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Rencore vs Zenity

Zenity secures what AI agents do at runtime. Rencore governs the Microsoft estate those agents read from: every workspace, app, flow and agent, each with an owner, a policy and a lifecycle.

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At a glance

Runtime security and estate governance are different jobs

Verdict: Choose Zenity to detect and block risky agent behaviour at runtime. Choose Rencore to govern Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Copilot agents with owners, reviews and lifecycle. Many security teams run both.

Updated 26 September 2026. For CIOs, heads of digital workplace and IT governance leads.

Rencore

16 Microsoft services governed

Best for: IT and governance teams that run Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Copilot at scale

  • Lifecycle, provisioning and owner reviews for Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive
  • Copilot and Copilot Studio agents governed next to their data
  • Licence and storage cost with an owner

Zenity

3 Microsoft services governed

Best for: Security teams that need runtime detection for AI agents across platforms

  • Runtime detection and blocking for agents
  • Prompt-injection defence
  • Agent posture checks across several platforms
Side by side

Rencore and Zenity compared

  • Yes
  • Partial
  • On the roadmap
  • No
Rencore and Zenity compared
Capability Rencore Zenity
Digital Workplace
Microsoft 365 Tenant-wide: users, groups, licences, apps, Purview sensitivity labels and more Rencore: Yes Zenity: No
Microsoft Teams Rencore: Yes Zenity: No
SharePoint Rencore: Yes Zenity: No
OneDrive Rencore: Yes Zenity: No
Exchange Online Rencore: Yes Zenity: No
Planner Rencore: Yes Zenity: No
Viva Engage Rencore: Yes Zenity: No
Entra ID Rencore: Yes Zenity: No
AI & Agents
Microsoft 365 Copilot Rencore: Yes Zenity: Partial Runtime security only
Copilot Studio agents Rencore: Yes Zenity: Yes
SharePoint agents Rencore: Yes Zenity: Not documented
Azure Rencore: Yes Zenity: Partial Foundry agents only
Copilot Cowork Rencore: On the roadmap Zenity: No
Agent Builder Rencore: On the roadmap Zenity: No
Agent 365 Rencore: On the roadmap Zenity: No
Apps, Automation and BI
Power Apps Rencore: Yes Zenity: Yes
Power Automate Rencore: Yes Zenity: Yes
Power BI Rencore: Yes Zenity: Partial Security posture only
Microsoft Fabric Rencore: Yes Zenity: Partial AI skills only
The Microsoft 365 estate
Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive lifecycle and provisioning Rencore: Yes Zenity: No
Owner and guest access reviews Rencore: Yes Recurring, run by owners in Microsoft Teams Zenity: No
Licence and storage cost optimisation Rencore: Yes Zenity: No
AI agents
Copilot and Copilot Studio agent inventory Rencore: Yes Zenity: Yes
Power Platform apps and flows Rencore: Yes Zenity: Yes
Agent configuration and posture policies Rencore: Partial Configuration and lifecycle policies Zenity: Yes AI security posture management
Trust
ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 Rencore: Yes ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 27017 Zenity: Yes
Customer-chosen hosting region Rencore: 5 Azure regions Including Germany and Switzerland, more on request Zenity: Not stated
Where Zenity leads
Runtime threat detection and blocking Rencore: No Not our focus Zenity: Yes
Prompt-injection and MCP security Rencore: No Not our focus Zenity: Yes
Agents beyond Microsoft Rencore: On the roadmap Non-Microsoft services in private preview Zenity: Yes Salesforce, ChatGPT Enterprise, endpoint and cloud
Their gap, our answer

What runtime security leaves open, and what Rencore does

  1. No workspace governance

    Zenity does not govern Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive or Exchange, the content agents read from.

    Every workspace with an owner

    Rencore inventories workspaces with owners, activity and sharing, and lifecycle policies retire what nobody uses.

  2. No access reviews

    Zenity does not run owner or guest access reviews.

    Access reviewed by the people who know

    Recurring access and guest reviews are run by owners in Microsoft Teams, with a record of each decision.

  3. No cost governance

    Zenity does not track licences or storage.

    Cost with an owner

    Reclaim unused licences and storage, and attribute Copilot and Microsoft 365 spend to the teams that use it.

Where Zenity leads, and when to use both

Zenity leads in runtime AI security. It detects and blocks risky agent actions, defends against prompt injection and secures MCP connections, across Microsoft and non-Microsoft platforms. Zenity reports that Gartner named it a Company to Beat in AI agent governance in April 2026. If your priority is stopping an agent while it runs, Zenity is built for that.

Rencore complements it by shrinking what an agent can reach in the first place: fewer overshared sites, fewer ownerless workspaces, and a named owner for every agent.

Built for regulated, multinational estates

Rencore Governance is developed in Germany by an independent vendor. Your workspace data is stored in the Azure region you choose, with Germany and Switzerland among the options, and Multi-Geo tenants are supported.

Rencore is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 27017 and holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report. The certificate and reports are in the Rencore Trust Center.

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Frequently asked questions

Which Microsoft services does Rencore govern that Zenity does not?

Rencore governs 16 Microsoft services today, each in one inventory with an owner, a policy and a lifecycle. Zenity fully covers Copilot Studio agents, Power Apps and Power Automate, and covers Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric in part. Only Rencore governs Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange Online, Planner, Viva Engage, Entra ID and SharePoint agents.

Is Rencore a replacement for Zenity?

No. Zenity secures agent behaviour at runtime. Rencore governs the Microsoft 365 estate that agents depend on, and the ownership and lifecycle of the agents themselves. The two overlap little, and many enterprises need both.

Does Zenity govern Teams and SharePoint?

Zenity covers Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio agents and Power Platform. Its product pages do not describe workspace lifecycle, provisioning, guest reviews or licence cost for Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive. Rencore covers those.

Does Rencore detect prompt injection or block agents at runtime?

No. Rencore is not an AI firewall and does not inspect prompts or agent actions as they happen. It governs inventory, ownership, access, lifecycle and cost, which reduces what an agent can reach.

Which platforms do they cover?

Zenity covers Microsoft, Salesforce Agentforce, ChatGPT Enterprise, ServiceNow, endpoint agents and cloud AI platforms. Rencore's generally available coverage is Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Copilot, with more than 20 non-Microsoft services in private preview.

How is Rencore deployed and priced?

Rencore Governance is SaaS, developed in Germany by an independent vendor. Each workspace's data is stored and processed in the Azure region the customer picks, one of five regions including Germany and Switzerland, and Multi-Geo tenants are supported. Rencore is priced by module, Digital Workplace, Apps, Automation and BI, and AI & Agents, so you pay for the scope you govern, and you can start with a 14-day free trial. Availability is contractual: 99.9% under the SaaS Agreement, with live service status at status.rencore.com.

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