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# Veritio vs AuditKit:two takes on tamper-evident audit logs

AuditKit (auditkit.dev) is a new audit-logging SDK, first released in June 2026, offering SHA-256 hash-chained logs with Merkle proofs, SDKs for TypeScript, Python, Go, and Java, SIEM streaming, and an embeddable log viewer, under an AGPLv3 core with paid tiers. Note the name collision: an unrelated, Apache-licensed SOC 2 compliance scanner CLI also goes by AuditKit (auditkit.io) — this page is about the audit-log SDK.

[See Veritio Cloud](/cloud/)[View on GitHub ↗](https://github.com/getveritio/veritio)

Apache-2.0 core · Verifies offline · Self-host or cloud

AuditKit

Audit-log SDK (auditkit.dev)

Hash-chained log

-   SHA-256 chaintenant-scoped
-   Merkle proofspaid tiers
-   SDKsTS · Python · Go · Java
-   SIEM streamingSplunk · Datadog · Elastic
-   agent provenancenot modeled

Classic application audit only

Veritio

Evidence & verification

Evidence chain

-   session.startedrisk 0.05
-   tool.calledrisk 0.18
-   change.recordedrisk 0.34
-   deploy.completedrisk 0.41
-   approval.grantedrisk 0.12

Verify: validoffline

App and agent evidence in one chain

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## What AuditKit does well

-   Closest neighbour in spirit: hash-chained, tenant-scoped audit logs as a developer product, not an afterthought.
-   Merkle-proof verification (on paid tiers) and SIEM streaming to Splunk, Datadog, Elastic, or S3.
-   An embeddable React viewer for showing audit history inside your product.
-   SOC 2-oriented exports and policy templates aimed squarely at the B2B compliance checklist.

## Where Veritio differs

-   AI-agent activity is a first-class subject in Veritio: agent sessions, tool calls, code changes, and deployments are modeled and hash-chained with provenance, not just generic actor/action rows. AuditKit records standard application audit context.
-   Licensing: Veritio’s core protocol, SDKs, storage helpers, and verifier are Apache-2.0; AuditKit’s core is AGPLv3 with commercial tiers, and some verification features sit behind paid plans.
-   Veritio is protocol-first: TypeScript, Python, and Go SDKs produce byte-identical hashes and risk scores, pinned by public conformance fixtures — the format outlives any one vendor or SDK.
-   Evidence leaves the system: signed export bundles verify offline with the open verifier, no vendor account or running service required. Veritio also ships deterministic risk scoring under a published policy for review triage.

## Side-by-side comparison

Capability

AuditKit

Veritio

Integrity model

SHA-256 chain + Merkle proofs

SHA-256 hash chain + signed export bundles

Independent verification

Merkle proofs (paid tiers)

Open-source offline verifier, free

AI agent modeling

Generic events

Sessions, tool calls, changes, deploys, episodes

Risk model

—

Deterministic 0–1 scoring per policy

License

AGPLv3 core + commercial tiers

Apache-2.0 core + optional managed cloud

SDK parity

TS, Python, Go, Java

TS, Python, Go — byte-identical, fixture-pinned

First released

June 2026

2026, protocol + fixtures public from day one

Comparison last reviewed August 2026. Products change — check vendor documentation for current behavior. Veritio provides evidence support for reviews and investigations, not automatic compliance.

## Choose AuditKit when…

You want a batteries-included audit-log feature for a classic B2B SaaS — viewer, SIEM streaming, SOC 2 exports — and the AGPL-plus-paid-tiers model fits how you ship. It is a young project, so evaluate maturity against your own bar.

## Choose Veritio when…

You need one evidence layer for both application activity and AI-agent provenance, an Apache-licensed protocol with cross-language conformance, and exports a third party can verify without trusting you or any vendor.

## Stronger together

Both projects believe audit logs should be verifiable. Veritio extends that to what AI agents do.

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