Automated hardening scan · no exploitation

Hardn your site.

Continuous security scans for indie devs and small SaaS — with an AI report that explains every risk in plain English and hands you the exact fix for your stack.

Free one-time scan · passive checks only · domain ownership verified before any scan

Hardn produces an automated hardening scan, not a certified security audit.

What Hardn checks

Six passive checks that map your real, externally-visible attack surface. No payloads, no exploitation — Hardn only reads what your site already shows the world.

TLS

TLS & cert expiry

Weak protocols, broken ciphers, and certificates about to expire — caught before your visitors hit a browser warning.

Headers

Security headers

Missing or weak CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options and more — the headers that quietly defend every page.

Email

SPF · DKIM · DMARC

Email authentication gaps that let anyone spoof your domain and land in your customers' inboxes.

Exposure

Exposed files

Publicly reachable .env, .git, config, and backup files — the fastest way secrets leak.

Deps

Dependency CVEs

Known vulnerabilities in your dependencies, scanned from the lockfile you provide.

Cloud

Bucket misconfig

Public cloud storage buckets that list or serve their contents to anyone — checked passively.

How it works

The scan is the easy part. The report is the product.

  1. Scan

    Verify you own the domain with a DNS challenge, then Hardn runs its passive checks and collects the raw findings.

  2. Explain

    An AI report scores each finding against your business context and rewrites it in plain English — what it is, and why it matters for your site.

  3. Fix

    Every issue comes with a copy-paste fix for your exact stack — nginx, Caddy, Vercel, Cloudflare — plus a command to verify it worked.

# Hardn report — priority 1 [HIGH] Add the Strict-Transport-Security header # Without HSTS, a visitor's first request can be silently # downgraded to plain HTTP and intercepted. # Fix (nginx): add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always; # Verify: curl -sI https://yourdomain.com | grep -i strict-transport-security

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you want Hardn watching continuously.

$0

Free one-time scan

  • All six checks, one full run
  • Complete AI report with fixes
  • Business-context risk scoring
  • No card required
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$39 / month

Continuous monitoring

  • Automatic re-scans on a schedule
  • Drift alerts when your posture changes
  • Change tracking across scans
  • Everything in the free scan
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Frequently asked questions

What is Hardn?

Hardn is a continuous security scanner for websites and small SaaS. It runs passive checks for TLS, security headers, email authentication, exposed files, dependency CVEs, and public cloud buckets, then generates a plain-English AI report that scores each risk against your business and gives copy-paste fixes for your stack.

How much does Hardn cost?

The first scan and AI report are free. Continuous monitoring — automatic re-scans and alerts when your security posture changes — is $39 per month.

Does Hardn exploit or attack my site?

No. Hardn only performs passive and light-auth checks. It observes what your site already exposes to any visitor and never sends attack payloads, attempts authentication bypass, or causes load. It is an automated hardening scan, not a penetration test.

Who is Hardn for?

Hardn is built for solo founders, bootstrapped SaaS teams, and small agencies — teams under about 20 people with no dedicated security hire who still need to keep their attack surface in check.

What does Hardn check?

TLS configuration and certificate expiry, HTTP security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options and others), SPF/DKIM/DMARC email authentication, publicly exposed files such as .env and .git, dependency CVEs from your lockfile, and passive cloud bucket misconfigurations.

How is Hardn different from a vulnerability scanner or pen test?

Traditional scanners output CVE IDs and severity numbers with little guidance, and pen tests are expensive point-in-time engagements. Hardn is continuous, never exploits, and its product is the report: business-context risk scoring plus copy-paste fixes written for your exact stack.