Who each option is best for, and where either supplier is deliberately narrower.
Competitor profile
Holistic AI vs Acompli: product and service comparison
Holistic AI is profiled first using its public positioning: Enterprise AI-governance platform for AI discovery, inventory, technical risk testing, monitoring and enforcement, aligned to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001. The page then maps product and service coverage against Acompli so buyers can see overlap, gaps and specialist strengths.
Holistic AI alternativeAI governanceEU AI ActAI registerEvidence
Which public claims, review signals, caveats and capability rows are evidenced.
How much work it takes to implement, maintain and export the privacy record.
The questions a privacy team should ask before switching or shortlisting.
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Key takeaways
- Holistic AI public market lane: Enterprise AI-governance platform for AI discovery, inventory, technical risk testing, monitoring and enforcement, aligned to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001.
- Holistic AI best-fit buyer: Large enterprises and regulated organisations deploying many AI models, agents and applications that need to surface shadow AI and prove those systems are safe, unbiased and compliant at scale.
- Holistic AI published strengths include automated AI discovery and a live inventory - scanning cloud platforms, code repositories, data platforms and SaaS across 20+ integrations to surface shadow AI and track ownership, lifecycle and business purpose. Acompli maintains a curated AI-system register but does not auto-discover AI across the estate.
- The capability rows are evidence-framed: "Y" means publicly evidenced in the reviewed source set, and "N" means not clearly evidenced here.
Comparison workflow
From company profile to shortlist decision
01Holistic AI profileWhat Holistic AI provides02Official website signalsWhat Holistic AI emphasises on its own website03Published strengthsHolistic AI products, services and stated strengths04Comparison contextHolistic AI alternatives05At a glanceHolistic AI vs Acompli at a glance06Capability comparisonHolistic AI product and service coverage compared with Acompli07Ireland & UKHolistic AI vs Acompli for the EU AI Act and Article 30 in Ireland and the UK
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01Holistic AI profile
What Holistic AI provides
Holistic AI is a London-headquartered enterprise AI-governance platform that grew out of research by two University College London academics, Emre Kazim and Adriano Koshiyama, and evolved from a bias-auditing specialist into a full-lifecycle AI-governance platform. It frames its product in three stages - Identify (automated AI discovery and a live inventory across cloud, code, SaaS and vendors, to eliminate shadow AI), Protect (40+ technical tests for bias, safety, security and performance, including red teaming and LLM evaluation) and Enforce (deployment gates, approval workflows, kill switches and Guardian Agents that intervene in real time), with risk scores mapped to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001.
Pricing signal reviewed on 1 July 2026: Holistic AI does not publish list pricing on its own site. The platform is enterprise, demo-led and contact-sales - the site directs buyers to request a demo rather than to a public price page, and pricing scales with the size and complexity of the AI estate. Buyers should confirm current scope, modules, seat counts and contract terms directly with Holistic AI. Note that this is an AI-governance tool, not a GDPR privacy-ops platform: it governs AI systems (discovery, inventory, testing, monitoring), and does not provide RoPA, DPIA, DSAR or data-mapping records.
| Signal | Details |
|---|---|
| Market lane | Enterprise AI-governance platform for AI discovery, inventory, technical risk testing, monitoring and enforcement, aligned to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001. |
| Best-fit buyer | Large enterprises and regulated organisations deploying many AI models, agents and applications that need to surface shadow AI and prove those systems are safe, unbiased and compliant at scale. |
| Review / pricing signal | London (UK) vendor, UCL research origins. No public list pricing - enterprise, demo-led, contact-sales. Rated 4/5 from a small number of reviews on Gartner Peer Insights at the time of writing; also listed as an AI-assurance technique on GOV.UK and in the OECD.AI catalogue. |
| Deployment / operating model | Cloud SaaS AI-governance platform with 20+ integrations across cloud, code repositories, data platforms and SaaS; automated discovery, technical testing, continuous monitoring and runtime enforcement via Guardian Agents. |
02Official website signals
What Holistic AI emphasises on its own website
Holistic AI positions itself as an enterprise AI governance platform for AI discovery, inventory, risk, testing and compliance. Official source reviewed on 30 June 2026.
- Official pages emphasise shadow AI discovery, AI inventory, monitoring, AI risk management, LLM testing, bias audits and regulatory alignment.
- The product lane is dedicated AI governance rather than general GDPR privacy management.
- Holistic AI is strongest where AI model, agent and application oversight is the main procurement requirement.
