Hardenize moved to $5K+/year enterprise. Here's the self-serve alternative.

This post originally appeared on guardr.io/blog/vs-hardenize. Hardenize was one of the best tools for tracking security posture across a portfolio of websites. After Red Sift acquired it, the self-serve tier was removed and pricing moved to $5,000+/year — aimed at enterprise security teams, not agencies or freelancers. If you were on the self-serve tier, this post is for you. What you're probably looking for A replacement that covers the same monitoring surface as Hardenize: Security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy) TLS and SSL certificate expiry — alerts at 30 and 7 days before expiry DNS security (DNSSEC, CAA records) Cookie attribute checks (Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite) Exposure path detection (.git, .env, wp-login.php, phpinfo.php) Continuous monitoring with alerts — not manual spot checks ...without a $5K/year contract. How Guardr fits Guardr is a self-serve security posture monitor built for web agencies and developers managing multiple sit