Astra Security alternatives: 7 tools compared

Astra Security is a compliance-oriented pentest platform that combines a DAST scanner, AI and human-led pentests, and API and cloud scanners, sold per target to teams that need a pentest report for an audit.

If Astra Security is not the right fit, here are 7 alternatives: what each one is, what it costs and who should pick it. AttackerView is ours, so it comes first. The rest are in alphabetical order, and every fact about another tool links to that tool's own page.

Price, free plan or trial, and AI pentest for Astra Security and 7 alternatives
Tool	Pricing	Free plan or trial	AI pentesting
Astra Security	DAST from $69/mo; pentests from $2,999 a yearsource	No free plan listed; 1-week trial for $7source	Yes, alongside human-led pentestssource
AttackerView	Starter €29/mo, Warden €119/mo, Hunter €299/mo	14-day trial, no card	€30 per run
Aikido Security	Free plan; from €300/mo for 10 userssource	Free plan; no paid-plan trial listedsource	From $50; about $4,000 typicalsource
Detectify	€0 to €15,000 a year, plus assetssource	Free tier, 2-week trialsource	None listedsource
Intruder	Free plan; paid price depends on targetssource	Free plan, 14-day trialsource	From $3,500 per testsource
Nuclei	Free, open sourcesource	Freesource	Not in Nucleisource
Pentest-Tools.com	From $95/mosource	Free editionsource	Early access, priced per engagementsource
Snyk API & Web (formerly Probely)	Free plan; Enterprise by quotesource	Free plan, 14-day trialsource	Not in this productsource

Paid AttackerView plans include a free AI pentest every month. AttackerView prices exclude VAT. Every other figure links to the vendor's own page.

1. AttackerView

AttackerView is a managed security testing service for web apps: it scans your app from the outside, crawls behind your login, connects findings into attack chains, and runs AI pentests with real exploit tools. Every finding comes with proof.

AttackerView or Astra Security?: Astra is the better pick if an auditor or enterprise customer needs a human-led pentest report and certificate, which AttackerView does not sell. AttackerView is the better fit if you want continuous testing across all your apps on one monthly plan, with time-boxed AI pentest runs, rather than a price per target.

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2. Aikido Security

Aikido Security is a developer-focused application security platform that covers code (SAST, SCA, secrets), cloud, attack surface (DAST and AI pentesting) and runtime protection in one product.

Pricing: Free plan; Basic €300/mo, Pro €600/mo, Advanced €900/mo for 10 users (European prices; $350, $700, $1,050 in USD) source
Free plan or trial: Yes:free-forever Developer plan: 2 users, 10 repos, 1 domain; no paid-plan trial listed source
AI pentesting: Yes:autonomous agents; scoped pentests from $50, typical assessment about $4,000, continuous testing by quote; Pro and Advanced include monthly credits source
Who should pick it: Aikido is the stronger pick if you want one platform across code, dependencies, cloud and runtime, wired into your IDE and pull requests. AttackerView is the better fit if you want deep testing of the running web app from the outside, with time-boxed AI pentest runs, at a price that does not grow with team size.

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3. Detectify

Detectify is a Swedish DAST and external attack surface management platform whose vulnerability tests come from a crowd of 400+ ethical hackers, built for AppSec and security teams.

Pricing: Annual platform fee from €0, €2,500, €5,000 or €15,000 by tier; assets cost extra, amounts not published source
Free plan or trial: Yes:free Starter tier, a 2-week free trial, and tailored trials of advanced plans on request source
AI pentesting: No AI pentester listed; its Alfred AI builds CVE tests source
Who should pick it: Detectify is the stronger pick for a security team that wants crowdsourced research, external attack surface monitoring and a PCI ASV add-on, and can price assets with their sales team. AttackerView is the better fit for a startup that wants authenticated testing, AI pentests and audit evidence at a published monthly price.

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4. Intruder

Intruder is a vulnerability and exposure management platform for lean security teams, covering external and internal infrastructure, cloud accounts and web apps and APIs, with AI pentesting.

