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API Security Suites comparison №3

apisec vs IMVision

As a cybersecurity specialist or a startup co-founder, you know the importance of ensuring your API endpoints' security and security of other software components. This is best done using particular products, so-called API Security Suites or APISS.

This article is the third in the cycle and compares yet another pair of APISS: apisec vs IMVision. Feel free to read the rest of the comparisons.

apisec

apisec is a purpose-built for covering a wide range of OWASP API vulnerabilities. It boasts a wide range of integrations with mission-critical business tools and can be seen as reliable AI-powered platform for automated API vulnerability analysis, monitoring and alerting. Slack notifications keep your team updated on the minute details of your cybersecurity performance.
The solution is fully automated so it detects and eliminates vulnerabilities before they can mess up the production. There's a free version available so you can test the API to see whether or not it works for your unique business needs. If it does, you can choose between the standard, professional and enterprise-level packages.

IMVision

IMVision is developed as a standalone solution that covers 4 of the OWASP API.TOP-10 vulnerabilities. It utilises an AI algorithm for detecting malicious activity and provides email notifications to specific recipients, ensuring rapid issue escalations. Unfortunately, it does not integrate with DevOps tools, limiting the range of its application within CI/CD pipelines.
IMVision is mainly used by enterprises to accelerate their digital transportation by ensuring that each API call is scrutinized and that each API is individually protected.

apisec and IMVision: Key Differences

Summary
Both apisec and IMvision are available as SaaS, hybrid or on-prem solutions enabling GraphQL and REST API security for various industries - IT, banking, telecom and other. However, while apisec provides convenient Slack notifications, IMVision relies on email alerts, not easy to respond to.

Anyway, there is no integration with SIEM tools but AI algorithms are employed for detection of malicious activity. At the end of the day, API security tools cover much more than traditional API controls (like API authentication and authorisation).

Although IMVision covers nearly as many API vulnerabilities as apisec, the latter provides a wide range of integrations with tools like GitLab and Jenkins, a feature that IMVision lacks.

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