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42Crunch vs Appdome

42Crunch sells a platform for governing the security of MCP servers, APIs and AI agents at enterprise scale. 42Crunch says it helps enterprises bring AI security under control. 42Crunch describes the job as discovering every MCP server that AI agents expose or consume, securing each one against attack, and assessing compliance with AI regulations and security frameworks. Appdome is an agentic platform that builds and maintains security, anti-fraud and other defenses in Android and iOS apps. CISO Tribune files both under API security. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • 42Crunch
  • Appdome
42Crunch vs Appdome: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
42Crunch42Crunch sells a platform for governing the security of MCP servers, APIs and AI agents at enterprise scale. 42Crunch says it helps enterprises bring AI security under control. 42Crunch describes the job as discovering every MCP server that AI agents expose or consume, securing each one against attack, and assessing compliance with AI regulations and security frameworks.42crunch.comAppdomeAppdome is an agentic platform that builds and maintains security, anti-fraud and other defenses in Android and iOS apps.appdome.com
What it sells
  • AI Regulatory Compliance[5]Evaluates every MCP server against regulatory and industry frameworks. Maps each finding to the control it breaches.
  • iOS Jailbreak Detection[7]Writes and maintains jailbreak detection in iOS apps.
  • Threat-Events[5]In-app intelligence and control framework that detects threats and passes threat data to the app.
  • ThreatScope[3][7]Threat analysis service and embedded Agentic SOC Agent.
  • Certified Secure[5]DevSecOps certification for mobile app releases.
Categories
Headquarters
London, United KingdomRedwood City, United States[1]
Founded
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Ownership and funding
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Named customers
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Recent news
  • September 23, 202642Crunch announced the general availability of its MCP Security Governance solution.[8]
  • January 19, 202642Crunch announced the availability of API Contract Generator in developer IDEs.[9]
  • August 2, 2026Appdome introduced Live Update, a capability for changing security, anti-fraud and bot-defense policies in live published mobile apps without rebuilding or republishing the app.[9]
  • August 2, 2026Appdome introduced Appdome Test, a capability that validates protected mobile apps on the devices and operating system versions a brand's own customers use.[8]
  • March 17, 2026Appdome unveiled DefenseOS, a governed execution environment for security, anti-fraud and API protection controls in mobile applications.[10]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 5, 2026[4]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, 42Crunch sells mainly to enterprise security and platform teams that govern MCP servers, APIs and AI agent security at scale. Its pricing is sized to the number of APIs, MCP servers and users in an organization. Individual developers who use its AI coding agent plugins have a separate self-serve pricing option.From its own pages, Appdome sells mainly to mobile developers, DevSecOps teams, and cyber and fraud teams that need defenses in Android and iOS apps. Appdome names mobile banking, retail and shopping, payment, travel and transportation, gig and work, game and healthcare apps as the kinds of apps it serves. Appdome addresses B2B mobile app developers who face demands from enterprise customers to support UEM, MDM and MAM. Appdome says its management integrations cover managed, unmanaged, corporate-owned and BYOD environments.
Last verified
November 9, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • 42Crunch and Appdome are both filed under API security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • 42Crunch's primary category is API security; Appdome's is Application shielding and RASP.
  • 42Crunch is also filed under AI model and agent security and Dynamic application security testing. Appdome is also filed under Mobile security.
  • 42Crunch lists AI Regulatory Compliance. Appdome lists iOS Jailbreak Detection, Threat-Events, ThreatScope and Certified Secure.
  • 42Crunch is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Appdome is headquartered in Redwood City, United States.

What it sells: 42Crunch

What AI Regulatory Compliance does[5]
42Crunch continuously evaluates every MCP server against the regulatory and industry frameworks an organization answers to. It maps each finding to the specific control it breaches. The page says compliance posture is computed by the control on every audit and every scan, not assembled from documents afterward. Its headline refers to real-time compliance reporting mapped to five frameworks.

What it sells: Appdome

What iOS Jailbreak Detection does[7]
Appdome runs in the CI/CD pipeline to code, build and maintain jailbreak detection in iOS apps. Appdome adds in-app iOS jailbreak detection with no code, no SDK and no external servers required. Appdome says it works against 100s of popular iOS jailbreak tools such as CheckRa1n, Unc0ver and Chimera.
What Threat-Events does[5]
Appdome's Threat-Event in-app intelligence and control framework detects threats. It passes enriched Threat-Event data, including attack detail, type, source and device, back to the mobile app for processing and threat response.
What Certified Secure does[5]
Certified Secure is a DevSecOps certification that Appdome says guarantees every mobile app release is certified-protected. Appdome says it provides a continuous record of compliance with cyber and anti-fraud mandates.

Questions about 42Crunch and Appdome

What do 42Crunch and Appdome sell?
42Crunch sells AI Regulatory Compliance. Appdome sells iOS Jailbreak Detection, Threat-Events, ThreatScope and Certified Secure.
Are 42Crunch and Appdome in the same category?
They share API security. 42Crunch's primary category is API security and Appdome's is Application shielding and RASP.
Where are 42Crunch and Appdome headquartered?
42Crunch is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Appdome is headquartered in Redwood City, United States.
Who are 42Crunch and Appdome sold to?
From its own pages, 42Crunch sells mainly to enterprise security and platform teams that govern MCP servers, APIs and AI agent security at scale. From its own pages, Appdome sells mainly to mobile developers, DevSecOps teams, and cyber and fraud teams that need defenses in Android and iOS apps.
What have 42Crunch and Appdome announced recently?
September 23, 2026: 42Crunch announced the general availability of its MCP Security Governance solution. August 2, 2026: Appdome introduced Live Update, a capability for changing security, anti-fraud and bot-defense policies in live published mobile apps without rebuilding or republishing the app.

