Mindgard vs Lakera

See why AI and security teams choose Mindgard ahead of Lakera (acquired by Check Point) for visibility into their AI attack surface, measurement of AI risk and active defense of AI Systems.

Mindgard vs Protect AI

See why AI and security teams choose Mindgard for attack‑driven testing, visibility across models and agents, and enterprise‑grade controls.

Why AI Teams Choose Mindgard Over Lakera

Discover Shadow AI

Map the AI attack surface to gain visibility into AI inventory and activity; reveal what attackers can find out about an organization’s AI.

Assess & Report AI Risk

Continuously red‑team models, agents, and apps across the AI lifecycle to measure risk. Assess how attackers can exploit your AI and validate fixes.

Prevent AI Breaches

Actively defend AI. Enforce controls and policies to mitigate AI attacks at run-time. Stop attackers from breaching AI.

Mindgard vs. Lakera: The Breakdown

Below is a side-by-side comparison of Mindgard and Lakera across key capabilities that matter to enterprise security and AI teams. Each category highlights how the two platforms approach visibility, testing, and control differently.

Feature

Winner

AI Risk Visibility

Surfaces high impact AI risks including architecture, integration and intellectual-property vulnerabilities across agents, applications and models. Provides deep, attacker-centric visibility into how AI systems behave under real adversarial pressure.

Delivers real-time threat detection and unsafe-output filtering for LLM interactions. Provides visibility into model misuse and potential data leakage at the prompt and response level across supported applications.

Mindgard

Shadow AI Discovery

Surfaces a full AI asset inventory and hidden AI usage across the environment. Detects ungoverned model deployments, shadow agents, and unapproved data flows before they introduce risk.

Monitors endpoints, prompt flows, and outside-model interactions to identify unsanctioned AI tool usage within monitored environments.

Mindgard

AI Risk Assessment

Continuous and automated AI red teaming across agents, models and applications. Identifies how attackers can exploit architectural, behavioral, and integration vulnerabilities.

Assesses AI model risk through the Lakera AI Model Risk Index. Simulates selected adversarial attacks on LLMs and generates score-based outputs that reflect model-level exposure.

Mindgard

Behavioural Science Testing Capabilities

Models attacker behavior across human, linguistic, and system biases to surface vulnerabilities that static and score-based testing miss.

Models behavioral attack vectors (memory poisoning, long-horizon goal hijacks, and agentic workflow manipulation) to flag risky model behavior and ouptut anomalies.

Tie

AI Security R&D Talent

86% of staff on R&D team, 38% hold PhDs. Founded by Professor at Lancaster University. Research pipeline from the UK’s top AI security lab.

~22% on R&D team; per People statistics on LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

Mindgard

Simplicity and Usability

Designed for both security engineers and AI builders, Mindgard delivers a clean, intuitive interface with clear risk visualizations, guided workflows, and one-click retesting—no steep learning curve required.

Central monitoring dashboard and policy control center for non-coding teams. Visual workflows simplify policy setup and guardrail configuration for supported use cases.

Tie

AI Guardrails

Nascent capabilities

Offers guardrails for prompt defense, content moderation, data leakage prevention, and malicious link detection. Uses a combination of Lakera-managed and custom guardrails.

Lakera

Attack-Driven Testing

Continuously red-teams models, agents, and applications through attack-driven testing—covering jailbreaks, data exfiltration, and prompt injection. Supports multi-turn adversarial chains with reproducible results to validate fixes.

Simulates real-world adversarial attacks against GenAI systems before deployment. Covers multilingual inputs, multi-modal inputs, and emerging threat vectors. Customizes attack campaigns based on architecture and business logic and delivers actionable findings with severity ratings and remediation guidance.

Tie

Runtime Detection & Policy

Provides inline detection and enforcement for prompt injection, data leakage, and tool abuse with configurable block/alert/enrich options.

Screens live model interactions for prompt attacks, data leakage, malicious links, and content violations. Centralized policy management assigns guardrails per-project with configurable sensitivity ranges and allow/deny lists. Flagged content can be blocked, logged, or escalated.

Tie

Enterprise Controls

Delivers enterprise-grade governance with granular permissions, policy enforcement, detailed audit trails, and full SAML/SSO, SCIM, and RBAC support. Aligns security testing with organizational compliance and reporting standards.

Enterprise customers can configure RBAC for the dashboard and integrate with SIEM and logging tools. Admins manage retention and access settings within the platform’s available controls.

