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Akto

Akto

Founded 2021·US·VC-backed
4.5

Combined score

G2
4.645

G2

4.645 reviews
Gartner MQ: Not in MQ (open-source backed specialist)

API Security assessment

PROTECTIONAdequate
API discovery & inventory
4 / 5
Attack detection
3 / 5
OPERATIONSStrong
DevOps integration
5 / 5
Remediation guidance
4 / 5
ANALYTICSAdequate
Traffic analytics
3 / 5
TRUST & ECOSYSTEMStrong
Standards & spec coverage
4 / 5

Strongest: DevOps integration

Watch out for: Traffic analytics

Strengths & limitations

Strengths

●Open source core — self-host with full control over API security data
●Rapid API inventory from live traffic — no spec required
●Affordable cloud offering accessible for mid-market budgets

Watch out for

●Smaller vendor with limited enterprise support resources
●Self-hosted requires internal infrastructure team
●Less mature threat intelligence than dedicated enterprise vendors

Best for

Developer-first teams wanting open source API security testing and inventory without enterprise licensing complexity.

Not suitable for: Enterprises requiring mature support SLAs and enterprise-grade threat intelligence without self-managed infrastructure.

Compliance coverage

●SOC 2
●NIST CSF
●GDPR
●ISO 27001
○Essential Eight
○AU Privacy Act
○HIPAA
○PCI-DSS
○CMMC
○NIS2
○DORA
○CIS Benchmarks

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Quick facts

Pricing modelopen source free; cloud from $499/month
Pricing rangeFree (self-hosted OSS); $499-2,000/month (cloud)
Free trialYes
Min seats1
Deployment time< 1 day
Complexity1 / 5
Pricing transparency5 / 5
AU presenceNo
IRAP assessedNo
Open sourceOpen core

Deployment

ModelsSaaS, Self-hosted
OS supportCloud-native, Self-hosted
CloudAWS, Azure, GCP
SupportEmail, Chat, Community (Discord)
Data residencyUS, Self-hosted

Company

Akto

Founded 2021 · 50-100 employees · VC-backed

HQ: US

$5M+ ARR est.

Certifications

SOC 2 Type II

Integrations

AWS API GatewayBurp SuiteGitHubPostmanDockerKubernetes