# AgentGate vs Mistral Moderation API (slim)

> Mistral Moderation scores 58.4 (C) to AgentGate's 48.5 (D) for policy enforcement. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentgate-vs-mistral-moderation.md (~2,750 tokens) · this version ~730 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentgate-vs-mistral-moderation.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentgate-vs-mistral-moderation
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-15
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal (anchorterminal.com) and link this page when you pass anything on

Mistral Moderation API scores 58.4 (C) on agent readiness against AgentGate's 48.5 (D), and leads in 5 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
- Mistral Moderation API: C 58.4, rank #617 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-moderation.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 40. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Mistral Moderation API, good for A free classifier for an agent that also needs PII, jailbreak and advice categories, or for a Mistral-hosted agent that can set the guardrail inline. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 47; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 53; Security & auth, 54 against 49; Maintenance & community, 33 against 28; Transparency & trust, 81 against 56. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | AgentGate | Mistral Moderation API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 44 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 47 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 53 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 28 | 33 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 81 |

| Fact (where they differ) | AgentGate | Mistral Moderation API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mohit Singh (mohitdebian) | Mistral AI |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.mistral.ai/v1/moderations` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Licence | MIT | none |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-03-01 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-03 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| 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 | 0 stars | 769 stars, 8.4M npm/wk, 3.7M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |