Detectify vs Escape
Escape tests apps and APIs with a business-logic DAST engine and AI agents, while Detectify tests your web apps and APIs with payloads built with ethical hackers.
Last updated 8 October 2026
| Detectify | Escape | |
|---|---|---|
| How tests are built | Payload-based tests, including 1,765+ Crowdsource modules from ethical hackers | Proprietary business-logic DAST engine, plus AI agents for pentesting* |
| Attack surface monitoring | Subdomains, IPs and IP ranges, open ports and technologies, plus subdomain takeover checks every 8 hours | Domains, subdomains, IP ranges, services and technologies, plus APIs and SPAs. Domain takeover test* |
| Ports monitored | Around 8,500 ports per target | 3,846 TCP ports per discovered host by default. Nine ports for IP range scans* |
| Web app scanning | Headless Chrome crawler with full SPA support | Browser-driven testing with state-aware crawling for React, Angular and Vue SPAs. AI-driven crawling available* |
| Authenticated scanning | Basic, Recorded Login and Recorded Crawling | OAuth, SAML, password, TLS and TOTP MFA, plus browser-based and cURL login flows* |
| API scanning | OpenAPI v2, v3, v3.1 and GraphQL. OAuth, Basic and API key | REST (OpenAPI v3, Swagger v2, Postman, HAR) and GraphQL* |
| Internal scanning | Internal Scanning, deployed with Terraform (AWS) or Helm. Outbound-only connection | Private Locations agent, deployed with Helm, Docker, Podman or the Escape CLI. Outbound connections* |
| Integrations | Jira (two-way), Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, ServiceNow, Splunk, webhooks, Workato, REST API | Jira (two-way), Slack, Microsoft Teams, Azure Boards, Seemplicity, Wiz, webhooks, public API, CLI* |
Detectify helps 10,000+ users manage their attack surfaces
Which one fits your team
Detectify
Choose Detectify if
- Your biggest risk sits in internet-facing web apps, APIs and subdomains
- You want testing that goes beyond known CVEs
- You want attack surface monitoring and application testing in one platform
Escape
Choose Escape if
- You want business-logic testing of APIs with a proprietary engine plus AI agents
- You want to import APIs from Postman, HAR or Burp exports as well as OpenAPI
- You track remediation in Azure Boards or Seemplicity, or send results to Wiz
Why teams choose Detectify
400+
400+ ethical hackers in Crowdsource submit payloads for vulnerabilities they find in the wild
- Crowdsource ethical hackers submit payloads for vulnerabilities they find in the wild
- 1,765+ modules run against the assets you add
- New tests ship when a vulnerability is disclosed, as with Log4Shell on the same day
- Maps subdomains from certificate transparency logs, DNS enumeration and brute-forcing
- Checks your subdomains for takeover every 8 hours, including GCP bucket takeover
- DNS connectors pull in assets from AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloudflare and more
- Crawls your app in a real browser, so JavaScript and single-page apps get tested
- Basic access authentication, recorded login and recorded crawling
- Technology fingerprinting picks the tests that fit your stack
Crowdsource from submission to test
01
Ethical hacker submits a payloadCrowdsource · path traversal
GET /static/..%2f..%2f..%2fetc/passwd
02
Reviewed, then shipped as a test moduleJoins 1,765+ modules
03
Finding
trade.go-hack-yourself.netPath traversalHigh
Surface Monitoring subdomain takeover
01
New subdomain foundCertificate transparency logs
promo.go-hack-yourself.net CNAME deprovisioned cloud resource
02
Checked for takeoverEvery 8 hours
03
Finding
promo.go-hack-yourself.netSubdomain takeoverHigh
Application Scanning recorded login
01
Login recorded onceDetectify Recorder, a Chrome extension
RECtrade.go-hack-yourself.net/logindemo@go-hack-yourself.net••••••••••Sign in
02
Crawled like a person, still logged inHeadless Chrome · clicks buttons, fills forms
03
Finding
trade.go-hack-yourself.net/accountXSSHigh
“If anybody ever asks me if I know a good DAST solution, I always tell them to look into Detectify.”
FAQs
Yes, for teams whose main risk is internet-facing web apps, APIs and subdomains. Detectify monitors your external attack surface and tests applications with payload-based tests. Escape discovers APIs and apps and tests them with a business-logic DAST engine and AI pentesting agents.
How the tests are built. Detectify's tests come from its own research and from Crowdsource, a program of ethical hackers who submit payloads for real vulnerabilities. Escape uses its own business-logic DAST engine, plus AI agents for pentesting.
Yes. API Scanning tests the operations you choose in an OpenAPI v2, v3 or v3.1 spec or a GraphQL schema that you import. It supports OAuth, Basic and API key authentication.
Yes. Internal Scanning runs inside your network and connects outbound only. You deploy it with Terraform on AWS or with Helm.
Yes. Application Scanning supports Basic authentication, Recorded Login and Recorded Crawling.
Pricing depends on the products you use and how many assets you cover. Surface Monitoring is priced by the number of domains in scope, and Internal Scanning by the number of internal apps. Start a 2-week free trial, or talk to sales for a quote.
Yes. They run independently, so you can point both at the same web apps and APIs.
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