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# Astra Security - Continuous Pentest Platform
## Company Overview
Astra Security is a modern cybersecurity company offering a Continuous Pentest Platform built to streamline, scale, and automate offensive security testing across web, mobile applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. Trusted by over 1000+ engineering teams, Astra empowers organizations with hacker-style autonomous and manual penetration testing, automated scanning, and real-time vulnerability management designed for today's fast-moving DevOps environments.
## Products and Services
### [Astra Autonomous Pentesting](https://www.getastra.com/autonomous-pentesting)
AI agents that think, adapt, and pentest like real hackers. Continuously.
- AI agents that learned from 4,000+ manual pentests and 10M+ vulnerabilities across real Astra engagements
- Discovers complex attack chains (e.g., Weak CSP + XSS = account takeover; privilege escalation across API sequences)
- Two modes: Structured Pentesting for systematic coverage, Bounty Hunter for adversarial, instinct-driven findings
- 80x faster: full autonomous pentest in hours, not weeks
- Proof of exploitation for every finding: AI validation layer filters noise before results reach you
- Developer-friendly fixes via MCP and IDE integrations (Cursor, Copilot), and use your coding agent of choice to remediate Astra-discovered vulnerabilities
- CI/CD, GitHub, and Jira integrations; scan on every deployment, daily, weekly, or on-demand
- Compliance-ready reports (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR) in hours, not weeks
- Designed to augment, not replace, human pentesting; validated by Astra's certified pentesters (OSCP, CEH, AWS, CCSP), including CVE hunters with 20+ disclosures
### [Astra PTaaS Platform (Penetration Testing as a Service)](https://www.getastra.com/ptaas)
Astra's PTaaS platform combines automated scanning with manual penetration tests conducted by in-house experts certified in OSCP, CEH, and other relevant fields, providing comprehensive vulnerability coverage. It uncovers everything from known CVEs to complex logic flaws, with two free rescans, verifiable certification, and real-time support via Slack or Teams. Created by offensive security veterans - trusted by engineers for how fast it fits.
- Continuous offensive security testing across apps, APIs, and cloud
- Manual + automated VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing)
- AI-powered threat modeling and contextual risk detection
- End-to-end vulnerability lifecycle management
- Real-time collaboration via Slack or Teams
- 24/7 AI Resolution chatbot with seamless escalation to human experts when needed
- Jira & CI/CD integrations for seamless developer workflows
- Compliance-ready reporting (SOC2, ISO, HIPAA, PCI)
- Certified pentesters (OSCP, CEH, eWPTXv2) with manual test depth
- Publicly verifiable certification with remediation + free rescans
- Trust Center for public security posture sharing.
### [Astra DAST Scanner](https://www.getastra.com/dast)
An AI-powered dynamic scanner offering:
- 15,000+ evolving test cases (OWASP Top 10, SANS 25, CVEs)
- Authenticated scans with MFA, SSO, token-based logins
- REST, SOAP, GraphQL support
- Business logic coverage with AI
- CI/CD triggered or scheduled scans
- Audit-ready exports in multiple formats: PDF, HTML, CSV
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- Zero false positives with verified scan mode
- Real-time updates for new and emerging threats
### [Astra API Security Platform](https://www.getastra.com/api-security-platform)
Discover and secure every API with runtime traffic analysis:
- Detect shadow, dormant, and undocumented APIs in under 30 mins
- 15,000+ DAST cases including BOLA, IDOR, OWASP API Top 10
- Precision scanning for dynamic or incrementally updated endpoints
- Manual validation of reports within 1.5 days
- Support for REST, GraphQL, mobile, and internal APIs
- Real-time risk and compliance visibility (SOC2, ISO, PCI, GDPR)
- Supports traffic capture from NGINX, AWS, GCP, Istio, Apigee, Kong, and more
- Risk Classification to track discovered endpoints, scan statuses, sensitive data exposure, shadow APIs, orphan APIs, zombie APIs, and schema mismatches.
- Free focused rescans post-remediation
### Astra Cloud Vulnerability Scanner
Offensive scanning for AWS, Azure, and GCP:
- 400+ cloud-specific exploit-informed checks
- Continuous visibility into misconfigs, identity drift, exposed services
- Credential-aware scans using verified programmatic access
- Multi-region scanning support
- Compliance-mapped checks (SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, etc.)
