{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "cisco-ai-defense-inspection", "name": "Cisco AI Defense Inspection API", "vendor": "Cisco Systems, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/security/ai-defense/index.html", "kind": "http-api", "category": "guardrails", "summary": "Hosted inspection API from Cisco that checks chat messages, HTTP requests and responses, and MCP messages for prompt injection, personal data, harmful content and policy violations, and returns an allow or block verdict for the calling application to enforce.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cisco-ai-defense-inspection", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cisco-ai-defense-inspection.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cisco-ai-defense-inspection.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cisco-ai-defense-inspection.json", "repo": "https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/ai-defense-python-sdk", "license": "Proprietary service under Cisco's General Terms and the AI Defense Offer Description. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://us.api.inspect.aidefense.security.cisco.com/api/v1/inspect/chat", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "cisco-aidefense-sdk" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Sales-led access. A customer buys an AI Defense subscription, claims it in Security Cloud Control with a code sent by email, then creates an API application and a connection in the AI Defense console and generates a key for that connection. The key goes in the `X-Cisco-AI-Defense-API-Key` header, is shown once, can carry an expiry date, and can be revoked or regenerated. It works only on the Inspection API. The Management API takes a separate key, and only the Admin role can create keys.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public price, free tier or trial for the Inspection API was found. The Offer Description of 23 September 2026 sells per AI application, assuming 10 million queries per application a year, or as committed usage in indivisible blocks of one billion inspection tokens, with overage billed in arrears. The product page links a demo request. The free Explorer edition covers red teaming only (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the user guide or the Offer Description (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 35, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 3977, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.cisco.com/docs/ai-defense-inspection/", "capabilities": [ "guard.injection", "guard.pii", "guard.moderation", "guard.policy" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "enterprise", "sales-led", "closed-source", "api-key", "python", "status-page", "security-txt", "soc2", "eu" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 429, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 0, "reliability": 80, "schema": 59, "security": 81, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "16 September 2026. Release 2026.9.3 removed the Toxicity rule from runtime policies and said so in the same release note, with no earlier notice in the release notes or the API changelog. `cisco-aidefense-sdk` 2.2.0, published two days later, still lists the rule. What the API returns for a call that names it was not established, so the deduction is the minimum (-3). https://securitydocs.cisco.com/docs/ai-def/user/168305.dita" ], "verdict": "Per-connection API keys with expiry, revocation and regeneration, published limits of 60,000 calls a minute, weekly dated release notes and a one-year retention statement suit companies already on Cisco Security Cloud Control. Access needs a subscription bought through sales, with no public price or trial for the API, and the developer changelog has one entry from February 2025.", "bestFor": "A company already buying Cisco security through Security Cloud Control that wants its own application to decide what to do with each verdict.", "strengths": [ "One call returns `is_safe`, an action, classifications, severity, matched rules and, since April 2026, the type and position of each suspected PII value", "Each connection has its own API key with an expiry date, revocation and regeneration, and the key works only on the Inspection API", "Published limits of 60,000 calls a minute, a one million token context per inspection and one million tokens in parallel per organisation", "Release notes are dated weekly, 12 of them between 10 July and 23 September 2026", "The data handling page states one-year retention for event logs, a tenant-wide logging opt-out and no training on customer prompts or responses" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public price, free tier or trial for the Inspection API. Subscriptions are bought through sales and activated with a claim code", "The Toxicity rule was removed on 16 September 2026 in the release note that announced it, with no earlier notice found", "The developer changelog lists only v1.0.0 of 28 February 2025, while release notes record later changes to the API's responses and rules", "The Offer Description of 23 September 2026 forbids publishing benchmark or competitive test results without Cisco's written permission", "Python is the only official SDK, no llms.txt was found, and robots.txt on developer.cisco.com disallows the OpenAPI JSON file" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in `X-Cisco-AI-Defense-API-Key` to `POST /api/v1/inspect/chat` on the regional host where the tenant was created. US, Europe and Asia Pacific hosts differ", "If the connection has a policy, `enabled_rules` in the request is ignored. Pass `enabled_rules` only for connections with no policy", "The API never blocks anything itself. Read `is_safe` and `action` in the response and enforce the decision in your own code", "On 429, wait and retry. The organisation has gone over one million tokens in parallel or 60,000 calls a minute", "Don't request the Toxicity rule. It was removed on 16 September 2026, and the Safety rules such as Hate Speech, Harassment and Profanity replace it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 0, "reliability": 80, "schema": 59, "security": 81, "transparency": 62 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install cisco-aidefense-sdk", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://us.api.inspect.aidefense.security.cisco.com/api/v1/inspect/chat\" \\\n -H \"X-Cisco-AI-Defense-API-Key: \u003cgenerated api key\u003e\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"My ssn is 123-45-6789, can you tell me Johns ssn?