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Ketch vs Zenity

Ketch sells privacy management software that keeps data clean, permissioned, and AI-ready. Zenity sells an AI agent security platform built to govern how agents behave, not just what they say or generate. CISO Tribune files both under AI governance. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • Ketch
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Ketch vs Zenity: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
KetchKetch sells privacy management software that keeps data clean, permissioned, and AI-ready.ketch.comZenityZenity sells an AI agent security platform built to govern how agents behave, not just what they say or generate.zenity.io
What it sells
  • AI Sentry[4][8]Intercepts prompts, detects PII, enforces consent in AI workflows, and blocks data leakage in real time.
  • Data Sentry[6][9]A privacy pentest for a website that reveals privacy vulnerabilities.
  • Ketch Data Mapping[13]Turns a tech stack into a data map that is the ROPA.
  • Ketch Agent Network[7][11][14]The orchestration layer that powers every product in the Ketch platform.
  • Ketch Identity Sync[7]Stitches identifiers across browsers, devices, and platforms into a unified identity graph.
  • AI Observability[5]Builds a live inventory of every agent across an organization's environment and tracks the data those agents access.
  • AI Security Posture Management (AISPM)[7]Evaluates configuration, permissions, and integrations before an agent goes live.
  • Boundaries[4][6][8]Evaluates every agent action in real time against an organization's rules and decides to let it through, block it, or shut the agent down.
  • AI Detection and Response (AIDR)[9]AIDR reads the full sequence of an agent's activity, detecting threats mapped to the OWASP LLM and MITRE ATLAS frameworks.
  • Zenity Security Assessment Hub[13]A set of 10 free, open-source tools built by Zenity Labs to help security teams identify and understand immediate risks.
Categories
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States[2]Not stated on its pages
Founded
2020[2]2021[2]
Ownership and funding
Privately held[12]Privately held[3][6][17]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • March 11, 2026Ketch announced enhanced capabilities for its Marketing Preference Management product, aimed at helping enterprise brands collect and activate permissioned zero-party data.[18]
  • September 23, 2026Zenity was named a Market Shaper in Gartner's inaugural Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Application Security.[15]
  • August 3, 2026Zenity announced a $125 million Series C round led by Norwest.[14]
  • June 17, 2026Zenity and Carahsoft announced a partnership under which Carahsoft serves as Zenity's Public Sector distributor.[17]
  • March 17, 2026Zenity announced general availability of runtime security controls for AI agents built on Microsoft Foundry.[16]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 3, 2026[12]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Ketch sells mainly to legal, marketing, and security teams. Ketch says retailers use its software to create privacy-focused experiences that mobilize responsibly gathered data. Ketch says educational institutions rely on it to responsibly activate student data. Ketch describes its software as easy for legal and marketing teams to use, and says it helps security teams observe Shadow AI and detect risky data flows. Ketch says its customers range from global retailers to media networks, fintechs, and AI-native companies.Zenity describes a global financial services firm and a global asset manager as organizations that write policy rules for agents. Zenity covers agents embedded in SaaS tools, home-grown agentic platforms in the cloud, and end-user devices. Zenity gives security and platform teams a single place to surface, enforce, and protect MCP usage.
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September 27, 2026November 9, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Ketch and Zenity are both filed under AI governance.
  • Both are privately held.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Ketch's primary category is Privacy management; Zenity's is AI model and agent security.
  • Ketch is also filed under Data security posture management.
  • Ketch lists AI Sentry, Data Sentry, Ketch Data Mapping, Ketch Agent Network and Ketch Identity Sync. Zenity lists AI Observability, AI Security Posture Management (AISPM), Boundaries, AI Detection and Response (AIDR) and Zenity Security Assessment Hub.
  • Ketch is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
  • Ketch was founded in 2020. Zenity was founded in 2021.

What it sells: Ketch

What AI Sentry does[4][8]
Ketch AI Governance is anchored by AI Sentry. AI Sentry sits directly inside AI applications, intercepting prompts before they reach the LLM, detecting personal data leakage, and blocking or redacting PII at the point of use.
What Data Sentry does[6][9]
Data Sentry is a privacy pentest for a website, revealing privacy vulnerabilities before regulators or plaintiffs' attorneys find them. Data Sentry works alongside any CMP.
What Ketch Data Mapping does[13]
Ketch Data Mapping turns a sprawling tech stack into a defensible data map without months of interview cycles. AI agents continuously detect systems, read contracts, and classify data, and that map is the record of processing activities (ROPA).
What Ketch Agent Network does[7][11][14]
The Ketch Agent Network does the actual work, turning insights to actions in real time. The Ketch Agent Network drafts answers based on prior evidence, so reviewers focus on the decisions that actually need a human.
What Ketch Identity Sync does[7]
Ketch Identity Sync stitches together the many identifiers representing a person across browsers, devices, and platforms to build a unified identity graph. Ketch links cookies, device IDs, hashed emails, and account IDs using deterministic connections only.

