What is Lakera?

Lakera is an AI-native security company founded in 2021 in Zurich, Switzerland by Mateo Rojas Carulla, Matthias Kraft, and David Haber. The company provides real-time GenAI security solutions that protect enterprises from LLM vulnerabilities including prompt injection, data leakage, and jailbreaking attacks. Lakera's platform includes Lakera Guard for real-time protection of AI applications and Lakera Red for AI-powered red teaming and security testing. The Zurich-based team comprises individuals from over 15 nationalities and officially launched in October 2023 with million in funding. Following a M Series A round in July 2024 led by Atomico, with participation from Citi Ventures, Dropbox, and Redalpine, Lakera was acquired by Check Point Software Technologies. The company gained visibility through Gandalf, a popular prompt injection challenge that demonstrated LLM security vulnerabilities. Lakera offers a free Community plan for developers and custom Enterprise pricing for production applications.

Key features

Core capabilities this platform advertises.

Prompt injection detection
Content moderation
PII detection and masking
Real-time threat monitoring
API-based security layer

Strengths and tradeoffs

What this tool does well, and the limitations to keep in mind.

Pros

Real-time protection against prompt injection and LLM-specific attacks
Free tier enables testing and evaluation without upfront costs
AI-powered red teaming helps identify vulnerabilities proactively
Acquired by Check Point provides enterprise credibility and long-term stability

Cons

Enterprise pricing not publicly disclosed makes budget planning difficult
Smaller ecosystem compared to established security vendors
Custom pricing model may not suit teams seeking predictable costs
Relatively new company with limited long-term production track record

Plans & pricing

What's included in each plan, and how the tiers compare.

Community

Free

Free tier for testing
Individual developers
Research use
Small teams
Basic features

Enterprise

Custom

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Flexible request volumes
Configurable prompt sizes
Enterprise-grade support
Custom SLAs
Production-ready

View official pricing page

Common use cases

Teams deploying user-facing LLM applications who need protection against prompt injection

Protecting LLM apps from prompt injection
Automated content moderation
PII detection before data reaches LLMs
Compliance monitoring for AI systems
Real-time security threat prevention

Using Lakera with Respan

Lakera and Respan provide comprehensive AI security and observability. Protect against prompt injection and vulnerabilities with Lakera while monitoring application behavior with Respan.

Detect security threats with Lakera Guard while tracking their impact with Respan
Monitor prompt patterns to identify potential injection attempts
Correlate security events from Lakera with performance metrics in Respan
Validate security fixes by monitoring application behavior post-remediation

Run Lakera in production with Respan

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1,000+Models

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