SaaSFort vs Detectify: The SMB Alternative (2026)

Detectify is a strong product. Their crowdsourced vulnerability research catches threats other scanners miss, and the new IP Range Scanning feature (launched March 2026) adds real value for security teams managing sprawling infrastructure. For companies with 100+ subdomains and a dedicated security team, Detectify earns its price tag.

Detectify offers two products: App Scanning at €90/month (1 domain, the direct comparison to SaaSFort) and Surface Monitoring at €302/month (asset discovery across your entire attack surface). Most SMBs comparing tools are looking at App Scanning — so that’s the fair benchmark.

Even at €90/month, that’s 10× what SaaSFort charges. For a 25-person SaaS company that needs to prove its security posture to a prospect by Friday, SaaSFort starts at €9/month and produces the exact evidence enterprise procurement teams request. Different tools, different audiences, very different budgets.

What Detectify Does Well

Detectify is an External Attack Surface Management (EASM) platform combined with Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST). Three capabilities set it apart:

Crowdsourced vulnerability research. Detectify works with ~400 vetted ethical hackers who submit real-world exploit payloads. When a new attack technique emerges, their research network often has a test for it before commercial scanner vendors update their signatures. This matters for companies with high-value targets — fintech, healthtech, or any SaaS handling PII at scale.

Attack surface discovery. Detectify finds assets you’ve forgotten about — subdomains, staging environments, orphaned APIs. Their Protocol Discovery feature identifies services behind open ports across your entire IP range, including Redis and MongoDB instances exposed without associated domains. If you’ve accumulated infrastructure over 5+ years, this discovery capability is genuinely useful.

IP Range Scanning (new, March 2026). Security teams can now onboard entire CIDR blocks for continuous monitoring. When Detectify detects a web application on a scanned IP, it automatically transitions to deep security testing. This closes a blind spot that traditional domain-based scanners miss entirely.

What SaaSFort Does Differently

SaaSFort isn’t an EASM platform. It’s a security scanner built specifically for B2B SaaS companies that need procurement-ready evidence fast.

60 checks, 21 categories, under 60 seconds. Enter your domain at saasfort.com/scan and get results before your next Slack message. No DNS verification, no agent installation, no sales call. Detectify’s onboarding process takes days for full surface monitoring.

A–F security grade. Enterprise procurement teams don’t interpret raw CVE lists. They want a verdict. SaaSFort grades your security posture on a clear A+ to F scale with a weighted scoring formula that maps to how buyers evaluate vendor risk.

Compliance mapping built in. Every finding maps to NIS2 Article 21, ISO 27001, and OWASP Top 10 requirements. Detectify doesn’t offer NIS2-specific compliance mapping — a gap that matters for DACH-market SaaS vendors facing the October 2026 enforcement deadline.

Deal Reports. SaaSFort generates a branded, procurement-ready report you can attach directly to security questionnaires and DDQ responses. Detectify’s reports are designed for security engineers, not procurement teams.

Feature Comparison

Feature	SaaSFort	Detectify
External vulnerability scanning	✅ 60 checks, 21 categories	✅ Crowdsourced + DAST
Attack surface discovery	❌	✅ Subdomain + IP enumeration
IP range scanning	❌	✅ (new March 2026)
Internal scanning	❌	❌
OWASP Top 10	✅	✅
SSL/TLS audit	✅	✅
Security headers	✅	✅
DNS security (SPF/DKIM/DMARC)	✅	✅
NIS2 compliance mapping	✅	❌
ISO 27001 mapping	✅	❌
A–F security grade	✅	❌ (risk score only)
Procurement-ready Deal Report	✅	❌ (technical reports)
Scan time	< 60 seconds	Hours (full surface)
Setup time	0 — enter domain	DNS verification + onboarding
Free tier	✅ Unlimited free scans	14-day trial (2 domains)

Pricing: 10× Gap

	SaaSFort	Detectify App Scanning	Detectify Surface Monitoring
Entry price	€9/month	€90/month (1 domain)	€302/month
Annual cost	€86/year	~€1,080/year	$15,000–$30,000/year
Per-domain cost	Included in plan	Scales with domains	Scales with asset count
Free option	✅ No signup required	14-day trial (2 domains)	Request demo
Contract	Monthly or annual	Annual (typically required)	Annual

At €90/month for App Scanning, Detectify costs 10× more than SaaSFort’s Starter plan — and SaaSFort includes NIS2 compliance mapping and branded Deal Reports that Detectify doesn’t offer at any tier.

Surface Monitoring (€302/month) adds attack surface discovery and IP range scanning — capabilities most SMBs don’t need. If you do need full EASM, Detectify earns its price. But for external scanning + compliance evidence, the €90 vs €9 comparison is the honest one.

