Pricing alternative to Qualys

Qualys typically bundles compliance modules and long-term contracts that add fixed overhead regardless of usage. middleBrick pricing is usage-aligned with no mandatory bundles, separating scanning, monitoring, and integration features across tiers.

Starter at 99 USD per month supports fifteen APIs with scheduled monthly scans, dashboard access, and email alerts. Pro at 499 USD per month adds continuous monitoring for up to one hundred APIs, with additional APIs billed at 7 USD each. Enterprise at 2000 USD per month provides unlimited APIs, custom rules, and dedicated support. Free tier allows three scans per month with CLI access, enabling initial evaluation without commitment.

For teams priced out of Qualys, the absence of long-term contracts and per-asset fees reduces upfront risk. Cost predictability comes from clear per-tier caps and additive overage pricing, avoiding surprise license renewals or hidden compliance module charges.

Each tier is designed around specific workflow needs rather than feature gating for compliance paperwork. All paid tiers include dashboard, reporting, and email alerts, while higher tiers add automation and pipeline controls.

• Starter: monthly scans, dashboard, email alerts, MCP Server, CLI, and JSON output.
• Pro: continuous monitoring with configurable intervals, diff detection, HMAC-SHA256 signed webhooks, GitHub Action as a CI/CD gate, and Slack or Teams alerts.
• Enterprise: unlimited APIs, custom rules, SSO, audit logs, SLA, and dedicated support.

Integrations span CLI (`middlebrick scan ` with JSON or text output), GitHub Actions for CI/CD gating that fails builds on score degradation, and an MCP server for AI coding assistants. An API client enables custom tooling and direct integration into existing workflows.

The scanner operates as a black-box tool performing only read-only methods such as GET and HEAD, with text-only POST reserved for LLM probes. Destructive payloads are never sent, and private IPs, localhost, and cloud metadata endpoints are blocked at multiple layers.

Authenticated scanning requires domain verification through DNS TXT records or HTTP well-known files, ensuring that only the domain owner can submit credentials. Header forwarding is limited to Authorization, X-API-Key, Cookie, and X-Custom-* headers, minimizing unintended exposure.

Customer data is deletable on demand and purged within 30 days of cancellation. It is never sold and is not used for model training, which supports internal data governance policies without claiming external certifications.

middleBrick maps findings directly to three frameworks: PCI-DSS 4.0, SOC 2 Type II, and OWASP API Top 10 (2023). For other regulations, the product supports audit evidence for controls described in HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, NIST, CCPA, NIS2, DORA, FedRAMP, DPDP, APPI, PDPA, PIPEDA, PIPA, UK DPA, LGPD, SOX, GLBA, and FERPA through alignment language only.

Each scan highlights authentication misconfigurations such as JWT alg=none or expired tokens, BOLA and BFLA risks via ID enumeration and role leakage, data exposure including Luhn-validated card patterns and API key formats, and LLM-specific adversarial probes across tiered scan depths. These outputs can be exported as branded compliance PDFs to support audit documentation.

It is important to note that middleBrick is a scanning tool and not an auditor; it cannot certify compliance or guarantee adherence to any regulatory framework.

Scan duration is under one minute for most endpoints, making it suitable for frequent monitoring without blocking development pipelines. Continuous monitoring can trigger rescans on schedules ranging from every six hours to monthly, with diff detection highlighting new findings, resolved items, and score drift.

• It does not fix, patch, block, or remediate findings; it reports with remediation guidance.
• It does not perform active SQL injection or command injection testing.
• It does not detect business logic vulnerabilities or blind SSRF, which require domain context and out-of-band infrastructure.

For high-stakes audits, it should complement rather than replace human penetration testing. The scanner focuses on technical detections and does not attempt to exploit or modify backend systems, maintaining a conservative scope that matches its design as a non-intrusive assessment tool.