AnchorShell Relay vs Interlok

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AnchorShell Relay compared with Interlok
Detail	AnchorShell Relay	Interlok
What it does	Smart AI routing gateway for LLM traffic management	Lockout/tagout for AI agents: risky actions stop, a person decides, and a signed record proves it
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	US
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: risk scan, 100 approvals per month, offline verification. Approvals: $99/month, unlimited approvals. Gate: $799/month (includes Approvals). Evidence: from $18K/year. Regulated: from $40K/year.
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	Risk scan of agent reach, capabilities and consequences Policy-as-code for gating rules Shadow mode to preview holds before enforcement Human-in-the-loop approvals via console Cryptographically signed audit ledger Compliance framework packs Inference receipts for model calls GitHub merge check for agent-written PRs Directory sync with Okta or Microsoft Entra
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	Gates actions, not agents—routine calls pass through untouched Low published latency overhead: p50 8ms, p95 25ms for allowed verdicts
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	17	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	22	0
Referring domains (Majestic)	48	0

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