42Crunch
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What is 42Crunch
42Crunch is an API security platform focused on securing APIs across the lifecycle, from design and development through deployment and runtime. It provides OpenAPI-driven security auditing, automated conformance checks, and testing to identify common API risks and misconfigurations. The product targets API developers, security teams, and platform teams that need governance and security controls integrated into CI/CD and API gateways. It differentiates through its emphasis on specification-based security scoring and policy enforcement tied to API definitions.
OpenAPI-driven security governance
42Crunch centers security analysis and policy enforcement on OpenAPI/Swagger definitions. This supports consistent security requirements across teams and reduces ambiguity in API reviews. It also enables automated checks for missing authentication, weak authorization patterns, and insecure data exposure based on the API contract. For organizations standardizing on OpenAPI, this approach can be easier to operationalize than purely traffic-based discovery alone.
CI/CD and developer workflow fit
The platform is designed to run security audits and checks as part of build pipelines and developer tooling. This helps teams catch issues earlier than runtime-only controls and supports shift-left security practices. It can reduce manual review effort by producing repeatable results tied to versioned API specs. This is useful for organizations with many APIs and frequent releases.
Runtime protection via gateway integration
42Crunch includes capabilities that integrate with API gateways to apply security policies at runtime. This supports enforcement of contract conformance and blocking of requests that violate defined rules. It provides a bridge between design-time governance and production controls, which can help reduce drift between intended and deployed behavior. This lifecycle coverage is relevant for teams managing APIs across multiple environments.
Depends on accurate API specs
The strongest controls rely on having up-to-date and complete OpenAPI definitions. In environments where APIs are undocumented, generated inconsistently, or frequently drift from implementations, results can be incomplete or require additional process changes. Teams may need to invest in spec hygiene and ownership to get full value. This can slow adoption in organizations without mature API governance.
Policy tuning and rollout effort
Enforcing security policies across many APIs typically requires tuning rules, handling exceptions, and coordinating with development teams. Initial rollout can create friction if policies are too strict or if legacy APIs do not meet baseline requirements. Organizations often need a phased approach and clear governance to avoid blocking delivery. This adds operational overhead compared with lighter-weight scanning-only tools.
Narrower scope than broad cloud security
While it supports runtime controls and integrations, the product’s core focus is API security rather than full-spectrum cloud security posture management. Buyers looking for a single tool to cover infrastructure misconfigurations, workload vulnerabilities, and identity posture may need additional products. This can increase toolchain complexity for cloud security programs. Fit is strongest when API security is a dedicated initiative.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 / month | Single-user freemium: monthly IDE allowances of up to 100 operations each for API Contract Generator, API Audit and API Scan; self-service support only; requires IDE plugin and freemium token. |
| Single User | from $7.50 / month | Single-user paid tier (IDE-focused); increased monthly allowances (up to ~2,000 operations each for API Contract Generator, API Audit and API Scan); IDE access only; no platform account; paid support levels. |
| Teams | from $375 / month | Team packages starting from 5 users (starting point includes ~75 endpoints); SaaS platform account with collaboration, unlimited testing on contracted endpoints, CI/CD automation, option to add Runtime Protection; monthly or annual subscriptions; Team Start offers a 30-day free trial. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | Custom / enterprise plans for scale (pricing listed as "custom"); vendor lists enterprise starting sizes and features (POC/enterprise trials available, runtime protection, gateway and SIEM/SOC integrations); contact sales for pricing. |
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