Smyte alternatives
TL;DR: 12 companies doing similar work to Smyte in B2B, ranked by how closely they match what Smyte actually does — not just by category.
How this list was built: every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Smyte. They are scored on how closely their own description overlaps with Smyte's, and all facts shown come from the YC company records — nothing is estimated.
What are the best alternatives to Smyte?
| Alternative | What it does | Batch | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyneti Technologies | Reduce payment fraud | Winter 2019 | 3 | Active |
| Fithub | — | Winter 2010 | — | Inactive |
| Insoshi | — | Winter 2008 | — | Inactive |
| Unbound | Use AI tools without fear of data leakage | Summer 2024 | 7 | Active |
| Sherpa Labs | Frontier Data | Winter 2025 | 5 | Active |
| Hiro | Agents that handle security work | Summer 2023 | 2 | Active |
| Observa | Catch accidental database exposures before the bad guys | Winter 2021 | 1 | Inactive |
| PromptArmor | LLM Security and Compliance | Winter 2024 | — | Active |
| Keyri | Secure fraud prevention and authentication platform for developers | Summer 2021 | 5 | Acquired |
| Variance | AI Agents for Fraud Review and Investigations | Winter 2023 | 12 | Active |
| Castle | Block bots & bad behavior | Winter 2016 | 20 | Active |
| Anjuna | Anjuna enabled organizations to trust any infrastructure | Winter 2018 | 55 | Active |
Is Smyte still active?
Smyte has been acquired, which often means pricing, roadmap or support changes. That is the usual reason people start looking at this list.
How was this list put together?
Every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Smyte. They are then ranked on how closely their own description overlaps with Smyte's, so the closest matches come first rather than whoever happens to share a tag.