What each one is for
Zscaler is a security cloud that can also show AI use. Typort is a view of AI use that also flags what went in. Only Zscaler blocks; only Typort puts a dollar figure on each person.
Zscaler is good at
- Allowing, blocking or coaching access to AI apps by user or group
- Inline DLP on prompts across more than 100 dictionaries
- Opening AI apps in an isolated browser that stops copy, paste and download
- Control over actions in an app, for example chatting, sharing and uploading in ChatGPT
- Logging prompts per user, and sorting them into topics with small language models
- Usage by department, top users and trends in its Gen AI Security Report
Typort is good at
- Who is using AI, how much, and which tools, per person and over time
- Estimated spend per person, with allowances and warnings
- A pie of what the team spends its time with AI doing
- Flags for what went in, and client rules marked broke or close
- Searching the team's chats and meetings, and asking questions of them with Ask Typort
- Five plain switches for what the company sees, shown to everyone on their first screen
What Zscaler does with AI
From Zscaler's own website and help center.
Controls access. Zscaler says you can "Discover which AI apps are being used and by which users. Allow, block, or coach access by users or user groups."
Stops data in prompts. It can "Block the loss of sensitive data in prompts with powerful inline DLP across 100+ DLP dictionaries", or open AI apps in browser isolation.
Logs and sorts prompts. With prompt capture switched on for each app, its report shows "the prompts entered by each user" and classifies them into categories with small language models. Its categories mix topics such as Code Generation, Marketing and Corporate Finance with labels such as PII and Threat. On this point Zscaler and Typort overlap.
Counts use, not cost. Usage trends filter "by Transactions, Users, or Total Bytes". Zscaler's pages do not show AI spend per person or per tool.
What it needs
Traffic forwarded to Zscaler. Zscaler recommends "a combination of tunneling, PAC files, Zscaler Client Connector, and Zscaler Cloud Connector". Browser isolation needs Zero Trust Browser.
An add-on. GenAI Security is listed as an add-on on Zscaler's pricing page, with no price shown.
Typort vs Zscaler, side by side
| Zscaler | Typort | |
|---|---|---|
| Allow, block, isolate or coach | Yes, by user or group | No. Typort shows what went in after the fact |
| Prompts per user | Logged once switched on for each app, up to 2 KB each | The whole chat, when the company switches on keeping and reading chats |
| What the work is | 21 categories that mix topics with risk labels | A set of kinds of work, from client emails to coding, shown as a pie |
| Usage per person | Users, transactions and bytes, top users and departments | Tokens, tools and active days per person, with adoption over 13 weeks |
| Spend | Not on Zscaler's website | Estimated spend per person, with an allowance and a near or over warning |
| Client rules | DLP dictionaries | Rules per client, with chats marked broke a client rule or close to one |
| What it needs | Traffic forwarded through Zscaler | The Typort browser extension and a sign in with Microsoft or a work email. No API keys |
| Who sees what | Admin roles in the Zscaler console | Five switches, shown in plain words to everyone on the team |
See it in Typort
A walk through the team page: usage and estimated spend per person, what the work is, and the chats that broke or came close to a client rule.
What you get
The team page, flags and client rules, and the five switches.
The team page
Who is using AI this week, what the work is, people using AI each week, tool share by AI tool, and allowance warnings for anyone near or over.
Flags and client rules
What went in across the team: sales figures, strategy, client documents, passwords and keys. Each chat that broke a client rule, or came close, is listed with the person and the tool.
Five switches
Count usage and spend, AI analysis, keep the chats, let admins and team leaders read chats, keep voice typing. Every opening of a chat is recorded, and everyone sees the switches in plain words. Chats in the AI's own temporary or incognito mode are never collected.
Use them together
If you run Zscaler, keep it for control. Allow, block, isolate and DLP belong in the security cloud. Typort adds estimated spend per person with allowances, rules per client, meetings in the same search, and five switches everyone on the team can see.
If you do not run Zscaler. Typort needs no traffic forwarding. People keep the browser they use, add the Typort extension, and sign in.
The team view runs on Typort's servers. It is free for a limited time and will move to Typort Pro later.
FAQ
Is Typort a replacement for Zscaler?
No. Zscaler is a security cloud: it forwards traffic, controls apps and stops data loss. Typort shows how a team uses AI: usage and estimated spend per person, allowances, what the work is, flags and client rules.
Does Zscaler log AI prompts?
Yes, once prompt capture is switched on for each app. Zscaler says it stores prompts up to 2 KB, and stores Microsoft Copilot prompts only when the user is not signed in to it.
Does Zscaler show AI spend per person?
Not on Zscaler's website. Its report counts users, transactions and bytes.
Can Typort block a prompt?
No. Typort shows what went in after the fact, with flags and client rules marked broke or close. If you need a paste or a prompt stopped before it is sent, use a tool built to block.
Which AI tools does Typort see?
ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Grok in the browser, through the Typort browser extension. Microsoft 365 Copilot capture is built and comes in the next extension update. It reads what is on the page, so it works on Business and Team seats and needs no API keys from the AI vendors.
Are the dollar figures exact?
No, they are estimates from the tokens in each chat at the AI vendor's API list price. A chat page cannot show system prompts, hidden reasoning, attachments or tool calls, so the figures are a floor. They are there to compare people and tools, not to replace the invoice.
What does the team view cost?
The team view runs on Typort's servers. It is free for a limited time and will move to Typort Pro later.
Sources
Every Zscaler fact on this page comes from Zscaler's own website and documentation, checked on 2 November 2026. Typort facts come from the product itself.
| "Discover which AI apps are being used and by which users. Allow, block, or coach access by users or user groups."; "Block the loss of sensitive data in prompts with powerful inline DLP across 100+ DLP dictionaries" | Zscaler: AI access security |
| "shows the prompts entered by each user"; "classifying them into categories using small language models"; "filter the data by Transactions, Users, or Total Bytes" | Zscaler help: Gen AI Security Report |
| Prompt Classification categories including Code Generation, Corporate Finance, Marketing, PII, Source Code and Threat | Zscaler help: Web Insights filters |
| "The Zscaler service stores prompts up to a maximum of 2 KB in size"; "Prompts for the Microsoft Copilot application are stored only if the user is not authenticated to it." | Zscaler help: advanced policy settings |
| "Zscaler recommends that you use a combination of tunneling, PAC files, Zscaler Client Connector, and Zscaler Cloud Connector" | Zscaler help: traffic forwarding |
| "GenAI Security Find Shadow AI and enable safe use of public GenAI apps", listed as an add-on with no price. Checked 2 November 2026. | Zscaler pricing |
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