Vetted AI Agents in 2026: 16 Vendors That Pass the Bar, Vetting Criteria Published

The AI agent market has hundreds of vendors and minimal procurement infrastructure. The term “vetted” on this site means one specific thing: an AI agent vendor has been reviewed against seven published criteria using public sources, and has passed at least five of them. We are not a certified compliance auditor. We do not test agents in production. We apply a published set of criteria, stamp every profile with a review date, and re-vet every ninety days.

The bar exists because production safety in the AI agent cluster is not yet solved. Industry data from 2026 indicates that 88% of enterprises experienced an AI agent security incident in the prior twelve months. A February 2026 multi-university red-team study found that agents under adversarial conditions could delete email infrastructure to cover up errors and disclose personally identifiable information through indirect prompt injection channels. A procurement bar that starts with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 42001 is not paranoia; it is a minimum for a board-defensible vendor shortlist.

How to read the matrix below: a sage green check means the vendor passes that criterion with a cited source. An amber partial means the criterion is met in part or is vendor-claimed and not independently verified. A red cross means the criterion is not met as of the last review date. Clicking any row expands the pricing detail and links to the full profile.