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AI governance, risk & compliance

Credo AI: AI governance platform

Credo AI is an AI governance platform from Credo AI. It is a commercial product offered as: SaaS, Self-hosted. Pricing model: not published.

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Commercial Layer 1: Governance and risk

Best for

Enterprises that want one system of record for AI use cases, vendors and policy packs, with a self-hosted option for private environments

Consider instead if

  • You want a free open-source toolkit that runs model tests and builds reports instead of a governance workflow platform. See AI Verify.
  • You want a governance platform that is installed only in your own environment and is not offered as a public SaaS. See ModelOp Center.

What Credo AI does

Credo AI is a commercial AI governance platform. Its homepage describes a registry that catalogs AI systems, agents, vendors and models, continuous risk assessment, and a policy engine with pre-built policy packs. The platform page names policy packs for the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001, plus evidence generation, audit trails and governance workflows with approval gates. Vendor documents describe SaaS tenants and self-hosted tenants, and the self-hosting docs describe installing onto an existing Kubernetes cluster. Credo AI states that it has received a SOC 2 Type II report. No prices are published and the site offers a demo request instead. It is a governance platform, not an inline filter or a scanner.

This summary is our own wording of the sourced facts on this page.

Key facts

Each value links to the page that states it, with the date we checked it.

Vendor
Credo AI Source, checked October 21, 2026: credo.ai (opens in a new tab)
Status
Active Source, checked October 21, 2026: credo.ai (opens in a new tab)
Open source
No: closed source (proprietary) Source, checked October 21, 2026: credo.ai (opens in a new tab)
Latest release
Not documented in the sources we checked
Deployment
SaaS, Self-hosted Source, checked October 21, 2026: credo.ai (opens in a new tab)
Pricing model
Not published in the sources we checked Source, checked October 21, 2026: credo.ai (opens in a new tab)
Website
credo.ai Source, checked October 21, 2026: credo.ai (opens in a new tab)
Documentation
docs.sdk.credo.ai Source, checked October 21, 2026: docs.sdk.credo.ai (opens in a new tab)
API reference
docs.sdk.credo.ai Source, checked October 21, 2026: docs.sdk.credo.ai (opens in a new tab)
Quickstart
docs.sdk.credo.ai Source, checked October 21, 2026: docs.sdk.credo.ai (opens in a new tab)
Security page
trust.credo.ai Source, checked October 21, 2026: trust.credo.ai (opens in a new tab)
Attestations or disclosure
SOC 2 Type II report received (security, availability and confidentiality in scope) Source, checked October 21, 2026: credo.ai (opens in a new tab)

Capabilities

As documented by the vendor or project. The tag is our label from a controlled vocabulary.

Integrations

Where Credo AI fits in our AI security layers

Our analysis

Our editorial model, not a standard. The primary layer follows the category, except for tools whose main documented job is detection and response; other layers rest on a capability the sources document. How the model works.

AI security layers that Credo AI covers, with the role, how each applies and what it rests on
LayerRoleHow it appliesBased on
L1 Governance Governance and risk Primary Decide which AI uses are allowed, give each an owner, assess its risk and keep the evidence an auditor or regulator will ask for. Follows its category, AI governance, risk & compliance
L2 Discovery Discovery and posture Also covers Keeps a registry of AI systems that includes shadow AI detection. Registry that catalogs AI systems, agents, vendors and models, with shadow AI detection
L8 Monitoring Monitoring and response Also covers Documents continuous monitoring and drift detection through connected observability tools. Continuous monitoring and drift detection through connected observability and monitoring tools

OWASP LLM Top 10 mapping

Our analysis

The risk list is OWASP's (Top 10 for LLM Applications, 2025). The mapping is our analysis, and each row rests on a capability the sources document.

OWASP LLM risks mapped to Credo AI, with the capabilities each mapping rests on
RiskHow it appliesBased on
LLM06 Excessive Agency The risk and control library for agents covers tool misuse and scope drift. Continuous risk assessment with risk scoring and an agent risk and control library

Not mapped in our analysis: LLM02, LLM04, LLM09. These are risks we expect tools in this category to cover; the sources we checked do not document a matching capability.

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Best for: Enterprises that want AI discovery, automated testing and regulation mapping in one governance platform, including a private single-tenant cloud option

Coverage Score 55 out of 100
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Best for: Teams that want a free, self-hosted toolkit to test tabular or image classification and regression models and produce an assessment report

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Best for: Organizations that want AI governance workflows alongside other OneTrust privacy and risk products, with templates for the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001

Coverage Score 46 out of 100
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Credo AI FAQ

Is Credo AI open source?

No. It is a commercial platform and we found no public source repository for it.

Can Credo AI be self-hosted?

Yes. The vendor's documents describe SaaS tenants and self-hosted tenants, and the self-hosting docs describe installation onto an existing Kubernetes cluster, online or air-gapped.

Does Credo AI publish its prices?

No. The homepage states no prices or plans and offers a demo request and a talk with an expert.

Key facts you can cite

We have no commercial relationship with Credo AI.

Sources & last reviewed

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