Compare · Pangea

TapPass vs Pangea. An API toolkit, or one pipeline.

Pangea offers security APIs including AI Guard. TapPass is a purpose-built authority layer with a full governance pipeline, in a single pass.

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Pangea · Security API toolkit“Which security API do I call for this?”

Pick APIs such as Redact, AI Guard and Secure Audit Log, call them individually, and orchestrate them yourself.

AI GuardRedactAudit Log
TapPass · authority layer“May this agent do this, and can you prove it later?”

One gateway, one pipeline: PII, injection, classification, tool governance and the record, handled in a single pass with no orchestration code.

allowholdredactblockon the record
01An honest choice

When to choose Pangea. When to choose TapPass.

This comparison is about scope, not quality. Pangea does its job well. The question is which job you need done.

Choose Pangea whenYou want building blocks.
  • Individual security APIs that you compose into your own flow.
  • Your team is happy to build and own the orchestration.
  • Cloud-hosted APIs suit your deployment.
Choose TapPass whenYou want the pipeline built.
  • One pass covers PII, injection, classification and tool governance.
  • Approvals, agent health scores and EU AI Act evidence included.
  • Self-hosted or air-gapped, built in Belgium.
02Side by side

TapPass and Pangea, capability by capability.

CapabilityTapPassPangea
Prompt injection defenceYes: Multi-layer, indirect and toolYes: AI Guard prompt defence
PII detection and redactionYes: With tokenisationYes: Redact API
Secret scanningYes: Integrated in the pipelineYes: Vault and Redact APIs
Data classificationYes: Multi-level, LLM-assisted, with routingNo: Not available
Tamper-evident audit trailYes: Cryptographically chainedYes: Secure Audit Log
Tool and function call governanceYes: Permissions, scanning, zonesNo: Not available
Human approval gatesYes: Real-time approve or denyNo: Not available
Behavioural drift detectionYes: Statistical anomaly detectionNo: Not available
Agent health scoresYes: Composite score per agentNo: Not available
EU AI Act complianceYes: Art. 9, 12, 13, 14No: Not available
Unified pipelineYes: Single pass, every capabilityPartly: Separate API calls per capability
Self-hostedYes: Docker and Helm, air-gappedNo: Cloud only
EU headquarteredYes: BelgiumNo: US based

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YesPartlyNot offered or not the focus

Based on public product information as we understood it when we wrote this page. Products change quickly: if something about Pangea is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

03The difference

A toolkit and a platform. Build the pipeline, or use one.

PangeaA security API toolkit

Pick APIs such as Redact, AI Guard and Audit Log and call them one by one. Flexible, but the orchestration and the integration work are yours.

TapPassOne governance layer

One gateway, one pipeline. PII, injection, classification, tool governance and the record, handled in a single pass with no orchestration code.

Build or buyWho builds the pipeline

With Pangea, you call several APIs per request and write the orchestration logic. With TapPass, one proxy handles it in a single pass.

04How they work together

Already calling Pangea APIs? TapPass can sit in front.

Keep the Pangea APIs your applications already use. If you already run Pangea, TapPass sits in front of it rather than replacing it, and adds approvals, tool permissions and one record for every agent.

Your agentsLangChain, CrewAI, MCP clients, your own code
TapPassDecides, holds for a person, records every callauthority layer
PangeaSecurity APIs your code calls one by oneSecurity API toolkit
Models and toolsOpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, MCP servers
All comparisonsDetection APIs, libraries, monitoring and supply chain tools, next to TapPass.
Questions

TapPass and Pangea, in plain answers.

Something else on your mind? Talk to our team.

Do we have to choose between Pangea and TapPass?

No. If you already use Pangea APIs, TapPass sits in front of them rather than replacing them. The difference is who assembles the pipeline: you, or TapPass.

Do we need to write orchestration code for TapPass?

No. Point your agents at TapPass and every call passes the full pipeline in a single pass.

Can TapPass run on our own infrastructure?

Yes. TapPass runs self-hosted with Docker and Helm, air-gapped if you need it.

How current is this comparison?

It reflects public product information about Pangea as we understood it when we wrote it. Products change quickly. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

One pipeline. Everything included. No assembly required.

Connect one agent and see every call TapPass would have held, stopped or routed elsewhere. Nothing is blocked while you learn.

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