\"}],\"metadata\":{},\"config\":{}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/guard.injection", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cisco-ai-defense-inspection" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Cisco Systems, Inc.", "domain": "cisco.com", "domainRegistered": "1987-05-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/about/doing_business/legal/Cisco_General_Terms.pdf", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "https://status.security.cisco.com", "changelog": "https://securitydocs.cisco.com/docs/ai-def/user/168305.dita", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The General Terms (version 6.0, last modified 10 September 2025) define Cisco as Cisco Systems, Inc. or its applicable affiliates. The user guide's Terms page says AI Defense is sold under them.", "The AI Defense Offer Description (version 2.1, last modified 23 September 2026) is part of the agreement and is at https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/about/doing_business/legal/OfferDescriptions/AI-Defense-OD.pdf.", "No privacy link is given. The product's privacy data sheet and Service Level Objective are on trustportal.cisco.com, which is drawn by script and went unread. Data handling is described at https://securitydocs.cisco.com/docs/ai-def/user/172843.dita.", "The Inspection API answers on us, eu and ap subdomains of api.inspect.aidefense.security.cisco.com.", "www.cisco.com/.well-known/security.txt is PGP-signed, names psirt@cisco.com and expires on 1 January 2027.", "The changelog link is the product release notes. The developer site's API changelog at https://developer.cisco.com/docs/ai-defense-inspection/api-changelog/ has one entry, v1.0.0 of 28 February 2025.", "RDAP for cisco.com gives a registration date of 1987-05-14." ], "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cisco-ai-defense-inspection.json", "live": { "slug": "cisco-ai-defense-inspection", "probe": { "target": "https://us.api.inspect.aidefense.security.cisco.com/api/v1/inspect/chat", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:00:20.030041619Z", "lastOk": false, "lastStatus": 501, "lastMs": 464, "lastNote": "server error", "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 0, "uptime30d": 0, "p50ms24h": 0, "p95ms24h": 0, "samples24h": 36, "samples30d": 36, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 36, "ok": 0 } ], "outages": [ { "start": "2026-10-09T07:40:22.876159997Z", "end": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "note": "HTTP 501 server error" } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.security.cisco.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:03:30.640121598Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:03:30.640121598Z" } }, "answer": "Presidio scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Cisco AI Defense Inspection API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Cisco AI Defense Inspection API leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "microsoft-presidio", "name": "Presidio", "vendor": "Data Privacy Stack", "vendorUrl": "https://dataprivacystack.org", "kind": "sdk", "category": "guardrails", "summary": "Open-source Python library and Docker services that detect personal data in text and images and replace, mask, hash or encrypt it. Created at Microsoft and run since June 2026 by the community organisation Data Privacy Stack.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-presidio", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-presidio.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-presidio.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/microsoft-presidio.json", "repo": "https://github.com/data-privacy-stack/presidio", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "presidio-analyzer" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "presidio-anonymizer" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "presidio-image-redactor" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "presidio" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "None. The Python library runs in the caller's process, and the REST containers accept any caller. The FAQ states the endpoints have no built-in authentication by design and should sit behind a gateway, reverse proxy or service mesh (https://presidio.dataprivacystack.org/faq/). Optional recognisers that call Azure AI Language, Azure Health Data Services or a language model take those services' own credentials.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under the MIT licence, with no hosted or paid option from the project and no account needed. The cost is the compute to run it, plus any outside service an optional recogniser is configured to call (https://github.com/data-privacy-stack/presidio/blob/main/LICENSE).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 11231, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 1217281, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://presidio.dataprivacystack.org", "openapi": "https://presidio.dataprivacystack.org/api-docs/api-docs.yml", "capabilities": [ "guard.pii", "guard.self-host" ], "tags": [ "sdk", "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "python", "free", "docker", "openapi", "pii", "community-governed" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 281, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 63, "payments": 60, "reliability": 78, "schema": 69, "security": 53, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "MIT-licensed personal data detector with a public OpenAPI document, tests on Python 3.10 to 3.14 and about 1.2 million weekly PyPI downloads. The REST containers have no authentication, the project states no SLA or support, and it covers personal data only, with no prompt injection or content moderation checks.", "bestFor": "Detecting and masking personal data in prompts, outputs, logs and images on the owner's own machines, with detection tuned by entity, threshold and custom recognisers.", "strengths": [ "MIT licence, source on GitHub, and nothing to buy. No account, key or card is needed to install or run it", "OpenAPI 3.0 document for the analyser and anonymiser REST services, with request examples and 400 and 422 error shapes", "CI runs each package on Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14, with CodeQL and Dependabot configured", "Detection is tunable per call with an entity list, a score threshold, an allow list and ad hoc recognisers", "Anonymiser operators cover replace, redact, mask, hash, encrypt and custom functions, and encrypted values can be reversed with the key" ], "weaknesses": [ "The REST containers have no authentication by design. The FAQ says to put a gateway or proxy in front", "SUPPORT.md states no SLA and no official support. The project is run