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Mistral Moderation API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "openai-guardrails", "name": "OpenAI Guardrails", "vendor": "OpenAI", "vendorUrl": "https://openai.com", "kind": "framework", "category": "guardrails", "summary": "OpenAI's open-source Python library that wraps the OpenAI client and runs configured checks on inputs, outputs and tool calls, including moderation, jailbreak, prompt injection, personal data, URL and off-topic checks. It is labelled a preview.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-guardrails", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-guardrails.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-guardrails.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-guardrails.json", "repo": "https://github.com/openai/openai-guardrails-python", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "openai-guardrails" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@openai/guardrails" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "No credential of its own. 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. The default treats a check that failed to run as passed", "Run `python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm` before using Contains PII, or client initialisation fails", "Catch `GuardrailTripwireTriggered`, and append a user message to history only after the call returns without it", "Use `block=true` for Contains PII in the output stage. Masking works only in the pre-flight stage", "Keep `stream=False` where output must be checked before it is shown, and budget one extra model call per LLM-based check" ], "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": 69.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 89, "payments": 60, "reliability": 73, "schema": 66, "security": 59, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install openai-guardrails\npython -m spacy download en_core_web_sm # only for Contains PII" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/guard.injection", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openai-guardrails" }, "sameCompany": [ "openai-api", "openai-embeddings", "openai-moderation", "openai-image-api", "openai-sora", "openai-agents-sdk", "openai-decisions-api", "openai-codex" ], "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "OpenAI (as named in the LICENSE copyright line and the PyPI author field)", "domain": "openai.com", "domainRegistered": "2007-01-19", "domainNote": "A library, not a service. The code is on github.com under the openai organisation, the docs on openai.github.io and the configuration wizard on guardrails.openai.com.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/openai/openai-guardrails-python/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The library is governed by the MIT licence in the repository. The model and moderation calls it makes are OpenAI API calls on the user's own key, under OpenAI's API terms.", "https://openai.com/policies/services-agreement/ and https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/ answered HTTP 403 to us on 8 October 2026, so the terms and privacy fields are left out as unread.", "https://openai.com/.well-known/security.txt is PGP-signed and lists a Bugcrowd contact, a disclosure address and a policy link. It has no Expires line. The copy at cdn.openai.com/security.txt that SECURITY.md links carries an Expires date of 17 January 2024.", "No status page applies to the library. The OpenAI API it calls has one at https://status.openai.com.", "RDAP gives 19 January 2007 as the registration date of openai.com. The repository was created on 9 April 2025 and the first PyPI release is dated 6 October 2025." ], "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-guardrails.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "Agent framework", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Mistral AI", "b": "OpenAI", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.mistral.ai/v1/moderations", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-03-01", "b": "2026-09-10", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-09-25", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-03", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "769 stars, 8.4M npm/wk, 3.7M PyPI/wk", "b": "259 stars, 19k npm/wk, 105k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "OpenAI Guardrails scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Mistral Moderation API's 58.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Mistral Moderation API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Mistral Moderation API or OpenAI Guardrails?" }, { "answer": "Mistral Moderation API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.mistral.ai/v1/moderations. No hosted endpoint is listed for OpenAI Guardrails.", "question": "Can an agent call Mistral Moderation API and OpenAI Guardrails without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Mistral Moderation API. 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Mistral Moderation API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do guard moderation.", "verdicts": { "mistral-moderation": "Free, on the same key as the rest of the Mistral API, and the Experiment plan needs no card. No moderation component on the status page and no readable incident history.", "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-moderation-vs-openai-guardrails", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-moderation-vs-openai-guardrails.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-moderation-vs-openai-guardrails.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-moderation-vs-openai-guardrails.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenAI Guardrails scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Mistral Moderation API's 58.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Mistral Moderation API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do guard moderation.\n\n- Mistral Moderation API: grade C, 58.4/100, rank #522 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-moderation.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mistral-moderation.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### Mistral Moderation API (C)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 66\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 76\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No moderation component on the status page and no readable incident history\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 40\n- Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 54\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 89 against 33\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 | Mistral Moderation API | OpenAI Guardrails | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 40 | 73 | OpenAI Guardrails +33 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 66 | Mistral Moderation API +19 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 73 | Mistral Moderation API +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 59 | OpenAI Guardrails +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 60 | OpenAI Guardrails +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 33 | 89 | OpenAI Guardrails +56 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 76 | Mistral Moderation API +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.4 · C** | **69.5 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Mistral Moderation API | OpenAI Guardrails |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Agent framework |\n| Vendor | Mistral AI | OpenAI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.mistral.ai/v1/moderations` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-03-01 | 2026-09-10 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-25 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-03 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |\n| Popularity | 769 stars, 8.4M npm/wk, 3.7M PyPI/wk | 259 stars, 19k npm/wk, 105k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Mistral Moderation API.** Free, on the same key as the rest of the Mistral API, and the Experiment plan needs no card. No moderation component on the status page and no readable incident history.\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### Mistral Moderation API\n\n1. Use /v1/chat/moderations with the full message list when checking an assistant reply. The raw endpoint has no context\n2. Read category_scores and set your own threshold per category. The booleans use Mistral's cut-offs\n3. Pin mistral-moderation-2603. The 2411 model was retired on 31 March 2026\n4. Move to a paid workspace or zero retention if the text you screen shouldn't train models\n5. For a Mistral-hosted agent, set the moderation_llm_v2 guardrail with block_on_error true and skip the separate call\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, Mistral Moderation API or OpenAI Guardrails?\n\nOpenAI Guardrails scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Mistral Moderation API's 58.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Mistral Moderation API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Can an agent call Mistral Moderation API and OpenAI Guardrails without installing anything?\n\nMistral Moderation API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.mistral.ai/v1/moderations. No hosted endpoint is listed for OpenAI Guardrails.\n\n### Are Mistral Moderation API and OpenAI Guardrails open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Mistral Moderation API. OpenAI Guardrails is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-moderation-vs-openai-guardrails.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-moderation-vs-openai-guardrails.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"mistral-moderation\", \"b\": \"openai-guardrails\"}`. 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