AI governance platforms · November 2026 Edition
Credo AI vs Holistic AI
Five of fourteen models named Credo AI first on the direct prompt; zero named Holistic AI. Credo AI was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Holistic AI by twelve and Credo AI carries 49 labels and Holistic AI 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share19%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%13%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels4931A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Credo AI reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Credo AI vs dope.security · Credo AI vs Strac · Credo AI vs Microsoft Purview
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AI governance platforms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Credo AIFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHolistic AI
Direct501 against Credo AI
Paraphrase501 against Credo AI · 1 against Holistic AI
Comparative90
Budget-constrained006 against Credo AI · 1 against Holistic AI
Scale-constrained11
Negative001 against Credo AI · 2 against Holistic AI
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Credo AI and Holistic AI were named in the same answer sixty-seven times, of the 160 answers naming Credo AI and the 73 naming Holistic AI. In those answers Holistic AI took the first choice one time and Credo AI twenty-five.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Credo AI and Holistic AI stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Credo AI Holistic AI first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Credo AI on the left and Holistic AI on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Credo AI and Holistic AI stood in it.
Credo AI first, Holistic AI an alternative
5 of 14 modelsHolistic AI was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Credo AI alternatives: Govern365, Holistic AI, Walled AI
GPT-5.4 miniCredo AI alternatives: IBM watsonx.governance, OneTrust AI Governance
Gemini 3.5 FlashCredo AI alternatives: Fiddler AI, ModelOp Center, Trustible, Vanta
Perplexity SonarCredo AI alternatives: AWS SageMaker AI Governance, Govarna, Microsoft Purview, OneTrust AI Governance, Speakeasy
MiniMax M2.5Credo AI alternatives: Drata, Govarna, IBM watsonx.governance
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Grok 4.20Microsoft Purview alternatives: Credo AI, Drata, Holistic AI, Vanta, dope.security
DeepSeek V4 FlashVanta alternatives: Credo AI, Govarna, Holistic AI
Qwen 3.7 FlashGovarna alternatives: Credo AI, Govern365, dope.security
GPT-6 LunaTrustible alternatives: Credo AI, OneTrust AI Governance
Muse Glimmer 30BStrac, dope.security alternatives: Credo AI, Govarna, IBM watsonx.governance, OneTrust AI Governance
Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Mistral SmallGovarna alternatives: Govern365, dope.security
Llama 4 Maverickdope.security alternatives: Cakewalk, Govern365, Pillar Security
Kimi K2Govarna alternatives: Vanta
GLM 4.7 FlashXGovern365 alternatives: IBM watsonx.governance, dope.security
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Credo AI leads by ten points.
Credo AI10%#2 of 12Holistic AI0%#12 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Credo AI leads by eighteen points.
Credo AI19%#1 of 10Holistic AI2%#6 of 10Enterprise
Credo AI leads by twenty-nine points.
Credo AI29%#2 of 11Holistic AI0%#9 of 11What the models said about Credo AI
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“$25K–$45K+/year | Enterprise-focused” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Most traditional GRC ... platforms—like Credo AI, OneTrust, Vanta, Drata, or Holistic AI—are designed more for documentation and reporting, which may not be sufficient” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Tools such as Credo AI, OneTrust, and Holistic AI can be strong for inventories, assessments, policy mapping, and audit evidence, but may not stop unsafe prompts” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Credo AI is widely considered a pioneer in the dedicated AI governance space. Unlike general GRC tools that added AI features later, Credo was built specifically for AI.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Credo AI pioneered the AI governance category... Best for: Organizations needing a governance-first platform with mature policy automation and audit-ready evidence.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Credo AI is the most-deployed control plane, a Forrester Wave Leader and Gartner Visionary, making it the best AI governance platform for most enterprises.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Holistic AI
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Enterprise-only platforms (OneTrust, Holistic AI, ModelOp) – typically $30K–$150K+/year” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · hard negative
“capabilities or compliance claims have not been independently verified; this is explicitly flagged for Credo AI, Holistic AI, ServiceNow, and others” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Both have high negative rates (17% and 16% respectively), which may reflect issues with functionality, support, or integration.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Purpose-built AI Governance | Credo AI, Trustible, Enzai, Holistic AI | Usually the best fit.” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“Holistic AI provides bias auditing, risk management, and compliance in one platform with strong technical depth without enterprise complexity” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · alternative
“Offers deeper automated technical testing (bias, hallucinations, toxicity) than most competitors while still covering policy/compliance.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.