Backplanes vs Referee.chat

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Backplanes compared with Referee.chat
Detail	Backplanes	Referee.chat
What it does	Intent-based visibility and control for AI agents	An AI panel debates your goal; a referee rules on re-checkable evidence
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	US	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
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.	Free: $1.00 starting credit once. Credit plans from $10 top-up with no expiration. Your own key: 5% infrastructure fee after the first $5.00 of usage.
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	Panel of up to six AI models from different vendors Referee rules on re-checkable evidence only Searches academic databases: arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Europe PMC Executes Python code to verify claims Customizable acceptance standards Matches pause and resume without losing work Shared ledger prevents re-derivation Spending limit per match
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	Referee decides on evidence, not argument quality Panel from different vendors fails in different directions Stuck is a targeted question, not model thrashing Cost grows with ledger, not round count Published matches become research record
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	5 −1 (down) since last check	2 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	5	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	30	13
Referring domains (Majestic)	88	31

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