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Indusface vs Salt Security

Indusface sells the AppTrana platform for web apps, APIs and AI workloads, and the Indusface WAS platform for DAST scanning and pen-testing. Salt Security provides security for the APIs, MCP servers and data infrastructure where agents execute. 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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Indusface vs Salt Security: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
IndusfaceIndusface sells the AppTrana platform for web apps, APIs and AI workloads, and the Indusface WAS platform for DAST scanning and pen-testing.indusface.comSalt SecuritySalt Security provides security for the APIs, MCP servers and data infrastructure where agents execute.salt.security
What it sells
  • AppTrana API[1][10]AppTrana API Security finds every API, validates risk and enforces runtime protection.
  • SwyftComply[1][2][3][5]SwyftComply gives every finding an AI-generated virtual patch that is expert-validated before enforcement.
  • Indusface WAS[1][4]Indusface WAS includes a DAST scanner for application and infrastructure vulnerabilities and a malware scanner.
  • DDoS ProtectionAppTrana absorbs L3-L7 floods across a 100 Tbps+ distributed global network, backed by 24x7 managed service.
  • Agentic Security Graph[4][8]Maps and correlates the full environment out-of-band.
  • Salt Surface[5][9]Provides agentless, outside-in discovery of MCP servers and APIs.
  • Salt Connect[5][9]Provides cloud and code inventory.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesPalo Alto, United States[1][3]
Founded
Not stated on its pages2016[1][11]
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
Not stated on its pages
  • June 1, 2026Salt Security launched Salt Code, a component that enforces security policies on AI-generated code across the development lifecycle.[17]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[14]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[7]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Indusface sells mainly to organisations that run web apps, APIs and AI workloads and need them protected from vulnerabilities, DDoS and bot attacks. AppTrana supports deployments on public cloud, private cloud, on-premise and custom port applications. Enterprise buyers are offered a named TAM and quarterly business reviews.From its own pages, the company shows an industry solution for Finance, described as stop fraud and abuse. It lists one for Healthcare, described as HIPPAA-grade protection. Transportation is also listed, with secure logistics APIs. Retail is listed, with protect PII at scale. Software is listed, with API-first app security. Its whitepaper page also says security teams face a challenge in which the action layer goes unmonitored.
Last verified
October 16, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Indusface and Salt Security are both filed under API security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Indusface's primary category is WAF and WAAP; Salt Security's is API security.
  • Indusface is also filed under Dynamic application security testing and Machine identity and PKI. Salt Security is also filed under AI model and agent security.
  • Indusface lists AppTrana API, SwyftComply, Indusface WAS and DDoS Protection. Salt Security lists Agentic Security Graph, Salt Surface and Salt Connect.
  • Salt Security is headquartered in Palo Alto, United States.
  • Salt Security was founded in 2016.

What it sells: Indusface

What AppTrana API does[1][10]
AppTrana learns methods, paths, parameters and data types from traffic so only legitimate API calls get through. OWASP API risks are scanned, prioritized, patched at the edge and validated with managed support.
What SwyftComply does[1][2][3][5]
SwyftComply AI virtually patches critical, high and medium vulnerabilities, including zero-days, within an SLA. Indusface security experts review every finding, classify severity and map each finding to a compliance framework before policy work begins.
What Indusface WAS does[1][4]
Indusface WAS crawls web applications, identifies attack surfaces and simulates malicious requests to detect vulnerabilities such as SQLi, XSS and broken authentication. Indusface WAS supports graybox scans that use various credentials including user and admin.
What DDoS Protection does
AppTrana behavioral DDoS protection adapts to live baselines across users, API clients and AI endpoints. AppTrana combines granular limits across URI, endpoint, IP, session, host, geography and AI workloads with layered mitigation.

What it sells: Salt Security

What Agentic Security Graph does[4][8]
Salt's Agentic Security Graph maps and correlates the full environment out-of-band. Salt describes its agentic security platform as one graph of agents, the MCP servers they use and the APIs they call, with the context behind each one.
What Salt Surface does[5][9]
Salt Surface provides agentless, outside-in discovery of MCP servers and APIs. Salt Surface discovers these from the outside, without an agent.
What Salt Connect does[5][9]
Salt Connect provides cloud and code inventory. Salt names Salt Connect together with collectors that are used where runtime analysis is needed.