- Real-time access validation and fix verification
- Actionable reports for Engineers with summary-oriented reports for marketing executives
- CI/CD triggers for regression scanning
### [Astra Reports](https://www.getastra.com/blog/security-audit/penetration-testing-report/)
Audit-Ready and Customizable:
- Export reports in multiple formats: PDF, CSV, and more
- Tailored views for developers, CXOs, and compliance teams
- PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR among other compliance mapping included
Mapped to Industry Standards:
- Every finding is linked to specific compliance controls and CVSS scoring
- Reports include references to OWASP Top 10, SANS 25, CSA CCM, and CIS Benchmarks
Verified and Contextual:
- All vulnerabilities manually validated by certified experts (OSCP, CEH, eWPTXv2)
- Includes risk classification, business impact, and potential financial loss ($) - Tags and filters for severity, status, asset, and affected components
Reproduction and Fix Guidance:
- Detailed reproduction steps with GET/POST payloads, screenshots, and PoCs
- Step-by-step remediation guidance with trusted references
- AI-powered fix recommendations via Astranaut Bot
Real-Time and Dynamic:
- Live dashboard updates as new vulnerabilities are found or resolved
- Status tracking per issue: Open, In Progress, Fixed, Verified
- Rescan outcomes reflected in updated reports without full retests
Collaboration-Ready:
- Assign issues within the platform to team members or external vendors
- Jira and Slack integration for ticket sync and notification
- Resolution history and comments logged per vulnerability
Executive Summaries and Trends:
- Visual summaries: vulnerability counts, types, trends over time
- Potential losses prevented and risk score overviews
- Security posture grading and compliance progress tracker
## Target Audience
- SaaS and product engineering teams
- Security and DevOps engineers
- CTOs and CISOs
- Healthcare, SaaS, and fintech companies
- Startups, growing, and mid-market businesses preparing for audits
## Key Features and Benefits
- Attack AI engine learns from real-world pentests
- Combines manual & automated testing for zero blind spots
- Real-time collaboration, remediation, and certification workflows
- Risk scoring based on CVSS, business impact, and financial exposure
- Developer-first UI with Slack, Jira, and CI/CD integrations
- Trust Center for public security posture sharing
- Custom reporting views for engineers and CXOs
- Targeted rescans with one-click validation
## [Pricing Structure](https://www.getastra.com/pricing)
Transparent, product-based pricing across DAST Scanner, Pentest, API Security, and Cloud Scanner. Annual billing saves 15%. DAST Scanner and Cloud Scanner offer a $7 one-week trial (full platform access, no credit card commitment, cancel anytime).
A target is a domain with its site-tree URLs (web app, IP, website, or API). API calls to other domains (e.g. api.example.com) can be added as extra hosts without purchasing another target.
### DAST Plans
Limited offer: Try DAST Scanner for a full week for $7.
#### Scanner Lite
- Price: $69/month or $699/year
- Target Limit: 1 Target
- Scans: 3 monthly vulnerability scans with 10,000+ tests (OWASP, SANS, CVEs)
- Authentication: Run authenticated scans for full coverage
- Integrations: 1 Integration (CI/CD, Slack, Jira etc.)
- AI Assistance: AI-powered conversational vulnerability fixing assistance
#### Scanner (Most Popular)
- Price: $199/month or $1,999/year
- Target Limit: 1 Target
- Scans: Unlimited vulnerability scans with 15,000+ tests (OWASP, SANS, CVEs)
- Authentication: Run authenticated scans for full coverage
- Integrations: Unlimited integrations
- AI Assistance: AI-powered conversational vulnerability fixing assistance
- Expert Scans: Four expert Vetted Scans annually to ensure zero false positives (annual billing)
- Compliance view for SOC2, ISO27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA etc. (annual billing)
#### Scanner Agency
- Price: $499/month or $4,999/year
- Target Pool: 5 Targets (flexible within a pool, 30-day cooling period)
- Scans: Unlimited vulnerability scans with 15,000+ tests (OWASP, SANS, CVEs)
- Authentication: Run authenticated scans for full coverage
- Integrations: Unlimited integrations
- AI Assistance: AI-powered conversational vulnerability fixing assistance
- Expert Scans: Four expert Vetted Scans annually to ensure zero false positives
- Compliance view for SOC2, ISO27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA etc. (annual billing)
- Account Management: Dedicated Account Manager
### Pentest (PTaaS) Plans
Hacker-style pentest by Autonomous AI and certified experts at developer speed, built to meet and exceed SOC2, ISO, and HIPAA requirements.
