AI-era cybersecurity that sees and governs the AI tools your staff actually use
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According to OpenAITools.app telemetry verified on 2026-11-11, Censornet (TrustLayer) (censornet.com) is an AI platform indexed under AI Agent generating 0 monthly visits with a month-over-month traffic delta of +0 (0%). Its primary geographic market is Global (— traffic share), and it operates on a Paid, Contact for Pricing pricing model. Top competing alternatives by monthly volume include Aura (2.65M visits/mo), Vectra AI (150.36K visits/mo), Qsafe (C9Lab) (28.08K visits/mo).
Solid control over shadow AI and web traffic.
Good visibility into what users are pasting into LLMs.
Admin learning curve is steep.
Enterprise grade.
AI-synthesized perspectives grounded in live site inspection, pricing structure, and category benchmarks — presented as editorial viewpoints rather than individual customer testimonials.
Discovers which AI tools are in use and by whom, then lets admins allow, block, warn or track them by user, group, application or action such as uploads and downloads.
Phishing and invoice-fraud defence delivered with no MX record changes, including sandboxing, SecureMail and optional email archiving.
Cloud application controls and shadow-IT visibility that classify sites and apps and apply policy without deploying a proxy in the traffic path.
Simulation campaigns and reporting that teach employees to make better decisions, with current-year phishing scenarios rather than recycled templates.
Continuously checks that Microsoft 365 and cloud tenants stay configured to the baseline you chose, via partner-managed connectors.
Censornet is a long-established UK security company (16+ years, 4,000+ customer organisations) that now presents its platform under the TrustLayer brand. The product is a single cloud service that covers four layers of protection — Browse (web security, CASB and shadow IT, plus AI exposure), Mail (phishing and invoice-fraud defence, with no MX changes), Users (security awareness training and simulation), and Posture (Microsoft 365 and cloud configuration management). One of its current focuses is 'AI exposure': identifying which AI tools employees are quietly using, classifying risk, and letting admins allow, block, warn or track those tools by user, group or app.
The platform is deliberately delivered without proxies and without MX changes, so it sits alongside existing email and network arrangements rather than replacing them. Decisions made by administrators are logged automatically, producing exportable evidence that satisfies auditors, insurers and boards. Pricing is per user, per month, per layer, with indicative list rates starting around GBP 1-5.70 per user per month for individual layers and a Mail + Browse bundle from roughly GBP 7.60 per user per month at 750+ users billed annually for an unmanaged service.
Because it is sold through partners rather than direct to market, prospective customers typically get a quote from their BT account team or an MSP. TrustLayer also offers a free two-minute AI risk check and a free AI health check as entry points.
Run the AI risk check, then deploy AI Exposure to see which chatbots, writing assistants and image tools staff are pasting company data into, and set allow/block/warn policy per group.
Use the multi-tenant platform to deliver Browse, Mail, Users and Posture as separate sellable layers, keeping margin on each layer while running everything from one console.
Export the logged record of every allow, block and warn decision to answer insurers, auditors and board questions without rebuilding spreadsheets.
Answer the Cyber Essentials and cyber-insurance questionnaires using the platform's existing controls, rather than adding new tooling just to comply.
Side-by-side telemetry comparison of competing AI tools in the same primary category
| Rank | AI Tool | Monthly Visits | MoM Growth | Direct traffic share | Pricing | Head-to-Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | Censornet (TrustLayer) | 0 | 0% | — | Paid, Contact for Pricing | Current |
| 1 | Aura | 2.65M | -20.7% | 36% direct | Free Trial, Paid | vs Aura |
| 2 | Vectra AI | 150.36K | -1.1% | 36% direct | Contact for Pricing | vs Vectra AI |
| 3 | Qsafe (C9Lab) | 28.08K | +242.1% | 39% direct | Contact for Pricing | vs Qsafe (C9Lab) |
| 4 | Gamma.AI | 71.64K | -26.2% | 75% direct | Contact for Pricing | vs Gamma.AI |
| 5 | Lakera Guard | 88.44K | -24% | 53% direct | Contact for Pricing | vs Lakera Guard |
| 6 | Spamdrain | 185.96K | +22.6% | 83% direct | Free Trial, Paid | vs Spamdrain |
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