Zscaler AI vs Cisco AI Defense vs Knostic vs Lasso Security
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Zscaler AI
Zero Trust's AI arm: discovering shadow AI and guarding it
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Cisco AI Defense
Cisco's integrated AI security suite
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Knostic
Need-to-know access control for enterprise LLMs — stops AI oversharing...
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Lasso Security
Full-lifecycle GenAI security, from shadow AI to runtime defense.
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Free tier | — | — | Free trial for Kirin AI Coding Safety (up to 5 licences); free LLM Oversharing Tester tool | No free tier; demo and proof-of-value period available on request |
| Paid from | — | — | From ~$50,000/year (AWS Marketplace annual contract; direct sales quotes vary) | Custom enterprise pricing; no published rates — quote via sales |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | — | — | Early-stage enterprise; ~9 customers (per Knostic, March 2025 — customers not publicly named) | A growing roster of enterprise and public-sector customers, including via Lasso Federal |
| Founded | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 |
| Maker | — | — | Knostic, Inc. (independent) | Independent (Lasso Security Ltd.) |
| Verdict | Zscaler's AI push targets a problem that's now unavoidable for large enterprises: employees and developers are already using AI tools security has no visibility into. The AI Security Suite, launched January 2026, splits... |
Cisco AI Defense is a serious enterprise-grade play for securing AI and agentic workloads end to end: model and MCP discovery, algorithmic red teaming, AI supply-chain scanning, and runtime guardrails against prompt inje... |
Knostic fills a genuine gap that traditional DLP and IAM platforms miss: the inference-time leakage problem unique to LLMs, where an AI assistant can synthesise restricted knowledge from documents a user technically has... |
Lasso's five-pillar framework (Discover, Assess, Test, Enforce, Protect) and Intent Security Framework for agentic AI show real engineering depth, not just a slide deck — the open-source MCP Security Gateway (MIT license... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.