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Zenity
AI security and governance platform focused on agents, copilots, and low-code AI apps: discovering shadow AI, enforcing policies, and monitoring risky tool use. Zenity raised a $125 million Series C in August 2026, led by Norwest.
Security and platform teams that need governance over agents, copilots, and low-code AI apps across SaaS estates.
Buyers who only need a prompt-injection API firewall, or teams still purely on classic ML model scanning.
Verdict
Zenity is a good fit when your risk is agents, copilots, and citizen-built AI apps rather than only model files. It stays independent while several guardrail peers were absorbed into larger security stacks, which matters for roadmap continuity. Practitioners like discovery of shadow AI and policy controls; expect a sales-led commercial motion and a clear SaaS connector scope.
Score Breakdown
How Zenity scores in the categories that matter to its buyers.
The Field at a Glance
How Zenity compares with other Security, safety & guardrails vendors we reviewed, by Overall Score and relative typical engagement cost.
Zenity scores 6.9 in Security, safety & guardrails, under HiddenLayer (8.1), Noma Security (8.0), and Lasso Security (7.6), and ahead of Lakera (6.8). Relative cost lands upper for this subcategory.
Compared with …
- Zenity vs HiddenLayer 8.1/6.9
- Zenity vs Noma Security 8.0/6.9
Use-case matrix
| Use case | Fit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Agent & copilot governance | Strong | Agent and copilot security is Zenity's core product. |
| Shadow AI discovery | Strong | SaaS estate visibility. |
| Low-code / citizen AI risk | Strong | Business-user AI surfaces. |
| Prompt-injection API firewall only | Mixed | Broader than pure runtime filter. |
| Model supply-chain scanning | Mixed | HiddenLayer often leads here. |
| Endpoint antivirus replacement | Poor | Zenity does not sell endpoint antivirus. |
Review Excerpts
Representative buyer views drawn from public information about Zenity. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites were excluded.
“It found copilots and low-code agents that business teams had built without telling security.”
Representative buyer view
“We use it to enforce policies on agent tool use and watch for risky actions.”
Representative buyer view
“Pricing is quote-led, so we could not compare it with narrower prompt-firewall tools without a sales call.”
Representative buyer view
Where customer reviews couldn't be found, our analysts attempted to give a voice to buyer sentiment, drawing on real information from review sites, forums, and product documentation.
Based on: Zenity’s website and Zenity’s funding announcement
Company Facts
- Founded
- 2021 (CB Insights)
- Headquarters
- Tel Aviv, Israel (CB Insights)
- Total funding raised
- $184.5M (CB Insights)
- Key investors
- Vertex Ventures, Intel Capital, Third Point Ventures, DTCP, SoftBank Vision Fund (CB Insights)
- Website
- zenity.io
Key Leadership
Ben Kliger
Co-founder and CEO
Methodology
This page is an independent evaluation of Zenity for buyers comparing options in security, safety & guardrails. AI Industry Reviews accepts no sponsorships, advertising, or pay-for-placement fees. Zenity did not pay for this review.
What we scored
The headline number is an Overall Score on a 0-10 scale. Eight criteria fall under it in two groups.
- Buyer outcomes (for security, safety & guardrails)
- Agent / copilot security
- Shadow AI discovery
- Policy & governance controls
- SaaS connector coverage
- Company & commercial
- Innovation & product leadership
- Project management & communication
- Pricing
- Contract fairness
Pricing measures whether the price looks fair for the value delivered, including packaging and renewal friction that show up in real buying cycles.
Score Composition
| Input | Weight | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews | 40% | A proprietary read of what practitioners say about likes, complaints, and day-to-day use, including public review sites, forums, and private chat rooms. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites are out of scope. |
| Product | 35% | Hands-on look at screens and workflows. |
| Pricing | 15% | Whether the price looks fair for what you get. |
| Docs & training | 10% | Docs, tutorials, and training material. |
How we balanced the evidence
The Overall Score is the simple average of the eight criteria. Recommendation language follows that score and the use-case matrix above.
Scope
Zenity is graded here as security, safety & guardrails. Criteria scores can move as more review volume and product checks are added.