Comparison
CitrusGlaze vs Netskope
AI security without the enterprise tax. Same visibility. 5-minute install. Your data never leaves your device.
| Feature | CitrusGlaze | Netskope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10/user/month | $200–536/user/year |
| Deploy time | 5 minutes | Weeks to months |
| Data routing | 100% local | Through their cloud |
| Secret detection | 254+ AI-specific patterns | General DLP rules |
| Token/cost tracking | Yes — per request | No |
| CLI tool coverage | 39+ verified | Partial |
| Agent/SDK traffic | Yes — all processes | Depends on SASE config |
| Network changes | None | SASE + SSL decryption |
| Minimum deal | $10/month (1 user) | ~$25K/year enterprise |
| Self-serve signup | Yes | Sales call required |
Where Netskope wins
We'll be direct about this.
Scale and compliance
Netskope is a multi-billion-dollar SASE platform with SOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, and HIPAA BAA. If you need those certifications from your AI security vendor, Netskope has them. CitrusGlaze is early-stage open source — we're not there yet.
Breadth of platform
Netskope isn't just AI security — it's a full SASE stack with web gateway, CASB, ZTNA, and firewall-as-a-service. If you're buying a platform that secures all SaaS, web, and cloud traffic with AI bundled in, Netskope does that.
Enterprise support
Netskope has dedicated customer success teams, 24/7 support, and professional services. We have a GitHub repo and a founder who responds to issues personally.
Where CitrusGlaze wins
Your data never leaves your machine
Netskope routes your AI traffic through their cloud. Every prompt your developers send to ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot passes through Netskope's inspection infrastructure.
CitrusGlaze runs as a local MITM proxy. Prompts get scanned locally. The data never touches anyone else's servers.
If your threat model includes "don't send proprietary source code through a third-party cloud to prevent it from being sent to a different third-party cloud" — Netskope has a hard answer. We don't.
10–20x less expensive
| 50-person team | Annual cost |
|---|---|
| Netskope (low) | $10,000 |
| Netskope (high) | $26,800 |
| CitrusGlaze Pro | $6,000 |
| CitrusGlaze Team | $12,000 |
And Netskope requires an enterprise contract with a sales cycle. CitrusGlaze is self-serve with a credit card.
5 minutes vs. weeks
CitrusGlaze
Netskope
SASE deployment with traffic steering
SSL decryption policy configuration
Netskope Client on every endpoint
Identity provider integration
Timeline: weeks to months (Gartner SASE MQ, 2025)
CLI tools, SDKs, and agents
51.4% of AI traffic comes from programmatic sources — Node.js scripts, Python SDKs, CLI tools like Claude Code, and automated agents. This is not browser traffic.
Netskope's strength is inline web/cloud traffic inspection. Their coverage of terminal-based AI tools depends on the Netskope Client being installed, properly configured for SSL interception, and the application respecting system proxy settings.
Many CLI tools and SDKs bypass system proxy settings or use their own certificate stores. We've tested 39 AI tools through our MITM proxy and verified compatibility with each one.
Purpose-built secret detection
Netskope's DLP is a general-purpose data loss prevention engine — PII, PHI, PCI data across all traffic.
CitrusGlaze's Rust engine scans for 254+ secret patterns specifically tuned for what developers paste into AI prompts: AWS access keys, GitHub tokens, database connection strings, private keys, and high-entropy strings.
96.4% of detected secrets in AI traffic are API keys and passwords (Nightfall AI, 2025). These are the patterns we optimize for.
Token counting and cost attribution
Netskope doesn't do this. Their product is security-focused — they tell you what data is leaking, not what it costs.
CitrusGlaze tracks tokens per request, calculates cost per provider, and attributes usage per application. The average organization spends $85,500/month on AI (Kong, 2025). Without per-request cost visibility, you can't identify waste.
Full feature comparison
| Feature | CitrusGlaze | Netskope |
|---|---|---|
| Prompt content inspection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Response content inspection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Secret detection (AI-specific) | ✓ 254+ patterns | General DLP |
| Token counting | ✓ | — |
| Cost tracking per request | ✓ | — |
| Shadow AI discovery | ✓ | ✓ |
| Browser AI coverage | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLI tool coverage | ✓ 39 verified | Partial |
| SDK/API call coverage | ✓ | Partial |
| Agent traffic coverage | ✓ | Partial |
| Prompt injection detection | ✓ | Limited |
| Tool call policy engine | ✓ | — |
| Rate limiting / cost caps | ✓ | — |
| Local-only deployment | ✓ | — |
| SOC 2 / FedRAMP | — | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | Roadmap | ✓ |
| RBAC | Roadmap | ✓ |
| 24/7 support | Community | ✓ |
Who should pick which
Pick Netskope if
- • You're 1,000+ employees with a security team and budget
- • You need SOC 2, FedRAMP, or HIPAA from your vendor
- • You're already a Netskope SASE customer
- • You need to secure all SaaS/cloud traffic, not just AI
- • You have months for deployment and budget for services
Pick CitrusGlaze if
- • You're 5–200 people and need AI visibility now
- • Your budget is hundreds/month, not tens of thousands/year
- • You want local-only data processing
- • Your devs use CLI tools (Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor)
- • You want cost tracking alongside security
- • You need to prove AI tools are safe without a 6-month procurement
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