• Header allowlist is restrictive: only Authorization, X-API-Key, Cookie, and X-Custom-* headers are forwarded.
• Private IPs, localhost, and cloud metadata endpoints are blocked at three layers to prevent accidental internal probing.
• Customer scan data is deletable on demand and purged within 30 days of cancellation; data is never sold or used for model training.

These controls help teams adopt a cautious scanning posture while meeting requirements related to security controls described in various standards. The tool does not replace a human pentester for high-stakes audits, and it does not perform active exploitation.

middleBrick provides multiple consumption models and integrations to fit different workflows. Continuous monitoring in the Pro tier reduces manual overhead by handling recurring assessments and change detection.

• Web Dashboard for scan management, report viewing, score trend tracking, and downloadable branded compliance PDFs.
• CLI via the middlebrick npm package with command such as middlebrick scan https://api.example.com, offering JSON or text output.
• GitHub Action that acts as a CI/CD gate, failing the build when the score drops below a chosen threshold.
• MCP Server for use with AI coding assistants such as Claude or Cursor.
• Programmatic API client for custom integrations.
• Pro tier scheduled rescans every 6 hours, daily, weekly, or monthly, with diff detection for new findings, resolved findings, and score drift.
• Email alerts rate-limited to 1 per hour per API, and HMAC-SHA256 signed webhooks that auto-disable after 5 consecutive failures.

By focusing on read-only detection and clear pricing, this scanning alternative helps teams manage risk without the overhead of agent-based solutions or claims of guaranteed compliance.