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← Directory overview Vendors rated in the Leadership Compass API Security and Management (July 2025) 25 vendors

Vendor	Founded	Country	Status	Recognition	Coverage	Summary
42Crunch	2015	IE	Active	Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM +10	Video +9 API Platforms: The New Security Perimeter for the Age of GenAI and Agentic… September 19, 2025 · Alexei Balaganski	42Crunch is a privately held cybersecurity company specializing in proactive, developer-centric API security. The company focuses on securing APIs across the entire lifecycle through contract-based…
Akamai	1998	US	Active	Overall Leader FRIPE Product Leader FRIPE Market Leader FRIPE +29	Leadership Compass +32 Zero Trust Platforms July 13, 2026 · Alexei Balaganski	Akamai Technologies is a global leader in content delivery, cloud, and security services. The company has evolved from a pioneering CDN operator to a provider of integrated API security with major…
Axway	2001	FR	Active	Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM +13	Leadership Compass +3 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · Alexei Balaganski	Axway is an enterprise software vendor focused on digital integration, including API management, B2B integration, and managed file transfer. Its Amplify platform provides federated API governance and…
Cequence Security	2014	US	Active	Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM +5	Leadership Compass +6 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 · Jonathan Care	Cequence Security is a cybersecurity vendor focused on protecting APIs and web applications from attacks such as bot abuse, fraud, and application-level threats. Its Unified API Protection (UAP)…
Forum Systems	2001	US	Active	Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM +13	Leadership Compass +10 Zero Trust Platforms July 13, 2026 · Alexei Balaganski	Forum Systems is a privately held vendor specializing in secure API communication and protocol mediation for high-assurance environments. Its Forum Sentry API Security Gateway is a self-contained API…
Google	1998	US	Active	Overall Leader SOC Product Leader SOC Innovation Leader SOC +14	Leadership Compass +56 Zero Trust Platforms July 13, 2026 · Alexei Balaganski	Google Cloud offers Apigee, a leading API management and security platform acquired in 2016. Apigee is deeply integrated into Google Cloud, supporting hybrid, multi-cloud, and AI-enhanced API…
Imperva	2002	US	Acquired 2023	Overall Leader WAAP Product Leader WAAP Innovation Leader WAAP +31	Video +18 Breaking the Firewall: Why WAAP Defines the Next Era of Protection October 30, 2025 · Osman Celik	Imperva is a leading cybersecurity company specializing in application and data security. Its API security capabilities are part of its unified Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) platform,…
Kong	2017	US	Active	Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM +1	Leadership Compass +3 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · Alexei Balaganski	Kong Inc. is an API and service connectivity platform vendor focused on federated governance, API design, security, and developer enablement across hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. Originating as…
Qualys	1999	US	Active	Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM +21	Leadership Compass +10 Attack Surface Management October 21, 2026 · Osman Celik	Qualys is a global leader in cloud-based vulnerability management and cybersecurity technologies. Its TotalAppSec solution extends unified vulnerability management and analytics to cover web…
Salt Security	2016	US	Active	Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM +11	Leadership Compass +4 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · Alexei Balaganski	Salt Security is a pioneer in agentless, out-of-band API security, offering API discovery, policy governance, and threat detection driven by patented AI/ML. Its platform is designed for large…
WSO2	2005	US	Active	Overall Leader BBIAM Product Leader BBIAM Innovation Leader BBIAM +38	Video +45 Identity Collapse in the Age of Autonomous Agents June 26, 2026 · John Tolbert	WSO2 is a global provider of open-source and SaaS software for API management, integration, and IAM, serving enterprises across 93 countries. The company offers a unified, AI-enhanced platform…
Gravitee	2015	US	Active	Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM +3	Video +2 API Platforms: The New Security Perimeter for the Age of GenAI and Agentic… September 19, 2025 · Alexei Balaganski	Gravitee is an API management vendor with open-source roots focused on unifying synchronous and asynchronous APIs in one platform. Its product set spans central management (Cockpit), API management…
Traefik Labs	2016	FR	Active	Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM	Leadership Compass API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · Alexei Balaganski	Traefik Labs is an open-source driven technology company specializing in cloud-native traffic management and API runtime governance for Kubernetes, containers, and hybrid cloud. Its Traefik Hub…
Wallarm	2013	US	Active	Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM +2	Video +8 Breaking the Firewall: Why WAAP Defines the Next Era of Protection October 30, 2025 · Osman Celik	Wallarm is a cybersecurity vendor focused on real-time protection of APIs and web applications in cloud-native, hybrid, and distributed environments. Its unified WAAP and API security platform…
Broadcom	1991	US	Active	Overall Leader IAG Product Leader IAG Innovation Leader IAG +110	Leadership Compass +48 Identity and Access Governance August 13, 2026 · Nitish Deshpande	Broadcom is a global technology company specializing in semiconductors and infrastructure software, including the Layer7 API Management suite. The company provides enterprise-scale API management,…
Akto	2021	US	Active	Product Leader ASM Innovation Leader ASM	Leadership Compass API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · Alexei Balaganski	Akto is an emerging vendor in the API security market, offering a unified, lifecycle-spanning API security platform. Akto's focus is on comprehensive API discovery, vulnerability assessment, posture…
F5	1996	US	Active	Product Leader GAD Innovation Leader GAD Market Leader GAD +19	Whitepaper +16 Beyond Benchmarks: Measuring the Security Efficacy of Enterprise AI Guardrails July 13, 2026 · Jonathan Care	F5 is a veteran application delivery and security vendor that has expanded into unified, hybrid application and API security with the Distributed Cloud Services platform. The company provides…
Check Point	1993	IL	Active	Market Leader MDR Overall Leader ES Innovation Leader ES +29	Leadership Compass +22 Managed Detection and Response April 29, 2026 · Warwick Ashford	Check Point Software Technologies is a global cybersecurity provider, best known for its enterprise firewall and security solutions. Its CloudGuard WAF offers API discovery, schema validation, and…
Cloudflare	2009	US	Active	Product Leader ES Product Leader ASM Overall Leader WAF +18	Leadership Compass +18 Zero Trust Platforms July 13, 2026 · Alexei Balaganski	Cloudflare is a global internet infrastructure and security provider, best known for its CDN and web security services. Its API Shield solution leverages a global edge network to deliver scalable,…
Curity	2015	SE	Active	Product Leader ASM Overall Leader ASM Product Leader ASM +6	Leadership Compass +18 Business-to-Business Identity and Access Management April 1, 2026 · John Tolbert	Curity is an identity and access management vendor specializing in secure, standards-based authentication and API access control. The Curity Identity Server provides modular, cloud-native identity…