Alternatives to Gate
Gate: Sits between your AI agents and the model to block prompt injection, cut token spend and keep an audit log of every request. Here are 15 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 13 have a free plan.
- Archestra
An open-source gateway between AI agents and company systems that enforces identity, tool policies and audit logs.
Since 2025
Security and passwords · Developers
- Grepture
Gateway that sits in front of your LLM calls to log traces, track cost, run evals and strip personal data.
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- grith
Runs underneath AI coding agents on Linux, checks risky system calls before they run, and keeps an audit log of each decision.
Since 2026
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Preloop
Open-source gateway that tracks spend, sets budgets and requires approvals for AI coding agents and their tool calls.
Since 2026
Free · Security and passwords · Developers
- Retroguard
Drop in proxy for OpenAI and Anthropic calls that blocks leaked data, prompt injection and off policy replies.
Since 2026
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- VAIBot
Checks each action an AI agent tries, holds risky ones for approval, blocks destructive ones and keeps a receipt of each.
Since 2026
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Vericto
Checks the SQL your AI agents write and blocks destructive queries, masks private columns and keeps a signed audit log.
Since 2026
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Aurora Gateway
Self-hosted gateway that routes, caches and tracks your app's requests to OpenAI, Anthropic and other LLM providers.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Bytebase
Review schema changes, approve data fixes and control who can query production databases across 20+ engines.
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- Cont3xt.dev
Gives a team one shared set of coding rules for all its AI assistants and agents, with review and audit logs.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- LLM Gateway
One OpenAI-compatible API that routes requests to hundreds of models from many providers and tracks what each call costs.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- vatnode
Checks EU VAT numbers through VIES and returns the consultation number as audit proof, plus company data and VAT rates.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Accountants and bookkeepers
- Velt
An SDK and API that adds comments, approvals and audit trails to your app, so users can review AI output.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- VoidLLM
Self-hosted gateway that routes your team's LLM requests across providers with keys, limits and usage tracking, without logging prompts.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Lineation
Lets security teams control which AI agents act, what models see and which tools they call, with a full audit trail.
Since 2026
Free plan · Security and passwords · Software companies