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Free EU AI Act tool
EU AI Act Audit Readiness Assessment
Find the gaps in your AI governance before they become audit problems.
Answer practical questions about your AI systems, responsibilities, transparency measures, and internal processes. Get a personalized readiness report with prioritized next steps.
- Free assessment
- No account required
- No email required
- Personalized results
- About 5–10 minutes
This is a preliminary self-assessment, not an official EU AI Act audit, certification, conformity assessment, or legal compliance determination.
About 5–10 minutes
Implementation readiness — not legal applicability alone
First tell us how you use AI. Then answer practical questions about inventory, governance, literacy, transparency, vendors, and related safeguards. Results appear immediately in your browser.
- Free · No account · No email required
- Progress can be saved locally in this browser
- Conditional questions based on your situation
- Not an official audit or conformity assessment
This is a preliminary self-assessment, not an official EU AI Act audit, certification, conformity assessment, or legal compliance determination.
What is an EU AI Act audit readiness assessment?
It is a structured self-review of whether your AI inventory, governance, literacy, transparency, documentation, and vendor practices are in place — relative to the uses you actually have. It prepares you for customer questions and internal planning. It is not a substitute for legal advice or an official conformity assessment.
Who should perform an AI Act readiness review?
Security and compliance owners
When you need a prioritized action list instead of a vague “figure out the AI Act” ticket.
Product and legal partners
When launches mix chatbots, generated content, or HR tooling and role questions keep changing.
Applicability versus implementation readiness
Applicability asks which duties might apply. Readiness asks what you have actually implemented. Use the Checker for the first question and this assessment for the second.
Start with the EU AI Act Checker if you still need an applicability map. Use the website scanner for public transparency signals. Return to the EU AI Act guide for the broader pillar.
Key AI governance areas for SaaS teams
Inventory and purpose
Know what AI you use or provide and why — including third-party models.
Literacy and ownership
Name an owner and brief the people who operate AI on the company’s behalf.
Transparency where relevant
Customer-facing chatbots and certain synthetic outputs raise Article 50 questions — not every AI sentence needs a public label.
Vendors and monitoring
Oversee AI vendors, data handling, and how you detect AI-related incidents after launch.
What to do after identifying gaps
Prioritize literacy and ownership, fix customer-facing disclosures that clearly apply, screen new uses for prohibited and high-risk themes, and escalate uncertain classifications to counsel. Then track the work like any other compliance program.
Readiness assessments versus official conformity assessments
A readiness assessment helps you organize work and spot missing practices. A conformity assessment is a formal process that can apply to certain high-risk AI systems under the regulation. Completing this questionnaire does not perform, replace, or certify a conformity assessment.
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Questions
In everyday language, people often mean a structured review of AI systems, roles, and governance against the EU AI Act. Formally, the regulation uses concepts such as conformity assessments for certain high-risk systems — not a generic “EU AI Act audit” that every company must buy. This tool is a self-assessment for preparation, not an official audit.
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