Scantist
Scantist covers application security, software supply chain risk, and security for AI agents and LLM-powered products.
What Scantist is
Scantist covers application security, software supply chain risk, and security for AI agents and LLM-powered products. AppDefender combines SAST, software composition analysis, and infrastructure-as-code scanning for code flaws, vulnerable dependencies, and cloud misconfigurations. It scans dependencies and binaries, provides software bill of materials visibility, and tracks open-source licenses with custom policy controls. PAIStrike uses autonomous AI agents to discover, validate, and exploit vulnerabilities, producing proof of exploit for findings. Its reconnaissance gathers domains, endpoints, public resources, headers, redirects, and technology fingerprints. AIDefender reviews prompts and responses at runtime and can block, redact, or flag prompt injection and data leaks. AppDefender lists Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab integrations, with an IDE plugin in paid plans. The free plan allows one user, five projects, uploads up to 10MB, 20 monthly scans, and seven-day retention. Enterprise adds cloud or on-prem deployment, API access, single sign-on, and a dedicated account manager. Scantist is headquartered in Singapore and offers API, self-hosted, and web platforms.
Good
- Combines SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning
- Generates software bill of materials visibility
- Offers autonomous vulnerability validation with proof
- Includes AI runtime blocking and redaction
- Provides cloud or on-prem Enterprise deployment
Watch out
- Free plan limits users, projects, uploads, and scans
- Paid plans list additional limits or custom pricing
- Products do not guarantee every vulnerability is found
- IDE plugin is listed only in paid plans
Who it suits
It suits development and security teams handling code, dependencies, infrastructure-as-code, software bills of materials, and AI-runtime risks.
Verdict
Scantist combines application, supply-chain, and AI security functions across web, API, and self-hosted deployments. Buyers should weigh the free-plan limits and the stated limitation that vulnerabilities may be missed.
Plans and prices
From Scantist's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| AppDefender Free | Free | 1 user · 5 projects · 10MB uploads · 20 scans/month · 7-day retention · source-code SCA |
| PAIStrike Basic | $200, paid once | 200 credits |
| Basic | $200, paid once | PAIStrike credit package for individuals and small teams · 200 credits |
| Pro | $450, paid once | PAIStrike credit package for growing teams · 500 credits |
| PAIStrike Pro | $450, paid once | 500 credits |
| Max | $1,275, paid once | PAIStrike package for heavy usage and continuous testing · 1,500 credits |
| PAIStrike Max | $1,275, paid once | 1,500 credits |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Unlimited PAIStrike credits · custom volume and support |
| PAIStrike Enterprise | Priced on request | Unlimited credits · Custom volume and support |
| AppDefender Enterprise | Priced on request | Unlimited users/projects/scans · 100GB uploads · 180-day retention · code snippets · fuzzing · API · SSO · cloud or on-site deployment |
| AppDefender Premium | Priced on request | Unlimited users/projects/scans · 1GB uploads · 90-day retention · binary SCA · compliance rules · chat integrations |
| AppDefender Basic | Priced on request | 20 users · 100 projects · 100MB uploads · 200 scans/month · 60-day retention · SCA, SAST and IaC |
The facts
Each one read from Scantist's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AIDefender
- AIDefender evaluates prompts and responses in real time to detect jailbreaks, prompt injection and data leakage, then blocks, flags or redacts risky activity.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI runtime security
- AIDefender reviews prompts and responses in runtime and can block, redact, or flag unsafe activity such as prompt injection and data leaks.checked 9 Oct 2026
- API evidence
- DefectDojo documents a Scantist connector that imports SCA and SAST findings using an API token and the https://api.scantist.io endpoint.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Build scan behavior
- The FAQ explains that build-based scans monitor CI processes and include transitive and environment-specific open-source dependencies.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation scope
- Scantist’s documentation site covers language/file support, multiple SCM accounts, CI/CD build scans, UI-triggered scans, compliance rules and access tokens.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Enterprise deployment
- Enterprise AppDefender includes cloud and on-site deployment, single sign-on, API access and code patching.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding status
- Crunchbase lists four funding rounds, including a Series A led by GSR Ventures, but masks the monetary amounts.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headcount estimate
- Crunchbase places Scantist in the 51–100 employee range.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent recognition
- Scantist announced on July 15, 2024 that its SCA tool was added to OWASP’s recognized SCA-tool list.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The pricing matrix lists CI/CD integrations including Jenkins, GitHub Actions and GitLab, plus cloud source-control integrations and premium chat integrations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Legacy language limitation
- Scantist’s FAQ lists Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, C#, C, C++, Vue, Go and TypeScript for scans and says unsupported-language projects do not appear in the repository list.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Legal name
- Crunchbase lists the legal name as Scantist Pte. Ltd. and the operating status as active.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Liability limit
- Scantist's terms say its products are designed to identify and validate vulnerabilities but do not guarantee that all vulnerabilities will be found.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Limit: enterprise gating
- Code-snippet scanning, fuzzing, API access, SSO, on-site deployment and dedicated account management are reserved for Enterprise.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- AppDefender IaC
- The IaC capability checks cloud and infrastructure configurations for security misconfigurations before deployment.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AppDefender SAST
- The SAST engine is described as finding coding flaws and security gaps in proprietary code.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AppDefender SCA
- AppDefender scans source dependencies and binaries for known vulnerabilities and produces software-bill-of-materials visibility.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AppDefender scanning
- AppDefender combines SAST, SCA, and infrastructure-as-code scanning for code flaws, vulnerable dependencies, and cloud misconfigurations.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Company location
- Scantist identifies itself as a Singapore-based cybersecurity company and lists its office at 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent, #04-01, Singapore 139951.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2016checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Singaporechecked 28 Sep 2026
- LinkedIn company fact
- LinkedIn describes Scantist as founded in 2016 and spun out of Nanyang Technological University’s Cyber Security Lab.checked 15 Oct 2026
- LinkedIn company size
- LinkedIn’s company page shows 10 employees discoverable on LinkedIn and Singapore as the location.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Limit: free-tier boundaries
- The published comparison limits the free AppDefender tier to one user, five projects, 20 monthly scans, 10MB uploads and seven-day retention.checked 15 Oct 2026
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