The DAST replacement that consolidates your scanners
Most teams run one scanner for web and another for APIs: two inventories, two finding formats, two renewals. NightVision tests the whole application in one workflow.
Two tools, one application. The gaps between them belong to nobody.
Two finding formats, coverage reconciled by hand, and every undocumented endpoint falling between the contracts.
What a DAST replacement has to prove
Parity on the web app
A crawler built for modern single-page apps: LLM-based form handling, WebDriver BiDi-based intelligent waiting, and duplicate page detection. See the crawler in depth.
Depth in the authenticated app
One recorded Playwright login, auto-vaulted credentials, TOTP/MFA, and a login-check gate that fails loud instead of silently scanning logged out. How authenticated scanning works.
The API tool, absorbed
For supported REST frameworks, static source analysis generates an OpenAPI spec in under 20 seconds and feeds routes missing from documentation into dynamic testing. The API discovery story.
A migration you can run side by side
You do not have to switch on faith. Keep the incumbent running and let the evidence decide.
Import your targets
Point NightVision at the apps your current scanner covers: 6-12 clicks, under a minute per application.
Record authentication once
Log in once while Playwright records it; credentials go to a secrets vault automatically and replay on every scan.
Run both scanners
Scan the same targets in parallel with your incumbent for a sprint or two; your pipeline does not change while you evaluate.
Compare the evidence
For each finding, compare what you can act on: retained HTTP evidence and source context, versus a raw alert.
Findings developers trust cost less to triage
When a finding arrives with its own proof and its own location, nobody spends a meeting re-litigating it.
Proof attached
HTTP evidence retained on request-level findings; where supported, Validate with Curl replays it and Explain with AI summarizes it.
Location attached
Code Traceback ties supported source-discovered API findings to file and line; SARIF lands them in GitHub Security Alerts, not a PDF.
Fix drafted, human merges
Coding agents can propose changes from the evidence and rescan; your review and merge controls stay in place.
DAST replacement questions, answered.
Can NightVision replace my existing DAST scanner?
NightVision is built for whole-app DAST: a crawler for modern single-page apps, authenticated scanning through recorded Playwright logins with TOTP/MFA support, and HTTP evidence retained on request-level findings. Most teams evaluate it side by side with the incumbent and compare the evidence finding by finding.
Do I still need a separate API security tool?
NightVision coordinates source-driven REST API discovery and dynamic API testing with its web application workflow: for supported codebases it generates an OpenAPI spec from source in under 20 seconds and tests the discovered routes. Runtime API protection remains a separate, complementary layer.
How long does migration take?
Onboarding a target takes 6-12 clicks, under a minute per application; authentication is a login you record once, with credentials vaulted automatically. Your existing CI pipelines keep working while you evaluate.
Will it work in my existing CI/CD pipeline?
Yes. NightVision runs in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI (with GitLab's native DAST report format), Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket, and exports standard SARIF into GitHub Security Alerts or any tool that reads SARIF. See all integrations.
How do the findings compare to my current scanner's alerts?
Request-level findings retain HTTP evidence and may include a curl replay; supported source-discovered API findings can add file and line context. Put the two results for the same target next to each other and compare what each one lets a developer do next.
Run the side-by-side.
Point NightVision at one application your current scanner covers and compare the evidence finding by finding.