EU AI Act Compliance Coach
Guided compliance workbench for European SMEs deploying AI that classifies their use case under the AI Act, auto-generates the required documentation, and tracks ongoing post-market obligations.
Founders and compliance leads at EU SMEs preparing AI features for the 2025-2026 AI Act deadlines
- Plain-language classifier that maps a use case to AI Act risk tiers (unacceptable, high, limited, minimal) with reasoning
- Auto-generated conformity assessment, risk-management file, and technical documentation templates
- Obligation tracker with deadlines for post-market monitoring, incident reporting, and re-registration
- Vendor-side questionnaire to check whether a third-party AI provider meets EU requirements
EU AI Act high-risk and GPAI obligations are already in force, the Bundesverfassungsgericht just reaffirmed democratic standards, and most AI-deploying SMEs have no clear compliance path
EU AI Act mentions SMEs 38 times, August 2 2026 deadline creates urgency with €15M/3% turnover fines, multiple comparison sites already actively ranking tools — clear real demand signal.Small Businesses' Guide to the AI Act | EU Artificial Intelligence Act ↗Top 7 EU AI Act Compliance Tools (2026): Pricing & Coverage ↗
At least 7 funded competitors already operate: Credo AI, Holistic AI, Vanta, Drata, Scrut Automation, Fairly AI, IBM watsonx.governance — most enterprise-priced and US-based, leaving an SME-specific niche but the space is crowded, not wide-open.Best EU AI Act Compliance Software 2026 — 6 Tools Compared ↗Best EU AI Act Compliance Tools for SMEs 2026 | AiCompliBot ↗
WTP exists because fines dwarf tool costs (€15M/3% turnover); however, observed pricing skews enterprise — Drata Starter $15-25k/yr, Credo AI mid-five-figures — leaving uncertainty whether true SMEs will pay €1-5k/yr for a guided workbench vs. free guides.AI Compliance Costs: Honest Pricing Breakdown (2026) ↗Top 7 EU AI Act Compliance Tools (2026): Pricing & Coverage ↗
AI Act enforcement is a multi-decade regulatory framework with rolling updates
Requires ongoing legal/regulatory expertise to keep current with implementing acts and guidance, must map to ISO 42001/NIST AI RMF for credibility, and generating genuinely audit-ready documentation (not just checklists) is non-trivial — MVP is buildable but defensibility is hard.EU AI Act Compliance Software Tools Compared (2026) ↗