Why Noah? Competitive Analysis

Noah vs LangSmith

Feature	Noah	LangSmith
Focus	Governance & Compliance	Development & Debugging
Compliance Frameworks	EU AI Act, DORA, NIS2, OECD	None
Evidence Generation	Automated with signatures	Manual exports
PII Detection & Redaction	Real-time, automatic	Limited
Content Drift Detection	Semantic embeddings + golden datasets	Basic similarity
Multi-Organization	Full tenant isolation	Workspace-based
RBAC	4 roles with fine-grained permissions	Basic team roles
Alerting	Multi-channel (Email, Slack, Teams)	Email only
AI Agent	Conversational, context-aware	Dashboard only
Cost Tracking	Per-request with projections	Basic usage stats
Pricing	$0-29/month (Enterprise custom)	$0-39/month

When to Choose Noah

Choose Noah if you:

• Need regulatory compliance documentation
• Operating in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, government)
• Require PII protection and security
• Multiple teams/organizations with isolated data
• Need audit trails and evidence packs
• Compliance-first approach

Choose LangSmith if you:

• Development-focused environment
• Primarily need tracing and debugging
• Less regulatory oversight
• Single team/organization

Noah vs LangGraph

Important Note: LangGraph is an orchestration framework for building agents, while Noah is a monitoring and governance platform. They serve different purposes and can be used together.

Aspect	Noah	LangGraph
Purpose	Monitor & govern AI systems	Build agent workflows
Type	Observability platform	Development framework
Use Case	Track what agents do	Define how agents work
Compliance	Generate evidence & audit trails	No compliance features
Integration	Monitor any LLM/agent	Build specific workflows
Value Prop	"Ensure AI safety & compliance"	"Build complex agents"

Complementary Use: Use LangGraph to build your agents, Noah to monitor them.

Unique Noah Advantages

1. Compliance-First Design

• Evidence Packs: Cryptographically signed documentation
• Framework Mapping: Direct mapping to EU AI Act, DORA, NIS2
• Audit Trails: Every action logged with timestamps
• Data Retention: Configurable policies per regulation

2. Enterprise Security

• PII Redaction: Automatic detection and masking
• 2FA Support: TOTP and SMS
• Session Management: Track all active logins
• IP Whitelisting: Restrict access by IP
• API Key Rotation: Scheduled and on-demand

3. Advanced Drift Detection

Noah's Approach:

• Uses sentence embeddings (1536 dimensions)
• Cosine distance calculation
• Statistical analysis across golden dataset
• Customizable thresholds per project

Competitor Limitations:

• Simple string similarity
• No semantic understanding
• Fixed thresholds
• Limited baseline management

4. Real-Time PII Protection

PII Types Detected:

• Email addresses
• Phone numbers (international formats)
• Credit card numbers (all major cards)
• SSNs (US format)
• Dates of birth
• Physical addresses
• IP addresses
• Driver's license numbers
• Passport numbers
• Medical record numbers

5. Multi-Organization Architecture

Isolation Features:

• Separate databases per organization
• Independent billing and subscriptions
• Isolated API keys and access
• No cross-org data visibility
• Custom retention policies