Mindgard vs Basilisk

Mindgard9.0Visit Basilisk7.9Visit

Higher score Mindgard #3 in AI Security Testing Tools 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Mindgard

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Basilisk #13 in AI Security Testing Tools 7.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Basilisk

• Mindgard fits best

  Enterprise AI risk and remediation programs

• Basilisk fits best

  Open-source teams needing broad local testing

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Side by side

Feature	Mindgard 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Basilisk 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	7.9
Ranking	#3 in AI Security Testing Tools	#13 in AI Security Testing Tools
Best for	Enterprise AI risk and remediation programs	Open-source teams needing broad local testing
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	Pricing on request	Free plan
Free plan	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Desktop
Platforms	Web	Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Email, Phone, Docs	Email
Integrations	6 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Mindgard 5/5 · Basilisk 5/5
Prompt injection tests	✓	✓
Jailbreak tests	✓	✓
Data leakage tests	✓	✓
Unsafe output tests	✓	✓
Custom test cases	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment mode	Both	Self_hosted
Our review
Pros	Automated red-team testing for models, agents, and applications Runtime protection with policy enforcement and remediation workflows Integrations across Burp Suite, CI/CD, SIEM, IDEs, and ticketing	Evolutionary prompt search covers injection, jailbreak, RAG, and leakage attacks Works across Windows, macOS, Linux, hosted models, and local runtimes Exports HTML, JSON, SARIF, Markdown, and PDF reports for security workflows
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales Its listed platforms are limited to web and API The broad feature set may exceed narrower testing needs	Self-hosted deployment requires teams to manage the operating environment AGPL-3.0 licensing may require review before commercial adoption Its broad module set may require security expertise to configure and interpret
Our verdict	Mindgard is an AI security platform for organizations assessing and defending models, agents, applications, and workflows. It supports AI attack-surface discovery, asset inventory, automated red-team testing, runtime protection, reporting,… Read the review →	Basilisk is an open-source AI red teaming and LLM security testing framework for security researchers, penetration testers, and defensive teams. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and supports hosted and local language models through… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Mindgard — where it wins

  • Automated red-team testing for models, agents, and applications
  • Runtime protection with policy enforcement and remediation workflows
  • Integrations across Burp Suite, CI/CD, SIEM, IDEs, and ticketing

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Its listed platforms are limited to web and API
  • The broad feature set may exceed narrower testing needs

• Basilisk — where it wins

  • Evolutionary prompt search covers injection, jailbreak, RAG, and leakage attacks
  • Works across Windows, macOS, Linux, hosted models, and local runtimes
  • Exports HTML, JSON, SARIF, Markdown, and PDF reports for security workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosted deployment requires teams to manage the operating environment
  • AGPL-3.0 licensing may require review before commercial adoption
  • Its broad module set may require security expertise to configure and interpret

• Mindgard9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad AI risk platform spanning discovery, testing, protection, and remediation.

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• Basilisk7.9/10 · Free plan

  Broad self-hosted AI security testing with evolutionary adversarial search and CI/CD support.

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