SaaSFort’s pricing is flat — €9, €19, or €29/month regardless of findings or scan frequency.

When Detectify Is the Right Choice

Pick Detectify if your company matches this profile:

• 100+ subdomains and growing — you need continuous asset discovery because your engineering team spins up new services faster than anyone tracks them
• Dedicated security team (3+ people) who can interpret technical vulnerability reports and manage remediation workflows
• Budget of $1,000+/year for App Scanning or $15,000+/year for full EASM — approved and allocated
• Sprawling IP infrastructure with services on non-standard ports that need Protocol Discovery
• High-value targets — fintech, healthtech, or enterprise SaaS handling sensitive data at scale

Detectify genuinely earns its price for these teams. The crowdsourced research alone catches attack vectors that signature-based scanners miss.

When SaaSFort Is the Right Choice

Pick SaaSFort if this sounds like you:

• B2B SaaS company (10–200 people) selling to enterprise buyers who require security evidence
• No dedicated security team — your CTO or a senior engineer handles security alongside other responsibilities
• Facing security questionnaires and DDQs from enterprise prospects and need to respond in days, not weeks
• Need NIS2 or ISO 27001 compliance evidence mapped to your actual security posture
• Budget-conscious — security scanning shouldn’t cost more than your CI/CD pipeline
• Want results now — enter domain, get grade, share report. No onboarding process.

Can You Use Both?

Yes, and some teams do. SaaSFort at €9/month plus Detectify App Scanning at €90/month gives you comprehensive coverage for under €100/month. The combination gives you:

• Detectify for continuous attack surface monitoring and deep vulnerability research
• SaaSFort for instant Deal Reports, A–F grades, and NIS2-mapped evidence when prospects ask

That said, most SaaS companies under 200 employees find that SaaSFort’s continuous monitoring covers the external scanning layer completely. Add an annual pen test for depth, and you have a security evidence stack that satisfies enterprise procurement — at under €500/year total instead of €1,080+.

The Real Question: What Are You Solving For?

Detectify solves “we don’t know our full attack surface and need continuous discovery across a complex infrastructure.” That’s a real problem for companies past 200 employees with years of accumulated infrastructure.

SaaSFort solves “an enterprise prospect just asked for our security documentation and we need a credible, detailed response by next week.” That’s the problem most B2B SaaS companies face when they start moving upmarket.

If your first enterprise deal is worth €50,000 and you lose it because you can’t produce a security evidence package fast enough, the cost isn’t the scanning tool you didn’t buy — it’s the revenue you didn’t close. SaaSFort exists to make sure that doesn’t happen.

FAQ

Is SaaSFort a direct replacement for Detectify? No. Detectify is an EASM platform with attack surface discovery, IP range scanning, and crowdsourced vulnerability research. SaaSFort is an external security scanner with compliance mapping and procurement-ready reporting. They overlap on basic web vulnerability scanning, but serve different needs. For most B2B SaaS SMBs, SaaSFort covers the use case that actually drives revenue: proving security posture to enterprise buyers. For a broader comparison including Intruder, see our three-way scanner comparison.

Does Detectify offer NIS2 compliance mapping? Not currently. Detectify focuses on vulnerability discovery and technical risk scoring. SaaSFort maps every finding to NIS2 Article 21, ISO 27001 Annex A, and OWASP ASVS controls — the frameworks EU enterprise buyers reference in procurement.

How does Detectify’s scan depth compare to SaaSFort? Detectify’s crowdsourced research and DAST engine test for more exotic vulnerability classes — novel XSS vectors, zero-day patterns submitted by ethical hackers. SaaSFort’s 60 checks cover the categories enterprise procurement teams actually evaluate: OWASP Top 10, SSL/TLS, security headers, DNS security, and email authentication. Different depth, different purpose.

What about HostedScan, Intruder, or SecurityScorecard as alternatives? HostedScan at $49/month wraps open-source scanners (OpenVAS, ZAP) into a managed dashboard — more affordable than Detectify but without compliance mapping. Intruder at $149/month adds infrastructure scanning. SecurityScorecard ($25K+/year) provides passive security ratings for enterprise vendor risk — different category entirely. SaaSFort at €9/month focuses specifically on the enterprise-deal evidence use case.

Can I try SaaSFort before committing? Yes — run a free scan right now. No signup, no credit card, no sales call. You get your A–F grade and full 60-check report in under 60 seconds. Detectify offers a 14-day trial limited to 2 apex domains. For the complete security playbook, download our free SaaS Security Playbook 2026.