Head to head

Holistic AI vs NAVEX

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Holistic AI

Sales-quoted

Holistic AI is an enterprise AI governance platform for inventory, testing, monitoring, and regulatory mapping. Pricing is custom. There is no self-serve plan. Gartner has named it a Magic Quadrant Challenger in AI governance.

Where Holistic AI fits

  • Enterprises that must inventory and monitor HR and other AI systems under the EU AI Act
  • Risk teams that want red teaming and runtime monitoring in one vendor
  • Buyers who already talk Gartner MQ language for AI governance
  • Organizations mapping ISO 42001 or NIST AI RMF rather than a one-off NYC LL144 PDF

NAVEX

Sales-quoted

NAVEX One packages ethics hotline, policy management, training, and third-party risk. Pricing is tailored to headcount, regions, and which solutions you bundle.

Where NAVEX fits

  • Enterprises that need a speak-up hotline plus policy acknowledgement in one GRC vendor
  • Compliance teams already comparing EthicsPoint-class incident management
  • Global companies that want training, conflicts of interest, and third-party risk on the same platform
  • Buyers who will trade a custom quote for a bundled NAVEX One package

At a glance

DetailHolistic AINAVEX
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underHR complianceHR compliance
CapterraNot enough reviews3.9 from 22 reviews

Where they pull apart

Holistic AI

Stands out: The pitch is runtime agentic monitoring, red teaming, and 100-plus automated tests covering bias, hallucinations, and adversarial probes, mapped to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO/IEC 42001.

Watch out: You will not see a price until a demo. The platform is built for organizations with a real AI inventory, not a first HR-AI audit spreadsheet. HR is one use case inside a broader GRC product.

Not the right fit for

  • HR teams that only need a one-time NYC LL144 bias audit PDF
  • SMBs that need a published price and a credit-card signup

NAVEX

Stands out: NAVEX still leads with EthicsPoint-style whistleblower intake and says it supports 77 percent of the Fortune 100 and 500, with a stated option to save up to 30 percent when solutions are bundled.

Watch out: navex.com/en-us/request-pricing/ is a form, not a grid. Organization size, reporting volume, and module mix (hotline, policy, training, COI, TPRM) all change the quote.

Not the right fit for

  • Small employers that only need a laminated labor-law poster
  • HR teams that want a lightweight Slack kudos tool rather than a GRC suite

Pros and cons

Holistic AI

  • EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001 mapping in one governance platform
  • Runtime monitoring and red teaming, not only a static model card
  • Positioned for enterprise AI inventories rather than a single HR tool
  • The vendor does not publish a price
  • Overkill if you only need an HR bias audit
  • No Capterra rating at 10-plus matching reviews

NAVEX

  • Hotline, policy, training, and third-party risk can sit in one NAVEX One subscription
  • Bundle discounts are stated on the vendor pricing-request page
  • People Hub gives employees a single compliance portal
  • No public rate card. Every deal is scoped by headcount and modules
  • Capterra NAVEX One sits at 3.9 from 22 reviews
  • Implementation and multi-year uplift terms show up in buyer-community notes

What each one costs

Holistic AI

Sales-quoted

Holistic AI is quoted from deployment size, the number of AI systems under management, and the frameworks you need (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001). There is no public seat table and no advertised free plan. A demo is the path to a quote. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

NAVEX

Sales-quoted

NAVEX One pricing is tailored to organization size, operating regions, reporting volume, and the solutions in your package (hotline and incident management, policy, training, conflicts of interest, third-party risk). The vendor pricing page is a request form, not a plan grid. Bundled NAVEX solutions are advertised at up to 30 percent off. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Holistic AI or NAVEX for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 19 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?