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Head-to-head · API Security Software

Salt Security API Protection Platform vs Datadog App & API Protection

  • Updated Sep 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Salt Security API Protection Platform #4 in API Security Software 7.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Salt Security
Datadog App & API Protection #8 in API Security Software 6.8/10 From $31/mo (annual) · 14-day trial ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Datadog

Salt Security API Protection Platform leads on 0 checks, Datadog App & API Protection on 0, and 6 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreSalt Security API Protection Platform · 7.7/10

Salt Security API Protection Platform scores higher on our rubric for api security software: 7.7 against 6.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #8.

On deployment model, Salt Security API Protection Platform gives you Hybrid where Datadog App & API Protection offers Cloud.

Salt Security API Protection Platform is the better fit for cloud-native enterprises with hybrid API estates. Datadog App & API Protection is the better fit for observability teams adding API runtime protection.

  • Salt Security API Protection Platform fits best

    Cloud-native enterprises with hybrid API estates

  • Datadog App & API Protection fits best

    Observability teams adding API runtime protection

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Side by side

Feature Salt Security API Protection Platform 7.7/10 Visit ↗ Datadog App & API Protection 6.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 7.7 6.8
Ranking #4 in API Security Software #8 in API Security Software
Best for Cloud-native enterprises with hybrid API estates Observability teams adding API runtime protection
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price Not published $31/mo
Free plan Not published —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud
Platforms Web Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support Email, Tickets Email, Live chat, Community, Docs
Compliance SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001 GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2
Integrations 11 integrations 1,000+ integrations
Built for Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Salt Security API Protection Platform 5/5 · Datadog App & API Protection 5/5
API discovery ✓ ✓
Runtime protection ✓ ✓
API posture management ✓ ✓
Sensitive data detection ✓ ✓
Specification governance ✓ ✓
Specs
Deployment model Hybrid Cloud
Our review
Pros
  • Continuously discovers shadow, deprecated, internal, and cloud-based APIs
  • Combines posture management, governance, and compliance mapping
  • Supports runtime protection with sensitive-data exposure detection
  • Discovers documented, undocumented, and shadow APIs continuously
  • Combines API posture checks with in-app WAF threat blocking
  • Correlates attack flows with traces, errors, and logs
Cons
  • Pricing requires contact with sales rather than published standard plans
  • Enterprise-focused capabilities may exceed narrower API security needs
  • Hybrid deployment includes a local API-traffic processing component
  • Requires Datadog Infrastructure Monitoring
  • No free plan is available
  • Pricing is based on hosts and costs more with monthly billing
Our verdict

Salt Security API Protection Platform is designed for organizations securing internal, external, shadow, third-party, and cloud-based APIs. It fits enterprise security, DevSecOps, and compliance teams that need a consolidated view of API…

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Datadog App & API Protection is a cloud security product for Security and DevOps teams that need visibility and protection across production APIs. It continuously discovers documented, undocumented, and shadow APIs, builds endpoint…

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  1. Salt Security API Protection PlatformAPI Security Software 7.7Pricing on request
  2. Datadog App & API ProtectionAPI Security Software 6.8From $31/mo (annual) · 14-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Salt Security API Protection Platform — where it wins

    • Continuously discovers shadow, deprecated, internal, and cloud-based APIs
    • Combines posture management, governance, and compliance mapping
    • Supports runtime protection with sensitive-data exposure detection

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing requires contact with sales rather than published standard plans
    • Enterprise-focused capabilities may exceed narrower API security needs
    • Hybrid deployment includes a local API-traffic processing component

  • Datadog App & API Protection — where it wins

    • Discovers documented, undocumented, and shadow APIs continuously
    • Combines API posture checks with in-app WAF threat blocking
    • Correlates attack flows with traces, errors, and logs

    Where it doesn't

    • Requires Datadog Infrastructure Monitoring
    • No free plan is available
    • Pricing is based on hosts and costs more with monthly billing
  • Salt Security API Protection Platform7.7/10 · Pricing on request

    Enterprise API security spanning discovery, governance, sensitive data, and runtime threats.

    Visit Salt SecurityFull verdict →
  • Datadog App & API Protection6.8/10 · From $31/mo (annual) · 14-day trial

    A strong fit for observability teams that need API discovery and runtime blocking.

    Visit DatadogFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026

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