# Keycard vs Microsoft Entra Agent ID (slim)

> Microsoft Entra Agent ID scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Keycard's 56.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Keycard leads on payments & pricing. Both do auth oauth. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Microsoft Entra Agent ID scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Keycard's 56.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Keycard leads on payments & pricing. Both do auth oauth.

- Keycard: C 56.2, rank #492 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keycard.min.md
- Microsoft Entra Agent ID: BB 74.4, rank #63 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-entra-agent-id.min.md
- Keycard, good for A security-minded team building agents that need their own identities, policy on every delegation and an audit trail per hop, and that is comfortable on an Early Access product. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20.
- Microsoft Entra Agent ID, good for Organisations already on Microsoft Entra that want each agent to be a governed directory identity with tokens for Microsoft Graph, Azure and their own APIs. Ahead on Reliability, 91 against 35; Schema & documentation, 87 against 61; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 60; Transparency & trust, 74 against 44. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Keycard | Microsoft Entra Agent ID |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 91 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 61 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 71 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 86 | 83 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 44 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Keycard | Microsoft Entra Agent ID |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Keycard Labs | Microsoft |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.keycard.ai` | `https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/microsoft.graph.agentIdentity` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | MIT (SDKs), Apache-2.0 (keycard-python API client), platform closed, BYOC or on-prem on Enterprise | Proprietary service under Microsoft's terms. Microsoft.Identity.Web and the Auth SDK sidecar source are MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2025-10-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1 stars, 52 npm/wk | 787 stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |