Levee vs Kognite

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Levee compared with Kognite
Detail	Levee	Kognite
What it does	Authorization layer for AI agent spend with human-approved mandates and tamper-evident proof	MCP-native memory layer for AI agents
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2026	Not given
Based in	Not given	RO
Pricing model	Free trial	Freemium
Pricing	Free 12 week pilot for card issuing platforms	Spark: Free (5,000 new memories/month, 100 searches/day). Builder: $19/mo (50,000 new memories/month, 1,000 searches/day). Studio: $79/mo (250,000 new memories/month, 5,000 searches/day). Scale: $249/mo (1,500,000 new memories/month, 20,000 searches/day). Enterprise: custom pricing with unlimited te
Key features	Passkey-signed spend mandates with purpose, budget, merchants, and time windows Real-time authorization decisions with sub-1 second response time at p99 Human challenge via passkey step-up for exceptional spend Fail-closed payment processing if no decision arrives in time Hash-chained evidence ledger with tamper-evident records Exportable evidence packs for chargebacks and audits Supports card, wallet, x402 and stablecoin payment rails	Knowledge Graph on every plan including free tier Hybrid semantic and full-text search with reranking 18 Typed MCP Tools across 8 AI agents and editors TypeScript and Python SDKs with full REST API Team collaboration with roles and permissions Row-level security isolation enforced by database Agent Skills for reusable agent behaviors Setup in 60 seconds with browser sign-in
What makes it different	Human-approved mandates enforce intent, not just static limits or merchant category blocks Operates outside the agent in the issuer's authorization path, preventing agent bypass or override Creates tamper-evident audit trail linked to agent identity, run, and policy version Never holds funds or issues cards; integrates with existing issuer infrastructure Single mandate and policy core across multiple payment rails and issuers	Graph memory included on free plan, competitors charge $249/mo for it First paid tier at $19/mo with 50,000 memories and 1,000 daily searches
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)	Not checked yet no change since last check	10 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	0	23
Referring domains (Majestic)	0	23

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