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zn vs Lakera
Lakera Guard — now part of Check Point since the 2025 acquisition — is the most mature managed runtime defense. Here is where each of us wins.
| Capability | Lakera | zn |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Quote-only, via Check Point procurement | Public: $19/mo, 48h proof run, no sales call |
| Deployment | Hosted API (self-host on enterprise terms) | Hosted API + MIT open core, 100% offline |
| Open source | No | Yes — SDKs, Rust core, benchmark corpus |
| Claimed detection | 98%+ (vendor-reported, 80M Gandalf prompts) | v29: EN FPR 0.70%, 0.0% FLORES FP on frozen gates |
| Latency | Sub-50ms claimed | Rules <1ms local · neural ~200ms cloud |
| Languages | 100+ claimed | 9 locales with published gates |
| Evidence | Dashboard + SIEM export | SHA-256 chained ledger, CSV/JSONL export |
Pick Lakera when
You are already a Check Point shop, procurement mandates an incumbent vendor, or you need 100+ language coverage on day one and accept vendor-reported figures plus a sales cycle.
Pick zn when
You want to evaluate this afternoon, verify every number against public gates, self-host or run offline — and pay $19 instead of requesting a quote.
← All comparisons · Figures for Lakera are vendor-reported; no independent third-party benchmark across vendors exists as of 2026. Ours are linked from the public corpus.