What it sells: Zenity

What AI Observability does[5]
AI Observability is Zenity's discovery and visibility layer for AI agents. Data Lens surfaces sensitive files and pages that are both frequently accessed and broadly exposed across agents.
What AI Security Posture Management (AISPM) does[7]
AISPM evaluates configuration and permissions for agents embedded in platforms like Microsoft Copilot Studio, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Salesforce Agentforce. AISPM applies stricter enforcement in production and more flexible policy in development or sandbox environments.
What Boundaries does[4][6][8]
Boundaries is Zenity's runtime enforcement engine. A rule written once in Boundaries is enforced on Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, Agentforce, Bedrock, coding agents, and homegrown builds. Boundaries includes a built-in AI assistant that turns a plain-language request into a working rule.
What AI Detection and Response (AIDR) does[9]
AI Detection and Response (AIDR) is Zenity's runtime security layer for AI agents. AIDR detects direct and indirect prompt injection and blocks execution before the agent acts on them. AIDR breaks every agent interaction into individual steps and groups them by thread in a single activity table.
What Zenity Security Assessment Hub does[13]
The Zenity Security Assessment Hub is built by Zenity Labs. The tools take a Red-Team approach to visualize threats across Microsoft 365, with a focus on 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Power Platform.

Questions about Ketch and Zenity

What do Ketch and Zenity sell?
Ketch sells AI Sentry, Data Sentry, Ketch Data Mapping, Ketch Agent Network and Ketch Identity Sync. Zenity sells AI Observability, AI Security Posture Management (AISPM), Boundaries, AI Detection and Response (AIDR) and Zenity Security Assessment Hub.
Are Ketch and Zenity in the same category?
They share AI governance. Ketch's primary category is Privacy management and Zenity's is AI model and agent security.
Where are Ketch and Zenity headquartered?
Ketch is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
When were Ketch and Zenity founded?
Ketch was founded in 2020. Zenity was founded in 2021.
Who owns Ketch and Zenity?
Ketch is privately held. Zenity is privately held.
Who are Ketch and Zenity sold to?
From its own pages, Ketch sells mainly to legal, marketing, and security teams. Zenity describes a global financial services firm and a global asset manager as organizations that write policy rules for agents.
What have Ketch and Zenity announced recently?
March 11, 2026: Ketch announced enhanced capabilities for its Marketing Preference Management product, aimed at helping enterprise brands collect and activate permissioned zero-party data. September 23, 2026: Zenity was named a Market Shaper in Gartner's inaugural Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Application Security.

About Ketch

Ketch sells privacy management software that keeps data clean, permissioned, and AI-ready. Ketch says its software lets customers power growth without regulatory or reputational risk. Ketch runs the consent, preference, and data-rights signals behind 3,500+ consumer brands, from global retailers to media networks, fintechs, and AI-native companies.[3]

Ketch describes Discovery, Permissioning, and Growth as one value chain, not three products: find every data flow, enforce every permission, and activate the data you can trust. Permission Vault, Identity Sync, and Transponder are the foundations that keep the three layers connected. The Ketch Agent Network is the orchestration layer that powers every product in the Ketch platform, continuously gathering the context privacy teams need instead of chasing by hand: regulations, policies, contracts, data repositories, collection points, access controls, and Ketch configuration. The Ketch Agent Network does the actual work, turning insights to actions in real time.[1][3][7][11]

Ketch AI Governance is anchored by AI Sentry, which intercepts prompts, detects PII, enforces consent in AI workflows, and blocks data leakage in real time. AI Sentry sits directly inside AI applications, intercepting prompts before they reach the LLM, detecting personal data leakage, and blocking or redacting PII at the point of use. AI Sentry helps surface and document model activity for emerging obligations such as the EU AI Act.[4][8]

Data Sentry is a privacy pentest for a website, revealing privacy vulnerabilities before regulators or plaintiffs' attorneys find them. Data Sentry analyzes real-time network traffic, the actual data packets leaving a site. Data Sentry works alongside any CMP. Ketch research across 134 major websites found that 40% of trackers ignore consumer opt-outs. Iris is the patent-pending scanning algorithm from Ketch.[6][9]

Ketch Data Mapping turns a sprawling tech stack into a defensible data map without months of interview cycles. Ketch connectors and detection agents reach directly into SaaS apps and internal data systems, with automated discovery across 400+ platforms. In data mapping, AI agents continuously detect systems, read contracts, and classify data, and that map is the record of processing activities (ROPA). Ketch ships templates for DPIAs, PIAs, TIAs, AI impact assessments, vendor reviews, and ROPA. The Ketch Agent Network drafts answers based on prior evidence, so reviewers focus on the decisions that actually need a human. Ketch data subject rights fulfillment can automate data subject requests (DSRs) from intake to fulfillment.[1][6][13][14]

