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          "Treat EXECUTION_SKIPPED as unchecked, not clean. It means the input went over the filter's 65,536-token cap",
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        "self-hosted",
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        "openai-compatible"
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          "No authentication on the server, by design",
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          "Use IORails for plain input and output checks. LLMRails and Colang are for dialogue flows a tool-calling agent rarely needs",
          "Pin nemoguardrails==0.24.1. 0.24.0 changed message passing to messages= and removed inline config from /v1/checks",
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  "markdown": "Google Cloud Model Armor has a score of 78 (A) against NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails's 68.7 (B). Both do guard injection. The largest gap is payments \u0026 pricing, 40 points.\n\n- Google Cloud Model Armor: grade A, 78/100, rank #16 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-model-armor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-model-armor.json\n- NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails: grade B, 68.7/100, rank #120 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nemo-guardrails.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/nemo-guardrails.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Google Cloud Model Armor for reliability (+15), schema \u0026 documentation (+9), agent ergonomics (+8), security \u0026 auth (+38), maintenance \u0026 community (+5), transparency \u0026 trust (+17).\n\nPick NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails for payments \u0026 pricing (+40).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Google Cloud Model Armor | NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 75 | Google Cloud Model Armor +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 69 | Google Cloud Model Armor +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 67 | Google Cloud Model Armor +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 100 | 62 | Google Cloud Model Armor +38 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 60 | NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 80 | Google Cloud Model Armor +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 88 | 71 | Google Cloud Model Armor +17 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **78 · A** | **68.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Google Cloud Model Armor | NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Agent framework |\n| Vendor | Google Cloud | NVIDIA |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://modelarmor.{location}.rep.googleapis.com/v1/projects/{project}/locations/{location}/templates/{template}:sanitizeUserPrompt` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Popularity | 210k npm/wk, 471k PyPI/wk | 7.2k stars, 101k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (8) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Google Cloud Model Armor.** 2 million free tokens a month, then $0.10 per million. OAuth only, and a template must exist in the same location as the endpoint before the first call.\n\n**NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails.** Apache-2.0, 7,200 stars and nine releases between 9 October 2025 and 16 September 2026. Usage telemetry and a heartbeat every 10 minutes to NVIDIA by default.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Google Cloud Model Armor\n\n1. Create one template per location you call from. A template in us-central1 doesn't answer on the europe-west2 endpoint\n2. Call `sanitizeUserPrompt` before the model and `sanitizeModelResponse` after, and read filterMatchState on both\n3. Treat EXECUTION_SKIPPED as unchecked, not clean. It means the input went over the filter's 65,536-token cap\n4. Pin the template to the Stable alias, and move off v1 and v2 before 17 December 2026\n5. Retry 500, 502, 503 and 504 with truncated exponential backoff, and keep fan-out under the 1,200 queries a minute shared by the project\n\n### NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails\n\n1. Set NEMO_GUARDRAILS_NO_USAGE_STATS=1 before import unless you want deployment metadata sent to NVIDIA every 10 minutes\n2. Use IORails for plain input and output checks. LLMRails and Colang are for dialogue flows a tool-calling agent rarely needs\n3. Pin nemoguardrails==0.24.1. 0.24.0 changed message passing to messages= and removed inline config from /v1/checks\n4. Call /v1/checks with a config_id loaded on the server and branch on the RailOutcome\n5. Put the server behind your own gateway. It has no auth or rate limiting\n\n## Other comparisons with Google Cloud Model Armor or NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails\n\n- [Amazon Bedrock Guardrails vs Google Cloud Model Armor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-bedrock-guardrails-vs-google-model-armor.md)\n- [Amazon Bedrock Guardrails vs NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-bedrock-guardrails-vs-nemo-guardrails.md)\n- [Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) vs Google Cloud Model Armor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-ai-content-safety-vs-google-model-armor.md)\n- [Azure AI Content Safety (Prompt Shields) vs NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-ai-content-safety-vs-nemo-guardrails.md)\n- [Google Cloud Model Armor vs Guardrails AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-model-armor-vs-guardrails-ai.md)\n- [Google Cloud Model Armor vs Lakera Guard (Check Point AI Guardrails)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-model-armor-vs-lakera-guard.md)\n- [Guardrails AI vs NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guardrails-ai-vs-nemo-guardrails.md)\n- [Lakera Guard (Check Point AI Guardrails) vs NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lakera-guard-vs-nemo-guardrails.md)\n- [Google Cloud Model Armor vs Mistral Moderation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-model-armor-vs-mistral-moderation.md)\n- [Google Cloud Model Armor vs OpenAI Moderation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-model-armor-vs-openai-moderation.md)\n- [Mistral Moderation API vs NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-moderation-vs-nemo-guardrails.md)\n- [NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails vs OpenAI Moderation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nemo-guardrails-vs-openai-moderation.md)\n",
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