Agentic Index
Portal26 vs WitnessAI (2026)
Both govern how AI is used across an enterprise and they intervene at different layers, at 7 and 8.5 of 14. That verdict is the Agentic Index coverage score, graded from each vendor's own published materials.
WitnessAI applies intent based behavioural controls at the network layer, analyzing the meaning behind each prompt to block multi turn attacks and contextual jailbreaks, monitoring which agents are active and what servers, tools and data they touch, and connecting human and agent identities, deployable on premise, in a cloud sandbox or in a VPC, with more than 85 million dollars raised and production customers among the largest public enterprises. Portal26 is an AI trust, risk and security management platform for visibility and governance, with SOC 2 and FIPS 140-2 certification and agent token governance. WitnessAI enforces at the wire; Portal26 governs and certifies.
On the Agentic Index AI SOC ranking, neither Portal26 nor WitnessAI clears the bar, which asks for all five investigation loop capabilities documented in full. Portal26 does not document triggers and channel coverage in full, nor workflow orchestration; WitnessAI does not document human oversight and guardrails in full. 24 of the 94 vendors in the lane clear it. See the AI SOC ranking
This comparison is published by Agentic Index, an independent agentic AI vendor research platform. Portal26 and WitnessAI are each graded against the same 14 capability Agentic Index taxonomy, from the vendor's own public materials under the Agentic Index verification standard, alongside 969 researched vendors. No vendor pays for placement and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Choose Portal26 if
- FIPS 140-2 certification is a procurement requirement your environment imposes.
- Token level governance of agent activity is the specific control you need.
- A zero deployment option through existing security vendors fits how you want to adopt this.
Choose WitnessAI if
- Documented coverage is broader and network layer enforcement stops attacks rather than reporting them.
- Multi turn attacks and contextual jailbreaks are the threat you are actually worried about.
- Connecting human and agent identities is the visibility gap you cannot currently close.
| At a glance | Portal26 | WitnessAI |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Security / SOC agent | Security / SOC agent |
| Entry price | Not public. Portal26 is an enterprise AI TRiSM platform sold through a demo and sales motion, with a zero deployment option that turns on through existing security vendors. | Contact sales |
| Free / trial | Schedule a demo. | Not published |
| Pricing confidence | contact only | contact only |
| Feature | P Portal26 |
W WitnessAI |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Partial | 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. |
Partial | 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. |
No / Not documented | 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 | 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 | 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. |
No / Not documented | 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 | No / Not documented |
| 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 | P Portal26 |
W WitnessAI |
|---|---|---|
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Not public. Portal26 is an enterprise AI TRiSM platform sold through a demo and sales motion, with a zero deployment option that turns on through existing security vendors. | 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 |
Enterprise AI TRiSM platform license; scales with monitored users, GenAI usage, and agent activity. | scope of AI interactions, users, and agents governed across the enterprise network |
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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 |
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