Knostic vs ActionBox

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Knostic compared with ActionBox
Detail	Knostic	ActionBox
What it does	Control plane for agentic AI security on the endpoint	Human approval infrastructure for AI agents and automation workflows
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	US	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Kirin: Free ($0/mo) for individual developers and small teams (1-5 users), Team plan at $15/mo per user for growing teams (5+ users), Enterprise plan with custom pricing. AgentMesh: Free ($0/mo) with 300 items per category, Premium at $15/mo per user, Pro at $850/mo per user for unlimited API access	Developer: Free forever with 250 Actions/month, 3 Sources, 3 Watches, 7-day history. Pro: $10/month ($120/year, save 17%) with 1,000 Actions/month, unlimited Sources, 20 Watches, 30-day history, additional Actions at $8 per 1,000-pack. Team: $49.17/month ($590/year, save 17%) with 5,000 Actions/mont
Key features	Policy enforcement before agent execution Blocks prompt injections and rogue agent actions Real-time detection of malicious behavior MCP server scanning and blocking Shadow AI discovery across organization Secrets detection and prevention Skills and extensions vetting Dangerous artifacts rejection Support for Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf Minute-level deployment	Typed decisions (Boolean, choice, text, number, rating, structured forms) Heartbeat Watches for silent-work detection Action Controls for safe follow-up operations Multi-surface inboxes (web, mobile, Slack, CLI, MCP) Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration Signed receipts and durable decision history Mobile app for iOS (15+) with push alerts Slack approval integration (Beta) CLI with bounded long-poll waiting Integration guides for GitHub Actions, n8n, LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK
What makes it different	Visibility into shadow AI across enterprise systems Unified control plane for multiple coding agents and IDEs Supply chain threat discovery before components run Secure coding enforcement with threat modeling	Durable decision records that survive client disconnections and restarts Reduces median approval time significantly in production environments Unified API across multiple approval surfaces without building custom dashboards Source-scoped identity for independent credential rotation across runners Built-in monitoring for stalled background work with heartbeat watches
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	62 +1 (up) since last check	5 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	16	7
Citation Flow (Majestic)	40	24
Referring domains (Majestic)	810	42

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