Questions about Indusface and Salt Security

What do Indusface and Salt Security sell?
Indusface sells AppTrana API, SwyftComply, Indusface WAS and DDoS Protection. Salt Security sells Agentic Security Graph, Salt Surface and Salt Connect.
Are Indusface and Salt Security in the same category?
They share API security. Indusface's primary category is WAF and WAAP and Salt Security's is API security.
Where are Indusface and Salt Security headquartered?
Salt Security is headquartered in Palo Alto, United States.
When were Indusface and Salt Security founded?
Salt Security was founded in 2016.
Who are Indusface and Salt Security sold to?
From its own pages, Indusface sells mainly to organisations that run web apps, APIs and AI workloads and need them protected from vulnerabilities, DDoS and bot attacks. From its own pages, the company shows an industry solution for Finance, described as stop fraud and abuse.
What have Indusface and Salt Security announced recently?
June 1, 2026: Salt Security launched Salt Code, a component that enforces security policies on AI-generated code across the development lifecycle.

About Indusface

Indusface sells the AppTrana platform for web apps, APIs and AI workloads, and the Indusface WAS platform for DAST scanning and pen-testing. AppTrana connects scanning, WAAP and remediation into one autonomous loop that discovers exposure, tests risk, protects at the edge and proves what is fixed.[1][2][3]

AppTrana continuously maps an attack surface of web apps, APIs, AI endpoints and shadow assets. AppTrana deployment requires a DNS change and whitelisting of AppTrana NAT IPs. AppTrana is a cloud WAF hosted in AWS. AppTrana supports public cloud, private cloud, on-premise and custom port application deployments. AppTrana protects standard web apps, raw TCP and custom ports whether applications sit on-prem, in cloud or behind any origin. AppTrana delivers traffic through dual tier-1 CDN partners with automatic failover, managed edge caching and TLS optimization. AppTrana forces application traffic through the WAF path and blocks direct-to-origin access.[3][5][6]

AppTrana maps scanner findings to WAF coverage so teams know which vulnerabilities are already protected at the edge. AppTrana absorbs L3-L7 floods across a 100 Tbps+ distributed global network, backed by 24x7 managed service. AppTrana behavioral DDoS protection adapts to live baselines across users, API clients and AI endpoints. AppTrana combines granular limits across URI, endpoint, IP, session, host, geography and AI workloads with layered mitigation. AppTrana scores every request, session and client for risk and lets a team set the action for each tier, from allow to challenge to block. AppTrana maintains controls for legitimate bots including search crawlers, uptime monitors, SEO tools, partner API clients, internal services and LLM crawlers. AppTrana bills only on clean traffic reaching the origin.[2][3][6][7][8][10]

AppTrana continuously inventories all first-party and third-party JavaScript across a site and runs AI-driven risk analysis on each script. AppTrana monitors scripts inside the user's browser, allows trusted JavaScript to execute and blocks malicious outbound requests before data leaves the browser. AppTrana provides automated JS inventory, integrity checks and unauthorized change alerting on payment pages for requirements 6.4.3 and 11.6.1. AppTrana's 24x7 managed security team disables malicious scripts near real-time without a code change.[5][6][9][10]

AppTrana discovers documented, shadow, zombie and rogue APIs, then classifies authentication state and PII, PCI and PHI exposure in the same inventory. AppTrana learns methods, paths, parameters and data types from traffic so only legitimate API calls get through. AppTrana API Security finds every API, validates risk and enforces runtime protection with autonomous tuning. AI Shield discovers AI and LLM-backed endpoints, then protects them from prompt injection, abuse and data exposure. DAST tests for prompt injection, insecure output handling, model DoS and other LLM-specific vulnerabilities. Token-based rate limits prevent denial-of-wallet abuse where attackers run up an inference bill.[10][11]

