Aim secures enterprise AI applications.
Aona governs the workforce using AI.
Aim Security is a strong enterprise GenAI security platform: an AI firewall for runtime protection, AI-SPM posture management, and DLP across the AI apps and homegrown AI your organisation runs. Aona is purpose-built for Workforce AI Security: shadow-AI discovery, real-time coaching, and hard-block DLP at the browser and endpoint where employees actually use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude. One protects AI applications; the other governs the people using them.
Enterprise GenAI security platform with an AI firewall, AI-SPM posture management, and DLP, now acquired by Cato Networks and folding into its SASE Cloud.
Workforce AI Security platform purpose-built for the regulated mid-market, with browser plugin, native endpoint app, real-time coaching, and a 30-day self-serve trial.
Pick Aim Security if your problem is securing enterprise AI applications, agents, and homegrown LLM features, especially against prompt injection and adversarial attacks, and you want it converged into a SASE platform (Aim was acquired by Cato Networks in 2025 and is folding into the Cato SASE Cloud through 2026). Pick Aona if your problem is the workforce using AI tools and you want shadow-AI discovery, real-time coaching, and a self-serve trial without a SASE commitment.
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When to pick which
Five scenarios. The honest answer for each one.
You need an AI firewall protecting homegrown LLM apps and agents against prompt injection.
Aim Security ships an AI firewall for runtime protection of AI applications and agents. Aona does not protect the AI-in-your-product surface today.
You want AI-SPM posture management to discover and inventory AI assets across your estate.
Aim Security's AI-SPM continuously inventories AI assets and posture. Aona discovers shadow AI on the endpoint, not application-side AI posture.
You are an enterprise standardising on Cato SASE and want AI security converged into it.
Aim is being integrated into the Cato SASE Cloud Platform. If you are a Cato customer, that single-vendor convergence is a real advantage Aona cannot match.
Your problem is employees using ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude, not your own AI features.
Aona is purpose-built for Workforce AI Security with browser plugin and native endpoint coverage. Aim is centred on securing AI applications, not the workforce surface.
You are a regulated mid-market team and want a self-serve trial, not an enterprise sales cycle.
Aona offers a 30-day self-serve free trial and tiered mid-market pricing. Aim is enterprise, sales-led, and contract-quoted.
What each tool actually does
Three columns on the Aona side because the browser plugin and the native endpoint app cover different surfaces. Browser-only customers will see fewer green checks than customers with both.
| Capability | Aona browser plugin | Aona native app | Aim Security |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discover | |||
| Workforce shadow AI discovery on the endpoint | Browser surface | Browser plus native AI apps | Shadow AI discovery, SaaS-centric |
| Native desktop AI app interception (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude desktop) | |||
| AI-SPM: discover and inventory AI assets and posture | Core capability | ||
| Visibility into homegrown and embedded AI applications | Application-side coverage | ||
| Govern | |||
| AI firewall: runtime protection against prompt injection and adversarial attacks | Core capability | ||
| Hard-block DLP on AI prompts (workforce side) | Modal pauses, no override | DLP for GenAI, application-side | |
| Real-time employee coaching at the moment of risk | |||
| Out-of-the-box framework templates (EU AI Act, ISO 42001, sector) | Posture mapped to AI risk, scope unclear | ||
| AI upskilling and behaviour-change programs | |||
| Protect | |||
| File redaction with layout preservation (DOCX / Excel) | Length-matched replacement | Length-matched replacement | DLP detection-oriented |
| Detection accuracy on AI prompts (ACD 92.9%, 97-99% detection) | Strong detection, metrics not published | ||
| Operations | |||
| Deployment model | Browser plugin plus endpoint app | Browser plugin plus endpoint app | Cloud SaaS or isolated on-premise |
| Trial motion | 30-day self-serve | 30-day self-serve | Sales-led, contract-quoted |
| Compliance posture | SOC 2 Type II | SOC 2 Type II | Enterprise controls; SAML / SCIM / RBAC |
Based on vendor documentation as of April 2026. Email trust@aona.ai if you find a factual error.
What it takes to ship each one
- Microsoft Intune (Windows MDM, only path shipped)
- Microsoft Entra (admin SSO + user/group sync)
- Identity provider for SSO (SAML / SCIM)
- Engineering capacity to connect AI apps to the firewall and posture management
Where each one falls short
From public docs and customer interviews. If you find a factual error, email trust@aona.ai.
- No AI firewall for homegrown LLM apps or agents. Aim protects the application surface; Aona does not.
- No AI-SPM posture management to inventory application-side AI assets across the estate.
- Not converged into a SASE platform. Aim's Cato integration gives enterprises single-vendor breadth Aona cannot match.
- Microsoft Entra only for SSO, with no SCIM auto-provisioning. Aim ships SAML, SCIM, and RBAC.
- Centred on securing AI applications, not the workforce. No browser plugin or native endpoint coaching documented.
- No real-time employee coaching or AI upskilling at the moment of a risky prompt.
- Enterprise, sales-led, and contract-quoted. No self-serve trial for a mid-market buyer to evaluate quickly.
- Acquired by Cato Networks in 2025 and folding into the Cato SASE Cloud through 2026. Buyers should weigh the integration timeline and roadmap continuity.
Try Aona - the Workforce AI Security platform
30-day self-serve free trial. Purpose-built for the workforce using AI, not for securing your own AI applications. Deploys via Intune and Entra in under an hour.