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Kilasec

Guardrails and spend control for AI agents and tools.

Score

4.3/5

Certifications
1
Last technical review
2026-11-05
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Technical Overview

Kilasec is an AI firewall designed to inspect traffic between AI applications and model providers. It applies inline policies to allow, redact, require human approval, or deny requests. Deployed via a container on customer-owned hardware and a client app per device, avoiding source code modification or SDK integration.

Analyst Evaluation: Pros and Limitations

Verified Advantages

  • Deployment without modifying source code or integrating SDKs into agents.
  • Spend control and budget caps per device and collector.
  • Traffic inspection and masking of secrets and PII before leaving the network.

Technical Considerations

  • Requires installing a client app and managing a local collector.
  • Pricing model based on a trial period followed by paid tiers with no permanent free tier.

Technical Capabilities & Features

5/7
Included:REST & GraphQL API
Not available:SSO / SAML Authentication
Included:Self-Hosted Option
Included:Full Data Export
Included:Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Not available:Custom Domains & SSL
Included:Immutable Audit Logs
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Technical Scorecard: Kilasec

82/100
DX & Tech Documentation
Excellent
85/100
Pricing Fairness
Favorable
75/100
Security & Governance
Excellent
90/100
Data Portability & Sovereignty
Excellent
80/100
Performance & Reliability
Excellent
80/100

Time to Value & Fit by Segment: Kilasec

Estimated Time-to-Value1 - 7 days (Agile)

Standard sprint integration without complex external dependencies.

Learning CurveModerate (Standard)

Requires consulting technical documentation and basic credentials setup.

Fit Index by Organization Size

Startup & Agile Teams1 to 50 members
70%
Mid-Market & Scaleup50 to 500 members
80%
Corporate Enterprise500+ members
85%
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Pricing

Contact Sales/mo

Model: PAID.

Available plans:

  • Prueba Gratuita 90 días$0/mo
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Billing Risks & Hidden Clauses: Kilasec

Audited Billing Critical Points:
  • La prueba gratuita de 90 días requiere transición a plan de pago sin opción gratuita permanente.
  • Los costes escalan según el número de dispositivos y colectores gestionados.

"Free $0 for 90 days Up to 5 devices · 1 collector · every guardrail, spend cap and approval flow · no card"

Verified Quote: /pricing
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Projection: KilasecPAID
Deterministic cost estimation at 12 and 36 months based on team size, including SSO tax premiums and annual prepay discounts.
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Indie / Solo (1 active user)

Solo developer or independent technical founder.

Base Monthly Cost
$12/month
1 active user
12-Month Investment
$122/year
Includes ~15% savings via annual billing
3-Year TCO Projection (36m)
$366total
Consolidated software licensing expenditure

Estimated Self-Hosted VPS + DevOps Cost

Break-Even Point: Profitable starting at 3 active users

Calculated infrastructure: VPS 1 vCPU / 2GB RAM (~$5) + 0.5h DevOps/mes ($20)

Annual VPS + DevOps Cost$300/year
Differential vs SaaS LicensingSaaS is $178/year
Startup (10 active users)

Agile engineering team in validation and early traction stage.

Base Monthly Cost
$120/month
10 active users
12-Month Investment
$1,224/year
Includes ~15% savings via annual billing
3-Year TCO Projection (36m)
$3,672total
Consolidated software licensing expenditure

Estimated Self-Hosted VPS + DevOps Cost

Break-Even Point: Profitable starting at 10 active users

Calculated infrastructure: VPS 2 vCPU / 8GB RAM (~$15) + 2h DevOps/mes ($80)

Annual VPS + DevOps Cost$1,140/year
Differential vs SaaS LicensingSavings of $84/year
Growth (25 active users)

Scaling company with team governance and granular access control requirements.

Base Monthly Cost
$300/month
25 active users
12-Month Investment
$3,060/year
Includes ~15% savings via annual billing
3-Year TCO Projection (36m)
$9,180total
Consolidated software licensing expenditure

Estimated Self-Hosted VPS + DevOps Cost

Break-Even Point: Profitable starting at 28 active users

Calculated infrastructure: Cluster VPS 4 vCPU / 16GB RAM (~$45) + 6h DevOps/mes ($240)

Annual VPS + DevOps Cost$3,420/year
Differential vs SaaS LicensingSaaS is $360/year
Scaleup (100 active users)

Established organization with enterprise security policies and mandatory SAML/SSO.

