Aembit vs Silverfort 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
The agent page covers discovery, binding and runtime decisions; issuing short-lived credentials to agents is not described.
Source: Silverfort: AI agent security
Higher score: Aembit
Every MCP request is logged with a policy decision; conditional access uses runtime context.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI · Aembit
An MCP gateway receives every tool call first and returns an approve or block decision before execution.
Source: Silverfort: AI agent security
Higher score: Silverfort
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
Binds each agent to a human identity and maps actions to responsible people. A human approval step is not described.
Source: Silverfort: AI agent security
Higher score: Tie
Discovery of unregistered agents is not described on the pages reviewed.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
Discovers sanctioned and rogue agents through read-only APIs across Entra ID, Okta, AWS, Azure and GCP.
Source: Silverfort: AI agent security
Higher score: Silverfort
MCP Identity Gateway runs as a VM in your environment; names Claude, Microsoft Copilot Studio and Gemini CLI.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
Works with Entra ID, Okta and the three main clouds through an MCP gateway and SSO through your identity provider.
Source: Silverfort: AI agent security
Higher score: Tie
Offers a free-forever tier and states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI · Aembit
Established identity protection vendor. No pricing or launch date for the agent product is published.
Higher score: Aembit
Weighted total
Aembit 7.1 / 10 · Silverfort 7.2 / 10
Higher score: Silverfort
Where each one scores higher
Aembit scores higher on
- no standing credentials for agents (9 vs 6)
- maturity and buying clarity (8 vs 6)
Silverfort scores higher on
- per-call authorization (7 vs 8)
- finding agents you did not register (4 vs 9)
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 Silverfort if finding agents you did not register and per-call authorization matter most. It scores 9 and 8 on them. Discovers sanctioned and rogue agents through read-only APIs across Entra ID, Okta, AWS, Azure and GCP.
Questions
Which scores higher overall, Aembit or Silverfort?
On our weights for AI agent security and identity, Silverfort scores 7.2 / 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 Silverfort?
On no standing credentials for agents; and maturity and buying clarity.
Where does Silverfort score higher than Aembit?
On per-call authorization 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/
- Silverfort: AI agent security: https://www.silverfort.com/platform/ai-agent-security
- Silverfort platform: https://www.silverfort.com/