Pricing: Free plan; paid pricing varies by infrastructure and web-app target quantities; Enterprise custom source
Free plan or trial: Yes:free plan, plus a 14-day Cloud trial with 5 free licenses source
AI pentesting: Yes:AI web app pentests from $3,500 per test source
Who should pick it: Intruder is the better pick if you need one tool across cloud accounts, internal networks and web apps. AttackerView is the better pick if your risk lives in your web app and you want attack chains, time-boxed AI pentest runs, and audit evidence at a published monthly price.

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5. Nuclei

Nuclei is ProjectDiscovery's open-source (MIT) vulnerability scanner driven by YAML templates, which your team installs and runs. ProjectDiscovery also sells a hosted Cloud platform and Neo, a separate AI pentesting product.

Pricing: Free, open source (MIT); you pay for the infrastructure and time to run it source
Free plan or trial: Yes:open source, plus a free ProjectDiscovery Cloud tier source
AI pentesting: Not in Nuclei; ProjectDiscovery sells Neo, a separate AI pentester source
Who should pick it: Nuclei is the right pick if you have security engineers who want full control, custom templates and no licence fee, and will run and maintain the scanner themselves. AttackerView is the right pick if you want testing managed for you: type a URL and get authenticated testing, AI pentests, monitoring and audit evidence without operating anything.

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6. Pentest-Tools.com

Pentest-Tools.com is a web-based pentest and vulnerability scanning toolbox (website, network, cloud and API scanners plus exploit tools) sold per scanned asset to pentesters, security teams and MSPs.

Pricing: From $95/mo (NetSec), $140/mo (WebNetSec) or $190/mo (Pentest Suite) with 5 assets source
Free plan or trial: Yes:free edition: no time limit, no card, non-intrusive tests only source
AI pentesting: Early access (AI Pentests, priced per engagement) source
Who should pick it: Pentest-Tools.com is the better pick for consultants and security teams who want a broad toolbox with real exploitation tools and editable pentest reports. AttackerView is the better fit for a startup that wants its web app tested and monitored without operating tools, with AI pentests it can run today.

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7. Snyk API & Web (formerly Probely)

Snyk API & Web, formerly Probely, is Snyk's cloud DAST scanner for web apps and APIs. Snyk acquired Probely in 2024 and relaunched it in 2025; it is sold standalone or as part of the Snyk platform.

Pricing: Free plan; Enterprise by quote source
Free plan or trial: Yes:free-forever plan with 5 scan hours a month, plus a 14-day full trial with no card source
AI pentesting: Not in API & Web; Snyk sells AI pentesting in its separate Evo product source
Who should pick it: Snyk API & Web is the better pick if you mainly scan APIs inside a Snyk shop, or want a free DAST plan with a 14-day full trial. AttackerView is the better fit if you want published pricing, attack chains and AI pentests without an Enterprise contract.

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AttackerView and Astra Security, side by side

Feature	AttackerView	Astra Security
Where checks come from	Own checks + NVD and CISA KEV + retire.js + Wordfence data	Astra's own test library (cited as 10,000+ to 15,000+ tests), fed by its pentests source
Shows how problems connect	Yes:attack chain diagrams	AI pentest agents look for multi-step attack chains; no attack-graph view shown source
Audit-ready evidence	SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA reports, PCI DSS supporting evidence, Vanta and Drata sync, from Hunter (€299/mo)	Compliance view for SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and HIPAA; pentest reports and a publicly verifiable certificate source
Monitoring	Starter: full scan daily. Warden (€119/mo) and Hunter: heartbeat every 30 minutes, standard check every hour, full scan every day	Scheduled scans; Astra recommends a full scan weekly and a Lightning scan daily source
Scans behind your login	Yes:from Warden (€119/mo)	Yes:behind login forms, including TOTP MFA via custom login scripts source

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Last verified: October 2026. Facts about other tools come from their own pages, linked beside each one.