── Honest Comparison ──
Verdict vs Zenity
Zenity is an AI governance platform — strongest in the Microsoft Copilot and Power Platform ecosystem. Verdict is the evidence layer beneath governance. Governance enforces policy; Verdict proves enforcement happened with cryptographic evidence that holds in court, before regulators, and inside underwriting reviews. The two run together well.
VERDICT IS BEST WHEN
- · An incident requires evidence that survives cross-examination
- · An insurer reviews chain-of-custody before paying claims
- · Regulators ask what was actually logged, not what was configured
- · Your GC and CISO need the same record to satisfy both
ZENITY IS BEST WHEN
- · Microsoft 365 / Copilot is your primary AI surface
- · You need shadow-IT discovery for Power Platform agents
- · Real-time policy enforcement is your top priority
- · Pre-incident enablement is the buying motion
| Criterion | Verdict | Zenity |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Policy enforcement at runtime | Yes (via Guardian patent) | Yes — primary capability |
| Cryptographic evidence of enforcement | Sealed Evidence Records | Mutable audit logs |
| Tamper-evident chain-of-custody | SHA-256 + Merkle + Sigstore | Database write logs |
| Legal | ||
| FRE 902(14) court admissibility | Native certification template | Not certified |
| Daubert-defensible methodology | Cryptographic primitives are open standards | Vendor-controlled storage |
| Regulatory | ||
| EU AI Act Article 12 immutability | Cryptographic + Rekor anchoring | Configurable retention only |
| Microsoft Copilot ecosystem coverage | OTel + MCP capture | Deepest Microsoft integration in market |
| Insurance | ||
| Insurer-accepted evidence schema | Three carrier integrations | None |
| AI liability premium reduction signal | Up to 15% on chain-of-custody quality | None |
| Architecture | ||
| Open standard, royalty-free | SER v0.1 Apache 2.0 | Proprietary platform |
| Compatibility | ||
| Run alongside governance tools | Yes — designed to complement | Designed as primary control plane |
Govern at runtime. Prove with evidence.
See how Verdict + your governance stack work together →