Holistic AI audits the models you run.
Aona governs the AI your staff use.
Holistic AI is an enterprise AI GRC platform: AI inventory, bias and efficacy auditing, red teaming, and regulatory tracking mapped to the EU AI Act, ISO 42001, and NIST AI RMF. Aona is purpose-built for Workforce AI Security at the endpoint, with hard-block DLP at the browser and native AI apps. They sit at different layers and most regulated organisations need both.
Enterprise AI governance platform for AI inventory, model risk and bias auditing, red teaming, and EU AI Act / ISO 42001 compliance reporting.
Workforce AI Security platform purpose-built for the regulated mid-market, with browser plugin, native endpoint app, hard-block DLP, and a 30-day self-serve trial.
Keep Holistic AI for AI governance: model inventory, bias and efficacy audits, red teaming, and EU AI Act / ISO 42001 evidence. Add Aona for the workforce control point: hard-block DLP at the browser and native AI app, real-time coaching at the moment of a risky prompt, and a 30-day self-serve trial. Complementary layers, not the same tool.
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When to pick which
Five scenarios. The honest answer for each one.
You build or deploy AI models and need bias, efficacy, and robustness audits for the EU AI Act.
Holistic AI ships a mature audit toolkit (bias, fairness, robustness, red teaming) mapped to the EU AI Act and ISO 42001. Aona does not audit models.
You need an enterprise AI registry with risk triage, approval workflows, and regulator-mapped reporting.
Holistic AI is built around AI inventory, risk scoring, and compliance reporting with ServiceNow, Jira, and Slack workflows. Aona's governance is runtime, not a GRC system of record.
You need to stop staff pasting client data into ChatGPT at the browser and native endpoint.
Aona ships a browser plugin and native endpoint app with hard-block DLP and real-time coaching. Holistic AI has no endpoint or browser surface for runtime workforce control.
You are a regulated mid-market buyer who needs in-country AU data residency and a self-serve start.
Aona is AU-only by design with a 30-day self-serve trial. Holistic AI is enterprise sales-led and does not publicly document an AU region.
You have an AI governance reporting obligation AND an employee AI usage problem.
Different layers, no conflict. Holistic AI handles model audit and regulatory evidence; Aona enforces at the prompt on the endpoint.
What each tool actually does
Three columns on the Aona side because the browser plugin and the native endpoint app cover different surfaces. Browser-only customers will see fewer green checks than customers with both.
| Capability | Aona browser plugin | Aona native app | Holistic AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discover | |||
| Shadow AI inventory across employee devices | Browser surface, endpoint-derived | Browser plus native AI apps | Discovers AI systems, not endpoint usage |
| AI system inventory across cloud, repos, and SaaS | Scans cloud, code repos, SaaS via integrations | ||
| Native desktop AI app interception (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude desktop) | Plus generic process-signature detection | ||
| Govern | |||
| Model bias, efficacy, and robustness auditing | 40+ tests, core Holistic AI surface | ||
| AI red teaming (jailbreak, prompt injection, adversarial) | |||
| EU AI Act / ISO 42001 / SOC 2 templates | Regulator-mapped reporting depth | ||
| Protect | |||
| Browser plugin prompt interception | Aona unique vs Holistic AI | ||
| Hard-block on submit, no soft override | Policy and approval gates, not runtime block | ||
| Real-time employee coaching at the moment of use | |||
| File redaction with layout preservation (DOCX / Excel) | Length-matched entity replacement | Length-matched entity replacement | |
| Operations | |||
| Deployment model | Browser plugin plus native endpoint app | Browser plugin plus native endpoint app | Cloud SaaS, enterprise sales-led |
| Self-serve trial | 30-day self-serve | 30-day self-serve | Demo-only, no public trial |
| Data residency | AU only today | AU only today | AU region not publicly documented |
Based on vendor documentation as of April 2026. Email trust@aona.ai if you find a factual error.
What it takes to ship each one
- Microsoft Intune (Windows MDM, only path shipped)
- Microsoft Entra (admin SSO + user/group sync)
- Identity provider for SSO
- Inventory of AI systems and a governance programme to operationalise
Where each one falls short
From public docs and customer interviews. If you find a factual error, email trust@aona.ai.
- No model auditing. Holistic AI's bias, efficacy, robustness, and red-teaming toolkit has no Aona equivalent.
- No enterprise AI registry or risk-triage workflows. Holistic AI is the system of record here; Aona is not.
- No AI inventory across cloud, code repos, or SaaS systems. Aona's discovery is endpoint and browser only.
- Pre-Series A versus an established enterprise platform with Fortune 500 references and named investors.
- No endpoint or browser surface for runtime workforce control. No hard-block DLP at the moment a prompt is submitted.
- No real-time employee coaching at the point of a risky AI action. Governance is documentation and approval, not prevention.
- Enterprise sales-led with no public per-seat pricing and no self-serve trial.
- AU data residency is not publicly documented for regulated Australian buyers.
How Aona and Holistic AI work together
Run them at different layers. Holistic AI governs the models you build and deploy: AI inventory, bias and efficacy audits, red teaming, and regulator-mapped reporting for the EU AI Act and ISO 42001. Aona enforces at the moment your staff use AI: a modal pauses the prompt before sensitive data leaves the device, with hard-block DLP, file redaction, and real-time coaching. Together you get model governance in Holistic AI and workforce prevention in Aona.
AI governance layer
Holistic AI inventories AI systems, audits models for bias and robustness, runs red teaming, and maps controls to regulators.
Workforce control layer
Aona intercepts at the browser and native AI apps. Hard-block DLP, file redaction, and real-time coaching at submit.
Governance plus prevention
Holistic AI evidences what the models should do; Aona enforces what employees can send at the moment of the prompt.
Layer Aona on top of your Holistic AI governance programme
Aona is SOC 2 Type II and deploys via Intune and Entra in under an hour. No Holistic AI reconfiguration, no commitment. Start with a 30-day self-serve trial.