Aembit vs NewCore for AI agent security and identity
SHORT ANSWER
Editorial assessment · Desk research from public vendor material · Reviewed 2026-09-29
Scores by criterion
States that agents "never hold direct credentials"; Aembit mints and exchanges credentials at request time.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
Agent Guardian issues "scoped, short-lived credentials on demand" and states the agent never holds the provider's standing credential.
Source: NewCore: Agent Guardian
Higher score: Tie
Every MCP request is logged with a policy decision; conditional access uses runtime context.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI · Aembit
Higher score: NewCore
Blended Identity combines the agent's identity with the human operating it. A human approval step is not described.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
Calls can be routed for human approval by policy, and every action is tied to the agent, the accountable human or team, and the policy.
Source: NewCore: Agent Guardian
Higher score: NewCore
Discovery of unregistered agents is not described on the pages reviewed.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
Identity Discovery lists AI agents in the same graph as people and apps; sources named are Okta, AWS, Microsoft, BambooHR, Salesforce and Google.
Source: NewCore: Identity Discovery
Higher score: NewCore
MCP Identity Gateway runs as a VM in your environment; names Claude, Microsoft Copilot Studio and Gemini CLI.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
Two access paths are published, an MCP gateway and an OAuth-based Enterprise Managed Authorization flow. No integration count or named agent list is published.
Source: NewCore: Agent Guardian
Higher score: Aembit
Offers a free-forever tier and states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI · Aembit
Launched in June 2026. No pricing and no named customers are published.
Source: NewCore home page · NewCore launch release (PR Newswire)
Higher score: Aembit
Weighted total
Aembit 7.1 / 10 · NewCore 7.5 / 10
Higher score: NewCore
Where each one scores higher
Aembit scores higher on
- standards and ecosystem (7 vs 6)
- maturity and buying clarity (8 vs 4)
NewCore scores higher on
- per-call authorization (7 vs 9)
- human accountability and approval (7 vs 9)
- finding agents you did not register (4 vs 7)
Pricing, side by side
Aembit
Free-forever tier. Paid plan prices are not on the pages reviewed.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
As published on 2026-09-29.
Which should you choose?
Choose Aembit if no standing credentials for agents and maturity and buying clarity matter most. It scores 9 and 8 on them. States that agents "never hold direct credentials"; Aembit mints and exchanges credentials at request time.
Choose NewCore if no standing credentials for agents and per-call authorization matter most. It scores 9 and 9 on them. Agent Guardian issues "scoped, short-lived credentials on demand" and states the agent never holds the provider's standing credential.
Questions
Which scores higher overall, Aembit or NewCore?
On our weights for AI agent security and identity, NewCore scores 7.5 / 10 and Aembit 7.1 / 10. Totals are the weighted average of six criterion scores; the weights are listed on the AI agent security and identity page.
Where does Aembit score higher than NewCore?
On standards and ecosystem; and maturity and buying clarity.
Where does NewCore score higher than Aembit?
On per-call authorization; human accountability and approval; and finding agents you did not register.
Related
Sources
- Aembit: IAM for agentic AI: https://aembit.io/iam-for-agentic-ai/
- Aembit: https://aembit.io/
- NewCore: Agent Guardian: https://newcore.com/platform/agent-guardian
- NewCore: Identity Discovery: https://newcore.com/platform/identity-discovery
- NewCore home page: https://newcore.com/
- NewCore launch release (PR Newswire): https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newcore-emerges-from-stealth-with-66m-to-rebuild-workforce-identity-for-the-agentic-era-302799643.html