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CrowdStrike AIDR stitches four acquisitions onto the Falcon sensor. Akto is AI-native from day one, GA today, and covers employee AI usage, homegrown apps, agents, and MCPs from a single platform.

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When to use Akto vs. CrowdStrike: A head-to-head comparison

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Use Case

Akto

CrowdStrike AIDR

Shadow AI discovery

Native, continuous, risk-scored

Real-time inventory of MCPs, LLMs, AI apps, agents, and agent skills across SaaS, browsers, IDEs, and endpoints, with risk mapped to every asset.

Split across Falcon

Discovery split across Falcon Exposure Management, DNS telemetry, and browser extensions. No agent-skills discovery documented.

Shadow AI discovery

Native, continuous, risk-scored

Real-time inventory of MCPs, LLMs, AI apps, agents, and agent skills across SaaS, browsers, IDEs, and endpoints, with risk mapped to every asset.

Split across Falcon

Discovery split across Falcon Exposure Management, DNS telemetry, and browser extensions. No agent-skills discovery documented.

Shadow AI discovery

Native, continuous, risk-scored

Real-time inventory of MCPs, LLMs, AI apps, agents, and agent skills across SaaS, browsers, IDEs, and endpoints, with risk mapped to every asset.

Split across Falcon

Discovery split across Falcon Exposure Management, DNS telemetry, and browser extensions. No agent-skills discovery documented.

Runtime browser protection

Native, on-device

A native browser extension intercepts AI interactions in real time and blocks unsafe prompts or sensitive data before they reach the model.

Pre-beta browser extension

Sensor-mediated browser extension is pre-beta. Deeper browser-runtime depends on the Seraphic acquisition, still integrating.

Runtime browser protection

Native, on-device

A native browser extension intercepts AI interactions in real time and blocks unsafe prompts or sensitive data before they reach the model.

Pre-beta browser extension

Sensor-mediated browser extension is pre-beta. Deeper browser-runtime depends on the Seraphic acquisition, still integrating.

Runtime browser protection

Native, on-device

A native browser extension intercepts AI interactions in real time and blocks unsafe prompts or sensitive data before they reach the model.

Pre-beta browser extension

Sensor-mediated browser extension is pre-beta. Deeper browser-runtime depends on the Seraphic acquisition, still integrating.

Input and output guardrails

Native, continuous, risk-scored

Deep guardrails on both input and output. Catches prompt injection, PII leakage, toxic content, and off-policy responses at the employee endpoint.

Content scanning only

Pangea content scanning ported into Falcon. No agent intent verification. No tool-call guardrails. No personal account detection.

Input and output guardrails

Native, continuous, risk-scored

Deep guardrails on both input and output. Catches prompt injection, PII leakage, toxic content, and off-policy responses at the employee endpoint.

Content scanning only

Pangea content scanning ported into Falcon. No agent intent verification. No tool-call guardrails. No personal account detection.

Input and output guardrails

Native, continuous, risk-scored

Deep guardrails on both input and output. Catches prompt injection, PII leakage, toxic content, and off-policy responses at the employee endpoint.

Content scanning only

Pangea content scanning ported into Falcon. No agent intent verification. No tool-call guardrails. No personal account detection.

Native IDE hooks

Enforce Guardrails across IDEs

Native hooks in Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Codex & more. Enforce policy, capture agent skill invocations, and block malicious MCP tool calls at execution.

No IDE Support

Sensor-mediated visibility only. No documented hook for blocking malicious MCP invocations in the IDE workflow.

Native IDE hooks

Enforce Guardrails across IDEs

Native hooks in Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Codex & more. Enforce policy, capture agent skill invocations, and block malicious MCP tool calls at execution.

No IDE Support

Sensor-mediated visibility only. No documented hook for blocking malicious MCP invocations in the IDE workflow.

Native IDE hooks

Enforce Guardrails across IDEs

Native hooks in Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Codex & more. Enforce policy, capture agent skill invocations, and block malicious MCP tool calls at execution.

No IDE Support

Sensor-mediated visibility only. No documented hook for blocking malicious MCP invocations in the IDE workflow.

Agent builder integrations

Most extensive coverage

Native integrations with AWS Bedrock, Databricks, Snowflake, n8n, LangChain/LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vertex AI, Copilot, Agentforce, and 20+ others.

Limited coverage

Falcon Shield governs agents on select platforms like Copilot Studio, Agentforce, ChatGPT Enterprise, OpenAI Enterprise GPT, Nexos.ai

Agent builder integrations

Most extensive coverage

Native integrations with AWS Bedrock, Databricks, Snowflake, n8n, LangChain/LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vertex AI, Copilot, Agentforce, and 20+ others.

Limited coverage

Falcon Shield governs agents on select platforms like Copilot Studio, Agentforce, ChatGPT Enterprise, OpenAI Enterprise GPT, Nexos.ai

Agent builder integrations

Most extensive coverage

Native integrations with AWS Bedrock, Databricks, Snowflake, n8n, LangChain/LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vertex AI, Copilot, Agentforce, and 20+ others.

