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c/side

c/side (cside) is a client-side security platform that detects script attacks, AI agents, account takeover, and fraud at the browser layer. It provides active runtime detection that watches what third-party scripts, users, and agents actually do as they execute in the live browser session, in real time, rather than relying on static scans or block-lists, and it automates PCI DSS 4.0.1 requirements 6.4.3 and 11.6.1 (validated by a VikingCloud QSA). cside deploys as a single JavaScript snippet with no proxy and no DNS changes, and was the first client-side security product with integrated AI analysis. The platform protects websites from malicious third-party scripts, e-skimming, Magecart, and supply chain attacks, and adds device fingerprinting (102+ signals), VPN/bot/AI-agent detection, chargeback evidence, and privacy monitoring for GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA. Founded in 2024 and backed by Uncork Capital, cside integrates via a CLI, Next.js and Vite plugins, a manual script tag, and Salesforce Lightning, and sends security alerts through webhook, S3, and Jira/Linear notification endpoints. cside publishes an llms.txt, a public read-only MCP server, and a Trust Center covering SOC 2 Type II, PCI SAQ-D, and ISO 27001.

c/side is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Security, Client-Side Security, Application Security, and Fraud Prevention.

The c/side catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

c/side’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, CLI, changelog, and 23 more developer resources.

50.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 27/100 agent aware Front door AI 6/6 dominant Heartbeat 46/100 slowing saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →
AccessFreemium
0 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanySecurityClient-Side SecurityApplication SecurityFraud PreventionPCI DSS ComplianceDevice FingerprintingBot DetectionWeb SecurityScript Monitoring

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Payments regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.
The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):
  • Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
  • Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
  • Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
  • Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
  • A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
  • Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.
Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):
Each check links to what satisfies it. Publish the artifact, or tell us where it already lives, and the score moves on the next scoring run.
Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. Every facet and dimension name above is a link: it opens that measurement's own page — what it means, the exact checks that feed it, how the whole catalog distributes on it, and the providers at the top of it. This rating is computed from the provider profile at artifacts.apis.io/c-side/apis.yml: open an issue on github.com/api-evangelist/c-side to ask a question or point us at an artifact you publish. Submit an artifact on GitHub — free → Manage your own listing — the Influence plan, $499/mo →

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

c/side MCP Server

cside operates a public, read-only remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server at https://mcp.cside.com that exposes cside.com marketing-site and docs.cside.com documentation con...

MCP SERVER

c/side API pricing

Prices published by c/side, read 2026-10-28 from cside.com/pricing.

PlanPrice
Script Security Free $0/ month
Includes: Up to 2,000 pageviews/month, unlimited domains, 7-day script history retention, PCI DSS 6.4.3 and 11
Script Security Business $99/ month
Includes: For up to 100,000 payment page views and beyond. 30-day script history retention. 14-day free trial.
Script Security Enterprise Custom
Includes: Custom payment page view limits, 90-day script history retention, 99.9% uptime SLA, SSO, dedicated a
Fingerprint Free $0/ month
Includes: Up to 1,000 API calls per month, Device Fingerprint ID, cross session recognition, basic intelligenc
Fingerprint Business $99/ month
Includes: All intelligence signals, AI agent detection, VPN and proxy detection, 30-day data retention, IP enr
Fingerprint Enterprise Custom
Includes: Chargeback Evidence (CB911), 99.9% uptime SLA, custom data retention, SSO, dedicated account manager

Plan details, limits and sources →

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Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

C Side Plans Pricing

6 plans

PLANS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

c/side

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

C Side Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

C Side Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

C Side Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

C Side Trust Center

SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS (SAQ-D AOC), ISO 27001 (in progress), GDPR

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: c-side
name: c/side
description: c/side (cside) is a client-side security platform that detects script attacks, AI agents, account takeover, and
  fraud at the browser layer. It provides active runtime detection that watches what third-party scripts, users, and agents
  actually do as they execute in the live browser session, in real time, rather than relying on static scans or block-lists,
  and it automates PCI DSS 4.0.1 requirements 6.4.3 and 11.6.1 (validated by a VikingCloud QSA). cside deploys as a single
  JavaScript snippet with no proxy and no DNS changes, and was the first client-side security product with integrated AI analysis.
  The platform protects websites from malicious third-party scripts, e-skimming, Magecart, and supply chain attacks, and adds
  device fingerprinting (102+ signals), VPN/bot/AI-agent detection, chargeback evidence, and privacy monitoring for GDPR,
  CCPA, and HIPAA. Founded in 2024 and backed by Uncork Capital, cside integrates via a CLI, Next.js and Vite plugins, a manual
  script tag, and Salesforce Lightning, and sends security alerts through webhook, S3, and Jira/Linear notification endpoints.
  cside publishes an llms.txt, a public read-only MCP server, and a Trust Center covering SOC 2 Type II, PCI SAQ-D, and ISO
  27001.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/c-side/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- uncork-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-10-06'
image: https://og.cside.com/?title=cside%2C%20Client-Side%20Security%20%26%20Browser%20Fraud%20Prevention
tags:
- Company
- Security
- Client-Side Security
- Application Security
- Fraud Prevention
- PCI DSS Compliance
- Device Fingerprinting
- Bot Detection
- Web Security
- Script Monitoring
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/c-side-plans-pricing.yml
- url: https://cside.com/blog/rss.xml
  type: BlogRSS
- type: Website
  url: https://cside.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.cside.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.cside.com
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.cside.com/quickstart
- type: Blog
  url: https://cside.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cside.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://dash.cside.com/auth/signup
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://cside.com/privacy-policy
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://cside.com/faq
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/client-side-dev
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/c-side-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/c-side-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/c-side-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/c-side-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/c-side-cli.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/c-side-components.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/c-side-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/c-side-security.txt
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/c-side-webhooks.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/c-side-changelog.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/c-side-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cside.com
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/c-side-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.cside.com
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/c-side-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/c-side-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://cside.com/security
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/c-side-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

c/side API — frequently asked questions

How much does the c/side API cost?

c/side publishes its prices; its Script Security Free plan is $0/ month as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 6 pricing plans for c/side, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does c/side have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for c/side: cside operates a public, read-only remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server at https://mcp.cside.com that exposes cside.com marketing-site and docs.cside.com documentation content (not the cside pro

Is the c/side API ready for AI agents?

c/side has a Kin Score of 50.9 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 26.9 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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