Best for: control sensitive actions before execution
Per-action policy and human approval dominate.
Use this ranking when this is your primary buying job. All 11 platforms use the same underlying criterion scores.
Situation weights
- Agent identity and ownership
- 10%
- Agent discovery
- 0%
- Per-action policy
- 30%
- Agent credentials
- 5%
- Delegation and on-behalf-of access
- 10%
- Audit and lifecycle
- 5%
- Human approval
- 25%
- MCP gateway and tool control
- 15%
| Rank | Platform | Type / best for | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | NewCore | Agent governance layerPer-action governance alongside your existing IdP | 8.82 | Review Docs |
| 2= | Keycard | Agent access infrastructureDelegated tool access with step-up approval | 8.73 | Review Docs |
| 3 | Descope | Agent authentication and access hubOAuth-based agent integration and user consent | 8.20 | Review Docs |
| 4= | Aembit | Agent and workload identity brokerShort-lived credentials and delegated MCP access | 6.50 | Review Docs |
| 5= | Idira | Agent identity brokerMCP access with user and agent attribution | 6.45 | Review Docs |
| 6 | Teleport | Infrastructure and MCP accessCryptographic agent access to infrastructure | 5.78 | Review Docs |
| 7= | Clutch Security | Agent identity guardrailsCross-environment discovery and lineage | 4.65 | Review Docs |
| 8= | Astrix | Agent discovery and provisioningDiscovering agents, owners and connected secrets | 4.63 | Review Docs |
| 9 | Token Security | Agent discovery and postureAgent inventory, access maps and intent monitoring | 4.28 | Review Docs |
| 10 | Silverfort | Agent identity securityFinding agents and assigning accountable owners | 4.00 | Review Docs |
| 11 | SailPoint Entro | Agent discovery and credential governanceCorrelating agent owners and finding exposed secrets | 3.35 | Review Docs |
Trial checks
Test a denied request, revoked owner and expired token. Confirm what gets blocked before execution, which identities appear in the audit event and what happens when an approval times out.