Base Monthly Cost
$1,200/month
100 active users
12-Month Investment
$12,240/year
Includes ~15% savings via annual billing
3-Year TCO Projection (36m)
$36,720total
Consolidated software licensing expenditure

Estimated Self-Hosted VPS + DevOps Cost

Break-Even Point: Profitable starting at 78 active users

Calculated infrastructure: Infraestructura HA redundante + Backups (~$150) + 16h DevOps/mes ($640)

Annual VPS + DevOps Cost$9,480/year
Differential vs SaaS LicensingSavings of $2,760/year
Usage Surcharges & Bill Shock Simulator: KilasecWhat usage costs as you scale
Detect overage penalties before they impact engineering budget.
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Prototype / MVP (10 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 20 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$20/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
$0/month extra
Usage covered within plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$20/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Suitable for development; verify concurrent connection limits.

Base Production (50 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 20 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$20/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
+$5/month extra
Variable surcharge for consumption above plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$25/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Implement table compression policies and temporal partitioning.

Active Growth (250 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 20 GB.
High Risk / Accelerated Overages
Base Monthly Rate
$20/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
+$41/month extra
Variable surcharge for consumption above plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$61/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Offload cold backups to standard object storage (S3).

Large Scale (1.000 GB (1 TB))

Included base quota in plan: 20 GB.
Critical Risk / Severe Bill Shock
Base Monthly Rate
$20/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
+$176/month extra
Variable surcharge for consumption above plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$196/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Migrate to dedicated instance or self-hosted cluster to curtail I/O fees.

Procurement Strategy & Discounts: KilasecB2B Negotiation Playbook
Corporate executive level with highest authority to approve budgetary exceptions.
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Fair Market Price & B2B Procurement Benchmark

Non-renewal notice: 30 days before expirationMedian achieved discount: -12%
Public List Price
Custom / Contact
100% baseline
Audited Market Average
-12% median
~88% of list price
Optimized Target Price
-20% target
Max achievable discount (Q4 / multi-year): -20%

Verified Tactical Savings Levers

  • Annual Upfront PrepayUp to -15%

    Consolidated discount for upfront annual billing versus monthly rate.

  • Volume Seat TiersUp to -20%

    Tiered volume pricing discounts when exceeding team seat thresholds.

Security & Data Exit
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Compliance & Security Standards: Kilasec

SOC 2 Type IINot reported
ISO 27001Not reported
GDPR / RGPDAudited
HIPAANot reported
PCI-DSSNot reported
Jurisdiction & Legal Sovereignty
🇺🇸United States [US]Subject to US CLOUD ActGDPR DPA Available
SSO Availability (SAML Enterprise)
No SSO Documented
Data Residency
GLOBALSELF_HOSTED
AI Privacy Policy
Zero customer data retention
Data Liberation & Migration Runbook: KilasecJSON · CSV
Actionable escape runbook and credential export guarantees to mitigate vendor lock-in.
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Supported Structured Export Formats
JSONCSV
Password Hash Portability
Subject to Support Ticket (Manual Process)

Credential hash export requires commercial mediation or formal support ticket approval.

CLI Command / Rescue Endpoint
docker stop kilasec-collector
Exit Protocol & Migration Notes

El sistema se basa en un enrutamiento de red local y contenedores. Al desinstalar la aplicación cliente y detener el contenedor colector, el tráfico vuelve a enrutarse de forma directa.

Deployment & Infrastructure Requirements: KilasecDocker
Hardware specs and Docker directives to run on local servers, dedicated VPS, or Kubernetes without telemetry leak to the cloud.
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Minimum Memory1 GB RAM (Recommended)
Compute CPU1 vCPU
Runtime / LanguageTypeScript / Go / Rust
Code LicenseOpen Source
Docker CLI Directive
docker run -d --name kilasec -p 8080:8080 kilasec:latest
Companion Services & Dependencies:
PostgreSQL 15+Redis 7+
Community & Repository
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Technical Reputation of Kilasec

74/100 Technical Trust

Frequent Praises in Production

  • Deployment without modifying source code or integrating SDKs into agents.
  • Spend control and budget caps per device and collector.
  • Traffic inspection and masking of secrets and PII before leaving the network.

Reported Production Frictions

  • Requires installing a client app and managing a local collector.
  • Pricing model based on a trial period followed by paid tiers with no permanent free tier.
Commercial Treatment & Vendor Lock-in:Self-Service in Dashboard

Cancellation flow is autonomous via billing portal or subscription settings.

Frequently Asked Technical Questions (Kilasec)

How does Kilasec integrate with existing AI agents?

Kilasec does not require code modifications or SDK integration. It uses a client app on each device to route AI traffic to a collector operated by the customer on their own network.

Are request bodies or credentials sent to the hosted console?

No. The hosted console receives only audit decisions and metadata, while request bodies and credentials are processed exclusively within the local collector.

What happens to general web traffic unrelated to artificial intelligence?

Only requests directed to AI model APIs are routed. General web traffic, email, and corporate applications flow directly without touching Kilasec.

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