ai agent security and monitoring tools
Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.
Products in this niche protect and oversee autonomous AI agents by providing runtime guardrails, credential firewalls, and detailed audit logs of agent actions. They are primarily used by DevSecOps teams and software engineering leaders deploying agentic workflows into production environments. Unlike standard LLM observability tools that monitor cost or text quality, these solutions focus specifically on execution permissions, access control, and mitigating security vulnerabilities during autonomous tool use.
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Pulled from real Hacker News comment threads on this niche's launches.
Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▲ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEXO Privilege Gate | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| ai-crawler-honeypot | PH | 1 | 2026-10-13 |
| ÆthelHook | PH | 1 | 2026-09-10 |
| Datoka Agent | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| Pollymetric | PH | 1 | 2026-09-30 |
| PROMETHEUS: Safe AI Dev & Scan Security | PH | 1 | 2026-10-03 |
| AI Control Tower | PH | 1 | 2026-09-22 |
| Veridex by AlfaNest Labs | PH | 1 | 2026-09-27 |
| MCPBouncer | PH | 1 | 2026-09-14 |
| Tokenectomy Razor | PH | 1 | 2026-09-15 |
| Talyx | PH | 1 | 2026-09-19 |
| Obol — AI Agent Control Plane | PH | 1 | 2026-09-08 |
| Agent Billy | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| Pryxor | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| Ovalix | Enterprise AI Security | PH | 1 | 2026-10-06 |
| DBShifts | PH | 1 | 2026-10-03 |
| Tanod | PH | 1 | 2026-10-09 |
| SolSecureAI | PH | 1 | 2026-10-11 |
| Kotwal | PH | 1 | 2026-10-08 |
| Preflight: MCP server security check | PH | 1 | 2026-09-14 |
| Descles agent control plane | PH | 1 | 2026-09-15 |
| Guardial | PH | 1 | 2026-09-19 |
| ProbeLab | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| Veklom | PH | 1 | 2026-10-10 |
| AI ROI & AI Governance Platform | PH | 1 | 2026-09-11 |
| Novus Aegis AI | PH | 1 | 2026-10-04 |
| Vestige Operator and Managed Continuity | PH | 1 | 2026-09-15 |
| AgentExploitDB | PH | 1 | 2026-10-07 |
| Salt Code | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| GUARDIAN | PH | 1 | 2026-09-24 |
| RIL Warden | PH | 1 | 2026-10-08 |
| Foo Guard | PH | 1 | 2026-09-29 |
| Swarmauth | PH | 1 | 2026-09-24 |
| SafePrompt | PH | 1 | 2026-09-10 |
| HELIOS — Control Plane for AI Agents | PH | 1 | 2026-09-09 |
| Sether | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| Drosera | PH | 1 | 2026-09-22 |
| Open Agent Safety Platform | PH | 1 | 2026-09-29 |
| Infinitemind AI | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| Kaktoos | PH | 1 | 2026-09-17 |
| TURABON | PH | 1 | 2026-09-17 |
| Aletheia Protocol | PH | 1 | 2026-09-12 |
| Kanopy Security | Shadow AI Security Pl. | PH | 1 | 2026-09-10 |
| F.O.R.G.E. by Armory Forge Systems | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| BDB × GPT-6 Astra | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| HORS | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| Sentnl | PH | 1 | 2026-09-29 |
| EQMO. | PH | 1 | 2026-09-20 |
| Alovia Ai | PH | 1 | 2026-09-14 |
| AnterisLab Guard | PH | 1 | 2026-10-13 |