# Menlo Security review (2026): is it worth it? > Cloud browser security platform for enterprises Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Menlo Security sells a browser security platform for organizations that combines controls inside the user's own browser through the Menlo IRIS extension with cloud-based protection for higher-risk users. It also covers AI agents that use the web. Pricing is quoted per deployment, and the vendor says it depends on the products deployed and the number of user licenses. - **Category:** Browsers - **Made by:** Menlo Security - **Website:** https://www.menlosecurity.com - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a posted price: only a budget estimate and a sales quote exist. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Menlo Security's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Hybrid architecture:** Menlo says it combines local in-browser controls with cloud-based protection, and admins can send high-risk locations or users to cloud-based protection. - **Menlo IRIS extension:** A browser extension adds data and file security, web governance and an inventory of installed extensions with risk scores to browsers already in use. - **Add-on threat protection:** Add-ons cover zero-day phishing protection (HEAT Shield AI) and file sanitization through content disarm and reconstruction. - **AI agent security:** The platform applies policies to AI agents browsing the web alongside human users and helps agents reach web applications that lack APIs. - **Secure enterprise browser:** Menlo lists a secure enterprise browser, remote browser isolation and secure extension among its products. ## Good for - Large organizations securing browser sessions across many users - Security teams that want cloud isolation for higher-risk users - Companies planning to let AI agents work in the browser ## Worth knowing - No prices are published: Menlo quotes by the products deployed and the number of user licenses. - A self-service pricing tool gives a budget estimate, and a custom quote comes through sales. - Products such as Protect, Secure and Manage are priced separately, and add-ons like HEAT Shield AI and file sanitization cost extra. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Menlo Security sells browser security to organizations, with an extension called Menlo IRIS and cloud protection for higher-risk users. Prices are quoted by product and user count, and add-ons cost extra. - **Value for money: C.** No price is published. Menlo quotes by the products deployed and the number of user licenses, and a pricing tool gives only a budget estimate. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing is free, and no trial is listed. The way in is a self-service estimate or a sales quote. - **Features: C.** An extension plus cloud isolation and AI agent security, but Protect, Secure and Manage are priced separately and add-ons cost extra. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. It is rolled out by an organization and set up with admin controls. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web and a browser extension only, with no apps and no integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Menlo Security's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among browsers - Menlo Security's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 60 other browsers we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on ease of use (C, above 5 of 60) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/browsers ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Menlo Security you would be making a web browser. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 58 of the 60 other browsers grade higher. - You could not: A web browser. - You could not: An engine that recognises new malware as it appears. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Web browser, Malware protection, AI features ## Alternatives - [Island Enterprise Browser](https://toolgpa.com/tools/island-enterprise-browser): Chromium-based work browser with built-in security controls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/island-enterprise-browser-vs-menlo-security) - [Surf Security](https://toolgpa.com/tools/surf-security): Zero trust Chromium browser and extension for enterprises. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/menlo-security-vs-surf-security) - [Authentic8 Silo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/authentic8-silo): Isolated cloud browser workspace for digital investigations. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/authentic8-silo-vs-menlo-security) - [Kasm Workspaces](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kasm-workspaces): Containerized desktops, apps and browsers streamed to a browser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kasm-workspaces-vs-menlo-security) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.menlosecurity.com - https://www.menlosecurity.com/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/menlo-security Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).