Knostic
The control plane for agentic AI on the endpoint
By Knostic · 4.0/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Security and platform teams rolling out AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot and Windsurf
- Enterprises that need shadow-AI discovery plus inline, pre-execution policy enforcement on developer endpoints
- Organisations vetting MCP servers, agent skills and VS Code extensions for supply-chain risk
Ideal size: 50-500 developers people · Mid-market to enterprise engineering org with an established security team
Not for
- Teams looking for an AI assistant, code generator or general developer productivity tool
- Companies without managed developer endpoints or an MDM/endpoint management practice
- Buyers who require FedRAMP, HIPAA or ISO 27001 evidence today
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
Same day (deploys in minutes)
~1 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$9,000/yr
Starts at $180 · Per user, per month. Kirin: Free, Team $15, Enterprise custom. AgentMesh: Free, Premium $15, Pro $850; paid AgentMesh plans include Kirin.
Implementation Friction
1/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Kirin Free 1-5 users; Team 5+ users; Enterprise 10+ users. 14-day free trial on Team and Enterprise.
Add-on costs
- Advanced contextual detection is an add-on on the Kirin Team plan
- AgentMesh Pro at $850 per user/month for unlimited API access
Company & support
Who is behind Knostic, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
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- Headquarters
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How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerEnterprise only
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
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- Response time
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Plans list Standard support on Free, Priority support on Team and dedicated enterprise support on Enterprise, plus a resource centre and FAQ. No support phone line, support email address or live chat is published; the published contact address is a sales/general enquiry route.
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Market position
Where Knostic sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No official MCP server. Reachable only by building one against their API.
AI & MCP readiness
What Knostic ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Knostic governs and monitors agentic AI rather than generating content: shadow-AI discovery, inline blocking of risky agent actions, and scanning of MCP servers, skills and extensions. No source names an underlying model provider, states whether customer data trains models, or describes AI billing.
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Not recorded — ask the vendor
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Not recorded
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Custom build only
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Basic visibility
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Knostic sells an agentic-AI security control plane: Kirin enforces policy inline on developer endpoints and coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code plus GitHub Copilot) to block unsafe agent actions, while AgentMesh vets MCP servers, skills and extensions for supply-chain threats. Kirin starts free, with a $15 per user per month Team tier and custom Enterprise pricing; deployment takes minutes via MDM or direct install. The trust center lists SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR, with SIEM and Slack integrations on Enterprise.
Frequently asked questions
What problem does Knostic actually solve?
Kirin secures AI coding agents and cowork agents at the endpoint: it discovers shadow AI use, checks every agent action against policy before it runs, blocks or routes risky actions to a human, and scans the skills, extensions and MCP servers agents pull in. AgentMesh provides threat intelligence and supply-chain verdicts on agent artifacts.
How much does Knostic cost?
Kirin is free for 1-5 users; Team is $15 per user per month (5+ users) and Enterprise is custom-priced for 10+ users, with a 14-day free trial on Team and Enterprise. AgentMesh starts free, Premium is $15 per user per month and Pro is $850 per user per month; paid AgentMesh plans include Kirin IDE security.
How long does deployment take?
The vendor states Kirin deploys in minutes: managers provision the console, push the user-space endpoint client directly or through an existing MDM, and start in Monitor mode, with policy fine-tuned over a matter of hours. No administrator rights are required for the client.
Which agents and operating systems are supported?
Today: Claude Code CLI, Claude Desktop and Cowork, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code plus GitHub Copilot on macOS and Windows, with Linux in beta. IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, Amazon Kiro, OpenAI Codex and Gemini CLI are on the near-term roadmap. Enterprise adds SIEM and Slack integrations.
What compliance evidence is published?
Knostic's trust center lists SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR, and offers a data flow diagram, penetration test report, vulnerability assessment and product security documentation on request. No ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP or ISO 42001 claim is made in the available sources.
Does Knostic replace our EDR or network detection?
No. The vendor positions Kirin as complementary: EDR watches the endpoint operating system, network tools watch the wire, and Kirin watches inside the agent itself, covering prompts, tool calls and configurations. Enforcement is scoped to the agent layer, while shadow-AI discovery is visibility only.