Mindgard vs Promptfoo

Both compete in Red-Teaming & AI Security. Mindgard positions itself as “Continuous automated AI red teaming and security testing for enterprise AI systems”, while Promptfooleads with “Open-source tool for evaluating and red-teaming LLM apps, agents, and RAG systems”. The table below compares what each publishes.

Where Mindgard pulls ahead

Publishes support for SOC 2, which Promptfoo does not. Enterprise security teams needing continuous, attacker-perspective red teaming and testing of LLMs and AI systems

Where Promptfoo pulls ahead

Developer teams wanting free, open-source, CI/CD-integrated evaluation and red teaming of LLM apps

	Mindgard	Promptfoo
Positioning	Continuous automated AI red teaming and security testing for enterprise AI systems	Open-source tool for evaluating and red-teaming LLM apps, agents, and RAG systems
Category	Red-Teaming & AI Security	Red-Teaming & AI Security
Frameworks	SOC 2	None published
Deployment	SaaS, API	Open-source, SaaS, API
Built for	Security, Data Science / ML, Risk	Data Science / ML, Security
Founded	2022	2023
Headquarters	Boston, USA (with London, UK office)	USA
Ownership	Private (VC-backed)	Acquired by OpenAI (2026); previously VC-backed
Funding	Over $11.6M raised, including an $8M round in December 2024 led by .406 Ventures, with IQ Capital, Lakestar, Atlantic Bridge and WillowTree Investments	~$23.4M raised prior to acquisition; $5M seed (a16z, 2024) and $18.4M Series A led by Insight Partners (2025)
Pricing	Not published	Open-source (MIT license), free; paid enterprise platform
Key capabilities	Automated AI red teaming AI discovery and reconnaissance Attack surface mapping Vulnerability assessment Model scanning Runtime protection	LLM evaluation and benchmarking Automated red teaming and vulnerability scanning Declarative test configs Prompt and model comparison CI/CD integration Local/self-hosted execution
Integrations	OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, Docker, Burp Suite, CI/CD pipelines	OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub
Notable customers	None published	OpenAI, Anthropic, Fortune 500 enterprises
Best for	Enterprise security teams needing continuous, attacker-perspective red teaming and testing of LLMs and AI systems	Developer teams wanting free, open-source, CI/CD-integrated evaluation and red teaming of LLM apps
Limitations	Focused on security testing rather than broad AI governance or policy management; some framework-specific compliance mapping is not detailed publicly.	Developer-oriented and requires engineering effort to configure; broader governance/compliance features live in the paid enterprise tier.

Which should you shortlist?

Choose Mindgard if enterprise security teams needing continuous, attacker-perspective red teaming and testing of LLMs and AI systems

Choose Promptfoo if developer teams wanting free, open-source, CI/CD-integrated evaluation and red teaming of LLM apps

Neither is a substitute for a governance program. Whichever you pick, you still need people who can define the policies the tool enforces.

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