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Casco

Public CVE intelligence feed in JSON and RSS for agents and developers

Pricing

$0/mo

Freemium
Score

4.3/5

Last technical review
2026-11-01
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Technical Overview

Casco provides a unified CVE vulnerability catalog tailored for autonomous agents and developers. It allows syncing RSS feeds, querying complete records via standard JSON HTTP calls, and checking installed dependencies without requiring prior API keys.

Analyst Evaluation: Pros and Limitations

Verified Advantages

  • Public access via JSON and RSS without requiring API keys.
  • Supports HTTP conditional requests via ETag for efficient synchronization.
  • Includes rejected records to correct prior information.

Technical Considerations

  • No self-hosted deployment options available.
  • Lacks native SSO support and advanced enterprise compliance audits.

Technical Capabilities & Features

2/7
Included:REST & GraphQL API
Not available:SSO / SAML Authentication
Not available:Self-Hosted Option
Included:Full Data Export
Not available:Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Not available:Custom Domains & SSL
Not available:Immutable Audit Logs
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Technical Scorecard: Casco

82/100
DX & Tech Documentation
Excellent
90/100
Pricing Fairness
Excellent
95/100
Security & Governance
Favorable
65/100
Data Portability & Sovereignty
Excellent
85/100
Performance & Reliability
Favorable
75/100

Time to Value & Fit by Segment: Casco

Estimated Time-to-Value< 1 hour (Immediate)

Near-instantaneous deployment with minimal technical friction.

Learning CurveLow (Intuitive)

Rapid onboarding for developers without prior training required.

Fit Index by Organization Size

Startup & Agile Teams1 to 50 members
90%
Mid-Market & Scaleup50 to 500 members
80%
Corporate Enterprise500+ members
70%
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Pricing

$0.00/mo

Model: FREEMIUM.

Free Tier Verification:

  • No credit card required
  • Commercial use allowed
  • Unlimited usage with no expiration
  • No mandatory watermarks
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Billing Risks & Hidden Clauses: Casco

Free Tier Limits:

Acceso público gratuito e ilimitado a los endpoints RSS y JSON de CVE.

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Projection: Casco$0.00/mo
Deterministic cost estimation at 12 and 36 months based on team size, including SSO tax premiums and annual prepay discounts.
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Indie / Solo (1 active user)

Solo developer or independent technical founder.

Base Monthly Cost
$12/month
1 active user
12-Month Investment
$122/year
Includes ~15% savings via annual billing
3-Year TCO Projection (36m)
$366total
Consolidated software licensing expenditure

Estimated Self-Hosted VPS + DevOps Cost

Break-Even Point: Profitable starting at 3 active users

Calculated infrastructure: VPS 1 vCPU / 2GB RAM (~$5) + 0.5h DevOps/mes ($20)

Annual VPS + DevOps Cost$300/year
Differential vs SaaS LicensingSaaS is $178/year
Startup (10 active users)

Agile engineering team in validation and early traction stage.

Base Monthly Cost
$120/month
10 active users
12-Month Investment
$1,224/year
Includes ~15% savings via annual billing
3-Year TCO Projection (36m)
$3,672total
Consolidated software licensing expenditure

Estimated Self-Hosted VPS + DevOps Cost

Break-Even Point: Profitable starting at 10 active users

Calculated infrastructure: VPS 2 vCPU / 8GB RAM (~$15) + 2h DevOps/mes ($80)

Annual VPS + DevOps Cost$1,140/year
Differential vs SaaS LicensingSavings of $84/year
Growth (25 active users)

Scaling company with team governance and granular access control requirements.

Base Monthly Cost
$300/month
25 active users
12-Month Investment
$3,060/year
Includes ~15% savings via annual billing
3-Year TCO Projection (36m)
$9,180total
Consolidated software licensing expenditure

Estimated Self-Hosted VPS + DevOps Cost

Break-Even Point: Profitable starting at 28 active users

Calculated infrastructure: Cluster VPS 4 vCPU / 16GB RAM (~$45) + 6h DevOps/mes ($240)

Annual VPS + DevOps Cost$3,420/year
Differential vs SaaS LicensingSaaS is $360/year
Scaleup (100 active users)

Established organization with enterprise security policies and mandatory SAML/SSO.