Tie

Integrations

Integrates seamlessly across developer and security workflows, including CI/CD pipelines, IDE hooks, SIEM, and ticketing systems. The first AI red teaming solution with a native Burp Suite integration, enabling red teams to extend attack-driven testing into familiar tooling.

Integrates with customer environments through API-based connections that connect Lakera’s guardrails to supported architectures and workflows.

Mindgard

Deployment Options

Most flexible: SaaS, Private cloud, Customer‑managed. On-prem available for regulated and high-sensitivity environments.

Cloud-based SaaS and self-hosted deployments.

Mindgard

Reporting & Scorecards

Provides end-to-end reporting that connects testing outcomes to business, compliance, and architectural risk. Scorecards, trend analytics, and executive summaries demonstrate measurable AI security posture improvement over time.

Central dashboard monitors interactions, threats, and policy enforcement, with logs exportable to external reporting systems. SIEM integration extends visibility into broader enterprise tooling.

Mindgard

Support & Partnership

Customers gain a dedicated success team backed by world-class AI security researchers. Mindgard provides hands-on guidance informed by active attack research, helping enterprises apply the latest insights to their own AI environments and continuously strengthen defenses.

Offers standard enterprise support and onboarding. Shares research on emerging GenAI threats and adversarial patterns primarily through product updates and public articles.

Mindgard

Pricing Model

Contact sales for tailored pricing.

Free Community plan for up to 10,000 requests per month and a maximum prompt size of 8,000 tokens. Contact sales for Enterprise pricing.

Mindgard

See Mindgard in Action

Powered by the world's most effective attack library for AI, Mindgard enables red teams, security and developers to swiftly identify and remediate AI security vulnerabilities.

What Real Users Say

Don’t just take our word for it, see how offensive security teams rate the experience across platforms.

“I've seen what you guys managed to get and it is indeed very worrying - in particular the user data access and api keys"

CEO at AI software company

“With Mindgard, we’ve been able to significantly reduce the time spent on AI security assessments while enhancing the quality of our deliverables.”

Red teamer at F500 bank

"It keeps hanging."

G2 Review

Features Loved by Offensive Security and Red Teams

Purpose-built features that surface AI security threats that really matter.

Burp Suite

Extend offensive testing into familiar workflows. Mindgard’s native Burp Suite integration lets red teams chain AI-specific attacks, validate exploits, and report findings directly within their existing toolset.

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Remediation

Turn findings into fixes with guided remediation workflows. Automatically reproduce vulnerabilities, validate patches, and document risk reduction for auditors and leadership

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Multi-Modal Support

Test beyond text with coverage for vision, audio, and multi-modal models to uncover cross-channel vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit.

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Integrations

Plug into CI/CD pipelines, IDEs, SIEM, and ticketing systems to bring AI risk visibility and testing automation into every stage of development and security operations.

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Attack Library

The world’s most effective library of jailbreaks, data exfiltration methods, and prompt injection chains—curated from ongoing research and field testing to mirror the latest real-world threats.

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Standards Mapping

Align findings to emerging frameworks like OWASP Top 10 and MITRE ATLAS, translating technical vulnerabilities into compliance-ready evidence.

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FAQs

View and learn more about Mindgard's features, data handling capabilities, or integration options.

What makes Mindgard stand out from other AI security companies?
Founded in a leading UK university lab, Mindgard boasts over 10 years of rigorous research in AI security, with public and private partnerships that ensure access to the latest advancements and the most qualified talent in the field.
Can Mindgard handle different kinds of AI models?
Yes, Mindgard is neural network agnostic and supports a wide range of AI models, including Generative AI, LLMs, Natural Language Processing (NLP), audio, image, and multi-modal systems. This versatility allows it to address security concerns across various AI applications.
How does Mindgard ensure data security and privacy?
Mindgard follows industry best practices for secure software development and operation, including use of our own platform for testing AI components. We are GDPR compliant and expect ISO 27001 certification in early 2026.
Can Mindgard work with the LLMs I use today?
Absolutely. Mindgard is designed to secure AI, Generative AI, and LLMs, including popular models like ChatGPT. It enables continuous testing and minimisation of security threats to your AI models and applications, ensuring they operate securely.
What types of organisations use Mindgard?
Mindgard serves a diverse range of organisations, including those in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and cybersecurity. Any enterprise deploying AI technologies can benefit from Mindgard's platform to secure their AI assets and mitigate potential risks.
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