FairNow vs Holistic AI
Side-by-side comparison of framework coverage, pricing, capabilities, and target customers. Last verified June 2026.
https://aicompliancevendors.com/compare/fairnow-vs-holistic-aiFairNow
AI governance platform simplifying risk and compliance for AI systems
FairNow offers an end-to-end AI governance platform that centralizes AI system inventory, automates risk assessments, compliance workflows, and regulatory monitoring with real-time alerts. It targets enterprises building or using AI in regulated areas like financial services and HR, providing harmonized controls across 25+ global regulations and standards. The platform distinguishes itself through purpose-built automations for bias testing, evidence collection, model cards, and audit readiness, reducing manual efforts compared to general GRC tools. Acquired by AuditBoard in 2025, it integrates AI-specific governance into broader risk management.
Holistic AI
The end-to-end AI governance platform to discover, assess, mitigate, monitor and govern risk across every AI agent, model, and application.
Holistic AI provides an enterprise AI governance platform that unifies discovery, testing, monitoring, and compliance into a single system. The platform automatically discovers AI systems including shadow AI across cloud, code, data, and SaaS, maintains a live inventory, and tracks ownership and lifecycle. It offers continuous automated testing for bias, hallucinations, toxicity, privacy leaks, drift, security vulnerabilities like jailbreaks and adversarial attacks, along with runtime monitoring via workflow tracing and observability. Policy-as-code enforcement aligns with regulations, providing deployment gates, audit trails, and evidence collection for compliance reporting. Serving enterprises in regulated sectors, it distinguishes itself with comprehensive coverage from AI inventory to real-time agentic monitoring and policy enforcement at scale, backed by research origins at University College London.Holistic AI homepage, Holistic AI governance platform, Holistic AI about, Preqin profile, LinkedIn, CB Insights
The verdict
Both target large regulated buyers with a single-pane AI governance pitch. FairNow leans on AuditBoard integration; Holistic AI leans on its testing and observability depth.
Choose FairNow if…
Choose FairNow if you are an AuditBoard customer or want a governance platform that bolts onto an existing internal audit and risk stack. FairNow harmonizes controls across 25+ global AI regulations and is purpose-built for HR and financial services automations.
Choose Holistic AI if…
Choose Holistic AI if you need automated discovery of shadow AI plus continuous testing for bias, hallucinations, jailbreaks, and drift in one platform. Holistic AI was founded out of University College London research and serves regulated enterprises that want testing and runtime monitoring under one roof.
At a glance
| Attribute | FairNow | Holistic AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | McLean, US | London, UK |
| Employees | 11-50 | 51-200 |
| Funding | $3.5M seed, June 2024, led by Somen Mondal and Shaun Ricci | $35M venture, May 2024 |
| Pricing | Contact sales for quote; no public pricing listed | Enterprise platform; contact sales for quote. |
| Website | Visit site | Visit site |
Framework coverage
| Framework | FairNow | Holistic AI |
|---|---|---|
| EU AI Act | Partial | Partial |
| ISO/IEC 42001 | Partial | Partial |
| NIST AI RMF | Partial | Partial |
| NYC LL 144 | Partial | Partial |
Capabilities
| Capability | FairNow | Holistic AI |
|---|---|---|
| AI Model Inventory | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit Evidence Collection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit Logging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bias & Fairness Testing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drift Detection | — | ✓ |
| Explainability | — | ✓ |
| Hallucination Detection | — | ✓ |
| LLM Guardrails | — | ✓ |
| LLM Red Teaming | — | ✓ |
| Model Monitoring | — | ✓ |
| Policy Management | ✓ | — |
| Regulatory Intelligence | ✓ | ✓ |
| Risk Assessment Workflow | ✓ | ✓ |
| Third-Party AI Vendor Risk | ✓ | — |
Industries served
FairNow
- Employment & HR
Holistic AI
- Financial Services
- Insurance
- Employment & HR
Integrations
FairNow
- None listed
Holistic AI
- None listed
Frequently asked
What is the difference between FairNow and Holistic AI?+
FairNow is AI governance platform simplifying risk and compliance for AI systems; Holistic AI is The end-to-end AI governance platform to discover, assess, mitigate, monitor and govern risk across every AI agent, model, and application. The full side-by-side covers framework coverage (4 shared, 0 unique to FairNow, 0 unique to Holistic AI), pricing model, and capability overlap.
How do FairNow and Holistic AI pricing compare?+
FairNow: Contact sales for quote; no public pricing listed Holistic AI: Enterprise platform; contact sales for quote.
Which AI compliance frameworks do FairNow and Holistic AI both support?+
Both vendors document support for EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, NYC LL 144. Coverage strength varies; see the framework matrix below.
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