Backplanes vs AI Assist

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Backplanes compared with AI Assist
Detail	Backplanes	AI Assist
What it does	Intent-based visibility and control for AI agents	Meeting notes on your own API keys with no bot in your call
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	US	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Know is free with no seats or trial clock. Enforce and Prove is a subscription priced on the agent work you put under control, not per seat. Contact for subscription pricing details.	$3 per month with 14-day free trial, no credit card required. Includes Chrome extension, desktop helper, all transcription and summary features, cloud sync with end-to-end encryption, and support for bring-your-own API keys.
Key features	Monitor, warn or block agent actions Policy drafting from observed agent activity Audit trail for every decision One-command installation Local policy enforcement without external calls	Proactive insights citing your indexed files during meetings Ask questions grounded in your own files with citations Local vector indexing with on-device embeddings No third-party bot joins your meeting Chrome extension for Google Meet and Zoom Web Bring your own Anthropic and OpenAI API keys
What makes it different	Drafts policies from actual agent behavior before anything is enforced Deterministic, intent-based decisions instead of authorization checks No OAuth into AI providers or agent changes required PII and credentials scrubbed before leaving the machine	No bot in your call—audio streams directly to your OpenAI key, never touching the company's servers Pay Anthropic and OpenAI directly with no per-seat markup at $3/month versus competitors charging $17+ per user per month
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	5 −1 (down) since last check	1 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	5	4
Citation Flow (Majestic)	30	17
Referring domains (Majestic)	88	37

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