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SMB

LLM / AI Application Security for SMB

Under 50 seats, one or two LLM features. Free tiers and hyperscaler-native filters cover most of the OWASP LLM Top 10.

<50
Seats
$0
Free tier floor
<$500/mo
Typical paid spend
0.1 FTE
Engineer time

Recommended SMB stack

  • Azure Prompt Shields F0 free tier or Google Model Armor 2M-token free allowance.
  • Lakera Community (10K req/mo free).
  • Garak open-source scanner, run quarterly in CI.
  • No specialist runtime guardrail subscription needed at this size.
Small org annual cost
Illustrative example, not a real company
  1. 01.Hyperscaler free tier$0
  2. 02.Lakera Community free$0
  3. 03.Garak OSS scans$0
  4. 04.Engineer 0.1 FTE$24,000
  5. 05.SIEM line$3,500
Annual$27,500
Illustrative example, not a real company

See /llm-security-for-mid-market when you cross 50 seats and multiple LLM features.

Last verified June 2026Source: vendor pricing pages. See /methodology.