03Published strengths
Holistic AI products, services and stated strengths
A fair comparison names what the other platform does well. Holistic AI is a serious, category-leading platform for technical AI assurance, and for that problem it is the stronger tool - Acompli does not do model-level bias and robustness testing, automated shadow-AI discovery or runtime monitoring. Acompli's strength lies elsewhere: first-class EU AI Act governance - risk classification, an AI-system register and conformity workflow, human-approved and connected to the wider GDPR programme.
- Automated AI discovery and a live inventory - scanning cloud platforms, code repositories, data platforms and SaaS across 20+ integrations to surface shadow AI and track ownership, lifecycle and business purpose. Acompli maintains a curated AI-system register but does not auto-discover AI across the estate.
- Deep technical risk testing - 40+ tests for bias, robustness, safety, security and performance, plus red teaming, LLM evaluation and jailbreak-resistance checks. Acompli assesses AI systems for governance and DPIA, not model-level bias or robustness.
- Continuous monitoring and runtime enforcement - drift and degradation detection with Guardian Agents (Sentinel for observation, Operative for real-time intervention, deployment gates and kill switches). Acompli is a records and evidence layer, not a runtime control plane.
- Framework mapping to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001 with audit-ready evidence, plus recognition on GOV.UK's AI-assurance catalogue and OECD.AI - strong credibility for an enterprise AI-governance programme.
04Comparison context
Holistic AI alternatives
Holistic AI is publicly positioned in this market lane: Enterprise AI-governance platform for AI discovery, inventory, technical risk testing, monitoring and enforcement, aligned to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001.
This page profiles Holistic AI's stated product and service coverage, best-fit buyer, review and pricing signals, and published strengths before comparing where Acompli overlaps.
The comparison is evidence-framed: "Y" means publicly evidenced in the reviewed source set, while "N" means not clearly evidenced here rather than proof that a supplier cannot provide it.
05At a glance
Holistic AI vs Acompli at a glance
Published by Acompli and last reviewed on 30 June 2026. This page profiles Holistic AI first, then compares public product and service coverage so buyers can decide what fits their own requirement.
| Decision question | Holistic AI | Acompli |
|---|---|---|
| Best fit | Enterprises that need to discover, inventory, technically test and monitor AI systems at scale against the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001. | Privacy and governance teams that need first-class EU AI Act governance - a risk-classified AI-system register, conformity and assessment workflow, and human-approved AI-system records - connected to their GDPR programme (RoPA, DPIA, DSAR, vendor, data mapping) for Ireland/UK/EU. |
| Operating model | An end-to-end AI-governance platform: automated AI discovery, live inventory, technical risk testing, continuous monitoring and real-time enforcement. | First-class EU AI Act governance - AI-system register, risk classification and conformity/assessment workflow - connected to DPIA and Article 30, each value human-approved and traceable to approved source evidence. |
| When to choose it | Choose Holistic AI when the main problem is surfacing shadow AI and proving AI systems are safe, unbiased and compliant through continuous technical testing. | Choose Acompli when the main problem is defensible EU AI Act compliance - classifying and governing AI systems - kept connected to RoPA, assessments, DSARs, suppliers and risk decisions, and current after human approval. |
06Capability comparison
Holistic AI product and service coverage compared with Acompli
Y means a meaningful product, module, feature or service was evidenced in public sources reviewed for this comparison.
| Capability | Holistic AI | Acompli |
|---|---|---|
| DPIA/PIA assessments | N | Y |
| RoPA / Article 30 | N | Y |
| DSAR / privacy rights | N | Y |
| Data mapping | N | Y |
| Vendor risk | Y | Y |
| Privacy risk | N | Y |
| AI governance | Y | Y |
| Consent management | N | N |
| Cookie/tracker scanning | N | N |
| Breach/incident management | N | N |
| Retention management | N | Y |
| Policy/notice management | Y | N |
| Training module | N | N |
| Approval workflows | Y | Y |
| Audit trail | Y | Y |
| Role-based access control | Y | Y |
| Multi-entity support | N | Y |
| Spreadsheet import | N | Y |
| PDF/CSV/Excel export | N | Y |
| Public pricing | N | N |
07Ireland & UK
Holistic AI vs Acompli for the EU AI Act and Article 30 in Ireland and the UK
Holistic AI and Acompli both govern AI against the EU AI Act, but from opposite ends. Holistic AI maps AI systems technically to the EU AI Act's risk-based tiers, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001, producing evidence that a model is tested, monitored and enforced. Acompli governs the same regulation from the compliance-record side: an AI-system register with EU AI Act risk classification and a conformity/assessment workflow, sitting beside RoPA and DPIA, where AI-system records are classified, assessed and human-approved, and where the AI register connects to Article 30 processing and the transfers behind it. Records of processing are required under GDPR Article 30 - a controller record under Article 30(1) and a processor record under Article 30(2) - and the Irish DPC and UK ICO each publish Article 30 documentation guidance.
For both Holistic AI and Acompli, buyers should ask to see entity-scoped exports, reviewer history, source evidence and how EU GDPR and UK GDPR records are separated in practice.
- EU GDPR Article 30(1) and Article 30(2) controller and processor records.
- UK GDPR Article 30 documentation and ICO guidance fit.
- Irish DPC accountability expectations and exportable evidence for each legal entity.
08Shortlisting notes
When Holistic AI belongs on the shortlist
Holistic AI should remain on the shortlist when its published market lane, product strengths and buyer fit match the requirement.
Acompli should be evaluated only where its own workflow coverage matches the requirement; this page is intended to show overlap and gaps, not to force a universal replacement narrative.
- Shortlist Holistic AI when the main problem is surfacing shadow AI and proving AI systems are safe, unbiased and compliant through continuous technical testing.
- Shortlist Acompli when the main problem is defensible EU AI Act compliance - classifying and governing AI systems - kept connected to RoPA, assessments, DSARs, suppliers and risk decisions, and current after human approval.
- Ask each supplier to demonstrate the same workflow using current product screens, exports, review history and implementation assumptions.
Comparison FAQ
Holistic AI questions answered
What is Holistic AI?
Holistic AI is profiled here in this market lane: Enterprise AI-governance platform for AI discovery, inventory, technical risk testing, monitoring and enforcement, aligned to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001. Holistic AI is a London-headquartered enterprise AI-governance platform that grew out of research by two University College London academics, Emre Kazim and Adriano Koshiyama, and evolved from a bias-auditing specialist into a full-lifecycle AI-governance platform. It frames its product in three stages - Identify (automated AI discovery and a live inventory across cloud, code, SaaS and vendors, to eliminate shadow AI), Protect (40+ technical tests for bias, safety, security and performance, including red teaming and LLM evaluation) and Enforce (deployment gates, approval workflows, kill switches and Guardian Agents that intervene in real time), with risk scores mapped to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001.
What does Holistic AI provide?
Holistic AI provides the products, services or modules publicly evidenced in the capability table on this page. The table covers RoPA, DPIA/PIA assessments, DSAR/privacy rights, data mapping, vendor risk, privacy risk, AI governance, consent, cookie scanning, breach, retention, policy, training, workflow, audit and export signals.
Who is Holistic AI best suited for?
Holistic AI is best suited for large enterprises and regulated organisations deploying many AI models, agents and applications that need to surface shadow AI and prove those systems are safe, unbiased and compliant at scale. Buyers should still verify current product scope, service scope, contract terms and implementation requirements directly with Holistic AI.
What are Holistic AI's main product or service strengths?
Holistic AI's published strengths include Automated AI discovery and a live inventory - scanning cloud platforms, code repositories, data platforms and SaaS across 20+ integrations to surface shadow AI and track ownership, lifecycle and business purpose. Acompli maintains a curated AI-system register but does not auto-discover AI across the estate; Deep technical risk testing - 40+ tests for bias, robustness, safety, security and performance, plus red teaming, LLM evaluation and jailbreak-resistance checks. Acompli assesses AI systems for governance and DPIA, not model-level bias or robustness; Continuous monitoring and runtime enforcement - drift and degradation detection with Guardian Agents (Sentinel for observation, Operative for real-time intervention, deployment gates and kill switches). Acompli is a records and evidence layer, not a runtime control plane.
What is Holistic AI's pricing or review signal?
Holistic AI's pricing or review signal in this profile is: Pricing signal reviewed on 1 July 2026: Holistic AI does not publish list pricing on its own site. The platform is enterprise, demo-led and contact-sales - the site directs buyers to request a demo rather than to a public price page, and pricing scales with the size and complexity of the AI estate. Buyers should confirm current scope, modules, seat counts and contract terms directly with Holistic AI. Note that this is an AI-governance tool, not a GDPR privacy-ops platform: it governs AI systems (discovery, inventory, testing, monitoring), and does not provide RoPA, DPIA, DSAR or data-mapping records. This page was last reviewed on 30 June 2026, and buyers should verify current pricing, ratings, plan limits, implementation fees and service scope directly with Holistic AI.
Does Holistic AI support GDPR Article 30 RoPA?
Not clearly in the reviewed source set. Holistic AI is marked N for RoPA / Article 30 here, meaning public evidence was not clear in this review, not proof the supplier cannot provide it. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.
Does Holistic AI support DPIA or privacy assessments?
Not clearly in the reviewed source set. Holistic AI is marked N for DPIA/PIA assessments here, meaning public evidence was not clear in this review, not proof the supplier cannot provide it. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.
Does Holistic AI support DSAR or privacy rights workflows?
Not clearly in the reviewed source set. Holistic AI is marked N for DSAR / privacy rights here, meaning public evidence was not clear in this review, not proof the supplier cannot provide it. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.
Does Holistic AI provide data mapping?
Not clearly in the reviewed source set. Holistic AI is marked N for Data mapping here, meaning public evidence was not clear in this review, not proof the supplier cannot provide it. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.
Does Holistic AI provide vendor risk or third-party privacy risk management?
Yes. Holistic AI is marked as publicly evidenced for Vendor risk in the reviewed source set. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.
Does Holistic AI provide consent management or cookie scanning?
Not clearly in the reviewed source set. Holistic AI is marked N for Consent management here, meaning public evidence was not clear in this review, not proof the supplier cannot provide it. Not clearly in the reviewed source set. Holistic AI is marked N for Cookie/tracker scanning here, meaning public evidence was not clear in this review, not proof the supplier cannot provide it. Acompli is marked as not clearly evidenced for consent management and not clearly evidenced for cookie/tracker scanning, so buyers needing either capability should verify live vendor scope before procurement.
Does Holistic AI provide AI governance?
Yes. Holistic AI is marked as publicly evidenced for AI governance in the reviewed source set. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.
How should buyers read the Holistic AI vs Acompli capability table?
The table records public evidence found for each supplier. "Y" means a meaningful product, module, feature or service was evidenced in reviewed public sources; "N" means it was not clearly evidenced here, not proof that the supplier cannot provide it.
What are Holistic AI alternatives?
Holistic AI alternatives depend on the buyer's exact requirement, because Holistic AI's strongest fit is: Choose Holistic AI when the main problem is surfacing shadow AI and proving AI systems are safe, unbiased and compliant through continuous technical testing. The shortlist may include broad privacy platforms, GRC tools, specialist consent or DSAR tools, service providers, and Acompli where the buyer needs overlapping privacy-governance workflows shown in the table.
How does Holistic AI compare with Acompli?
Holistic AI should be assessed first on its own published fit: Choose Holistic AI when the main problem is surfacing shadow AI and proving AI systems are safe, unbiased and compliant through continuous technical testing. Acompli is included as a factual overlap point where the requirement is: Choose Acompli when the main problem is defensible EU AI Act compliance - classifying and governing AI systems - kept connected to RoPA, assessments, DSARs, suppliers and risk decisions, and current after human approval. Buyers should ask both suppliers to demonstrate the same workflow with current product screens, exports and implementation assumptions.
When should buyers shortlist Holistic AI?
Buyers should shortlist Holistic AI when the main problem is surfacing shadow AI and proving AI systems are safe, unbiased and compliant through continuous technical testing. They should only compare Acompli for the overlapping requirements shown on this page, and they should keep any specialist supplier that covers a requirement neither platform clearly evidences.
How current is this Holistic AI profile?
This profile was last reviewed on 30 June 2026. Ratings, pricing, product names, plan limits and service scope can change, so buyers should treat this as a comparison guide and verify current details with Holistic AI before procurement.
Acompli answers
Acompli as a Holistic AI alternative
Who are Holistic AI's competitors?
Holistic AI's main competitors are other enterprise AI-governance platforms such as Credo AI, Modulos, Saidot, ModelOp, Lumenova and IBM watsonx.governance, with broader GRC suites like OneTrust and IBM also active in AI governance. Acompli competes on the EU AI Act governance and compliance side of that market - a risk-classified AI-system register with a conformity and assessment workflow connected to the GDPR programme - rather than on shadow-AI discovery or model-level testing, which is Holistic AI's technical-assurance strength.
Is Acompli a good Holistic AI alternative?
It depends which AI-governance problem you are solving. If your requirement is EU AI Act governance and compliance - a risk-classified AI-system register with a conformity and assessment workflow, human approval and evidence provenance, connected to DPIA and Article 30 - Acompli is a strong, first-class alternative. If your requirement is technical AI assurance - automated shadow-AI discovery, model and LLM testing, bias and robustness audits, runtime monitoring - Holistic AI is the stronger tool and Acompli does not replace that specialist function.
Does Acompli replace Holistic AI?
