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Side-by-side comparison of Bright STAR, Contrast Protect
Product	Bright STAR by Bright Security View product	Contrast Protect by Contrast Security View product
Overview
What it is	Bright STAR: BOLA & SSRF detection and automated exploit validation. Built for automated dynamic security testing. Compare Application Security Testing alternatives.	Contrast Protect: inside-out application defense and zero-day exploit blocking. Built for production application defense. Compare Application Security alternatives.
Product type	Dynamic Application Security Testing & Remediation Engine	Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Solution
Best for	DevSecOps, Software Engineering Teams, High-Tech	Financial Services, Healthcare, E-Commerce, Insurance, Government, Retail & E-Commerce, Public Sector
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS; CI/CD Pipeline Plugin; Cloud Platform + Local Scanner Agent	Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; On-premises; Hybrid
Data residency	United States; Europe	United States; European Union
Key features
What it offers	Contextual dynamic vulnerability scanning Automated exploit validation BOLA & SSRF detection CI/CD quality gate enforcement Automated dynamic security testing Proof-of-concept exploit generation Rapid vulnerability remediation	Inside-out application defense Zero-day exploit blocking SQLi and command injection protection Contextual attack analysis SIEM/SOAR integration Low latency overhead Production application defense Zero-day exploit mitigation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Modern Web AppsCI/CD PipelinesGit Repositories	Production web serversCloud containersKubernetes microservicesServerless
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI DSS Requirement 6.6HIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	JenkinsAzure DevOpsJiraGitHubBugcrowd	SplunkDatadogSumo LogicIBM QRadarMicrosoft SentinelPagerDuty
Industries	DevSecOpsSoftware Engineering TeamsHigh-Tech	Financial ServicesHealthcareE-CommerceInsuranceGovernmentRetail & E-Commerce+1 more
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Bright Security	Contrast Security
Headquarters	San Rafael, California, USA	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Company size	51-200	501-1,000
Founded	2018	2014

Bright STAR

by Bright Security

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Contrast Protect

by Contrast Security

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Overview

What it is

Bright STAR

Bright STAR: BOLA & SSRF detection and automated exploit validation. Built for automated dynamic security testing. Compare Application Security Testing alternatives.

Contrast Protect

Contrast Protect: inside-out application defense and zero-day exploit blocking. Built for production application defense. Compare Application Security alternatives.

Product type

Bright STAR

Dynamic Application Security Testing & Remediation Engine

Contrast Protect

Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Solution

Best for

Bright STAR

DevSecOps, Software Engineering Teams, High-Tech

Contrast Protect

Financial Services, Healthcare, E-Commerce, Insurance, Government, Retail & E-Commerce, Public Sector

Pricing

Pricing model

Bright STAR

Contact Vendor

Contrast Protect

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Bright STAR

Contrast Protect

Deployment

Deployment options

Bright STAR

SaaSCloud

Contrast Protect

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Bright STAR

Cloud SaaS; CI/CD Pipeline Plugin; Cloud Platform + Local Scanner Agent

Contrast Protect

Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; On-premises; Hybrid

Data residency

Bright STAR

United States; Europe

Contrast Protect

United States; European Union

Key features

What it offers

Bright STAR

Contextual dynamic vulnerability scanning
Automated exploit validation
BOLA & SSRF detection
CI/CD quality gate enforcement
Automated dynamic security testing
Proof-of-concept exploit generation
Rapid vulnerability remediation

Contrast Protect

Inside-out application defense
Zero-day exploit blocking
SQLi and command injection protection
Contextual attack analysis
SIEM/SOAR integration
Low latency overhead
Production application defense
Zero-day exploit mitigation

Platform & access

API access

Bright STAR

Contrast Protect

Single sign-on (SSO)

Bright STAR

Contrast Protect

Role-based access (RBAC)

Bright STAR

Contrast Protect

Multi-tenant

Bright STAR

Contrast Protect

Mobile app

Bright STAR

Contrast Protect

Supported platforms

Bright STAR

Modern Web AppsCI/CD PipelinesGit Repositories

Contrast Protect

Production web serversCloud containersKubernetes microservicesServerless

Compliance

Bright STAR

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001

Contrast Protect

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI DSS Requirement 6.6HIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Bright STAR

JenkinsAzure DevOpsJiraGitHubBugcrowd

Contrast Protect

SplunkDatadogSumo LogicIBM QRadarMicrosoft SentinelPagerDuty

Industries

Bright STAR

DevSecOpsSoftware Engineering TeamsHigh-Tech

Contrast Protect

Financial ServicesHealthcareE-CommerceInsuranceGovernmentRetail & E-Commerce+1 more

Regions

Bright STAR

Global

Contrast Protect

Global

Vendor

Company

Bright STAR

Bright Security

Contrast Protect

Contrast Security

Headquarters

Bright STAR

San Rafael, California, USA

Contrast Protect

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company size

Bright STAR

51-200

Contrast Protect

501-1,000

Founded

Bright STAR

2018

Contrast Protect

2014