Agentic Index
HiddenLayer vs Pillar Security (2026)
Both secure the AI supply chain and they start at different layers, at 8.5 and 9 of 14.
HiddenLayer came from model security, with a scanner covering more than 35 formats and supply chain threats, detection and response against adversarial attacks, model genealogy and AI bill of materials governance, extended into agentic runtime in 2026. Pillar is agent first, cataloging models, tools, MCP servers and coding agents with red teaming as a first class pillar. HiddenLayer is stronger on where your models came from; Pillar is stronger on what your agents can currently reach.
Choose HiddenLayer if
- Model supply chain risk and provenance is your concern.
- An AI bill of materials and model genealogy are governance artifacts you must produce.
- Scanning 35 plus model formats covers an estate with many model sources.
Choose Pillar Security if
- Documented coverage is slightly broader and agents, not models, are the exposure.
- Coding agents and MCP servers in the inventory is where your risk is growing.
- Offensive red teaming as a first class pillar is the posture you want.
| At a glance | HiddenLayer | Pillar Security |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Security / SOC agent | Security / SOC agent |
| Entry price | Contact sales | Contact sales |
| Free / trial | Not published | Not published |
| Pricing confidence | contact only | contact only |
| Feature |  HiddenLayer |
 Pillar Security |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Partial | Partial |
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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. |
Partial | Partial |
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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. |
Full / Explicit | 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 | Partial |
| 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 | Partial |
| 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. |
No / Not documented | 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 | Full / Explicit |
| 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 | HiddenLayer |
Pillar Security |
|---|---|---|
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Contact sales | Contact sales |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Contact only | Contact only |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
AI agent program maturity / capability tier and scope of models and agents secured | scope of AI assets, agents, and applications secured across the AI lifecycle |
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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 tier
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No free tier
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Sales call | Sales call |