Base Monthly Cost
$1,200/month
100 active users
12-Month Investment
$12,240/year
Includes ~15% savings via annual billing
3-Year TCO Projection (36m)
$36,720total
Consolidated software licensing expenditure

Estimated Self-Hosted VPS + DevOps Cost

Break-Even Point: Profitable starting at 78 active users

Calculated infrastructure: Infraestructura HA redundante + Backups (~$150) + 16h DevOps/mes ($640)

Annual VPS + DevOps Cost$9,480/year
Differential vs SaaS LicensingSavings of $2,760/year
Usage Surcharges & Bill Shock Simulator: CascoWhat usage costs as you scale
Detect overage penalties before they impact engineering budget.
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Prototype / MVP (10 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 5 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$20/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
+$1/month extra
Variable surcharge for consumption above plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$21/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Suitable for development; verify concurrent connection limits.

Base Production (50 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 5 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$20/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
+$8/month extra
Variable surcharge for consumption above plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$28/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Implement table compression policies and temporal partitioning.

Active Growth (250 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 5 GB.
High Risk / Accelerated Overages
Base Monthly Rate
$20/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
+$44/month extra
Variable surcharge for consumption above plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$64/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Offload cold backups to standard object storage (S3).

Large Scale (1.000 GB (1 TB))

Included base quota in plan: 5 GB.
Critical Risk / Severe Bill Shock
Base Monthly Rate
$20/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
+$179/month extra
Variable surcharge for consumption above plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$199/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Migrate to dedicated instance or self-hosted cluster to curtail I/O fees.

Procurement Strategy & Discounts: CascoB2B Negotiation Playbook
Corporate executive level with highest authority to approve budgetary exceptions.
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Fair Market Price & B2B Procurement Benchmark

Non-renewal notice: No contract lock-inMedian achieved discount: -12%
Public List Price
Custom / Contact
100% baseline
Audited Market Average
-12% median
~88% of list price
Optimized Target Price
-20% target
Max achievable discount (Q4 / multi-year): -20%
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Compliance & Security Standards: Casco

SOC 2 Type IINot reported
ISO 27001Not reported
GDPR / RGPDNot reported
HIPAANot reported
PCI-DSSNot reported
Jurisdiction & Legal Sovereignty
🇺🇸United States [US]Subject to US CLOUD ActDPA On Request
SSO Availability (SAML Enterprise)
No SSO Documented
Data Residency
GLOBAL
AI Privacy Policy
Not evaluated
Data Liberation & Migration Runbook: CascoJSON · XML
Actionable escape runbook and credential export guarantees to mitigate vendor lock-in.
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Supported Structured Export Formats
JSONXML
Password Hash Portability
Locked: Proprietary Algorithm / No Export

Credential hashes are guarded under proprietary algorithms and cannot be exported.

CLI Command / Rescue Endpoint
GET /cve/catalog.json
Exit Protocol & Migration Notes

Los feeds públicos permiten la exportación masiva directa de todo el catálogo mediante archivos JSON o RSS.

Deployment & Infrastructure Requirements: CascoDocker
Hardware specs and Docker directives to run on local servers, dedicated VPS, or Kubernetes without telemetry leak to the cloud.
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Minimum Memory1 GB RAM (Recommended)
Compute CPU1 vCPU
Runtime / LanguageTypeScript / Go / Rust
Code LicenseOpen Source
Docker CLI Directive
docker run -d --name casco -p 8080:8080 casco:latest
Companion Services & Dependencies:
PostgreSQL 15+Redis 7+
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Technical Reputation of Casco

80/100 Technical Trust

Frequent Praises in Production

  • Public access via JSON and RSS without requiring API keys.
  • Supports HTTP conditional requests via ETag for efficient synchronization.
  • Includes rejected records to correct prior information.

Reported Production Frictions

  • No self-hosted deployment options available.
  • Lacks native SSO support and advanced enterprise compliance audits.
Commercial Treatment & Vendor Lock-in:Requires Sales Contact

Assisted cancellation requiring meeting with account team or contract notice period.

Open source repository activity: Casco3,189
Stars, forks and release cadence
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Stars3.2k
Forks663
Open Issues51
SPDX LicenseOpen Source
Latest Commit DetectedNov 1, 2026

Frequently Asked Technical Questions (Casco)

Is an API key required to query the feed?

No API key is required to access the public JSON or RSS feeds provided by the platform.

How are incremental updates of the catalog handled?

Periodic polling can be performed using the ETag header to retrieve only recent incremental changes.

What response format is used for querying specific records?

Individual vulnerability records are queried via standard HTTP requests returning structured JSON data.

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