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Openlayer Guardrails

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What it is

Openlayer Guardrails inspects live AI inputs and outputs and can stop unsafe content before it reaches a model or user. Its target risks include prompt injection, jailbreaks, exposure of sensitive information such as PII and PHI, and harmful or toxic content. Organizations can tailor policies to their rules, including which sensitive-data categories to block and which topics an assistant should avoid. When a policy is violated, Guardrails can block or redact content, escalate it, or route it for review. Openlayer says inline detection covers more than 50 PII and PHI entity types. The product is commonly enforced through the Gateway and can also be applied through the SDK. Policy evaluations, actions, exceptions, and outcomes can be recorded with timestamps, system versions, owners, and traces. Deployment options include a customer's VPC and air-gapped environments; on-premise deployment is listed for Enterprise. Basic is free and includes one member, five projects, up to 20,000 inferences per month, and three months of data retention. Enterprise pricing is custom.

Spec sheet

Intended users
Openlayer says engineering, AI, security, compliance, and finance teams use the platform, and identifies regulated industries as a focus.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Deployment
Openlayer supports deployment in a customer's own VPC and air-gapped deployments; on-premise deployment is available on Enterprise.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Security
Openlayer lists SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and HIPAA, and says data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.2 or higher.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Support
Basic includes community support through Discord, while Enterprise includes white-glove onboarding and direct Slack access to the Openlayer team.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Founded
2021Read 28 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Audit evidence
Each policy evaluation, enforcement action, exception, and outcome can be recorded with a timestamp, system version, owner, and supporting trace.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Integration methods
Guardrails are commonly enforced through the Gateway and can also be applied directly through the SDK.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Latency
Guardrails run inline and are designed to add minimal latency in production.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Policy actions
Policy violations can be blocked, redacted, escalated, or routed for review, with each decision recorded as evidence.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Policy configuration
Guardrail policies can be customized for an organization's rules, including sensitive-data categories to block and topics an assistant should avoid.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Runtime enforcement
Guardrails inspect live AI inputs and outputs and block unsafe behavior before it reaches a model or user.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Sensitive data detection
The product page says it detects and blocks inline more than 50 PII and PHI entity types.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Threat coverage
Guardrails target prompt injection, jailbreaks, sensitive data exposure including PII and PHI, and harmful or toxic content.Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com

Plans and prices

Basic Free Free to start 1 member · 5 projects · 1 inference pipeline per project · 20,000 inferences per month · 20 tests per project · 3 months data retention · Community support Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com
Enterprise Priced on request Custom Unlimited members and projects · Custom inference volume · On-premise deployment · SAML SSO · 99.99% SLA · White-glove onboarding · Advanced support Read 30 Sep 2026 · openlayer.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Targets prompt injection, jailbreaks, PII, and PHI exposure.
  • Can block, redact, escalate, or route violations for review.
  • Records policy decisions with timestamps and supporting traces.
  • Supports Gateway and SDK enforcement methods.

Limits

  • Basic is limited to one member and five projects.
  • Basic retains data for three months.
  • On-premise deployment is listed only for Enterprise.

Who it suits

It suits engineering, AI, security, compliance, and finance teams that need configurable controls around AI systems. Openlayer identifies regulated industries as a focus.

Verdict

Openlayer Guardrails offers configurable inline enforcement and records decisions as evidence. Review Basic's project, member, inference, and retention limits against your deployment needs.

Where Specifiction places it

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