Limited coverage

Falcon Shield governs agents on select platforms like Copilot Studio, Agentforce, ChatGPT Enterprise, OpenAI Enterprise GPT, Nexos.ai

AI security proxy

Native inline proxy

Managed inline proxy between agents and their MCPs, tools, and calls. Inspects every request in real time, no code changes. AI gateway integrations extend coverage.

Self-deployed open-source

Open-source MCP proxy on npm. Customers self-deploy in stdio mode in front of each MCP server. No managed inline proxy product.

AI security proxy

Native inline proxy

Managed inline proxy between agents and their MCPs, tools, and calls. Inspects every request in real time, no code changes. AI gateway integrations extend coverage.

Self-deployed open-source

Open-source MCP proxy on npm. Customers self-deploy in stdio mode in front of each MCP server. No managed inline proxy product.

AI security proxy

Native inline proxy

Managed inline proxy between agents and their MCPs, tools, and calls. Inspects every request in real time, no code changes. AI gateway integrations extend coverage.

Self-deployed open-source

Open-source MCP proxy on npm. Customers self-deploy in stdio mode in front of each MCP server. No managed inline proxy product.

MCP security and governance

Per-call authorization

Decides, per call, whether a specific agent can invoke a specific tool on a specific MCP server. MCP servers are first-class policy targets. The MCP Registry acts as an enterprise allowlist.

No per call policy enforcement

Approved MCP server list and agent behavior restrictions applied through Agentic Control. Per-call MCP authorization is not documented

MCP security and governance

Per-call authorization

Decides, per call, whether a specific agent can invoke a specific tool on a specific MCP server. MCP servers are first-class policy targets. The MCP Registry acts as an enterprise allowlist.

No per call policy enforcement

Approved MCP server list and agent behavior restrictions applied through Agentic Control. Per-call MCP authorization is not documented

MCP security and governance

Per-call authorization

Decides, per call, whether a specific agent can invoke a specific tool on a specific MCP server. MCP servers are first-class policy targets. The MCP Registry acts as an enterprise allowlist.

No per call policy enforcement

Approved MCP server list and agent behavior restrictions applied through Agentic Control. Per-call MCP authorization is not documented

AI agent identity governance

Complete identity governance

Discover all NHIs associated with AI Agents, map the identities to its owner, the agent and set identityb policies like rotation, segregation and more.

Depends on SGNL

Continuous identity authorization for AI agents depends on the SGNL acquisition, still closing. Not GA in AIDR today.

AI agent identity governance

Complete identity governance

Discover all NHIs associated with AI Agents, map the identities to its owner, the agent and set identityb policies like rotation, segregation and more.

Depends on SGNL

Continuous identity authorization for AI agents depends on the SGNL acquisition, still closing. Not GA in AIDR today.

AI agent identity governance

Complete identity governance

Discover all NHIs associated with AI Agents, map the identities to its owner, the agent and set identityb policies like rotation, segregation and more.

Depends on SGNL

Continuous identity authorization for AI agents depends on the SGNL acquisition, still closing. Not GA in AIDR today.

Agent and MCP guardrails

Deterministic and AI-mediated

Bidirectional guardrails at every layer of the agent stack: prompt injection, output data leakage, tool-call authorization, Agent Intent Verification, denied topics, custom rules. Every policy tagged to OWASP Agentic Risk categories.

LLM layer only

Detects prompt injection, jailbreaks, model manipulation. Inherited from Pangea's LLM app focus. No Agent Intent Verification. No tool-call authorization.

Agent and MCP guardrails

Deterministic and AI-mediated

LLM layer only

Detects prompt injection, jailbreaks, model manipulation. Inherited from Pangea's LLM app focus. No Agent Intent Verification. No tool-call authorization.

Agent and MCP guardrails

Deterministic and AI-mediated

LLM layer only

Detects prompt injection, jailbreaks, model manipulation. Inherited from Pangea's LLM app focus. No Agent Intent Verification. No tool-call authorization.

Red teaming and offensive testing

4,300+ probes

Actively attacks your own agents. Simulates adversarial inputs, probes tool-call boundaries, tests MCP interactions, identifies exploitable behaviors before production.

Paid services engagement

AI Red Team Services is a professional services engagement delivered by CrowdStrike consultants. No continuous self-serve adversarial coverage.

Red teaming and offensive testing

4,300+ probes

Actively attacks your own agents. Simulates adversarial inputs, probes tool-call boundaries, tests MCP interactions, identifies exploitable behaviors before production.

Paid services engagement

AI Red Team Services is a professional services engagement delivered by CrowdStrike consultants. No continuous self-serve adversarial coverage.

Red teaming and offensive testing

4,300+ probes

Actively attacks your own agents. Simulates adversarial inputs, probes tool-call boundaries, tests MCP interactions, identifies exploitable behaviors before production.

Paid services engagement

AI Red Team Services is a professional services engagement delivered by CrowdStrike consultants. No continuous self-serve adversarial coverage.

They said it, not us

4.7

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