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Autessa Redact vs CaseGuard
CaseGuard Studio is a local, on-premise redaction suite for video, audio, images and documents, with offline and air-gapped use that many agencies value. Autessa handles each job in the browser instead: Autessa Redact for documents and images, Call Redaction for recordings, and FirstPass for public records requests, including video, with nothing to install on any computer.
Side by side
Autessa Redact vs CaseGuard at a glance
| CAPABILITY | Autessa Redact | CaseGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Runs in the browser on any computer | ✓ | Local Windows app |
| Redacted copy saved to a shared Drive with versions and search | ✓ | Files stay on your machines |
| Every AI suggestion shows why it was proposed | ✓ | Not listed |
| Originals deleted the moment the clean copy is saved | ✓ | Not listed |
| Paste a list of names and find every match | ✓ | Templates and bulk redaction |
| Decision cache that reuses work on identical documents | Included | Not listed |
| Redaction steps as tools in your own pipelines | Included | Watcher automation |
| Full headless access (Autessa MCP) | ✓ | API not listed; runs locally |
| 100% customizable, code and all (Autobot) | ✓ | Not listed |
| Document and image redaction | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio redaction | Call Redaction | ✓ |
| Public records video | FirstPass | ✓ |
| Bulk redaction | ✓ | ✓ |
Based on publicly available information as of November 2026. Product names are trademarks of their owners.
Where Autessa wins
Why teams choose Autessa Redact over CaseGuard
Nothing to install
Redact runs in the browser for everyone with the Redact permission, on any computer, with no Windows machines to maintain.
A clean copy the team can find
Redacted files land in a shared Drive folder with versions and search, instead of staying on one workstation.
Open to your AI tools
Through the Autessa MCP, Claude or your own agent can run the document tools and read the clean copy, which a local-only install cannot offer.
Shape it to your agency
Ask Autobot to add your own labels and steps or change any screen, down to the code, and your developers can edit it directly.
FAQ
Autessa Redact vs CaseGuard: questions
Is Autessa Redact free?
Yes. Autessa Redact is free with every Autessa account, for unlimited users. You pay only for AI tasks, such as each click of Suggest redactions.
Does Autessa redact video?
Yes. Autessa FirstPass redacts video and audio for public records requests, and Autessa Redact handles documents and images, all in the browser.
Does Autessa redact audio?
Yes, through Call Redaction, which removes card numbers, SSNs and other details from call recordings and their transcripts, as silence or a tone.
Do I need to install software?
No. Autessa Redact runs in the browser inside Autessa.
What can I customize?
Labels, folders and roles are settings, and the app can be changed down to its code by Autobot or your developers.
Can AI agents work with redaction through MCP?
Yes. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own agents can reach Autessa’s document tools and Drive through the Autessa MCP, within the access of whoever connected it.
100% customizable, code and all
Make Autessa Redact fully your own.
Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.
Start free and make it yours