A wire is not a suite.
We get asked: "isn't this what OneTrust / Vanta / Holistic AI does?" — no. Those are GRC platforms; we are an upstream data layer. Here is how the pieces fit together in 2026.
| AI Act Radar | OneTrust DataGuidance | Holistic AI | Vanta | FLI Explorer (free) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | Webhook + REST + MCP feed | GRC platform | AI governance suite | SOC2 / ISO automation | HTML reading explorer |
| Pricing | Free while in beta | $10–120k / year | $30–200k / year | $7–20k / year | Free |
| EU AI Act-specific | ✓ Primary focus | One module of many | One module of many | Tangential (SOC2) | ✓ |
| Real-time webhook | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| JSON / REST API | ✓ | Limited (Enterprise tier) | Limited | — | — |
| MCP server | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| National implementations (DE / FR / NL) | ✓ on Team+ | Some, depends on tier | — | — | — |
| Standards-tracking (CEN / ISO / ETSI) | Metadata | — | Limited | — | — |
| Bilingual EN + DE | ✓ | EN-only | EN-only | EN-only | EN-only |
| Self-serve onboarding | ✓ Stripe + API key | Sales call required | Sales call required | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time to first event delivered | < 1 day | 2–6 weeks | 2–8 weeks | n/a | Manual |
| Provides legal advice | No (we're not a law firm) | No | No | No | No |
Where AI Act Radar fits
If you already use OneTrust / Holistic AI / Credo AI, AI Act Radar is the upstream signal — we feed your platform with structured updates so its analysts don't read regulatory PDFs by hand.
If you use Vanta for SOC2 and want EU AI Act coverage in the same layer, AI Act Radar gives your engineers a webhook so the engineering team knows what changed without context-switching to the GRC tool.
If FLI's Explorer is your current "tracker" — we do the same source list plus 10 more, structured, signed, machine-readable, and with a sub-14-day SLA on the GPAI tier.
When AI Act Radar is wrong for you
- You need an integrated audit-trail / risk-register / conformity-assessment workflow → use a full GRC suite.
- You need certified legal interpretation of obligations → use a law firm. We are not one.
- You only ship into the US market and have no EU customers → save your money.
- You only consume one update per quarter → a free newsletter is fine.
Comparisons reflect publicly available information as of April 2026. Capabilities and pricing change. AI Act Radar provides informational content only — not legal advice.