NewCore vs Silverfort for non-human identities

SHORT ANSWER

On our weights for non-human identities, Silverfort scores 7.0 / 10 and NewCore 6.7 / 10. NewCore scores higher on removing long-lived secrets and AI agents as non-human identities; Silverfort scores higher on discovery breadth; runtime enforcement; and maturity and buying clarity. They score the same on owner for every identity.

Editorial assessment · Desk research from public vendor material · Reviewed 2026-09-29

Scores by criterion

Scores for NewCore and Silverfort in non-human identities, out of 10
Criterion	NewCore	Silverfort	Higher score
C1Discovery breadth25%	5Gap in public material Discovery covers people, agents, systems and apps across Okta, AWS, Microsoft, BambooHR, Salesforce and Google. Code repositories and vaults are not listed. Source: NewCore: Identity Discovery	7Gap in public material Discovers AD service accounts and cloud NHIs; code repositories and vaults are not listed. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security	Silverfort
C2Owner for every identity15%	8 Ties every agent action to an accountable human or team. Source: NewCore: Agent Guardian	8 Maps human owners, sources, destinations and privilege levels for each account. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security	Tie
C3Removing long-lived secrets25%	7 Replaces standing credentials with short-lived, scoped ones for agents; the same claim is not made for existing service accounts. Source: NewCore: Agent Guardian	5 Constrains existing accounts rather than replacing their secrets. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security	NewCore
C4Runtime enforcement15%	8 Per-call policy for agents, with the option to end a single path. Source: NewCore: Agent Guardian	9 Behavioral baseline per service account and "virtual fences" enforced inline. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security	Silverfort
C5AI agents as non-human identities10%	9 Treats on-behalf-of, delegated and autonomous agents as first-class identities. Source: NewCore home page	8 Covers AI agents alongside service accounts and tokens. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security · Silverfort: AI agent security	NewCore
C6Maturity and buying clarity10%	4 Launched June 2026; no pricing or named customers. Source: NewCore launch release (PR Newswire)	6Gap in public material Established vendor; pricing not published. Source: Silverfort platform	Silverfort
Weighted total	6.7 / 10	7.0 / 10	Silverfort

C1Discovery breadth25%

5Gap in public material

Discovery covers people, agents, systems and apps across Okta, AWS, Microsoft, BambooHR, Salesforce and Google. Code repositories and vaults are not listed.

Source: NewCore: Identity Discovery

7Gap in public material

Discovers AD service accounts and cloud NHIs; code repositories and vaults are not listed.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security

Higher score: Silverfort

C2Owner for every identity15%

8

Ties every agent action to an accountable human or team.

Source: NewCore: Agent Guardian

8

Maps human owners, sources, destinations and privilege levels for each account.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security

Higher score: Tie

C3Removing long-lived secrets25%

7

Replaces standing credentials with short-lived, scoped ones for agents; the same claim is not made for existing service accounts.

Source: NewCore: Agent Guardian

5

Constrains existing accounts rather than replacing their secrets.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security

Higher score: NewCore

C4Runtime enforcement15%

8

Per-call policy for agents, with the option to end a single path.

Source: NewCore: Agent Guardian

9

Behavioral baseline per service account and "virtual fences" enforced inline.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security

Higher score: Silverfort

C5AI agents as non-human identities10%

9

Treats on-behalf-of, delegated and autonomous agents as first-class identities.

Source: NewCore home page

8

Covers AI agents alongside service accounts and tokens.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security · Silverfort: AI agent security

Higher score: NewCore

C6Maturity and buying clarity10%

4

Launched June 2026; no pricing or named customers.

Source: NewCore launch release (PR Newswire)

6Gap in public material

Established vendor; pricing not published.

Source: Silverfort platform

Higher score: Silverfort

Weighted total

NewCore 6.7 / 10 · Silverfort 7.0 / 10

Higher score: Silverfort

Where each one scores higher

NewCore scores higher on

removing long-lived secrets (7 vs 5)
AI agents as non-human identities (9 vs 8)

Silverfort scores higher on

discovery breadth (5 vs 7)
runtime enforcement (8 vs 9)
maturity and buying clarity (4 vs 6)

Pricing, side by side

NewCore

Not published, contact sales.

Source: NewCore home page

As published on 2026-09-29.

Silverfort

Not published, contact sales.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security

As published on 2026-09-29.

Visit Silverfort

Which should you choose?

Choose NewCore if AI agents as non-human identities and owner for every identity matter most. It scores 9 and 8 on them. Treats on-behalf-of, delegated and autonomous agents as first-class identities.

Choose Silverfort if runtime enforcement and owner for every identity matter most. It scores 9 and 8 on them. Behavioral baseline per service account and "virtual fences" enforced inline.

Questions

Which scores higher overall, NewCore or Silverfort?

On our weights for non-human identities, Silverfort scores 7.0 / 10 and NewCore 6.7 / 10. Totals are the weighted average of six criterion scores; the weights are listed on the Non-human identities page.

Where does NewCore score higher than Silverfort?

On removing long-lived secrets and AI agents as non-human identities.

Where does Silverfort score higher than NewCore?

On discovery breadth; runtime enforcement; and maturity and buying clarity.

Related

Sources

NewCore: Identity Discovery: https://newcore.com/platform/identity-discovery
NewCore: Agent Guardian: https://newcore.com/platform/agent-guardian
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
Silverfort: non-human identity security: https://www.silverfort.com/platform/non-human-identity-security/
Silverfort: AI agent security: https://www.silverfort.com/platform/ai-agent-security
Silverfort platform: https://www.silverfort.com/