by volunteers since leaving Microsoft", "One release in the 90 days to 8 October 2026 (2.2.364 on 22 July), and CHANGELOG.md has no section for it", "Covers personal data only. No prompt injection, jailbreak or content moderation checks", "The README warns that detection is automated and may miss personal data, so other protections are still needed", "98 open pull requests, and most issues opened since 20 September 2026 had no reply on 8 October" ], "agentNotes": [ "Install from PyPI or pull images from ghcr.io/data-privacy-stack. The mcr.microsoft.com/presidio-* images are no longer updated", "Download a spaCy model (python -m spacy download en_core_web_lg) before the first `AnalyzerEngine()` call, or use the Docker image", "Send both text and language to `/analyze`. A request missing either returns HTTP 500 with a JSON error field", "Pass entities and score_threshold to limit results. Many country-specific recognisers are disabled by default and need enabling in the registry YAML", "Keep the containers on a private network or behind your own authenticating proxy. They accept any caller" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 63, "payments": 60, "reliability": 78, "schema": 69, "security": 53, "transparency": 76 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install presidio-analyzer presidio-anonymizer\npython -m spacy download en_core_web_lg", "http": "docker run -d -p 5002:3000 ghcr.io/data-privacy-stack/presidio-analyzer:latest\ncurl -X POST http://localhost:5002/analyze \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"text\": \"My phone number is 555-123-4567.\", \"language\": \"en\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/guard.pii", "tool": "https://letme.dev/microsoft-presidio" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Data Privacy Stack (community organisation, no legal entity stated)", "domain": "dataprivacystack.org", "domainRegistered": "2026-04-13", "domainNote": "A library and self-hosted containers, not a service. Code is on github.com under the data-privacy-stack organisation and docs on presidio.dataprivacystack.org.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/data-privacy-stack/presidio/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "Presidio was created at Microsoft. The transition notice says it is now a community-governed project under Data Privacy Stack and is not owned or operated by a commercial entity. The blog post announcing the move is dated 29 June 2026.", "github.com/microsoft/presidio answers 301 to github.com/data-privacy-stack/presidio, and microsoft.github.io/presidio shows a moved notice.", "The LICENSE copyright line reads Presidio Contributors. The FAQ says usage terms are the repository's licence and that there is no warranty or SLA.", "No privacy policy was found on dataprivacystack.org or the docs site. Nothing is hosted, so the field is left out.", "security.txt returns 404 on dataprivacystack.org and presidio.dataprivacystack.org. SECURITY.md uses GitHub private vulnerability reporting.", "RDAP gives 2026-04-13 as the registration date of dataprivacystack.org. The repository was created on 4 May 2018." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-presidio.json", "live": { "slug": "microsoft-presidio", "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/data-privacy-stack/presidio/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:05.686879193Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "609d3fe25dbc" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:05.686879193Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "SDK + MCP", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cisco Systems, Inc.", "b": "Data Privacy Stack", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://us.api.inspect.aidefense.security.cisco.com/api/v1/inspect/chat", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Cisco's General Terms and the AI Defense Offer Description. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-23", "b": "2026-07-22", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "35 stars, 4k PyPI/wk", "b": "11k stars, 1.2M PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Presidio scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Cisco AI Defense Inspection API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Cisco AI Defense Inspection API leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cisco AI Defense Inspection API or Presidio?" }, { "answer": "Cisco AI Defense Inspection API has a hosted endpoint at https://us.api.inspect.aidefense.security.cisco.com/api/v1/inspect/chat. No hosted endpoint is listed for Presidio.", "question": "Can an agent call Cisco AI Defense Inspection API and Presidio without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Cisco AI Defense Inspection API. Presidio is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Cisco AI Defense Inspection API and Presidio open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 81 against 53", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 63", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 65" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "A company already buying Cisco security through Security Cloud Control that wants its own application to decide what to do with each verdict.", "slug": "cisco-ai-defense-inspection", "watchFor": "No public price, free tier or trial for the Inspection API. Subscriptions are bought through sales and activated with a claim code" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 59", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 0" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Open source", "No incidents deducted, where Cisco AI Defense Inspection API loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Detecting and masking personal data in prompts, outputs, logs and images on the owner's own machines, with detection tuned by entity, threshold and custom recognisers.", "slug": "microsoft-presidio", "watchFor": "The REST containers have no authentication by design. 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The REST containers have no authentication, the project states no SLA or support, and it covers personal data only, with no prompt injection or content moderation checks." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cisco-ai-defense-inspection-vs-microsoft-presidio", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cisco-ai-defense-inspection-vs-microsoft-presidio.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cisco-ai-defense-inspection-vs-microsoft-presidio.