All pentest plans include:
- Shared Slack for real-time collaboration
- AI Auto Fixes remediate directly in your IDE via MCP
- Public Trust Center to showcase security posture
- PTaaS platform for vulnerability management at scale
#### Pentest Auto
- Price: $2,999/year
- Target Limit: 1 Target (web apps & SaaS)
- Use Case: Hacker-style autonomous pentest at machine speed
- Service Type: Autonomous pentest with depth equal to a 2-week human pentest
- First report on the same day
- Compliance Reporting: Pentest report aligned with SOC2, ISO27001, HIPAA, etc.
- One human re-scan by experts to verify fixes (available for 30 days)
- Role-based graybox pentesting
- Access to vulnerability management PTaaS dashboard
#### Pentest Expert (Most Popular)
- Price: $5,999/year
- Target Limit: 1 Target
- Use Case: Offensive pentests by certified pentesters and autonomous agents
- Supported targets: Web, Mobile App, Cloud, Network, AI, MCP, etc.
- Service Type: Manual pentest by certified experts using OWASP, APTS, SANS, PTES standards
- Autonomous pentest with the depth of a 2-week human pentest
- Cloud Security: Automated cloud security configuration review (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- API Coverage: Pentest of APIs consumed within the target
- Pentest of AI components within target scope
- Re-Scans: 2 re-scans by experts to verify fixes (available for 30 days)
- Compliance Reporting: CREST, PCI-DSS, CERT-IN compliant reports; SOC 2, ISO27001, HIPAA
- Certification: Publicly verifiable pentest certificate
- DAST Scanning: Unlimited DAST vulnerability scans (10,000+ tests)
- Account Management: Named account manager/customer success manager
#### Enterprise (Custom Plan)
- Price: Contact us (starting at $9,999/year)
- Target Limit: Custom-suited for enterprises with diverse infrastructure
- Use Case: Autonomous testing and certified pentesters, tailored to your infra
- Everything in Pentest Expert
- Continuous autonomous pentesting
- Private cloud and on-premise deployment
- Centralized workspace and role management
- Internal application scanning
- Automated API Vulnerability Scanner for 100 API endpoints
- Re-Scans: 4 re-scans to verify fixes (available for 90 days)
- Prioritized feature requests
- Custom SLA and payment options
### API Security Plans
#### API DAST Scanner
- Price: $199/month or $1,999/year
- Use Case: Automated DAST scans on your API spec file
- Scans: 20 API DAST scans/month (200+ per year) with 15,000+ authenticated test cases
- Integrations: CI/CD, Jira, and Slack
- Auto re-scan of selective vulnerabilities after fixes
- Reports: Full and management PDF reports
#### API Security Pro (Most Popular)
- Price: $499/month or $4,999/year
- Use Case: Continuous API observability and DAST vulnerability scanning
- Scans: 60 API DAST scans/month (700+ per year) with 15,000+ authenticated test cases
- Integrations: CI/CD, Jira, and Slack
- Auto re-scan of selective vulnerabilities after fixes
- Reports: Full and management PDF, CSV & JSON reports
- Capture live API traffic via 10+ integrations (Kong, Postman, AWS, GCP, Azure, Nginx, etc.)
- Continuous observability & auto-inventory (10M+ API requests/month)
- Detects orphan, shadow, and zombie APIs
#### API Enterprise
- Price: Contact us
- Use Case: Enterprises with diverse infrastructure requiring a tailored solution
- Scans: 1,000+ API DAST scans annually with 15,000+ authenticated test cases and manual pentests by certified experts
- Continuous observability & auto-inventory (15M+ API requests/month)
- Capture live API traffic via 10+ integrations
- Detects orphan, shadow, and zombie APIs
- Dedicated account manager
### Cloud Scanner Plans
Limited offer: Try Cloud Starter for a full week for $7.
