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Guardrails AIvsLakera Guard
Output validation and structured generation for LLMs versus Real-time AI security guardrails — now part of Cisco AI Defense
Compare interactively in Explore →Choose Guardrails AI when…
- •You need LLM outputs to conform to a specific schema or policy
- •You want automatic PII detection and redaction in LLM responses
- •You're building production AI that requires structured, validated output
Choose Lakera Guard when…
- •You need real-time prompt-injection defense in production
- •You want a managed, enterprise-grade guardrails layer
- •You are already on Cisco's security stack
Side-by-side comparison
Field
Guardrails AI
Lakera Guard
Category
AI Guardrails
AI Guardrails
Type
Open Source
Commercial
Free Tier
✓ Yes
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Pricing Plans
Hub: Usage-based
Pro: From $99/moEnterprise: Custom
GitHub Stars
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Guardrails AI
Open-source framework for adding input/output validation to LLM applications. Define validators (Pydantic-style) for LLM responses to catch hallucinations, PII leaks, bias, and schema violations. Supports automatic retry and reask on validation failure, with any LLM provider.
Lakera Guard
Real-time prompt-injection and data-leak protection for LLM and agent applications. Acquired by Cisco in May 2025 and integrated into Cisco AI Defense. The dominant commercial guardrails platform in 2026.
Shared Connections3 tools both integrate with
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Only Lakera Guard (1)
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