Scanara vs Holistic AI for EU AI Act Compliance
Scanara and Holistic AI compared for EU AI Act work: rule-based code and document checks versus an AI governance platform.
TL;DR
Holistic AI describes a governance platform that finds AI systems, tests them for risk and enforces policies, with controls mapped to the EU AI Act. Scanara checks source code and documents against EU AI Act articles. The choice depends on whether you need AI discovery and risk testing across the organisation or checks of your own repositories.
Overview
As of 22 October 2026, the Holistic AI home page says its platform “discovers every AI system, tests it and enforces your policies” and lists “Controls mapped to EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001.” (original English wording) The page offers a demo and shows no prices.
Source: holisticai.com, retrieved 22 October 2026.
Scanara checks source code with rule-based Semgrep rules in 12 programming languages and checks compliance documents with OPA rules in 8 EU languages. As of 24 August 2026, 66 of the 113 articles in Scanara’s coverage map have at least one automated rule. Guided assessments and drafts of Annex IV technical documentation cover further work. The customer decides and completes the results; passing a scan does not mean an organisation is compliant.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Scanara | Holistic AI |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Rule-based checks of code and documents, guided assessments, dossier drafts | AI governance platform: AI discovery, risk testing and policy enforcement |
| Code Scanning | Rule-based, 12 programming languages; confidence varies by language | Discovers AI “across cloud, code and SaaS”; EU AI Act article checks of code are not described |
| CI/CD Integration | GitHub integration; merge gate on pull requests when enabled | GitHub is listed on the page; pull-request merge gates are not described |
| Technical documentation | Drafts of Annex IV documentation; the customer completes and reviews them | Controls mapped to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001; Annex IV is not named on the page |
| Pricing Model | Free plan and paid plans; see the pricing page | No prices shown; it offers a demo |
When to Choose Which
Choose Scanara when...
- ✓You want rule-based checks of your source code against EU AI Act articles
- ✓You want compliance documents checked for required content, in 8 EU languages
- ✓You work in GitHub and want scan results on pull requests, with a merge gate
- ✓You want drafts of Annex IV technical documentation that your team completes and reviews
Consider Holistic AI when...
- •You need to find AI systems across cloud, code and SaaS and keep one inventory
- •You want AI risk testing and red teaming, which the page lists among its solutions
- •You do not need checks of your own source code against EU AI Act articles
Questions to ask any vendor
Check whether it reads your source code
Some tools check the code itself; others rely on answers a person enters. Ask which applies, and which programming languages are covered.
Check where the results appear
Results can appear on pull requests, in a dashboard or in a report. Ask where engineers and compliance staff will see them.
Check what the vendor says about limits
No software makes an organisation compliant. Ask the vendor to state what its output does not cover and who makes the decisions.
Run a first scan on your repository
Connect a GitHub repository and scan it on the free plan. Plan limits are listed on the pricing page. Your team still decides and completes the assessments.
Scanara prepares evidence from your repositories
Scanara reads your connected GitHub repositories and runs rule-based scans for standard AI and machine-learning patterns. It can miss non-standard code. Separately, it generates draft documentation from templates and your assessment answers as evidence for your compliance work. You make the classification decisions.