A scanner tells you what might be wrong. We show you the exploit.

Q: Is Astra Security enough for SOC 2?

Astra can help you surface vulnerabilities to remediate before an audit. But a scanner flags what might be wrong - it does not prove what is actually exploitable. Whether that satisfies a specific audit line item depends on your auditor. Greywatch runs continuous offensive testing and proves what is exploitable in production - a stronger security signal, though the same auditor question applies.

Q: What is the difference between a vulnerability scanner and continuous penetration testing?

A vulnerability scanner checks your surface against known patterns and flags what matches. Continuous penetration testing actively attacks your product the way an adversary would - probing at machine speed, 24/7 - and proves what is actually exploitable. A scanner returns hundreds of flagged items; continuous offensive testing returns a few proven, prioritized findings with the exact request that worked.

Q: Does Astra Security use AI?

Astra uses AI-assisted scanning and automation in its testing pipeline. Greywatch uses proprietary AI agents that run continuous offensive testing - actively probing at machine speed the way a real adversary probes a target, not just matching patterns. The key difference is the human review layer: every Greywatch finding is validated by a security engineer before it reaches you.

Q: What are the best Astra Security alternatives?

If you want continuous offensive testing rather than vulnerability scanning, Greywatch is the alternative. Its AI agents run 24/7, has a security engineer validate every finding, and delivers 3 to 5 proven, exploitable findings with the exact request that worked - not a scanner's list of flagged items to triage.

Astra Security is a vulnerability scanner. Greywatch is continuous offensive testing with human judgment. Astra tells you what might be wrong. We show you how we got in.

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Astra Security

1,000+

Flagged items from automated scanning. Pattern-matched, not proven. Your team decides what matters - and what to fix first.

Volume of findings

Greywatch

3–5

Proven, exploitable findings. A security engineer validated every one. Exact request, data exposed, fix included.

100% signal

No strawman

What Astra Security is good at

Straight read. Astra built something useful for a real problem - this is not an attack on a thin product.

Broad surface coverage

Astra scans a wide attack surface quickly - OWASP Top 10, API endpoints, misconfigurations. Fast coverage across a large surface is a real capability.

Compliance surface check

For teams that need a vulnerability scan result as part of a security questionnaire or light compliance review, Astra provides a credible output with minimal setup.

Continuous scanning

Astra runs continuously rather than on a project schedule. For teams that want ongoing scan visibility without managing a scanner themselves, it delivers that.

The gap

Where a scanner runs out of road

The limitation is not Astra specifically. It is what a scanner can and cannot tell you by design.

Flagged is not proven

A scanner matches patterns. It flags what looks like an IDOR or an exposed endpoint - it does not confirm that the IDOR is actually exploitable against your specific product logic. Greywatch proves it: every finding ships with the exact request that worked and the data it exposed. A flag is not a finding.

Volume is not signal

100% of criticals we find would have passed a SOC 2 review. A scanner's output is volume - hundreds to thousands of items, each of which your team must triage, prioritize, and investigate. That triage work is the scanner problem wearing a different hat. We do the triage before the finding reaches you.

No business context

A scanner cannot tell you whether the IDOR it found exposes a profile picture or a full transaction history. CVSS score is not business impact. A security engineer who has attacked your product can tell you which finding is the one that matters to your business, your revenue model, your customers. The scanner cannot.

How it works

1 framework. 3 motions.

Every engagement runs the same loop. Nothing leaves without human validation.

Continuous

AI agents continuously test your live product the way an attacker would, 24/7. Not a scheduled scan of known patterns.

Reviewed

Every candidate finding is filtered by a security engineer first. A few real, prioritized issues - not 1,000 low-signal items to triage.

Reproduction, as delivered

$ curl -H "Auth: <user-a>" /api/records/8815

← 200 OK · returns record 8815

user-a is not the record owner. Count recorded, 1 sample redacted, nothing extracted.

Reproducible

The exact request that worked, the data it exposed, step-by-step reproduction, and a recommended fix. Not a flag - a confirmed breach path your engineers can replay.

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Right fit

Who each product is built for

Astra Security

Teams that need broad surface coverage or a scan output for a compliance questionnaire. Best for teams with the in-house capacity to triage, prioritize, and investigate what the scanner surfaces.

Greywatch

Series A-C healthtech, fintech, and B2B SaaS teams shipping fast, holding real customer data, without a dedicated security function. Proven findings, zero triage.

The numbers

What the agents find that scanners miss

31 companies with confirmed findings in the last 7 days. 100% of criticals found would have passed a SOC 2 review.

Companies with confirmed findings in the last 7 days

100%

Of criticals we found would have passed a SOC 2 review

3–5

Proven findings per engagement - not a list to triage

From our customers

What it looks like from the other side.

“

We were focussing on our usual product roadmap and didn’t think beyond our quarterly VAPT reports. Greywatch proactively found exploitable vulnerabilities our usual vendor never caught, and now we run their continuous security platform on all our assets. Highly recommend working with them!

Adarsh Tadimari

Co-founder & CTO, Plotline

Common questions

Questions about Astra Security and Greywatch

Is Astra Security enough for SOC 2?

Astra can help surface vulnerabilities before an audit. But a scanner flags what might be wrong - it does not prove what is exploitable. Whether that satisfies a specific audit line item depends on your auditor. Greywatch proves what is exploitable in production - a stronger signal, same auditor caveat.

What is the difference between a vulnerability scanner and continuous penetration testing?

A scanner matches your surface against known patterns and flags what fits. Continuous penetration testing actively attacks your product the way an adversary would, proves what is exploitable, and delivers a few findings with exact reproduction steps - not a list to triage.

Does Astra Security use AI?

Astra uses AI-assisted scanning automation. Greywatch uses proprietary AI agents that probe continuously the way a real adversary probes - not pattern matching, but active exploitation attempts. Every finding is validated by a security engineer before it reaches you.

What are the best Astra Security alternatives?

If you want continuous offensive testing rather than scanning, Greywatch is the alternative. AI agents running 24/7, a security engineer validates every finding, output is 3 to 5 proven exploitable findings with the exact request that worked - not a flag list to triage.