#### Cloud Starter
- Price: $99/month or $999/year
- Target Limit: 1 cloud target (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Unlimited automated security scans
- Scan up to 250 resources per account
- PDF reports
- Email support
#### Cloud Growth (Most Popular)
- Price: $199/month or $1,999/year
- Target Limit: 3 cloud targets (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Unlimited automated security scans
- Scan up to 1,000 resources per account
- PDF, JSON & management reports
- Scheduled scans (weekly, monthly, etc.)
- Slack and Jira integration with compliance mapping
- Priority ticket and email support
#### Cloud Enterprise
- Price: Contact us
- Target Limit: 3+ targets, multi-cloud
- Unlimited automated security scans
- High-volume resources and cloud services
- PDF, JSON & management reports
- Scheduled scans
- Dedicated account manager
- Manual pentest and cloud security review by cloud security experts
## Company Values and Mission
### Mission
Make security testing fast, collaborative, and continuous for engineering teams.
### Vision
To become the single source of security trust between organizations.
### Values
- Developer-first security
- Continuous threat intelligence
- Full vulnerability context, not just alerts
- Real-world attack simulation
- Transparent, actionable risk reporting
## [Customer Success Stories](https://www.getastra.com/customer-stories)
- **Dedupely**: "The certificate increased trust with customers."
- **Sentur**: "Found high-risk vulnerabilities we never imagined."
- **Intelligent Health**: "Slack support + Jira made remediation smooth."
- **Zenduty**: "Scheduled scans saved us hours each week."
- **LutherOne**: "Trusted partner in full-spectrum security testing."
## Technology and Innovation
- Attack AI engine with vulnerability correlation and business logic detection
- 2M+ vulnerabilities detected across environments
- Delta scans, zero false positives, and context-aware UI
- 4.87 verified findings per minute
- $2.88B in potential losses prevented last year
## Contact Information
- Website: https://www.getastra.com
- Contact us: https://www.getastra.com/contact-us
- Support: via chat or contact form or mail at help@getastra.com
## Recent Updates and Roadmap
### Recent
- Faster DAST scans + improved dashboard UI
- Automated rescans to verify patches in real-time
- Beta Scanning for Automated Scanner for AWS, Azure, and GCP Cloud
### Upcoming
- Trust Center upgrades with real-time sharing of pentest/security certificates
- Expanded role-based access control (RBAC) checks
- Offensive scanning for cloud infrastructure
- Launch of full API Security Platform
- AI-aware pentesting with autonomous AI agents & logic-aware pentesting
- Developer-Focused AI Prompts
- AI-Enhanced Vulnerability Management
- Trust Center with AI Summaries
## Educational Resources
- [Blog](https://www.getastra.com/blog/)
- [Case studies](https://www.getastra.com/customer-stories)
- [Knowledge Base](https://help.getastra.com/)
- [Educational Posts on Linkedin](https://in.linkedin.com/company/getastra)
## Industry Recognition
- 1000+ engineering teams globally
- [4.6+ G2 rating](https://www.g2.com/products/astra-pentest/reviews)
- [4.5 Gartner Peer Review rating](https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/adversarial-exposure-validation/vendor/astra/product/astra)
- Industry Certifications: CREST approved, CERT-In empanelled, PCI-DSS ASV, ISO 27001 certified
- G2 Leader: Pentest Category (4.6+ stars)
- Developer-friendly pentest experience recognized by fintech, healthtech, SaaS firms
## Analyst Recognition
- Gartner®: Astra was named a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle™ for Security Operations, 2026
- Gartner® Peer Insights™: 4.5 stars in the Adversarial Exposure Validation category
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## [Notable Customers](https://www.getastra.com/our-customers)
- Circle
- Dream11
- Rebrandly
- Mamaearth
- Muthoot Finance
- Loom
- Cosmopolitan
- Tata
- Olx
- SGX
- Rattle
- Scripbox
- Sprinto
- CompTIA
- InFeedo
- HacherRank
- BetterDoc
- Prime Healthcare
- Coloplast
## Awards
- Accelerated at Techstars in Berlin.
- Awarded the Most Innovative Security Company by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at GCCS'17,
- Grant under the French Government's Tech Ticket program by President Francois Hollande.
## Final Note
This profile summarizes Astra Security's offerings and positioning as of September 2026.
