# Aembit vs Keycard (slim)

> Aembit scores 70.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Keycard's 56.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do auth oauth. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Aembit scores 70.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Keycard's 56.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do auth oauth.

- Aembit: BB 70.5, rank #134 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aembit.min.md
- Keycard: C 56.2, rank #492 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keycard.min.md
- Aembit, good for A security team that wants one policy and audit point between AI agents or workloads and the services they call, with credentials kept away from the agent. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 35; Schema & documentation, 85 against 61; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 60; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Transparency & trust, 60 against 44. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Keycard, good for A security-minded team building agents that need their own identities, policy on every delegation and an audit trail per hop, and that is comfortable on an Early Access product. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Aembit | Keycard |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 61 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 84 | 86 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Aembit | Keycard |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Aembit, Inc. | Keycard Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.keycard.ai` |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Aembit's terms of service. The Edge SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 | MIT (SDKs), Apache-2.0 (keycard-python API client), platform closed, BYOC or on-prem on Enterprise |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-14 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-05 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 27 npm/wk | 1 stars, 52 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |