Aikido Air-Gap Qualification Gate

Aikido Machine is a 4U GPU server installed in the client's data center, running the full pentest stack and AI models locally so source code, runtime, and findings never leave the network. That architecture only pays off when the client's compliance posture forbids cloud testing. Before quoting, run three checks: does the client operate an air-gapped or strictly segmented network, does a regulator (finance, healthcare, pharma, defense, government) prohibit sending source code to a cloud scanner, and can their data center host a 4U GPU server with whitelisted-domain or encrypted-USB update paths. If any answer is no, the client is better served by Aikido's cloud plans at $350, $700, or $1,050 per month. If all three are yes, the agency can position the $8,000 Aikido SMB Security Audit (60h setup, up to 50 repos and 3 domains) as a SOC 2 readiness engagement that cloud tools cannot legally win.