SUPER DIFFERENCE

A control layer should survive comparison.

Compare each approach by context, enforcement coverage, and the evidence required for your workflow.

PUBLIC MATERIALS REVIEWED 12 OCT 2026

Company / approach	Strength	Overlap	Proof required	Source
NVIDIA OpenShell + Sentry	Runtime isolation and out-of-band watchdog architecture	Substantial runtime and hardware containment	Fit and evidence on the selected enterprise workflow	View
AWS AgentCore Policy	Cedar-backed policy before gateway tool execution	Native authorization at covered AWS gateway paths	Cross-stack scope and business-context mapping	View
Credo AI Agent Governor	Governance-as-code at the agent harness	Close direct overlap in intent and runtime governance	Production maturity, workflow evidence, operating effort	View
WitnessAI	Visibility, MCP/tool access, runtime protection	Runtime intent and tool controls	Coverage, precision, deployment fit	View
OPA / custom build	Mature general policy-as-code building block	Strong deterministic policy baseline	Identity, context mapping, evaluation corpus, lifecycle effort	View
SUPER	Data-use rights + business purpose + sequence context + intervention	Design-partner-stage focus on partner-data sharing	Must prove review efficiency, repeat integration, false holds, and enforcement coverage	View

NVIDIA OpenShell + Sentry

Strength: Runtime isolation and out-of-band watchdog architecture
Overlap: Substantial runtime and hardware containment
Proof required: Fit and evidence on the selected enterprise workflow

Source

AWS AgentCore Policy

Strength: Cedar-backed policy before gateway tool execution
Overlap: Native authorization at covered AWS gateway paths
Proof required: Cross-stack scope and business-context mapping

Source

Credo AI Agent Governor

Strength: Governance-as-code at the agent harness
Overlap: Close direct overlap in intent and runtime governance
Proof required: Production maturity, workflow evidence, operating effort

Source

WitnessAI

Strength: Visibility, MCP/tool access, runtime protection
Overlap: Runtime intent and tool controls
Proof required: Coverage, precision, deployment fit

Source

OPA / custom build

Strength: Mature general policy-as-code building block
Overlap: Strong deterministic policy baseline
Proof required: Identity, context mapping, evaluation corpus, lifecycle effort

Source

SUPER

Strength: Data-use rights + business purpose + sequence context + intervention
Overlap: Design-partner-stage focus on partner-data sharing
Proof required: Must prove review efficiency, repeat integration, false holds, and enforcement coverage

Source

BUILD OR BUY

SUPER must earn the layer.

Commercial value would come from evaluated cases, policy lineage, review efficiency, and repeatable integration—not from claiming competitors lack controls they already provide.

A capable team can build with OPA, cloud-native gateways, and runtime foundations. The buy case becomes credible only if shared evaluation artifacts, data-rights modeling, intervention history, and implementation patterns reduce total effort while improving measured outcomes.