Comparison

AgentShield vs AgentOps

AgentOps shows you what your agent did. AgentShield ensures it should have done it in the first place.

The Key Difference

AgentOps is an open-source developer debugging tool with session replay and time-travel debugging for AI agents. AgentShield is a governance and compliance platform that ensures your agents are safe, controlled, and regulation-ready.

AgentOps

  • Session replay & time-travel debugging
  • 400+ LLM provider support
  • Agent workflow visualization
  • Open source (MIT license)
  • Two-line SDK integration
  • No built-in risk analysis or guardrails
  • No approval workflows
  • No compliance reports
  • No adversarial testing
  • No cost budgets or alerts

AgentShield

  • Agent tracing with span trees
  • AI-powered risk analysis on every output
  • Human-in-the-loop approval workflows
  • EU AI Act compliance reports
  • Per-agent cost attribution + budgets
  • 57+ adversarial test scenarios
  • Real-time alerts (email + Slack)
  • Framework-agnostic SDK

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Feature AgentOps AgentShield
Observability
Agent Tracing
Session Replay
Time-Travel Debugging
Token & Cost Tracking
Span Trees / Waterfall View
Risk & Safety
AI-Powered Risk Analysis
Real-Time Risk Alerts
Built-in Guardrails
Adversarial Testing Suite57+ scenarios
Governance
Human-in-the-Loop Approvals
Compliance Reports (EU AI Act)
Cost Budgets & Alerts
Developer Experience
LLM Provider Support400+ providersany via SDK
Open SourceMIT
Framework IntegrationsCrewAI, AG2, LangChainLangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI

Pricing Comparison

Plan AgentOps AgentShield
FreeFree tier available1 agent, 1K events, keyword risk
Starter$20/mo (Pro)$49/mo — AI analysis, tracing, approvals
Pro / TeamCustom (Enterprise)$149/mo — compliance reports, testing
EnterpriseCustomCustom

Can You Use Both?

Yes. AgentOps excels at developer debugging, session replay, and understanding what happened during agent execution. AgentShield excels at runtime safety, compliance, and governance. Use AgentOps to debug your agents during development. Use AgentShield to protect them in production.

Debug with AgentOps. Govern with AgentShield.

Ready to add governance to your stack?

3 lines of code. Risk analysis, compliance reports, and approval workflows from day one.