Scanara vs OneTrust for EU AI Act Compliance
Scanara and OneTrust compared for EU AI Act work: rule-based code and document checks versus an AI governance platform.
TL;DR
OneTrust describes AI governance software that turns AI policy into controls and offers EU AI Act assessment templates. Scanara checks source code and documents against EU AI Act articles. The choice depends on whether you need an organisation-wide governance workflow or checks of your own repositories.
Overview
As of 22 October 2026, the OneTrust page “AI Governance Software” describes the product as: “Turn AI policy into controls that work across homegrown and third-party AI.” (original English wording) It lists templates for the EU AI Act, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and ISO 42001, and offers a demo or a sales contact.
Source: onetrust.com/products/ai-governance/, 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 | OneTrust |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Rule-based checks of code and documents, guided assessments, dossier drafts | AI governance: AI policy turned into controls, with EU AI Act, NIST and ISO 42001 templates |
| Code Scanning | Rule-based, 12 programming languages; confidence varies by language | Not described on the page |
| CI/CD Integration | GitHub integration; merge gate on pull requests when enabled | Not described on the page; it names other integrations, for example Jira |
| Technical documentation | Drafts of Annex IV documentation; the customer completes and reviews them | Assessment templates aligned to the EU AI Act; 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 OneTrust when...
- •You need an organisation-wide AI governance workflow with templates for several frameworks
- •You want policy controls across the AI platforms the page names, such as Amazon Bedrock and Google Vertex
- •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.