What does each vendor publish?
- SPLX: a pricing page with two paid plans, both 'Get a Quote'. Professional lists 2000 credits per month, all probes and custom probes, multimodal voice and image, connections to Slack, WhatsApp and Teams, remediation steps, system prompt hardening and a US or EU data center. Enterprise adds a compliance framework check (MITRE ATLAS, OWASP LLM Top 10), continuous threat monitoring, on-prem and hybrid or VPC deployment, SSO/SAML, Jira and ServiceNow. The page refers to 'Everything in Free', but the free tier's details were not shown in the text we read. Agentic Radar is open source.
- Alice: no pricing page, no free tier or self-serve sign-up found; Get a Demo.
- Credo AI: pricing not published.
- Holistic AI: pricing not published.
- Pillar Security: pricing not published.
- Lasso: pricing not published.
How does that affect the scores?
Pricing and trial transparency carries 10 of 100 weight points. SPLX scores 6; the other five score 1. That is one of the criteria where Alice visibly trails a rival.
How do you budget without a list price?
- Count what is likely to drive the quote: number of AI systems or applications, traffic volume through any runtime control, number of red teaming runs, frameworks needed and deployment model (SaaS, hybrid, on-prem).
- Ask each vendor which of these it prices on, in writing, before the first demo.
- Ask whether managed or expert-led services are included or separate: Alice's WonderBuild is described as automated and managed red teaming, and Credo AI describes forward-deployed experts.
- Ask for the price of the proof of concept and whether it is credited to a contract.
- Compare on the same scope: one system, the same policies, the same period.
Will this change?
We do not know, and we do not guess. When a vendor publishes a price, we will record it with the date on the platform's profile and update the pricing score.
Until then, the comparison that matters is cost for the same scope, not list price. Two quotes on different scopes tell you little; two quotes on the same system, policies and period tell you most of what a price list would.
Which factors should you ask about?
Cost factors differ by camp, so ask each vendor which apply. For an inventory-first platform, scope usually means the number of systems, users and frameworks. For an enforcement-first platform, ask also about traffic through the runtime control and the number of test runs. SPLX's Professional plan shows one unit it uses: credits, 2000 per month on that plan. Without published prices, the fairest comparison is a quote on an identical, written scope.
What does the free and open-source route give you?
SPLX's pricing page refers to a free tier, though its details were not shown in the text we read, and SPLX publishes Agentic Radar on GitHub as an open-source scanner for agentic AI. Free and open-source tools can show how a vendor approaches testing before any contract. They do not replace a governance platform's register, controls and reports, so check what support and data handling apply.
What should a quote include?
- The scope in systems, traffic and test runs.
- The deployment model and data location.
- Included frameworks and reports.
- Managed or expert services, itemized.
- Term, renewal terms and what happens to your evidence if you leave.