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Akto API Security

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Looking for API Security software? Akto API Security by Akto provides BOLA/IDOR detection for shadow API discovery. Compare features and alternatives.

Product Type
Developer-First API Security Testing & Inventory Platform
Deployment
SaaS / Cloud / Hybrid / On-Premise
Industries
5+ industries
Regions
Global
Free Trial
Yes
Pricing
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About Akto API Security

Akto API Security is an open-source and enterprise-grade API security platform designed to discover, test, and protect modern APIs across cloud-native architectures and microservices environments. As enterprises increasingly build application logic around REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs, undocumented shadow APIs and business logic vulnerabilities have become primary targets for cyber adversaries. Akto automatically discovers an organization's complete API inventory by inspecting network traffic, cloud gateways, and API proxies, generating a comprehensive, real-time catalog of all active API endpoints, sensitive data parameters, and authentication methods. The platform features an automated API security testing engine with over 500 built-in test templates covering the OWASP API Security Top 10 vulnerabilities, including Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA/IDOR), Broken Authentication, Mass Assignment, and SSRF. Akto integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins, enabling development teams to run automated security regression tests on every pull request before APIs are published to production. By combining continuous API discovery, automated vulnerability testing, and developer-first remediation guidance, Akto empowers engineering and security teams to build resilient API architectures and prevent costly data breaches.

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Where Akto API Security is ranked

Featured in 1 Cyber Rank ranking.

Key Features

5 capabilities that Akto API Security offers.

Automated API inventory discovery

OWASP API Top 10 vulnerability testing

BOLA/IDOR detection

CI/CD security integration

Sensitive data parameter tracking

Use Cases

Shadow API discovery
BOLA testing in CI/CD
Automated API vulnerability testing
Sensitive data exposure prevention

Industries Served

Akto API Security is used across 5+ industries.

Technology
Financial Services
E-Commerce
Telecommunications
Healthcare

Regions

Global

Integrations

Works with the tools teams already use

GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Jenkins
AWS API Gateway
Postman
Slack
Jira

Deployment Options

Flexible deployment to meet your needs

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Platform & Access

What Akto API Security supports, at a glance.

  • API accessYes
  • Single sign-on (SSO)Yes
  • Role-based access (RBAC)Yes
  • Multi-tenantYes
  • Mobile appNo

Security & Compliance

Standards, regulations, and frameworks this product aligns with.

  • SOCSOC 2
  • ISOISO 27001
  • GDPRGDPR
  • OWASPOWASP
Supported platforms
REST APIsGraphQLGRPCCloud API GatewaysMicroservices
Operating systems
OS-Independent Cloud SaaSDocker / Kubernetes for Self-Hosted
Browser support
Modern web browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari)
Languages supported
English
Data residency
United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Deployment details
Cloud SaaS; Hybrid; Self-hosted; Cloud SaaS; Hybrid Edge; Self-hosted Docker / Kubernetes

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