Pricing alternative to StackHawk

StackHawk positions itself as a developer-friendly scanner but can become expensive as API counts grow. The free tier provides three scans per month and command-line access with no dashboard or monitoring. The starter tier at ninety-nine dollars per month supports fifteen APIs, scheduled monthly scans, basic alerting, and an MCP server for AI-assisted workflows. The pro tier at four hundred ninety-nine dollars per month scales to one hundred monitored APIs, with deeper integration options and continuous monitoring. An enterprise tier at two thousand dollars per month adds unlimited APIs, custom rules, and audit logging for regulated environments.

Each paid tier adds incremental capabilities rather than requiring a platform migration. The starter plan includes a web dashboard for scan results, monthly automated runs, email notifications for new findings, and the ability to download compliance reports. The pro plan adds scheduled rescans at shorter intervals, diff detection that highlights new or resolved issues, Slack and Teams alerting, GitHub Action integration that can block merges, and signed compliance documentation. The enterprise plan supports single sign-on, detailed audit trails, dedicated support, and custom scanning profiles tailored to your environment.

Beyond the monthly rate, consider how many APIs you need to monitor to calculate total cost of ownership. Under the pro plan, each API beyond one hundred adds seven dollars, which can scale quickly for large portfolios. The free tier removes budget overhead but limits scans and offers no central visibility, which can increase manual effort. A GitHub Action gate in the pro tier can reduce remediation costs by catching issues earlier in the development lifecycle. Factor in administrative time for managing alerts, downloading reports, and integrating the scanner into existing pipelines when comparing alternatives.

middleBrick maps findings to three well-established frameworks including PCI-DSS 4.0, SOC 2 Type II, and OWASP API Top 10 2023. It detects issues such as authentication bypass, JWT misconfigurations, broken object level authorization, and sensitive data exposure like PII and API key patterns. The scanner also surfaces items relevant to audit evidence under SOC 2 and supports controls described in PCI-DSS and OWASP API Top 10. It does not claim certification or compliance, and it does not replace a formal audit by a qualified assessor.

The scanner performs black-box testing using only read-only methods such as GET and HEAD, with text-only POST for LLM probes. It blocks requests to private IP ranges, localhost, and cloud metadata endpoints at multiple layers. Customer data is deletable on demand and purged within thirty days of cancellation, and it is never sold or used for model training. Because the tool reports findings rather than applying fixes, development teams must still apply patches and validate outcomes through their own processes.