# AgentGate vs Guardrails AI (slim)

> Guardrails AI scores 49.6 (D) to AgentGate's 48.5 (D) for policy enforcement. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Guardrails AI scores 49.6 (D) on agent readiness against AgentGate's 48.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. AgentGate leads on security & auth. Both do policy enforcement.

- AgentGate: D 48.5, rank #883 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentgate.min.md
- Guardrails AI: D 49.6, rank #853 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guardrails-ai.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 Security & auth, 49 against 44. Also Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Guardrails AI loses 6 points for them.
- Guardrails AI, good for An existing Python deployment that already uses Guards and wants to keep running with local validators. Ahead on Reliability, 58 against 44; Schema & documentation, 59 against 47; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 53; Maintenance & community, 44 against 28.

| Category | AgentGate | Guardrails AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 44 | 58 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 47 | 59 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 53 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 28 | 44 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | AgentGate | Guardrails AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Agent framework |
| Vendor | Mohit Singh (mohitdebian) | Guardrails AI (Harvey) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | none | 2026-08-14 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2025-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-05-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 0 stars | 7.3k stars, 81 npm/wk, 32k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |