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Agen.co Discover is a commercial agentic ai security tool by Agen.co. Caterpillar is a free agentic ai security tool by Alice. Compare features, ratings, integrations, and community reviews side by side to find the best agentic ai security fit for your security stack. Independent and vendor-neutral: our scores and rankings are earned, never bought — sponsored placement is always labeled.
Based on our analysis of NIST CSF 2.0 coverage, core features, integrations, company size fit, here is our conclusion:
Startup and SMB security teams adopting Claude Skills or similar AI agents need Caterpillar because it's the only free CLI scanner that catches permission escalation and credential theft in agent code before installation. It installs via curl with zero API key friction and covers both the ID.RA risk assessment and PR.PS platform hardening that NIST CSF 2.0 demands. Skip this if your organization needs post-deployment agent monitoring or runtime behavior analysis; Caterpillar stops threats at the gate, not in production.
Discovers & inventories all AI agents across IdP, cloud, and endpoints.
CLI scanner that detects security threats in AI agent skills before installation.
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Common questions about comparing Agen.co Discover vs Caterpillar for your agentic ai security needs.
Agen.co Discover: Discovers & inventories all AI agents across IdP, cloud, and endpoints. built by Agen.co. Core capabilities include Continuous AI agent discovery across IdP, cloud, endpoints, and registries, Shadow AI detection, including unapproved and undeclared agents, Agentless, API-based scanning with no endpoint software required..
Caterpillar: CLI scanner that detects security threats in AI agent skills before installation. built by Alice. Core capabilities include Scan AI skill files and directories for security threats, Detect dangerous or excessive permission requests, Identify data exfiltration behaviors in skills..
Both serve the Agentic AI Security market but differ in approach, feature depth, and target audience.
Agen.co Discover differentiates with Continuous AI agent discovery across IdP, cloud, endpoints, and registries, Shadow AI detection, including unapproved and undeclared agents, Agentless, API-based scanning with no endpoint software required. Caterpillar differentiates with Scan AI skill files and directories for security threats, Detect dangerous or excessive permission requests, Identify data exfiltration behaviors in skills.
Agen.co Discover is developed by Agen.co. Caterpillar is developed by Alice founded in 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z. The vendor behind a product decides its roadmap, support, and longevity, so check each company's profile before you commit.
Agen.co Discover integrates with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google Workspace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, AWS. Caterpillar integrates with Claude Skills, Cursor Rules, MCP configs. Check integration compatibility with your existing security stack before deciding.
Agen.co Discover and Caterpillar serve similar Agentic AI Security use cases: both are Agentic AI Security tools, both cover Agentic AI Security, MCP Security. Key differences: Agen.co Discover is Commercial while Caterpillar is Free. Review the feature comparison above to determine which fits your requirements.
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