Who owns CalypsoAI?
F5 acquired CalypsoAI in January 2026.
Beam vs F5
Beam vs CalypsoAI
CalypsoAI was acquired by F5 in January 2026 and sells enterprise AI security on custom pricing. Our source research covers the acquisition and pricing model rather than a detailed feature list, so this comparison stays at that level. Beam is a local-first coding-agent control layer with published pricing: free for up to 3 people, Team from $20 per developer a month.
Beam vs CalypsoAI, side by side
Details below are drawn from a September 2026 review of the AI agent security market. Some figures are vendor-sourced or analyst estimates, and this is a fast-moving space — check with each vendor before you buy. Composio details come from its own pricing and documentation pages as of October 2026.
| Beam | CalypsoAI (F5) | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Local-first activity monitor, policy enforcement, and pre-run scanner for AI coding agents, with a Sentinel browser extension for AI chats. | Enterprise AI security product, now part of F5. |
| Monitoring | Shell commands, file changes, tool calls, network endpoints and browser actions from harnesses such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, plus Beam Sentinel checks on supported AI chat sites before send. Normalised into local NDJSON with risk flags and evidence attached. | Enterprise AI security within F5's platform. |
| Skill / MCP scanning | Yes. SKILL.md files and MCP configurations are scanned before you run them, using 11 heuristic patterns plus an MCP version-pin check. Workspace admins can also block an MCP server for the org or one user. | Not specifically covered in our source research. |
| Blocking / enforcement | Yes. Workspace owners and admins set observe, advisory, or enforce policy. Enforce denies matching tool calls on Claude Code and Codex PreToolUse hooks. The Sentinel Chrome extension pauses or blocks high-risk browser sends and can hold a send after redacting live secrets. | Not specifically covered in our source research. |
| Individual use | Free for up to 3 people, and Pro for one person at $8/month. Team workspaces add owner/admin roles, org baselines, stricter member overrides and a control plane. | None. Enterprise sale. |
| Deployment | Local collector plus a workspace dashboard. Apple and Windows MDM. Sentinel Chrome extension for browser AI chats. Licensed self-hosted control plane for teams that need it on their own infrastructure. | Enterprise deployment within F5. |
| Source / licence | AGPL-3.0 for the local CLI and collector; the multi-user control plane is proprietary. | Commercial, not open source. |
| Pricing | Free for up to 3 people. Pro $8/month for one person. Team $20 per developer and $5 per browser seat a month, billed yearly. | Custom enterprise pricing, no public price. |
CalypsoAI in numbers
As reported in our source research. Some figures are estimates.
- Acquisition
- F5 acquired CalypsoAI in January 2026
- Pricing
- Custom enterprise pricing
Where CalypsoAI does more
- Part of F5, so it arrives with enterprise infrastructure relationships and support Beam has none of.
- Established enterprise AI security product with a custom-priced commercial motion.
- Positioned for organisation-wide AI risk rather than a single endpoint.
Where Beam differs
- Beam is narrow and local: coding agents, one machine, no procurement.
- Beam scans skill files and MCP configurations before you run them.
- Beam keeps records on the machine and redacts credentials before writing.
Beam’s current gaps
- Enforce is hook-based: a native deny is wired for Claude Code and Codex PreToolUse. Cursor, Copilot CLI and Gemini currently get a deny note, not a verified block.
- Missing, unreadable or expired cached policy allows the action. Beam is not a fail-closed kernel sandbox or an in-silicon watchdog.
- Scanning is heuristic pattern matching. It produces false positives, misses novel phrasing, and is not a guarantee of safety.
- There is no SOC 2 report and no default SIEM forwarder. Kernel isolation like OpenShell remains a different layer.
Which one fits
If you buy AI security through an infrastructure vendor you already work with, CalypsoAI inside F5 is that route. Beam is a much smaller tool for a much smaller question, and it is early.
FAQ
What does CalypsoAI cost?
Custom enterprise pricing, with no public price. Beam is free for up to 3 people; Team is $20 per developer a month, billed yearly.
Why is this comparison short?
Our source research covers the acquisition and commercial model rather than a detailed feature breakdown, and we would rather leave a gap than invent detail about another vendor's product.
See how Beam works
Beam is an early, local-first prototype. Read what it actually does today before comparing it further.