Pricing
SDK is free forever. Cloud adds visibility. Business adds team intelligence. Enterprise adds governance.
Open Source
Full runtime guard SDK. No feature limits. No usage limits.
- ✓Runtime Guard SDK (ALLOW / DENY / ESCALATE)
- ✓Policy engine + 3 presets
- ✓DLP scanning (PII, secrets, injection)
- ✓Local JSONL audit logs
- ✓Full CLI (scan, guard, proxy, rewrite, harden)
- ✓Agent security audit
- ✓Static analysis (46 issue codes)
- ✓MCP proxy mode
- ✓Community support via GitHub
Pro
Cloud dashboard and telemetry for individual developers and small teams.
- ✓Everything in Open Source
- ✓Cloud audit log storage (90-day retention)
- ✓Security dashboard (activity, blocks, risk trends)
- ✓Visual policy editor
- ✓Alert rules & webhooks
- ✓Basic Trust Registry API (24h delay)
- ✓Up to 10 agents
- ✓Self-serve signup, no sales call
- ✓Email support
Business
Team management, advanced policies, real-time trust data. Includes 20 agents.
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓20 agents included ($29/additional agent)
- ✓Team management (up to 25 seats)
- ✓Org-wide policy distribution
- ✓Policy versioning + rollback + canary rollout
- ✓Real-time Trust Registry API
- ✓Threat intelligence feed
- ✓Custom trust policies ("block all < grade B")
- ✓1-year audit retention
- ✓Priority support (< 4h response)
Enterprise
Org-wide governance, compliance, SIEM, and security intelligence.
- ✓Everything in Business
- ✓Unlimited seats & agents
- ✓RBAC + per-team / per-agent / per-env policies
- ✓SSO (SAML, OIDC)
- ✓SIEM integration (Splunk, Datadog, QRadar, Elastic)
- ✓Slack / PagerDuty / Jira alerting
- ✓SOC 2 compliance reports (PDF/CSV)
- ✓Data residency (EU / US / APAC)
- ✓Dedicated account manager
- ✓SLA guarantees (99.9%)
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Free | Pro | Business | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runtime Guard SDK | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Policy engine (3 presets) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DLP scanning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agents | Unlimited (local) | Up to 10 | 20 included | Unlimited |
| Seats | 1 | 3 | Up to 25 | Unlimited |
| Audit retention | Local JSONL | Cloud (90 days) | Cloud (1 year) | Cloud + SIEM (unlimited) |
| Policy authoring | YAML files | Visual editor | Visual + org-wide push | Visual + org-wide + RBAC |
| Policy versioning | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Canary rollout | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security dashboard | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trust Registry API | — | Basic (24h delay) | Real-time | Real-time + threat feed |
| Custom trust policies | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Threat intelligence feed | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| RBAC | — | — | — | ✓ |
| SSO (SAML/OIDC) | — | — | — | ✓ |
| SIEM integration | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Compliance reports | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Data residency | — | — | — | EU/US/APAC |
| Support | Community | Priority | Dedicated AM + SLA |
Pricing Principles
SDK free forever
No feature limits, no usage limits. Security tools must be open and auditable.
Per-agent billing
Predictable costs. No surprise bills from API call volume spikes.
Self-serve Pro & Business
Sign up with a credit card. No sales calls required.
Enterprise by contract
Annual contracts with dedicated support, custom SLA, and data residency.
FAQ
Is the open-source SDK really free forever?
Yes. The SDK has no feature limits, no usage limits, and no time limits. It's MIT-licensed. We make money from Cloud telemetry and management, not the runtime itself.
What counts as an 'agent'?
Each unique agent identity sending telemetry to SpiderShield Cloud. Local SDK usage is completely unlimited — you can run thousands of agents locally for free.
What's the difference between Pro and Business?
Pro is for individual developers with a few agents. Business adds team management, org-wide policies, real-time Trust Registry, and threat intelligence — designed for teams running agents in production.
Why not charge per API call?
Per-agent pricing is more predictable. We don't want security tools to be turned off because of unexpected bills.
Can I self-host everything?
The SDK runs entirely locally — zero network calls. Cloud features (dashboard, centralized logs, trust API) require SpiderShield Cloud.
What's the Trust Registry?
A reputation database for 3,500+ MCP servers powered by SpiderRating. Pro gets basic lookups with 24h delay. Business gets real-time data + threat intelligence. Enterprise adds custom trust policies.
Do you offer startup or academic discounts?
Yes. Contact us at hello@spidershield.dev for special pricing.