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Contrast Runtime Security Platform

byContrast Security
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4.8
Market Presence: Application Security Testing, Software Supply Chain Security

Overview

Product Information on Contrast Runtime Security Platform

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Contrast Runtime Security Platform?

Contrast Runtime Security Platform is a software that provides security monitoring and protection for applications during runtime. The software utilizes techniques such as instrumentation to identify vulnerabilities, detect threats, and prevent exploits while applications are operating. It offers features including real-time vulnerability assessment, attack detection, and automated remediation guidance. The software is designed to address business problems related to application security by enabling organizations to continuously monitor, detect, and protect their code against security risks, allowing for proactive risk management in development and production environments. Contrast Runtime Security Platform integrates with existing development and deployment workflows to support secure DevOps processes and enhance compliance with security policies.

Contrast Runtime Security Platform Pricing

Contrast Runtime Security Platform software uses a subscription-based pricing model, which typically varies according to the number of applications, workloads, or usage volume. The software offers different plans that may depend on features and scale required by the organization. Pricing details and tiers are provided upon request or through direct engagement with the provider.

Overall experience with Contrast Runtime Security Platform

Head Of Cyber Defense Center
<50M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“Runtime first visibility with strong accuracy ”

5.0
Jan 29, 2026
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Architect
50M - 250M USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Good Company, Poor Product”

2.0
Feb 25, 2020
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

Contrast Security's Runtime Application Security solutions embed code analysis and attack prevention directly into the software development lifecycle. Patented instrumentation provides integrated and comprehensive security observability that delivers accurate assessment and continuous protection. The Contrast Runtime Security Platform enables powerful Application Security Testing and Application Detection and Response, allowing developers, AppSec teams, and SecOps teams to protect and defend their applications against an evolving threat landscape.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2014
Head office location
Pleasanton, United States
Number of employees
201 - 500
Website
https://www.contrastsecurity.com/

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Peer Discussions

Contrast Runtime Security Platform Reviews and Ratings

4.8

(162 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
71%
4 Star
28%
3 Star
0%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
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Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • Head Of Cyber Defense Center
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Runtime first visibility with strong accuracy

    5.0
    Jan 29, 2026
    Contrast Runtime Security has been a solid addition to our AppSec stack, especially for runtime level visibility and protection. The instrumentation-based approach gives us much better context than traditional SAST or network centric tools and we can see the exploitable issues earlier in the lifecycle. Onboarding was smoother in greenfield services than in legacy apps and we had to invest time in agent management and policy tuning to get value.
  • Head Of Cyber Defense Center
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Runtime first visibility with strong accuracy

    5.0
    Jan 29, 2026
    Contrast Runtime Security has been a solid addition to our AppSec stack, especially for runtime level visibility and protection. The instrumentation-based approach gives us much better context than traditional SAST or network centric tools and we can see the exploitable issues earlier in the lifecycle. Onboarding was smoother in greenfield services than in legacy apps and we had to invest time in agent management and policy tuning to get value.
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Reviewer Insights for: Contrast Runtime Security Platform
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Contrast Runtime Security Platform Likes & Dislikes

Like

High quality, low false positive findings at runtime was the best i would say and Contrast also gave us a unified platform combining IAST, SCA, ADR, RASP which really helped us in breaking the silos in dev, appsec and devops.

Like

High quality, low false positive findings at runtime was the best i would say and Contrast also gave us a unified platform combining IAST, SCA, ADR, RASP which really helped us in breaking the silos in dev, appsec and devops.

Like

High quality, low false positive findings at runtime was the best i would say and Contrast also gave us a unified platform combining IAST, SCA, ADR, RASP which really helped us in breaking the silos in dev, appsec and devops.

Dislike

The product, or a totally separate product, should be built more with microservices in mind. Perhaps thinking more about a different agent model, where you have a master Docker container running on a machine that can see application docker containers start up, and instrument them directly, rather than requiring each service to add the agent into its own runtime individually.

Dislike

The product, or a totally separate product, should be built more with microservices in mind. Perhaps thinking more about a different agent model, where you have a master Docker container running on a machine that can see application docker containers start up, and instrument them directly, rather than requiring each service to add the agent into its own runtime individually.

Dislike

The product, or a totally separate product, should be built more with microservices in mind. Perhaps thinking more about a different agent model, where you have a master Docker container running on a machine that can see application docker containers start up, and instrument them directly, rather than requiring each service to add the agent into its own runtime individually.