How it compares
There's no tool that does what Trustward does.
Plenty of tools touch a piece of this. AppSec scanners read the code. Data platforms govern the warehouse. IT governance tools watch their own app rails. Each is strong in its lane, and none is built for the CFO, works with the AI tools your team already uses, and produces an audit you can sign. That's the lane Trustward covers.
| Trustward | AppSec for AI code | Greenlight | Databricks / Snowflake | Microsoft Power Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | The CFO & controller | The CISO | Enterprise IT | Data engineering | IT / Microsoft admins |
| Bring your own AI tool | Yes, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex | Scans any code | Its own rails | Its own rails | Microsoft-built only |
| What it governs | The data + runtime of every app | The code | Apps on its platform | Data in its warehouse | Microsoft apps in the MS cloud |
| Live inventory of AI-built apps | Yes | No | Within its platform | No | Microsoft apps |
| An audit a CFO can sign | Yes, lineage + SOC 2 / SOX evidence | No | No | Data lineage only | No |
| Runs in your own cloud | Yes (BYOC) | Varies | Vendor cloud | Vendor cloud | Microsoft cloud |
Comparisons are at the category level and reflect what each tool is built for. We treat the platform players as channels, not competitors. Trustward covers the lane none of them do.
Where each fits
Strong in their lane. Trustward covers the gap.
AppSec tools for AI code
- Great at
- Scanning code for vulnerabilities and flagging risky patterns, sold to the security team.
- Where it stops
- They review the code, not the running app's data access or its place in a finance control environment. They don't broker the data connection, govern the runtime, or produce an inventory a CFO can act on.
- What Trustward adds
- The data-and-runtime controls and the CFO-facing registry and audit. Trustward runs deterministic deploy-gate scanning too, so the two are complementary.
Greenlight
- Great at
- Governing applications built on its own platform, for enterprise IT.
- Where it stops
- It isn't finance-native, isn't bring-your-own-tool, and doesn't produce an audit a CFO signs.
- What Trustward adds
- Finance-native governance for apps built with the AI tools your team already uses.
Databricks & Snowflake
- Great at
- Governing data inside their own platform, access, lineage, and masking within the warehouse.
- Where it stops
- Their governance lives inside their own data gravity. It doesn't follow the app your team ships with an outside AI tool out into your operating systems.
- What Trustward adds
- Governance of the apps and the connections they make, across your real systems, with an inventory and an off switch.
Microsoft Power Platform
- Great at
- Governing Microsoft-built apps in the Microsoft cloud.
- Where it stops
- It's not bring-your-own-tool, not finance-native, and scoped to Microsoft's ecosystem.
- What Trustward adds
- The same control for apps built with any AI coding tool, in your own cloud, with a CFO-signable audit.
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