Lakera Guard
AI security platform that detects and blocks threats to large language model applications in real-time
- Also known as
- lakera-guard
Available worldwide
What is Lakera Guard?
A cloud-native security platform designed for AI applications that intercepts both user inputs and model outputs to detect and prevent prompt injections, data leakage, jailbreaks, and compliance violations before they reach the LLM.
Lakera Guard pricing
We don't have Lakera Guard's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Lakera Guard does
The capabilities that matter for ai guardrails, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Architecture model
- Managed cloud inline proxy
- Prompt injection and jailbreak blocking
- ✓
- Inbound pii and credit card masking redaction
- ✓
- Outbound toxicity and competitor mention blocking
- -
- Hallucination and topical off brand drift detection
- -
- Sub 50ms latency guarantees for proxy routing
- ✓
- Custom regex and deterministic denylist rulesets
- ✓
- Streaming token interception and chunked eval
- -
- Rag retrieval chunk poisoning defense
- -
- Zero data retention and prompt privacy guarantees
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Grafana
- Splunk
Lakera Guard FAQ
Common questions about Lakera Guard, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Lakera Guard?
A cloud-native security platform designed for AI applications that intercepts both user inputs and model outputs to detect and prevent prompt injections, data leakage, jailbreaks, and compliance violations before they reach the LLM. It is indexed under AI Guardrails.
Source: https://www.lakera.ai
Is Lakera Guard free?
Lakera Guard offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.lakera.ai
What platforms does Lakera Guard support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Lakera Guard. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.lakera.ai
Can Lakera Guard be self-hosted?
Yes. Lakera Guard can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.lakera.ai
What security certifications does Lakera Guard have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Lakera Guard. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Lakera Guard not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.lakera.ai/risk/compliance-regulatory-risks
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Compare Lakera Guard
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 45 | 0.12 | 5.5 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.04 | 4.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.04 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.05 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.04 | 0.6 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Architecture model: managed_cloud_inline_proxy · Prompt injection and jailbreak blocking: Yes · Inbound pii and credit card masking redaction: Yes · Sub 50ms latency guarantees for proxy routing: Yes · Custom regex and deterministic denylist rulesets: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-21 · 75% |
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