Guard Pricing — Free, Pro, and Team Plans
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| Feature | Free $0forever | Solo $4.99/mo | Pro $15/mo | Team $30/seat/mo |
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| Local protection | ||||
| Local protection modules | ||||
| Cloud-connected devices | 2 | 5 | Up to 25 | |
| Cloud approval and receipt sync | ||||
| Module settings across Cloud devices | ||||
| Cloud retention | 30 days | 180 days | 365 days | |
| Included cloud storage | 1 GB | 5 GB | 25 GB + 5 GB/seat | |
| Weekly personal security digest | ||||
| Matched critical advisories | ||||
| Real-time activity alerts | ||||
| Policy versioning and rollback | ||||
| Advanced search and full evidence | ||||
| Searchable module decision history | ||||
| Organization module policy | ||||
| Shared policy and team workflows | ||||
| Choose a plan | Get Started | Keep my Guard memory | Start Free Trial | Start Team |
SSO, SIEM, and custom threat feeds
Federation, log pipeline export, and curated feeds tailored to your stack. Volume pricing and dedicated support included.
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Free local workflow. Paid cloud sync.
Secure your local environment forever at no cost. Upgrade only when you need cross-device memory and organization-wide policy.
Free Forever
Local Protection
- Local scanning and command interception
- On-device decisions and change diffs
- First-use protection and local policy
- Full offline support
Pro & Team
Cloud & Sync Features
- Automation-heavy workflows that invoke paid cloud analysis
- Bulk Guard runs that fan out across shared policies or managed agents
- Optional automation wallets for routed investigations and sweeps
- Future overage-backed automation, not ordinary manual review
Scalability
Designed to scale with your workflow
Start for free and upgrade exactly when you need broader visibility and team coordination.
Using multiple devices
Sync your approval history and stop rebuilding your approvals from scratch whenever you switch laptops.
Managing frequent updates
Use curated advisories and cloud history to skip repetitive reviews when tools update safely.
Running a team policy control plane
Deploy shared policy packs, team alerts, and investigation routing so everyone operates under the same runtime rules without building a security tool from scratch.
Local first
Free local protection. Cloud when you need it.
HOL Guard is free and open source. Make your AI ask before destructive commands and scan local repositories for leaked secrets without an account. Add Guard Cloud when you need continuous GitHub monitoring, sync, alerts, shared policy, and team management.
- Local
- Free forever on one machine. Local leaked-secret scanning, runtime protection, approvals, and receipts do not require an account or cloud connection.
- Cloud
- Solo adds recent personal Cloud memory across two devices. Pro adds longer history, instant alerts, and full evidence. Team adds shared policy and workflows.
- Secrets
- Solo continuously monitors up to 5 selected GitHub repositories, scans the current tree plus bounded Git history, includes 250 credential validity checks per month, and supports one custom detector. Try the public leak check.
- Trial
- Guard Cloud trial and payment terms are shown from the current billing configuration at checkout. Local protection never depends on a trial or subscription.
- Research
- Benchmark resultsMethodology
Pricing FAQ
The free plan includes the local Guard runtime, real-time approval prompts, local audit log, and support for all supported AI agents. No credit card required.
Pro adds cloud sync of audit logs, alert notifications, and policy versioning. Team adds shared policy across multiple developers, fleet dashboards, and centralized approval workflows.
Yes. Plans can be changed or cancelled at any time. Downgrading from Pro or Team to the free tier retains local functionality; cloud features are disabled at the end of the billing period.
No. The free tier and the risk check require no credit card. Pro and Team plans require a payment method at activation.
Yes. Guard is free and open source. Guard Local provides local policy enforcement and review prompts without a paid plan or cloud account; Guard Cloud is optional.
No. Guard Local intercepts actions and enforces policy on your machine without a cloud connection. Guard Cloud adds shared history, dashboards, and team workflows, but local blocking does not depend on it.
No for Guard Local. It evaluates actions on the machine. If you enable Guard Cloud, sync stores redacted decision summaries, not your source code or secret material.
Guard Local provides free local scanning, policy, wrappers, and review history. Pro adds synced approval history, alerts, and cloud storage for one person. Team adds shared policy, owner queues, investigation routing, and audit visibility.
The benchmark uses 11 fake-data scenarios, four documented comparator policies, five eligible harness rows, and six normalized outcomes. Fixture mode exports validated HTML, JSON, and CSV without executing real secrets or attacks.
The Guard Research hub links the AI Coding Agent Runtime Security Benchmark and its methodology, including scenario definitions, comparator policies, limitations, and downloadable JSON and CSV exports.