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Scantist
What Scantist is
Scantist is a Singapore-based cybersecurity company founded in 2016. Its products address application security, software supply chain risk, and security for AI agents and LLM-powered products. AppDefender combines static application security testing, software composition analysis, and infrastructure-as-code scanning to identify code flaws, vulnerable dependencies, and cloud configuration problems. It scans dependencies and binaries, creates software bills of materials, and tracks open-source licenses with custom policy controls. PAIStrike uses autonomous AI agents to discover, validate, and exploit vulnerabilities, while reconnaissance gathers domains, endpoints, public resources, headers, redirects, and technology fingerprints. AIDefender checks prompts and responses during 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. Deployment options include API, web, self-hosted, and hybrid use. The free AppDefender plan costs nothing and allows one user, five projects, 10MB uploads, 20 monthly scans, and seven-day retention.
Who it suits
Scantist suits development and security teams managing code, dependencies, cloud configurations, and AI application risks. Its supported ecosystems include Java, JavaScript, Perl, Go, Python, C#, C/C++, Ruby, PHP, Objective-C, and Swift.
What it does well
- Combines SAST, SCA, and infrastructure-as-code scanning
- Generates SBOMs and tracks open-source licenses
- AI agents provide proof of exploit for findings
- Offers cloud or on-premise Enterprise deployment
- Supports Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab
What to know first
- Free plan limited to one user and five projects
- Free uploads capped at 10MB
- Free scans retained for seven days
- Products do not guarantee every vulnerability is found
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| AppDefender Free | 1 user · 5 projects · 10MB uploads · 20 scans/month · 7-day retention · source-code SCA | Free |
| Max | 1,500 credits · PAIStrike package for heavy usage and continuous testing | $1,275, paid once |
| PAIStrike Max | 1,500 credits | $1,275, paid once |
| PAIStrike Basic | 200 credits | $200, paid once |
| Basic | 200 credits · PAIStrike credit package for individuals and small teams | $200, paid once |
| Pro | 500 credits · PAIStrike credit package for growing teams | $450, paid once |
| PAIStrike Pro | 500 credits | $450, paid once |
| AppDefender Premium | Unlimited users/projects/scans · 1GB uploads · 90-day retention · binary SCA · compliance rules · chat integrations | On request |
The first 8 of 12 plans, as scantist.com lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Verdict
Scantist combines application, dependency, infrastructure, and AI runtime security in one product family. Its free AppDefender tier provides a limited starting point, while paid plans add capacity and enterprise deployment options.
Facts from Scantist's own pages
- AIDefender
- AIDefender evaluates prompts and responses in real time to detect jailbreaks, prompt injection and data leakage, then blocks, flags or redacts risky activity. · scantist.com, 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. · scantist.com, 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. · docs.defectdojo.com, 15 Oct 2026
- AppDefender IaC
- The IaC capability checks cloud and infrastructure configurations for security misconfigurations before deployment. · scantist.com, 15 Oct 2026
- AppDefender SAST
- The SAST engine is described as finding coding flaws and security gaps in proprietary code. · scantist.com, 15 Oct 2026
- AppDefender SCA
- AppDefender scans source dependencies and binaries for known vulnerabilities and produces software-bill-of-materials visibility. · scantist.com, 15 Oct 2026
- AppDefender scanning
- AppDefender combines SAST, SCA, and infrastructure-as-code scanning for code flaws, vulnerable dependencies, and cloud misconfigurations. · scantist.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Build scan behavior
- The FAQ explains that build-based scans monitor CI processes and include transitive and environment-specific open-source dependencies. · scantist.atlassian.net, 15 Oct 2026
- Company location
- Scantist identifies itself as a Singapore-based cybersecurity company and lists its office at 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent, #04-01, Singapore 139951. · scantist.com, 9 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. · docs.scantist.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Enterprise deployment
- Enterprise AppDefender includes cloud and on-site deployment, single sign-on, API access and code patching. · scantist.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2016 · scantist.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Funding status
- Crunchbase lists four funding rounds, including a Series A led by GSR Ventures, but masks the monetary amounts. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Headcount estimate
- Crunchbase places Scantist in the 51–100 employee range. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Singapore · scantist.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Independent recognition
- Scantist announced on July 15, 2024 that its SCA tool was added to OWASP’s recognized SCA-tool list. · scantist.com, 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. · scantist.com, 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. · scantist.atlassian.net, 15 Oct 2026
- Legal name
- Crunchbase lists the legal name as Scantist Pte. Ltd. and the operating status as active. · crunchbase.com, 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. · scantist.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Limit: enterprise gating
- Code-snippet scanning, fuzzing, API access, SSO, on-site deployment and dedicated account management are reserved for Enterprise. · scantist.com, 15 Oct 2026
- 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. · scantist.com, 15 Oct 2026
- LinkedIn company fact
- LinkedIn describes Scantist as founded in 2016 and spun out of Nanyang Technological University’s Cyber Security Lab. · sg.linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- LinkedIn company size
- LinkedIn’s company page shows 10 employees discoverable on LinkedIn and Singapore as the location. · sg.linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026