Astra Security
AI-powered continuous pentest platform for apps, APIs and cloud
By Astra Security · 4.6/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Engineering and security teams that want continuous, developer-friendly pentests rather than one-off annual PDF reports
- SaaS and web-app companies pursuing SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA readiness that need pentest reports and verifiable certificates
- Teams that want DAST scans wired into existing CI/CD, Jira and Slack workflows
- Organisations needing autonomous pentest coverage with optional certified human pentesters
Ideal size: 10-1000+ people · Scale-up or mid-market with a dedicated security or DevSecOps owner
Not for
- Buyers who want only a fully manual, consultant-led assessment with no automation or self-serve platform
- Teams looking for endpoint protection, SIEM/SOC monitoring or a general IT security suite
- Companies that need on-premise deployment on entry-level plans (offered only on Enterprise)
- Very small teams with no engineering owner to action and verify remediation findings
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
Same-day first report
~1 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$2,999/yr
Starts at $699 · Subscription per scan target, billed monthly or annually (annual billing saves about 15%)
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Not seat-based. One web or SaaS app counts as one target, including APIs consumed; mobile is per platform; cloud accounts, networks and standalone APIs are one target each
Add-on costs
- Extra API DAST scans at $10 each
- Higher tiers, target pools or Enterprise plan for additional targets and volume pricing
Company & support
Who is behind Astra Security, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailPaid plans
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsPaid plans
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerEnterprise only
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Email support appears on scanner, pentest and API plans; API plans are ticket-based with priority ticket and email on higher tiers. A named account or customer success manager appears on Pentest Expert, Enterprise and the Scanner Agency plan, and higher tiers include a shared Slack channel.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Astra Security sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Astra Security
- SonarQube
- Duo
- Cobalt
- Afi
- Snyk
Add or change companies
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Astra Security ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Sources describe AI-powered conversational vulnerability fixing assistance, AI auto-fixes applied in the IDE via MCP, and autonomous pentests run by hundreds of AI agents simulating real-world attacks. No per-action AI audit logging, model provider or BYOK option is named.
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Trains by default; you can opt out
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Included in the plan
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Astra Security is a continuous pentest platform that pairs autonomous AI agents with certified human pentesters. Coverage spans web apps (DAST), APIs and multi-cloud misconfiguration scanning, with Jira, Slack and CI/CD integrations, an AI fix assistant that remediates in the IDE via MCP, and a public Trust Center. Plans start at $699/yr for a single-target scanner and reach $9,999+/yr for enterprise engagements; same-day first reports and SOC 2/ISO/HIPAA-oriented reporting suit compliance-driven engineering teams.
Frequently asked questions
How does Astra Security price its platform?
Astra charges per scan target, billed monthly or annually with roughly 15% off annual billing. Public list prices start at $699/yr for Scanner Lite (1 target, 3 scans a month) and $1,999/yr for the unlimited Scanner tier; Pentest Auto is $2,999/yr, Pentest Expert $5,999/yr and Enterprise starts at $9,999/yr. A $7 one-week trial is offered on the scanner products. One web or SaaS app counts as one target, including the APIs it consumes.
How quickly can we get our first pentest result?
Astra advertises same-day results: the Autonomous Pentest tier lists a first report on the same day, and new scanner users are told they can start in about three minutes. Human-vetted and manual pentest engagements take longer because certified testers review findings, and higher tiers add one to four human re-scans to verify fixes within 30 to 90 days.
Which assets can Astra test?
Web apps and SaaS apps through DAST with 15,000+ test cases, APIs via dedicated discovery and DAST scanning, mobile apps per platform, cloud accounts on AWS, Azure and GCP, plus networks, IPs, AI components and, on Enterprise, MCP. One web or SaaS application counts as a single target including its consumed APIs, and additional domains can be added as extra hosts during setup.
How do findings reach our engineering team?
Findings land in the Astra vulnerability-management dashboard with PDF, CSV and JSON reports, plus integrations for CI/CD, Jira and Slack. The platform auto re-scans after fixes and offers AI auto-fixes that can be applied directly in the IDE via MCP. Higher tiers add a shared Slack channel, named account manager and custom SLA.
Does Astra help with compliance audits?
At the reporting level, yes: plans include pentest reports for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA, a compliance view for SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS and HIPAA, publicly verifiable pentest certificates, and a shareable public Trust Center. Note that the pages reviewed do not document Astra's own certifications, so buyers should request current attestation evidence directly.
What happens to our data in Astra's AI features?
Astra's privacy policy states the platform uses AI both directly and through vendor partners for service delivery, support systems and feature enhancement. Customers can opt out of AI-powered features from the dashboard; opting out means personal data is not used by AI-driven components for personalization or training, though it is still processed for core service delivery and compliance. No specific model providers are named.