For most organisations, no - they solve different halves of AI governance. Acompli does not do automated shadow-AI discovery across your cloud and code, does not run model or LLM tests, and does not monitor systems at runtime, so it cannot replace Holistic AI's technical-assurance function. What Acompli covers is the compliance side Holistic AI is not built around: EU AI Act governance - a risk-classified AI-system register, conformity and assessment workflow and human-approved records - connected to RoPA, DPIA, DSAR and data mapping. Many teams would run the two together.
How do Holistic AI and Acompli differ?
Both govern AI against the EU AI Act, from different ends. Holistic AI is an enterprise AI-assurance platform - it discovers shadow AI, builds a live AI inventory, runs 40+ technical tests for bias, safety and security, and enforces policy at runtime with Guardian Agents, mapped to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001. Acompli is a first-class EU AI Act governance platform - a risk-classified AI-system register with a conformity and assessment workflow and human-approved records - connected to the GDPR programme (RoPA, DPIA, DSAR, vendor and data-mapping records) and tied to DPIA and Article 30, each record traceable to its source evidence, built for the Irish DPC and UK ICO.
Does Holistic AI publish pricing, and does Acompli?
Holistic AI does not publish list pricing; it is enterprise, demo-led and contact-sales, and pricing scales with the size and complexity of the AI estate. Acompli also prices on scope (legal entities, jurisdictions, users and integrations) and provides pricing on request rather than a public list price. Neither vendor publishes public pricing, so buyers should request a quote scoped to their programme from each.
Does Holistic AI do RoPA, DPIA or DSAR?
No. Holistic AI is an AI-governance platform focused on AI systems - discovery, inventory, testing, monitoring and enforcement - not GDPR privacy operations. It does not provide Records of Processing (Article 30), Data Protection Impact Assessments, Data Subject Access Request handling, or GDPR data mapping. Those are Acompli's domain, which is exactly why the two are often complementary rather than substitutes.
Does Holistic AI have an AI inventory and shadow-AI discovery?
Yes - this is one of Holistic AI's strengths. It automatically scans cloud platforms, code repositories, data platforms and SaaS across 20+ integrations to build a complete, always-current AI inventory and surface shadow AI, tracking each system's owner, lifecycle and business purpose. Acompli maintains a curated, human-approved AI-system register tied to DPIA and Article 30, but it does not auto-discover AI across your estate; the two approaches to an AI inventory are different.
Does Holistic AI cover EU AI Act, ISO 42001 and NIST AI RMF?
Yes. Holistic AI maps AI-system risk scores directly to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001 (and references NYC Local Law 144), and generates audit-ready evidence against those frameworks. Acompli also governs the EU AI Act as a core pillar - risk-classifying AI systems in a governed register with a conformity and assessment workflow, assessed alongside DPIA and Article 30 and human-approved - rather than through technical model testing, so the two cover the AI Act from complementary angles: technical assurance and compliance evidence.
What is the best Holistic AI alternative for a privacy team?
If a privacy team is looking at Holistic AI mainly to govern and document AI systems for the EU AI Act, Acompli is often the better structural fit. It provides first-class EU AI Act governance - a risk-classified AI-system register with a conformity and assessment workflow - connected to DPIA and Article 30, with human approval, evidence provenance and a per-entity DPC/ICO export, without asking a privacy team to operate a technical model-testing platform. For teams whose real need is model-level testing and automated shadow-AI discovery, Holistic AI remains the right tool.
Can Acompli and Holistic AI be used together?
Yes, and for many enterprises that is the sensible pattern. Holistic AI handles technical AI assurance - discovery, testing, monitoring and enforcement of AI systems - while Acompli handles EU AI Act governance and the compliance record around them: a risk-classified AI-system register with a conformity and assessment workflow, connected to RoPA, DPIA, DSAR, vendor records and the processing activities and transfers behind each AI system. Each covers what the other does not, and Acompli's provenance and per-entity export complement Holistic AI's technical evidence.
Acompli overlap
Related Acompli workflows
Assessments
Run DPIAs, LIAs, TIAs, processor reviews and AI Act assessments with templates, AI support and human approval.
Open moduleRoPA management
Maintain Article 30 records that stay linked to approved assessments, systems, suppliers and transfers.
Open moduleDSAR management
Manage requests from intake to archive with deadlines, identity checks, redaction and audit history.
Open moduleRisk management
Extract candidate risks from approved evidence, assign treatment plans and report on current exposure.
Open moduleCompare Holistic AI and Acompli against a real workflow.
Bring one RoPA, DPIA, DSAR, vendor, risk or AI-governance requirement and map which parts are covered by Holistic AI, which parts Acompli covers, and where another specialist may still be needed.