Agentic Index
Airrived vs Kai (2026)
Both consolidate security functions under one autonomous layer, at 10 and 10.5 of 14, and they draw the boundary differently.
Kai unifies threat intelligence, exposure management, detection and response into one machine speed pipeline across IT and operational technology. Airrived goes wider still, unifying SOC, GRC, identity and access management, vulnerability management, IT and business operations under one agent layer, letting teams fine tune third party models and compose deep reasoning agents. Kai is security consolidation; Airrived is consolidation that reaches past security entirely, which is either the point or the risk depending on your remit.
Choose Airrived if
- GRC and identity belong in the same platform as the SOC for how your organization is structured.
- Fine tuning models and composing your own reasoning agents is capability you would use.
- Business operations alongside security is deliberate scope, not scope creep.
Choose Kai if
- Documented coverage is slightly broader and operational technology is in scope.
- You want a security platform, and a system that also runs business operations worries you.
- One machine speed pipeline from intelligence through response is the architecture you want.
| At a glance | Airrived | Kai |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Security / SOC agent | Security / SOC agent |
| Entry price | Not public; enterprise pricing quoted through sales | Not public; enterprise pricing quoted through sales |
| Free / trial | Demo on request; no public free tier | Demo or evaluation on request; no public free tier |
| Pricing confidence | contact only | contact only |
| Feature | A Airrived |
K Kai |
|---|---|---|
| Action & orchestration | ||
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Integrations & Tool Calling Ability to connect agents to real systems through native integrations, OAuth-authenticated actions, custom tools, APIs, webhooks, or MCP-compatible tools. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Workflow Orchestration Ability to sequence, branch, retry, route, and combine deterministic workflow nodes with autonomous agent steps. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Triggers & Channel Coverage How agents wake up and where they work: schedules, webhooks, message events, CRM events, inbox events, chat, email, voice, and collaboration tools. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
| Knowledge & context | ||
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Knowledge Grounding & RAG Ability to ground agent behavior in company data through document ingestion, retrieval, external knowledge APIs, semantic search, or RAG layers. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Memory & State Persistence Ability to persist context across a run, conversation, workflow, user, team, or longer-term memory layer. |
Partial | Partial |
| Control & trust | ||
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Human Oversight & Guardrails Approval steps, consent checkpoints, escalation rules, structured guardrails, policy constraints, and pause/resume controls. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Security, Identity & Governance RBAC, SSO, auditability, encryption, least-privilege tool access, compliance posture, and data handling policy. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
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Deployment & Data Residency Deployment modes and options, including SaaS, dedicated cloud, VPC, on-prem, hybrid, local runtime, and self-hosting. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
| Solution readiness | ||
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Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Ready-made workflows, packaged employees, templates, blueprints, industry solutions, and role-specific agents that reduce time-to-value. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
| Platform extensibility | ||
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Model Flexibility & Routing Ability to work across multiple foundation models, route tasks to different models, or let buyers bring their own providers and keys. |
Full / Explicit | No / Not documented |
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APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Composability layer: stable APIs, SDKs, MCP tool consumption/serving, custom tools, and integration into internal systems. |
Partial | Partial |
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Testing, Debugging & Optimization Testing, debugging, scoring, retries, fallbacks, quality gates, and optimization loops for improving agent workflows before and after deployment. |
Partial | Partial |
| Specialist automation | ||
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Browser & Computer Use Browser, desktop, or remote/local computer control for workflows that cannot be handled through stable APIs alone. |
No / Not documented | No / Not documented |
Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
| Pricing | A Airrived |
K Kai |
|---|---|---|
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Not public; enterprise pricing quoted through sales | Not public; enterprise pricing quoted through sales |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Contact only | Contact only |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
enterprise subscription scoped to domains, agents, and usage | enterprise subscription scoped to environment and use cases |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
Medium variable cost | Medium variable cost |
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Free tier / trial Try before you buy |
No free tierTrial
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No free tierTrial
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Sales call | Sales call |