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The wrapped client takes an OpenAI API key from `OPENAI_API_KEY` or the constructor, an Azure OpenAI key through `GuardrailsAzureOpenAI`, or the key of any OpenAI-compatible endpoint set with `base_url`, such as a local Ollama server (https://openai.github.io/openai-guardrails-python/quickstart/).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under the MIT licence, with no hosted or paid edition and no account of its own. The README states that Guardrails calls paid OpenAI APIs. Each LLM-based check is one extra model call billed at OpenAI's rates, the moderation check is documented as no cost, and the keyword, URL, secret key and personal data checks run locally (https://github.com/openai/openai-guardrails-python).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "library", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README or docs (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 259, "npmWeekly": 18502, "pypiWeekly": 104530, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://openai.github.io/openai-guardrails-python/", "capabilities": [ "guard.injection", "guard.pii", "guard.moderation", "guard.policy", "guard.self-host" ], "tags": [ "official", "framework", "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "python", "typescript", "free", "preview", "openai-compatible" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-10", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 175, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 89, "payments": 60, "reliability": 73, "schema": 66, "security": 59, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "MIT-licensed wrapper that adds twelve configurable checks to OpenAI client calls from one JSON file, with tool-level injection checks for the Agents SDK. The README labels it a preview at version 0.3.3, and by default a check that fails to run is reported as passed unless `raise_guardrail_errors=True` is set.", "bestFor": "Teams already on the OpenAI client or Agents SDK that want several checks from one config file with little code.", "strengths": [ "MIT licence, source on GitHub, and three PyPI releases in the 90 days to 8 October 2026 (0.3.0, 0.3.2, 0.3.3)", "Twelve built-in checks set in one versioned JSON file across pre-flight, input and output stages", "`GuardrailAgent` runs the prompt injection check before and after every tool call in the OpenAI Agents SDK", "CI runs ruff, mypy, pyright and tests on Python 3.11 to 3.14, with CodeQL, Dependabot and SHA-pinned actions", "The jailbreak page publishes ROC AUC, precision, recall and latency per model on a 4,000-conversation sample" ], "weaknesses": [ "By default a check that fails to run returns `tripwire_triggered=False`, so the request continues. Strict mode is opt-in", "The README titles the package a preview, the version is 0.3.3, and no release was published between 15 December 2025 and 21 July 2026", "With `stream=True` the output checks run alongside the stream, and the docs say violating content may appear briefly", "The docs' own table gives the default jailbreak model, `gpt-4.1-mini`, a recall of 0.000 at a 1 per cent false positive rate", "LLM-based checks add a billed model call each. The docs list a median of 1,538 ms for `gpt-4.1-mini` on the jailbreak check", "Pull requests from non-collaborators are not accepted, and CHANGELOG.md starts at 0.3.3" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass `raise_guardrail_errors=True` to the client. 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The README labels it a preview at version 0.3.3, and by default a check that fails to run is reported as passed unless `raise_guardrail_errors=True` is set." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-ai-content-safety-vs-openai-guardrails", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-ai-content-safety-vs-openai-guardrails.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-ai-content-safety-vs-openai-guardrails.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-ai-content-safety-vs-openai-guardrails.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenAI Guardrails scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields)'s 60.7 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth. Both do guard injection.\n\n- Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields): grade C, 60.7/100, rank #449 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-ai-content-safety.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-ai-content-safety.json\n- OpenAI Guardrails: grade B, 69.5/100, rank #175 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-guardrails.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-guardrails.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) (C)\n\nGood for: An agent on Azure that retrieves documents and needs indirect-injection checks next to harm-category moderation.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 73\n- Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 59\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Needs an Azure subscription with a card, a resource and a region that has the feature, before the first call\n\n### OpenAI Guardrails (B)\n\nGood for: Teams already on the OpenAI client or Agents SDK that want several checks from one config file with little code.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 73 against 55\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 15\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 89 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: By default a check that fails to run returns `tripwire_triggered=False`, so the request continues. Strict mode is opt-in\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) | OpenAI Guardrails | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 73 | OpenAI Guardrails +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 66 | Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 73 | Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 74 | 59 | Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 15 | 60 | OpenAI Guardrails +45 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 89 | OpenAI Guardrails +44 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 76 | Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.7 · C** | **69.5 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) | OpenAI Guardrails |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Agent framework |\n| Vendor | Microsoft Azure | OpenAI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://{resource}.cognitiveservices.azure.com/contentsafety/text:shieldPrompt` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-10 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | |\n| Popularity | 17k npm/wk, 218k PyPI/wk | 259 stars, 19k npm/wk, 105k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields).** Prompt Shields checks up to five retrieved documents for indirect injection, not only the user prompt. Needs an Azure subscription with a card, a resource and a region that has the feature, before the first call.\n\n**OpenAI Guardrails.** MIT-licensed wrapper that adds twelve configurable checks to OpenAI client calls from one JSON file, with tool-level injection checks for the Agents SDK. The README labels it a preview at version 0.3.3, and by default a check that fails to run is reported as passed unless `raise_guardrail_errors=True` is set.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields)\n\n1. Send retrieved pages and tool results in the documents array of shieldPrompt, not in userPrompt, so document attacks are reported separately\n2. Call text:shieldPrompt over REST with api-version=2024-09-01. The Python SDK 1.0.0 has no method for it\n3. Keep each request under 10,000 characters across prompt and documents, and split long tool results\n4. Create the resource in a region that lists Prompt Shields, since not every region has it\n5. On F0 you get 5 requests a second. Queue checks or move to S0 before load testing\n\n### OpenAI Guardrails\n\n1. Pass `raise_guardrail_errors=True` to the client. The default treats a check that failed to run as passed\n2. Run `python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm` before using Contains PII, or client initialisation fails\n3. Catch `GuardrailTripwireTriggered`, and append a user message to history only after the call returns without it\n4. Use `block=true` for Contains PII in the output stage. Masking works only in the pre-flight stage\n5. Keep `stream=False` where output must be checked before it is shown, and budget one extra model call per LLM-based check\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) or OpenAI Guardrails?\n\nOpenAI Guardrails scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields)'s 60.7 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Can an agent call Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) and OpenAI Guardrails without installing anything?\n\nAzure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) has a hosted endpoint at https://{resource}.cognitiveservices.azure.com/contentsafety/text:shieldPrompt. No hosted endpoint is listed for OpenAI Guardrails.\n\n### Are Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) and OpenAI Guardrails open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields). 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