API security · tool comparison
Ryft vs Burp, Caido & Noname
Same proxy, fuzzer and scanner you expect — plus the API-specific testing a general web tool can't do. Here's how they line up.
| Burp SuitePro | BUILT FOR APIs
 Ryft |
CaidoPro | NonameAPI Security | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercepting proxy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
| API fuzzer | ✓Intruder | ✓SideCar | ✓Automate | ~active testing |
| Built-in GraphQL API testing | ~InQL extension | ✓inherent | ~via plugin | ~ |
| Automated security scanner OWASP API Top 10 | ~web-app scan | ✓ | ✕ | ✓platform |
| Tests the API as an API not as a web app | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Finds hidden API endpoints in JavaScript | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕from traffic |
| Reconstructs an OpenAPI spec no docs needed | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ~from live traffic |
| Multi-credential BOLA / IDOR with negative controls | ~manual / extension | ✓ | ✕ | ~active testing |
| Multi-step authenticated flows | ~session macros | ✓ | ~ | ~ |
| Private AI assistant your own key — or fully offline | ✕credits · their cloud | ✓AutoPilot · OpenAI / Anthropic / Ollama | ~Shift plugin · cloud only | ✕cloud |
| Local-first — no account, zero telemetry | ~license key | ✓ | ✕account | ✕cloud SaaS |
| Price | $499/yr per seat | $49/yr · introductory | from $20/mo subscription | Enterprise· contact sales |
Each of these is good at what it's for. Burp and Caido are excellent manual, whole-app web proxies; Noname is an enterprise cloud platform for runtime API discovery and posture. Ryft is the local-first, hands-on middle ground — it gives you a proxy, fuzzer and scanner, then goes where the web proxies can't: it treats the target as an API, finds the endpoints hiding in the JavaScript, rebuilds the spec, and proves object-level authorization bugs automatically — without sending a byte to anyone's cloud.
FAQ
Questions people actually ask
What's the best Burp Suite alternative for API testing?
Ryft is built specifically for APIs: it pulls hidden endpoints out of a web app's JavaScript, reconstructs an OpenAPI spec, and runs multi-credential BOLA/IDOR with negative controls plus the full OWASP API Top 10 — with the proxy and fuzzer you'd expect, on your machine, no account, $49/yr introductory. Burp stays stronger for broad manual web-app testing.
Does Ryft have a proxy and a fuzzer, or just a scanner?
All three. Ryft ships an intercepting Proxy (with Cruise Control), the SideCar fuzzer, built-in GraphQL testing, and an automated Scanner for the OWASP API Top 10 — plus JS recon, spec reconstruction, Flows and multi-credential BOLA. It's a full testing suite that happens to be API-first.
Why can't I just scan an API with Burp?
You can point Burp at it, but it scans the API like a web app — crawling and running generic web checks. It doesn't understand endpoints, methods and object references the way an API-aware tool does, so it misses the authorization flaws (BOLA/IDOR) that dominate the OWASP API Top 10. Ryft tests it as an API.
Does Ryft use AI — and does my data leave my machine?
Ryft's AutoPilot is bring-your-own-key: point it at OpenAI or Anthropic, or run it fully offline with a local model via Ollama. It explains findings and drafts remediation. Run it against a local model and nothing leaves your machine — consistent with Ryft's zero-telemetry design. By contrast, Burp's AI runs on PortSwigger's cloud (credits) and Caido's assistant sends data to a cloud provider.
Does any of this leave my machine?
No. Ryft is local-first — no cloud, no account, zero telemetry. Targets and findings never leave your laptop, which is what lets you test on engagements where a cloud tool isn't allowed.
The full suite — built for APIs.
Proxy, fuzzer and scanner, local-first, for Windows, macOS and Linux. Introductory pricing, no account.