Factual comparison

SUPERWISE Sentinel vs Harmonic Security

A scope-by-scope comparison based on public product documentation, with unconfirmed capabilities marked Not verified.

Reviewed · Update owner: Jason Metzner

SUPERWISE® Sentinel is a focused AI gateway for requests routed from supported employee and application setups. Harmonic Security documents broad workforce coverage through a browser extension, endpoint agent, MCP gateway, and telemetry integrations. Harmonic is the broader employee AI governance product; Sentinel is the narrower gateway choice.

Feature matrix

This matrix was reviewed on 2026-10-06. Employee endpoint coverage and application gateway coverage are separate rows because they protect different traffic.

CapabilitySUPERWISE SentinelHarmonic Security
Employee endpoint useWindows deployment is documented for requests routed through Sentinel. [S2] Read 2026-10-06Documents browser and endpoint coverage for web AI, desktop apps, IDEs, CLIs, local models, and direct inference calls. [H1] Read 2026-10-06 [H2] Read 2026-10-06
Application gateway useThe CLI proxy provides an AI gateway endpoint for application traffic. [S3] Read 2026-10-06Harmonic's agreement lists API components and telemetry integrations, but a general-purpose application model gateway was not verified. [H5] Read 2026-10-06
PII and secret handlingRedacts emails, phone numbers, account numbers, and API keys. Names and passwords are not redacted. [S4] Read 2026-10-06 [S5] Read 2026-10-06Documents context-aware sensitive-data detection and inline warn, justify, redirect, or block actions. A public exhaustive entity list was not verified. [H3] Read 2026-10-06
Shadow-AI discoveryNot verified.Documents inventory and risk profiles across more than 1,000 AI applications, including embedded AI. [H4] Read 2026-10-06
MCP coverageNot verified.Documents MCP client and server discovery, tool-call visibility, and read, write, and action permissions. [H1] Read 2026-10-06 [H6] Read 2026-10-06
Audit evidenceSentinel documents gateway activity records. Public retention and immutability commitments were not verified. [S1] Read 2026-10-06Documents AI interaction visibility and MCP audit trails. Public field-level completeness, retention, and immutability commitments were not verified. [H4] Read 2026-10-06 [H6] Read 2026-10-06
Pricing visibilityNo public price was found on the reviewed pages.A Pricing navigation item is public, but a numeric platform price was not verified on the reviewed pages. [H7] Read 2026-10-06
Entry pathPublic interactive demo. [S6] Read 2026-10-06Personalized 30-minute demo. Trial terms exist, but public production-trial availability was not verified. [H7] Read 2026-10-06 [H5] Read 2026-10-06

“Not verified” means the reviewed public vendor sources did not confirm the capability. It does not establish that the capability is absent from a private offer or later release.

When Harmonic Security is the better fit

  • You need discovery and controls across browsers, desktop AI, IDEs, CLIs, local models, and MCP servers. [H1] Read 2026-10-06 [H2] Read 2026-10-06
  • You need contextual employee coaching, warnings, justification, redirect, or blocking at the point of use. [H3] Read 2026-10-06
  • You need shadow-AI inventory, risk profiles, usage intelligence, and MCP action governance in one platform. [H1] Read 2026-10-06 [H4] Read 2026-10-06

When Sentinel fits

  • You need a focused application gateway or supported Windows path with documented data replacement. [S2] Read 2026-10-06 [S3] Read 2026-10-06
  • You need exact public documentation for replacement of emails, phone numbers, account numbers, and API keys. [S4] Read 2026-10-06 [S5] Read 2026-10-06
  • You want a public interactive demo as the first evaluation step. [S6] Read 2026-10-06

Try the Sentinel demo and read Where does the data go when someone uses AI?.

Limitations and boundaries

  • Sentinel does not redact names or passwords.
  • Sentinel does not document Harmonic's breadth of browser, endpoint, local-model, embedded-SaaS, and MCP discovery.
  • Sentinel does not document contextual coaching, application risk scoring, or business-use classification.
  • A public Sentinel price is not listed on the reviewed pages.

Sources

All sources were read on 2026-10-06. Competitor claims use primary vendor documentation.

  1. [S1] SUPERWISE docs: Getting started
  2. [S2] SUPERWISE docs: Sentinel for Windows
  3. [S3] SUPERWISE docs: Sentinel CLI proxy
  4. [S4] SUPERWISE docs: PII redaction
  5. [S5] SUPERWISE docs: Secret and credential detection
  6. [S6] SUPERWISE Sentinel demo
  7. [H1] Harmonic Security: Endpoint AI security
  8. [H2] Harmonic Security: Harmonic Explore
  9. [H3] Harmonic Security: Browser-based GenAI security
  10. [H4] Harmonic Security: Shadow AI detection
  11. [H5] Harmonic Security: End user license agreement
  12. [H6] Harmonic Security: Technology companies
  13. [H7] Harmonic Security: Map your AI usage