Ketch Identity Sync stitches together the many identifiers representing a person across browsers, devices, and platforms to build a unified identity graph. Ketch collects and links cookies, device IDs, hashed emails, and account IDs into a unified profile using deterministic connections only. Ketch Orchestration connects data collection to data use. Permission Vault enforces consent, jurisdiction, and policy on every downstream call. Ketch describes its Privacy 360 Analytics Suite as a defensible audit log for opt-out and compliance workflows. Ketch Marketing Preference Management links cookies, device IDs, hashed emails, and account logins into a single preference record, then syncs it to Salesforce, Segment, and Braze. Ketch Progressive Consent collects permissions contextually over time, placing consent requests at relevant moments in the shopping journey, such as loyalty sign-up, checkout, or content downloads.[4][6][7][10][15]

Ketch helps security teams observe Shadow AI, detect risky data flows, and keep AI systems aligned to consent, policy, and audit evidence. Ketch data privacy software streamlines the mundane, repetitive aspects of a privacy program. Ketch says its software is easy for legal and marketing teams to use with a WYSIWYG, drag-and-drop interface. Ketch integrates with CRMs, CDPs, and marketing automation platforms. Educational institutions rely on Ketch to responsibly activate student data for personalized learning, institutional efficiency, and improved student engagement, without compromising privacy. Ketch Profile Management consolidates consent status, communication preferences, and declared information into a permission-aware profile for each student, applicant, or alum.[4][5][6][16][17]

Max Anderson is Co-Founder and Head of Product at Ketch. Vivek Vaidya is Co-founder and CTO at Ketch.[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][10][11][16]

Ketch on the record

Sources

Ketch full record

  1. [1]ketch.comKetch · ketch.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]AboutKetch · ketch.com · published May 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Ketch: Data Privacy Software for Compliance & AI-Ready DataKetch · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]AI data security governance | Ketch for IT & Security teamsKetch · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Data privacy software made for marketers | KetchKetch · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Data privacy software for retail and consumer goods companiesKetch · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Ketch Platform | AI Privacy, Data Permissioning & ConsentKetch · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]AI Governance with Real-Time Enforcement | Ketch AI SentryKetch · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Website privacy compliance scan | Ketch Data SentryKetch · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Consent Management Platform (CMP) for the AI Era | GDPR & CCPAKetch · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Ketch Agent Network: Privacy Operations, Finally at AI SpeedKetch · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Ketch Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier C
  13. [13]Privacy data mapping software and ROPA | KetchKetch · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Privacy risk assessments (DPIA / PIA) | KetchKetch · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Identity-based consent and cross-device consent | KetchKetch · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Data privacy software made for legal teams | KetchKetch · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Simplified Privacy Compliance for Education & Higher Ed | KetchKetch · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Ketch Announces Enterprise Marketing Preference Management to Power Permissioned, AI-Ready DataBusiness Wire · published March 11, 2026 · Tier A

Zenity full record

  1. [1]AI Agent Security and Governance | Zenity AI Security PlatformZenity · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Zenity announces strategic investment led by m12Zenity · zenity.io · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Zenity raises 38m series b funding round to secure agentic aiZenity · zenity.io · published October 29, 2024 · Tier A
  4. [4]AI Agent Security & Governance Platform for the Enterprise | ZenityZenity · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]AI Observability | Zenity AI Security PlatformZenity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]AI Agent Security | Model Context Protocol (MCP) | ZenityZenity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]AI Security Posture Management | Zenity AI Security PlatformZenity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Runtime Boundaries | Zenity AI Security PlatformZenity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]AI Detection and Response (AIDRZenity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Agentic Identity & Access Management: Zenity AI Security PlatformZenity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Securing Financial Services AI | Zenity, Microsoft & SlalomZenity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Company | Zenity | Secure AI Agents EverywhereZenity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Zenity Security Assessment Hub | Zenity | Secure AI Agents EverywhereZenity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Zenity Raises $125 Million to Secure the Era of 1 Billion AI AgentsZenity · published August 3, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Zenity Named a Market Shaper in Gartner’s Inaugural Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Application SecurityZenity · published September 23, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Zenity Announces Availability of Inline Agent Runtime Security for Agents Built on Microsoft FoundryZenity · published March 17, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Zenity and Carahsoft Bring AI Agent Security and Governance to Federal, State and Local AgenciesZenity · published June 17, 2026 · Tier A

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