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Lustena vs LayerX
LayerX, now part of Akamai as Workforce Protector, is a browser security extension that protects data in GenAI tools, blocks personal-account logins to AI and controls risky browser extensions. Lustena also runs in the browser but is an AI governance control plane: every agent, including code agents and coding assistants, gets a named owner, versioned limits and an audit trail.
When to pick each
Lustena or LayerX
Lustena
LayerX
Pick it when
Lustena
You need to know which agents exist, who owns each one and what it is allowed to do, across the browser, code agents and coding assistants.
LayerX
Your priority is browser security in general: GenAI DLP, blocking personal AI accounts, controlling risky extensions and agentic browsers, from a large security vendor.
Governance
Lustena
Versioned limits per agent in six dimensions: tools, MCP servers, hosts, data classes, autonomy and schedule. Crossed limits reach your channels through webhooks.
LayerX
Browser policies for GenAI use, including blocking logins to AI tools with personal accounts.
Security
Lustena
Twelve data classes classified on the device, including email addresses, payment cards, API keys, private keys and national formats such as Brazil's CPF and CNPJ, and Brazilian phone numbers. Findings are content-free; warn, block or redact per data class on the Enterprise plan. A red-team scanner runs ten agent-native checks mapped to the OWASP LLM Top 10.
LayerX
GenAI DLP that can monitor, warn, prevent or redact, plus browser extension risk control and coverage for agentic browsers.
Observability
Lustena
Sessions per app, team and agent, model and volume per agent through the SDK and the LiteLLM connector, one audit trail and evidence packages for GDPR, EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, AIUC-1 and LGPD.
LayerX
Visibility into GenAI use in the browser as part of Akamai's workforce security offering.
Deployment
Lustena
A browser extension published by policy through Google Admin, Microsoft Intune or Jamf; most teams see their first agents within an hour. Nothing is installed inside the agents. Self-hosted and SSO on the Enterprise plan.
LayerX
A browser extension on the browsers you already use.
Capability matrix
Side by side
LayerX capabilities are drawn from LayerX's and Akamai's public documentation and announcements as of October 2026. We build Lustena, so read us as an interested party.
Sources: Akamai: Akamai completes acquisition of LayerX (July 2, 2026).
- Offered
- Partial or preview
- Not documented
- Not offered
| Capability | Lustena | LayerX |
|---|---|---|
| Browser | ||
| Extension on the browsers you already use | Offered Chrome, Edge, Chromium; Firefox and Safari on the Enterprise plan | Offered |
| Data controls on prompts to GenAI tools | Offered Warn, block, redact on the Enterprise plan | Offered Monitor, warn, prevent, redact |
| Blocking personal-account logins to AI tools | Not offered | Offered |
| Risk control for other browser extensions | Not offered | Offered |
| Agents | ||
| Inventory of every agent, each with a named owner | Offered | Not documented |
| Versioned limits per agent in six dimensions | Offered | Not documented |
| Code agents: CrewAI, LangGraph, Google ADK, Agno, OpenTelemetry | Offered Python SDK | Not documented |
| MCP: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and MCP servers as a limit dimension | Offered | Not documented |
| Evidence | ||
| Evidence packages mapped to GDPR, EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, AIUC-1 and LGPD | Offered | Not documented |
Frequently asked questions
Is LayerX now Akamai?
Yes. Akamai completed its acquisition of LayerX on July 2, 2026, and the product is offered as Akamai Workforce Protector.
When is LayerX a better choice than Lustena?
When you want broad browser security from one vendor: GenAI DLP, blocking personal accounts on AI tools, controlling risky extensions and covering agentic browsers, alongside Akamai's other products. Lustena does not block personal-account logins or manage other extensions.
Both are browser extensions. What is different?
The unit of control. LayerX protects the browser session and the data in it. Lustena builds an inventory of agents, each with an owner and versioned limits, and extends it beyond the browser to code agents through the Python SDK and to coding assistants through the MCP server.
Does Lustena read prompt content?
No, not by default. Twelve data classes are classified on the device and findings are content-free. Opt-in redacted capture is an Enterprise plan feature with its own retention and audited reads.
How fast is a Lustena rollout?
The extension is published by policy through Google Admin, Microsoft Intune or Jamf, and most teams see their first agents within an hour. Nothing is installed inside the agents.