Which has stronger runtime enforcement, Lasso or SPLX?

Lasso scores 8 and SPLX scores 7 on policy to runtime enforcement. Policy enforcement and AI Detection & Response are described, and Lasso announced the LEAP CPU-based guardrail on 3 September 2026.

Agentic Governance Compare

Lasso vs SPLX: AI governance platform comparison

In brief

SPLX leads 5.96 to 5.60 on our weights. Lasso wins 4 criteria (AI discovery and inventory, Policy to runtime enforcement, Framework mapping and audit-ready reports and Third-party AI governance), SPLX wins 2 (Languages and modalities and Pricing and trial transparency), and 2 are tied.

By The Charter Desk, Agentic Governance Compare · Published 2026-10-01 · Vendor pages read 1 October 2026 · Editorial assessment

§ 1 Which wins on each criterion?

Lasso and SPLX scores per criterion
Criterion	Weight	Winner
AI discovery and inventory Reasons Lasso: Discovery & AI-BOM is the first module listed on the platform. Source: Lasso home page · read 2026-10-01 SPLX: AI Asset Management (AI-BOM) is a named platform module. Source: SPLX home page · read 2026-10-01	12	Lasso
Policy to runtime enforcement Reasons Lasso: Policy enforcement and AI Detection & Response are described, and Lasso announced the LEAP CPU-based guardrail on 3 September 2026. Source: Lasso AI agent governance page · read 2026-10-01 SPLX: AI Runtime Protection applies input and output guardrails, and Dynamic Remediation hardens system prompts. Source: SPLX home page · read 2026-10-01	18	Lasso
Testing evidence Reasons Lasso: Automated red teaming is mapped to MITRE and OWASP, with closed-loop remediation and auto guardrail patching. Source: Lasso AI red teaming page · read 2026-10-01 SPLX: Automated AI Red Teaming and AI Runtime Threat Inspection (log scanning) are named modules. Source: SPLX home page · read 2026-10-01	16	Tie
Framework mapping and audit-ready reports Reasons Lasso: The governance use case describes an audit trail for the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001. Source: Lasso AI agent governance page · read 2026-10-01 SPLX: AI Governance & Compliance maps to global and custom standards; the MITRE ATLAS and OWASP LLM Top 10 check is listed on the Enterprise plan. Source: SPLX pricing page · read 2026-10-01	14	Lasso
Regulatory intelligence and expert support Reasons Lasso: A regulatory intelligence feed or expert service is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Lasso home page · read 2026-10-01 SPLX: A regulatory intelligence feed or expert service is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: SPLX home page · read 2026-10-01	10	Tie
Third-party AI governance Reasons Lasso: A registry or assessment of third-party or vendor AI is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Lasso home page · read 2026-10-01 SPLX: Governance of third-party or vendor AI is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: SPLX home page · read 2026-10-01	10	Lasso
Languages and modalities Reasons Lasso: Language and modality coverage is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Lasso home page · read 2026-10-01 SPLX: The Professional plan lists multimodal voice and image testing; language coverage is not stated. Source: SPLX pricing page · read 2026-10-01	10	SPLX
Pricing and trial transparency Reasons Lasso: Pricing is not published. Source: Lasso home page · read 2026-10-01 SPLX: Plan names and contents are published, the pricing page refers to a free tier, and Agentic Radar is open source; prices are quote only. Source: SPLX pricing page · read 2026-10-01	10	SPLX
Total	100	SPLX

Tied: Testing evidence and Regulatory intelligence and expert support.

§ 2 How do their control maps differ?

Control map: Lasso

1 Policy
Policy: what the rule says
The governance use case describes policy enforcement with visibility into every agent interaction.
Source: Lasso AI agent governance page · read 2026-10-01
2 Control
Control: what enforces it
AI Detection & Response is a platform module; Lasso says its LEAP guardrail runs on CPUs at under five milliseconds per decision (vendor claim).
Source: Lasso announcement, 3 September 2026 · read 2026-10-01
3 Evidence
Evidence: what proves it worked
Automated red teaming is mapped to MITRE and OWASP, with closed-loop remediation and auto guardrail patching.
Source: Lasso AI red teaming page · read 2026-10-01
4 Report
Report: what an auditor receives
An audit trail for the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001 is described.
Source: Lasso AI agent governance page · read 2026-10-01

Control map: SPLX

1 Policy
Policy: what the rule says
AI Governance & Compliance maps to global and custom standards.
Source: SPLX home page · read 2026-10-01
2 Control
Control: what enforces it
AI Runtime Protection applies input and output guardrails; Dynamic Remediation hardens system prompts.
Source: SPLX home page · read 2026-10-01
3 Evidence
Evidence: what proves it worked
Automated AI Red Teaming and AI Runtime Threat Inspection (log scanning) produce findings.
Source: SPLX home page · read 2026-10-01
4 Report
Report: what an auditor receives
The Enterprise plan lists a compliance framework check for MITRE ATLAS and the OWASP LLM Top 10.
Source: SPLX pricing page · read 2026-10-01

§ 3 What do they publish about price?

Lasso

Pricing not published

Pricing: Not published
Source: Lasso home page · read 2026-10-01

SPLX

Plans published · Prices on quote

Professional plan: Get a Quote. 2000 credits per month, all probes and custom probes, multimodal voice and image, platform connections (Slack, WhatsApp, Teams), remediation steps, system prompt hardening, US or EU data center.
Source: SPLX pricing page · read 2026-10-01
Enterprise plan: Get a Quote. Compliance framework check (MITRE ATLAS, OWASP LLM Top 10), continuous threat monitoring, on-prem and hybrid or VPC deployment, SSO/SAML, Jira and ServiceNow.
Source: SPLX pricing page · read 2026-10-01
Free tier: The pricing page refers to 'Everything in Free'; the free tier's details were not shown in the text we read.
Source: SPLX pricing page · read 2026-10-01

§ 4 Which should you choose?

Choose Lasso if policy to runtime enforcement and testing evidence matter most to you. You want red teaming that patches guardrails automatically, with CI hooks.

Choose SPLX if testing evidence and policy to runtime enforcement matter most to you. You want to read plan contents before a sales call and start with an open-source scanner.

Questions about Lasso and SPLX

Is Lasso or SPLX better for AI governance?
On our published weights SPLX scores 5.96 against 5.60. The answer changes with your priorities: Lasso is stronger on AI discovery and inventory, Policy to runtime enforcement, Framework mapping and audit-ready reports and Third-party AI governance, SPLX on Languages and modalities and Pricing and trial transparency.
Which has stronger runtime enforcement, Lasso or SPLX?
Lasso scores 8 and SPLX scores 7 on policy to runtime enforcement. Policy enforcement and AI Detection & Response are described, and Lasso announced the LEAP CPU-based guardrail on 3 September 2026.
Do Lasso and SPLX publish pricing?
Lasso: Pricing not published. SPLX: Plans published · Prices on quote.