SwyftComply gives every finding an AI-generated virtual patch that is expert-validated before enforcement, and delivers an audit-ready report in under 72 hours. Multi-model AI agents scan applications for business-logic vulnerabilities, reasoning about specific workflows, not just signature matching. Indusface security experts review every finding, classify severity and map each finding to a compliance framework before policy work begins. AI agents autonomously apply SwyftComply Policy Engine templates to an application, and experts create bespoke policies for business logic not covered yet. Virtual patches are tested against real traffic, and policies are promoted to block mode after expert validation.[1][2][3][5][12][13]

Indusface WAS crawls web applications, identifies attack surfaces and simulates malicious requests to detect vulnerabilities such as SQLi, XSS and broken authentication. Indusface WAS includes a DAST scanner for application and infrastructure vulnerabilities and a malware scanner that checks for defacements. Indusface WAS supports graybox scans that use various credentials including user and admin. In all paid plans, Indusface WAS gives access to unlimited scans. Complementary pen-testing and one revalidation are provided as part of Indusface WAS Premium plans. Expert-led penetration testing covers REST, SOAP, GraphQL, WebSocket and AI/LLM API endpoints. Mobile app penetration testing includes more than 150 assessments across iOS, Android and hybrid platforms.[1][4][13]

AI monitors attacks and tests policy changes 24x7, and a named security expert validates, tunes and patches within SLA when exceptions need a human call. The same managed services team onboards and tunes each AppTrana capability, from WAF and API security to bot and DDoS protection and AI Shield. A proprietary AI model tests policy changes against an app during onboarding and after each rule update, and Indusface experts review the exceptions. Every AppTrana plan includes advanced bot defense, full API security and unlimited managed services, and enterprise buyers get a named TAM with quarterly business reviews.[1][2][3][4][5][6][8][10][11][13]

Indusface on the record

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Indusface full record

  1. [1]indusface.comIndusface · indusface.com · undated page, accessed October 16, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]AppTrana Managed Services — Managed WAF, Virtual Patching & SOC | IndusfaceIndusface · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]AI-Powered, Fully Managed WAAP Platform - AppTrana | IndusfaceIndusface · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]DAST, Malware Scanner, & Penetration Testing | Indusface WASIndusface · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]SwyftComply with AppTrana WAAP | IndusfaceIndusface · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]AppTrana WAF | Managed Web Application Firewall | IndusfaceIndusface · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Managed DDoS Protection & Mitigation with AppTrana WAAP | IndusfaceIndusface · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Advanced Bot Management & Detection with AppTrana WAAP | IndusfaceIndusface · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Client-Side Protection & PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance with AppTrana | IndusfaceIndusface · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]AI-Powered API Protection with AppTrana WAAP | IndusfaceIndusface · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Autonomous Application Security For The AI Era | IndusfaceIndusface · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
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  14. [14]Indusface WAS Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & FeaturesG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

Salt Security full record

  1. [1]Salt security raises 140 million series d round led by capitalg at 1 4 billion valuationSalt Security · salt.security · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Salt security extends its agentic security platform with native ai detection and responseSalt Security · salt.security · published September 22, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Contact usSalt Security · salt.security · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]The Agentic Security Graph: A New Framework for the AI EraSalt Security · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Salt Security: Agentic AI Security, MCP Discovery, and API SecuritySalt Security · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]EU AI Act Compliance 2026: What High-risk AI Systems Must Do Now | Salt SecuritySalt Security · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Salt Security Reviews & Product Details - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier C
  8. [8]Onyx Security vs Salt Security | Secure the Agentic Action LayerSalt Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Securing APIs - API Attack Surface Management SolutionSalt Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Salt Security Master Services AgreementSalt Security · published May 20, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]API Security Company - About Us Salt Security API SecuritySalt Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Agentic Security Platform - Complete AI & API Protection PlatformSalt Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]API Security Software - API Security Management SoftwareSalt Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Proactive API Security - “Shift Left" API DevelopmentSalt Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]API Security Customers - Salt Security CustomersSalt Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]API Security Trends - API Attacks, Breaches & Threats ReportSalt Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Salt Security launches Salt CodeSalt Security · published June 1, 2026 · Tier A

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