AnchorShell Relay vs Foo Guard

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AnchorShell Relay compared with Foo Guard
Detail	AnchorShell Relay	Foo Guard
What it does	Smart AI routing gateway for LLM traffic management	Security scanner for AI agent configurations and MCP tool definitions
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Self-hosted: Free. Free Hosted: $0/month (10,000 routed requests/month, 2 concurrent requests). Personal: $9/month ($9 billed monthly; 300,000 routed requests/month, 10 concurrent requests). Team: $49/month ($49 billed monthly; 3,000,000 routed requests/month, 100 concurrent requests; 10 people incl	Free: $0, no account needed. Pro: $19/mo or $190/yr. Team: $57/mo (3-user minimum) or $570/yr, then $19/mo per additional user.
Key features	Request characterization and intent detection Smart Groups and model assignment Queue-first routing with fallbacks Per-user and per-API-key limits Pre and post-dispatch guardrails Real-time request tracing and analytics 100,000+ model compatibility OpenAI-compatible API Request queuing, pacing and cooldowns Provider cost tracking per request	Browser-based scanning for agent configurations CLI for local scans and CI enforcement 30+ security checks and secret detection OWASP and SOC 2 rule packs Gateway runtime enforcement for MCP requests GitHub App integration with pull request checks Optional AI-powered remediation guidance Policy-as-code via .fooguard.yml
What makes it different	Route requests based on intent to optimize cost and latency without sending all work to expensive models Real-time visibility into every LLM request, decision, guardrail, and cost in one trace Enforce per-user, per-agent and organization-wide limits with attribution and audit trails Available as fully self-hosted open-source or managed cloud platform Fast built-in routing at 1-5ms latency or optional System One classifier for richer decisions	Deterministic security rules rather than AI-based scoring Pre-deployment configuration analysis without agent execution Runtime enforcement via Gateway for supported MCP tool calls Audit logging and SIEM streaming for compliance Works across browser, CLI, GitHub, and API
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	8 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	17	3
Citation Flow (Majestic)	22	21
Referring domains (Majestic)	48	18

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