About 42Crunch

42Crunch sells a platform for governing the security of MCP servers, APIs and AI agents at enterprise scale. 42Crunch says it helps enterprises bring AI security under control. 42Crunch describes the job as discovering every MCP server that AI agents expose or consume, securing each one against attack, and assessing compliance with AI regulations and security frameworks.[4][10]

42Crunch says AI coding agents ship MCP servers faster than any manual inventory process can track. 42Crunch discovers every MCP server across an organization automatically, both sanctioned and shadow alike, audits each one and ranks it by risk. 42Crunch says every request from an AI agent passes through the MCP server before it ever reaches an enterprise system or the API behind it. 42Crunch also says an MCP tool is only as secure as the API it wraps.[4]

42Crunch says its deterministic contract-driven model applies equally to the MCP and API layer. Every MCP server and every API behind it gets a machine-readable contract of its declared surface. In the 42Crunch model, discovery writes the contract, testing measures against it, and runtime enforces it. 42Crunch says the model it uses to secure APIs now extends to the MCP servers AI agents call and expose.[4][6]

On the MCP side, 42Crunch sweeps registries, gateways and repos to surface the shadow servers agents are already calling, then reads each server's advertised tools, resources and prompts and emits a contract. Every finding carries severity, evidence and the fix. 42Crunch fails the build when a server leaves its approved contract, then keeps watching the one in production for new tools, rewritten descriptions and widened permissions.[4]

Tests are generated from the OpenAPI definition and run in the pipeline, covering broken object-level authorization, broken auth, mass assignment and unrestricted resource consumption. All AI generated code is automatically fixed by 42Crunch. For runtime, 42Crunch describes a positive-security firewall assembled from the contract itself, where unknown paths, extra parameters, malformed payloads and over-sharing responses are rejected before they reach the backend.[4]

For compliance, 42Crunch says the EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, CSA AICM and OWASP are all tagged automatically on every audit. A security review doubles as compliance evidence without extra work. Each finding arrives already tied to the control it answers, so the audit trail for an AI estate is a by-product of the scan. 42Crunch computes compliance posture control by control on every audit and every scan, not assembled from documents afterward. Each audit and scan checks a server against all applicable frameworks at the same time.[4][5][11]

A server below the threshold does not reach production.[12]

42Crunch is built for enterprise security and platform teams governing MCP servers, APIs and AI agent security at scale. 42Crunch pairs API Audit, Scan and Protection with MCP Contract, Audit, Scan and Protect on one platform, with one set of SQG policies and one CI/CD pattern. Pricing includes a dedicated encrypted tenant, SSO and a dedicated support manager, sized to the number of APIs, MCP servers and users. Individual developers who use the 42Crunch AI coding agent plugins have a self-serve pricing option.[2][3][4][5][6][7][10][12]

42Crunch on the record

Sources

42Crunch full record

  1. [1]42crunch criticalblue announce partnership42Crunch · 42crunch.com · published November 21, 2018 · Tier A
  2. [2]42crunch.com42Crunch · 42crunch.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]42crunch publishes state of api security 202642Crunch · 42crunch.com · published February 11, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]42Crunch — AI Security Platform for MCP42Crunch · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]AI Regulatory Compliance | 42Crunch42Crunch · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Management der MCP-Server-Sicherheitslage | 42Crunch42Crunch · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]About 42Crunch42Crunch · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]42Crunch Launches MCP Security Governance, Giving Enterprises Detailed AI Exposure Management and Compliance with AI Regulatory Frameworks42Crunch · published September 23, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]42Crunch Launches API Contract Generator in Developer IDEs42Crunch · published January 19, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Pricing | 42Crunch42Crunch · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]KI-Regulierungskonformität | 42Crunch42Crunch · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Management der MCP-Server-Sicherheitslage | 42Crunch42Crunch · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A

Appdome full record

  1. [1]Identity first mobile api protectionAppdome · appdome.com · published April 14, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]appdome.comAppdome · appdome.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Appdome - Agentic Defense for the Mobile BusinessAppdome · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Appdome Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier C
  5. [5]Mobile App Management for Mobile Apps & APIs | AppdomeAppdome · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]About Appdome - Meet the team that is fanatical about mobile app securityAppdome · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]iOS Jailbreak Detection for Mobile Apps & APIs | AppdomeAppdome · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Appdome Launches Test Automation, Using the Devices in a Mobile Brand's Production EnvironmentAppdome · published August 2, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Appdome Introduces Live Security Updates, Adding Real-Time Protection to Build-Time Protection on the Same PlatformAppdome · published August 2, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Appdome Unveils DefenseOS™, its Governed Execution Engine for Scaled Protection in Mobile AppsAppdome · published March 17, 2026 · Tier A

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