A comparison by category, not by vendor
Compare agent safety platforms
Three kinds of product now claim to make AI agents safe. They are built for different jobs, and most organisations need more than one. This table compares Agent Trust Cloud with two categories as they are typically designed; it names no vendor and describes no specific product.
| Capability | Agent Trust Cloud | Hardware-based runtime monitoring | AI security add-ons from network or endpoint vendors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needs specific hardware | No. Software, on any cloud or on premises. | Yes, by design: enforcement runs on dedicated processors. | Usually needs the vendor’s network or endpoint product. |
| Pre-deployment red-team testing with a CI gate | Yes: 8 risk categories, static and dynamic, fails the build below a score. | Not the focus; watches agents once they run. | Varies; often prompt scanning rather than agent testing. |
| Stops one agent (kill switch) | Yes: gateway block, credential revocation, queued approvals cancelled, signed record. Timing measured and published. | Yes, typically at the infrastructure layer. | Often by blocking traffic or a device. |
| Human approval before an action runs | Yes, with a one-shot grant and re-decision on resume. | Not typically part of runtime monitoring. | Rare. |
| Spend caps, merchant lists and owner attestation | Yes, per agent. | Not typically. | Not typically. |
| Named owner and inventory for every agent | Yes, plus discovery from Entra ID, Slack and MCP configs. | Scoped to the workloads it monitors. | Scoped to what the vendor’s sensors see. |
| Regulatory evidence packs | EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, SOC 2, DORA, HIPAA Security Rule and an insurance-ready report. | Logs; mapping is left to you. | Security reporting; framework mapping varies. |
| Works with a sandbox runtime such as OpenShell | Exports policy to OpenShell’s documented YAML and imports its OCSF logs. | Depends on the platform. | Depends on the vendor. |
| Published pricing | Yes: Discover free, Agent Safety Testing Team $299/month, platform plans listed. | Usually quoted. | Usually bundled with the vendor’s licence. |
How to choose
- If you run agents on dedicated hardware and want monitoring at the infrastructure layer, hardware-based monitoring is built for that — and still leaves approvals, owners, spend and evidence to a governance layer.
- If you already run a network or endpoint vendor’s platform, its AI add-on may cover traffic you already route through it.
- If you need to test agents before release, decide their actions against policy, stop one in software and hand an auditor the records, that is what Agent Trust Cloud is for — with or without either of the others.
Start with the free agent safety check, or read how the kill switch and monitoring work.