# AgentGate vs Cisco AI Defense Inspection API (slim)

> Cisco AI Defense Inspection scores 61.3 (C) to AgentGate's 48.5 (D) for policy enforcement. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Cisco AI Defense Inspection API scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against AgentGate's 48.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. AgentGate leads on payments & pricing. Both do policy enforcement.

- AgentGate: D 48.5, rank #883 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentgate.min.md
- Cisco AI Defense Inspection API: C 61.3, rank #507 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cisco-ai-defense-inspection.min.md
- AgentGate, good for A team that wants a self-hosted check between an agent and its shell, database or webhook tools, with a human approval queue. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 0. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; Open source; No incidents deducted, where Cisco AI Defense Inspection API loses 3 points for them.
- Cisco AI Defense Inspection API, good for A company already buying Cisco security through Security Cloud Control that wants its own application to decide what to do with each verdict. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 44; Schema & documentation, 59 against 47; Agent ergonomics, 67 against 53; Security & auth, 81 against 49; Maintenance & community, 80 against 28; Transparency & trust, 76 against 56. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | AgentGate | Cisco AI Defense Inspection API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 44 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 47 | 59 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 53 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 81 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 28 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | AgentGate | Cisco AI Defense Inspection API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mohit Singh (mohitdebian) | Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://us.api.inspect.aidefense.security.cisco.com/api/v1/inspect/chat` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Cisco's General Terms and the AI Defense Offer Description. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-23 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 0 stars | 35 stars, 4k PyPI/wk |