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cisco-ai-defense-inspection-vs-microsoft-presidio.min.md" }, "markdown": "Presidio scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Cisco AI Defense Inspection API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Cisco AI Defense Inspection API leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do guard pii.\n\n- Cisco AI Defense Inspection API: grade C, 61.3/100, rank #429 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cisco-ai-defense-inspection.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cisco-ai-defense-inspection.json\n- Presidio: grade B, 66/100, rank #281 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-presidio.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/microsoft-presidio.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cisco AI Defense Inspection API (C)\n\nGood for: A company already buying Cisco security through Security Cloud Control that wants its own application to decide what to do with each verdict.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 81 against 53\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 63\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 65\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No public price, free tier or trial for the Inspection API. Subscriptions are bought through sales and activated with a claim code\n\n### Presidio (B)\n\nGood for: Detecting and masking personal data in prompts, outputs, logs and images on the owner's own machines, with detection tuned by entity, threshold and custom recognisers.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 59\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 0\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Open source\n- No incidents deducted, where Cisco AI Defense Inspection API loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: The REST containers have no authentication by design. The FAQ says to put a gateway or proxy in front\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cisco AI Defense Inspection API | Presidio | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 78 | Cisco AI Defense Inspection API +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 69 | Presidio +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 69 | Presidio +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 81 | 53 | Cisco AI Defense Inspection API +28 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 60 | Presidio +60 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 63 | Cisco AI Defense Inspection API +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 65 | Cisco AI Defense Inspection API +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **61.3 · C** | **66 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cisco AI Defense Inspection API | Presidio |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |\n| Vendor | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Data Privacy Stack |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://us.api.inspect.aidefense.security.cisco.com/api/v1/inspect/chat` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | None |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Cisco's General Terms and the AI Defense Offer Description. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-07-22 |\n| Terms last updated | | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 35 stars, 4k PyPI/wk | 11k stars, 1.2M PyPI/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cisco AI Defense Inspection API.** Per-connection API keys with expiry, revocation and regeneration, published limits of 60,000 calls a minute, weekly dated release notes and a one-year retention statement suit companies already on Cisco Security Cloud Control. Access needs a subscription bought through sales, with no public price or trial for the API, and the developer changelog has one entry from February 2025.\n\n**Presidio.** MIT-licensed personal data detector with a public OpenAPI document, tests on Python 3.10 to 3.14 and about 1.2 million weekly PyPI downloads. The REST containers have no authentication, the project states no SLA or support, and it covers personal data only, with no prompt injection or content moderation checks.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cisco AI Defense Inspection API\n\n1. Send the key in `X-Cisco-AI-Defense-API-Key` to `POST /api/v1/inspect/chat` on the regional host where the tenant was created. US, Europe and Asia Pacific hosts differ\n2. If the connection has a policy, `enabled_rules` in the request is ignored. Pass `enabled_rules` only for connections with no policy\n3. The API never blocks anything itself. Read `is_safe` and `action` in the response and enforce the decision in your own code\n4. On 429, wait and retry. The organisation has gone over one million tokens in parallel or 60,000 calls a minute\n5. Don't request the Toxicity rule. It was removed on 16 September 2026, and the Safety rules such as Hate Speech, Harassment and Profanity replace it\n\n### Presidio\n\n1. Install from PyPI or pull images from ghcr.io/data-privacy-stack. The mcr.microsoft.com/presidio-* images are no longer updated\n2. Download a spaCy model (python -m spacy download en_core_web_lg) before the first `AnalyzerEngine()` call, or use the Docker image\n3. Send both text and language to `/analyze`. A request missing either returns HTTP 500 with a JSON error field\n4. Pass entities and score_threshold to limit results. Many country-specific recognisers are disabled by default and need enabling in the registry YAML\n5. Keep the containers on a private network or behind your own authenticating proxy. They accept any caller\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cisco AI Defense Inspection API or Presidio?\n\nPresidio scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Cisco AI Defense Inspection API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Cisco AI Defense Inspection API leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Can an agent call Cisco AI Defense Inspection API and Presidio without installing anything?\n\nCisco AI Defense Inspection API has a hosted endpoint at https://us.api.inspect.aidefense.security.cisco.com/api/v1/inspect/chat. No hosted endpoint is listed for Presidio.\n\n### Are Cisco AI Defense Inspection API and Presidio open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Cisco AI Defense Inspection API. Presidio is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cisco-ai-defense-inspection-vs-microsoft-presidio.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cisco-ai-defense-inspection-vs-microsoft-presidio.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cisco-ai-defense-inspection\", \"b\": \"microsoft-presidio\"}`. 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