Best Cloudflare API Shield Alternatives & Competitors in 2026

Indusface AppTrana - API Protection

Managed API security platform with discovery, DAST, WAF, and 24x7 SOC

Prophaze API Security

AI-powered API security platform with threat detection and discovery

Cequence API Security

API security platform for discovery, testing, and protection of APIs

Wallarm API Security

Unified API and AI security platform for discovery, protection, and testing

Fastly API Security

API security platform for discovery, monitoring, and protection at edge

Data Theorem API Security

API security platform for discovery, testing, and runtime protection

Pynt Detect Sensitive Data and Excessive Data Exposure

AI-powered API security tool detecting sensitive data & excessive data exposure

Salt Security Illuminate

API security platform providing discovery, posture management, and threat detection

Salt Security Salt Collect

Analyzes API traffic to detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations & data exposure

Cequence AI Gateway

Unified platform for API security, bot management, and AI gateway protection

Traceable AppSec

Platform for API & app security with discovery, testing, and protection

Imperva API Security

Unified API security platform for discovery, risk assessment, and mitigation

42Crunch API Security Platform

Platform for automated API security testing and runtime threat protection

TeejLab API Discovery Manager

API discovery, security, governance & lifecycle mgmt platform for enterprises

Equixly The Agentic AI Hacker

AI-powered API security testing platform for continuous vulnerability scanning

Levo Runtime Application Security

Runtime application security platform for API and AI stack protection

Syhunt SyhuntAPI

API security testing tool for detecting vulnerabilities in web APIs

Ammune API Discovery

API security platform with discovery, WAF, bot protection, and DDoS defense

Checkmarx API Security

API security tool that discovers APIs in code and addresses vulnerabilities

Upstream Fusion API Security

API security platform for automotive, mobility & transportation industries

Operant AI API Threat Protection

Runtime API threat protection for Kubernetes environments with discovery

Edgescan API Security Testing

API discovery, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing platform

Akamai API Security

API security platform for discovery, testing, and protection of APIs

Ghost Security Exorcist

AI-driven code analysis tool for API discovery and vulnerability detection

APIsec API Security

AI-powered API security testing platform with continuous attack simulation

CloudMatos MatosSphere API Security

API security platform for SMBs with threat detection and vulnerability mgmt.

Escape API Security

API discovery, documentation, and security testing platform for APIs

42Crunch API Protection

API runtime protection with content validation, threat detection & throttling

Invicti API Security

API security testing platform with discovery, scanning, and remediation

Detectify API Scanning

Dynamic API vulnerability scanner with payload-based testing and fuzzing

StackHawk API Discovery

API discovery tool that maps application attack surface from source code

Pynt API Security Testing

API security testing platform with LLM-powered context awareness and attack simulation

Spherical Defense Autonomous Protection

AI-powered API security platform using unsupervised deep learning

Impart AI

AI-powered runtime protection platform for WAF, API, and AI security

eXate APIgator

API data-in-motion protection using claims-based access and PoLP enforcement.

Forum Systems Sentry

API security & Zero Trust enforcement for Docker microservices.

Mend API Security

API security solution within Mend's AppSec platform

42Crunch API Scan

Dynamic API security testing tool for OpenAPI contract conformance validation

42Crunch API Audit

API security audit tool for OpenAPI contracts with 300+ security checks

Cequence CQAI

AI-powered API threat detection using behavioral fingerprinting & threat intel

Prancer Autonomous API Security

AI-driven API pentesting platform with schema-aware testing and fuzzing

Acunetix API Security Testing

API vulnerability scanning and testing for REST, SOAP, and GraphQL APIs

Hypernative Guardian

Real-time transaction security for Web3 wallets and blockchain transactions

SecureLayer7 BugDazz API Security Scanner

API security scanner for automated vulnerability detection in CI/CD pipelines

ThreatX Attacker-Centric Behavioral Analytics

Behavioral analytics platform for API and application threat detection

Salt Security Salt Connect

API discovery and inventory tool for multi-cloud and on-prem environments

Impart Precision LogGen

Customizable security log generation with code-based rules for SIEM enrichment