Onam Security API Security

Onam Security API Security is a cloud API posture tool for security teams that need to find exposed or overlooked endpoints across cloud environments. It is strongest when teams want broad configuration visibility without sending test traffic to APIs. The trade-off is that it assesses posture rather than API behaviour under requests, and per-resource pricing can make wider coverage costly.

Overview

The product discovers API surfaces across gateways, load-balanced endpoints, function URLs and ingress routes, then checks their configuration against 241 application and API security rules. It maps endpoints against network paths to identify APIs reachable through open routes and flag shadow or orphaned APIs. This makes it useful for finding exposure that endpoint inventories alone may miss.

Discovery spans AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Alibaba and Kubernetes. Scanning reads configuration through read-only cloud APIs and does not send traffic to APIs for active testing. That is a practical fit for teams seeking posture assessments without test requests, but it will not show how endpoints behave when called; teams needing that evidence should pair it with active testing.

Key features

• Configuration checks: The 241 rules cover authentication, authorisation, throttling, WAF association, TLS policy and logging. This gives security teams a broad set of configuration controls to assess, though the product's stated method is configuration review rather than request-based validation.
• Exposure analysis: Cross-referencing APIs with the network graph helps identify endpoints reachable through open paths, including shadow and orphaned APIs. That is particularly relevant to teams with cloud environments where API ownership or monitoring may be uneven.
• Connections and API access: The integration catalog includes Jira, ServiceNow, Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Splunk, Azure Sentinel, AWS Security Hub, GitHub Actions and GitLab CI. A unified REST API uses the /api/v1 base path, giving teams an API for working across Onam's security domains.
• Security assurances: The Trust Center states that SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27017 and PCI DSS v4.0 are achieved. It also states that stored data is encrypted with AES-256 and traffic uses TLS 1.3.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing, billed forever. It covers one cloud account and up to 500 resources, with 30-day finding history and community support. That is a useful starting point for a small environment, but the account and resource caps constrain any team trying to inventory a broader estate.

Pro costs $22 a month per resource, billed monthly. It adds unlimited cloud accounts, all 29 engines, one-year finding history and email support with a stated response time under 24 hours. The longer history and broader coverage suit teams moving beyond the Free plan, but per-resource billing means costs rise with the resources covered.

Enterprise has custom pricing under an annual contract. It offers custom data retention, a contractual 99.9% uptime SLA, priority support with a stated response time under four hours, and SaaS or on-premises deployment. This is the relevant tier for organizations that need those service terms or deployment choice; its annual commitment is a different fit from Pro's monthly billing.

Platforms

Onam lists API, self-hosted and web platforms, with a hybrid deployment model. Enterprise explicitly offers SaaS or on-premises deployment, which gives larger organizations a deployment choice. Free and Pro have no stated seat allowance, so team sizing should not be assumed from the resource limits.

Who it's for

Onam suits security teams that need to discover and assess API exposure across several cloud environments, especially where shadow or orphaned endpoints are a concern. Its read-only posture scanning is a strength for configuration-focused review without active traffic. It is less suitable as a standalone choice for teams whose primary need is to validate runtime API behaviour.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Discovery across six named cloud environments and Kubernetes can bring scattered API surfaces into one assessment.
• Pro: Network-path analysis surfaces open-path, shadow and orphaned APIs, helping teams focus on exposure rather than configuration alone.
• Pro: Pro removes the Free plan's cloud-account cap and extends finding history from 30 days to one year.
• Con: Configuration scans do not send traffic to APIs, so they do not assess behaviour under active requests.
• Con: Free is limited to one cloud account and 500 resources, while Pro charges per resource and can become a significant commitment at scale.
• Con: Enterprise uses an annual contract, making it less flexible for teams that need its support or deployment terms but prefer monthly billing.

Alternatives

Choose Bedrock Data Security Platform if a free Snowflake-only option is a better match: its free plan provides weekly scans, but excludes entitlement analysis, custom data domains, findings and policies, access activity, RBAC and API.

Poirot DSPM is a free-forever, open-source, self-hosted option for teams that prioritize those terms. Consider Forcepoint Data Security Cloud if its broader listed platform coverage, including mobile and desktop operating systems, is more important; pricing is by request.

Skyhigh Private Access is another paid option, with Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows platforms. Cyberhaven Data Security Platform may suit teams seeking its API, extension, Linux, macOS, web and Windows coverage; pricing is provided by request and the company offers a product demo.

Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud API Security is a paid API-security alternative with API, Linux and web platforms. Varonis Data Discovery and Classification is a paid option for teams focused on its listed discovery and classification category; pricing is by quote.

Prisma Cloud SCA is a paid API and web option with a free trial, which may be preferable to teams who want to evaluate that product before buying.

For broader category comparisons, see Data Security Posture Management Software, SaaS Security Posture Management Software, Cloud Security Platforms, API Security Software and Cloud Vulnerability Scanners.

Verdict

Choose Onam Security API Security if your team needs multi-cloud API discovery, configuration checks and exposure analysis without active API traffic. Its broad cloud coverage and network-path view are the main reasons to shortlist it. Look elsewhere if request-based API testing is central to your security process, or if per-resource Pro pricing does not fit the scale of your environment.