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Best AI Guardrail Software in 2026
Putting guardrails around AI calls for a clear view of both policy controls and the risks a product addresses. Compare custom policies and deployment with jailbreak detection, prompt injection defense and PII detection.
- 01 CyberSecEval
It suits researchers and teams evaluating cybersecurity behavior in generative AI models, including those building with open models.
Free plan Open source Web · macOS · Linux · API9.0 Visit Specs - 02
PromptGuard PromptGuard suits teams adding request inspection and data-protection controls to applications that use LLM providers.
From $19/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.7 Visit Specs - 03
NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails NeMo Guardrails suits developers and teams building LLM applications that need configurable policy enforcement and safety checks.
Free plan Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · API8.6 Visit Specs - 04
Enkrypt AI Guardrails It suits enterprises securing AI deployments, AI safety researchers, and builders interested in safer AI systems.
From $134/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs - 05 OpenSecureAI Prompt Firewall
It suits AI application teams shipping LLM features and developers building agents.
From $49/mo Free plan Web · Self-hosted8.1 Visit Specs - 06
Fiddler Guardrails It suits teams building agentic AI applications that need runtime checks for safety, privacy, or grounded responses.
Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 07 Oracle Mobile Authenticator
It suits people who need a second sign-in verification method for applications protected by MFA.
Free plan Windows · iOS · Android7.8 Visit Specs - 08
HiddenLayer AI Runtime Security This product is presented for enterprise security teams protecting production AI applications, autonomous agents, and coding-agent workflows.
Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.7 Visit Specs - 09 LLM Guard
It suits developers building LLM applications, including guarded RAG and agent workflows, who can manage a self-hosted tool.
Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted7.7 Visit Specs - 10
Check Point AI Guardrails It suits enterprises governing foundation models, custom deployments, live AI applications, and agents.
Web · API · Self-hosted7.5 Visit Specs - 11
Guardrails AI Guardrails suits teams building chatbots, RAG pipelines, or agent workflows that need risk checks or structured LLM output.
Web · API · Self-hosted7.5 Visit Specs - 12 Openlayer Guardrails
It suits engineering, AI, security, compliance, and finance teams that need configurable controls around AI systems.
Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted7.5 Visit Specs - 13 OpenGuardrails From $10/mo Web · API · Self-hosted7.4 Visit Specs
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Amazon Bedrock Guardrails It suits users seeking cloud-based checks for model inputs and outputs, including content filtering, sensitive-information handling, and prompt-injection defense.
From $0.07/mo Free plan Web7.3 Visit Specs - 15 VotalAI
It is presented for enterprise AI teams, including platform and security engineers.
Free trial Web · API · Self-hosted7.3 Visit Specs - 16
OpenAI Guardrails Guardrails suits developers adding configurable input and output checks to LLM applications, including those using OpenAI or compatible APIs.
Web · API · Self-hosted7.2 Visit Specs - 17 Pangea AI Guard
It suits teams building AI applications, agent exchanges, or RAG workflows that need configurable threat detection and audit logging.
API · Self-hosted · Browser extension7.2 Visit Specs - 18 PII Firewall
PII Firewall suits teams handling sensitive data in healthcare, finance, or legal workflows who want to intercept and transform PII before LLM processing.
Free plan Linux · Self-hosted7.2 Visit Specs - 19 Google Cloud Secret Manager From $0.01/mo Free plan Web7.1 Visit Specs
- 20 Splunk Guardrails From $100/mo Free plan Web6.5 Visit Specs
- 21 Akamai Firewall for AI 6.0 Visit Specs
- 22 Microsoft Custom Neural Voice Web6.0 Visit Specs
- 23 Radware LLM Firewall 5.2 Visit Specs
SDK languages can help you assess integration requirements, while free-plan availability and paid-from pricing provide cost context. PromptGuard, Enkrypt AI Guardrails and OpenSecureAI Prompt Firewall are among the entries shown, along with Fiddler Guardrails and Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. Consider which protections matter for your use case and where they need to run. The listed criteria help you compare the options without assuming that any one set of controls fits every application.
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