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trail
What trail is
trail is an AI governance and GRC platform for organizations building or using AI. It maintains a central registry of AI use cases, systems, agents, and models, with classification and reporting. A library of more than 170 risks includes material from MIT, NIST, OWASP, and BSI. Teams can apply or customize frameworks and controls, using templates for the EU AI Act and ISO 42001; NIST AI RMF is also listed. Governance agents analyze connected sources and documents for control effectiveness, policy drafting, risk assessments, and evidence collection. Its Copy-on-Write process holds proposed changes for human approval before writing to connected systems. Integrations include Databricks, MLflow, Langfuse, Git, Atlassian Suite, OneTrust, Collibra, ServiceNow, SAP LeanIX, Confluence, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SharePoint, Notion, Hugging Face, ZenML, and n8n. Deployment can be SaaS in EU data centres, on premises, or BYOC on AWS, Azure, or GCP. Pricing is available on request, with a time-limited test account. Trail ML announced Collibra acquired it on October 5, 2026.
Who it suits
trail is aimed at regulated enterprises, risk and compliance teams, and AI teams managing AI systems. Organizations needing inventory, risk workflows, customizable controls, and hybrid deployment can consider it.
What it does well
- Central AI asset inventory
- More than 170 listed AI risks
- EU AI Act and ISO 42001 templates
- Human approval before connected-system changes
- SaaS, on-premises, and BYOC deployment
What to know first
- Pricing is available on request
- No free plan
- Trial duration is unspecified
- Requires evaluating many integration and deployment options
Verdict
trail combines AI inventory, risk management, compliance workflows, and controlled automation for organizational governance. Its paid, request-based pricing and implementation-oriented model make direct fit and deployment review important.
Facts from trail's own pages
- Acquisition
- Trail’s announcement says Collibra acquired trail ML in October 2026. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- AI governance
- Trail provides an AI governance platform for tracking AI assets, managing risks, and automating compliance and documentation. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- AI inventory
- The platform maintains a centralized registry of AI use cases, systems, agents, and models. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Asset inventory
- The platform provides a centralized registry for AI use cases, systems, agents, and models, with classification and reporting. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Automation
- AI analyzes connected sources and documents to assess control effectiveness and gather evidence. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Company update
- Trail ML announced that Collibra acquired it on October 5, 2026. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Compliance workflows
- Users can apply or customize frameworks and controls, with prebuilt templates for the EU AI Act and ISO 42001. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Custom integrations
- Custom integrations are available through a GraphQL API, and the product page also describes API and Python package access. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Trail lists SaaS, on-premises, and BYOC deployment options, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Frameworks
- Trail offers templates and workflows for requirements such as the EU AI Act and ISO 42001, and lets organizations customize frameworks. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- GRC agents
- Trail’s governance agents automate tasks such as control assessments, policy drafting, risk assessments, and evidence collection. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Munich, Germany · trail-ml.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Human review
- Trail says agent outputs require human approval before changes are committed to connected systems, with changes recorded in an audit history. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site lists OneTrust, Collibra, ServiceNow, SAP LeanIX, Confluence, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SharePoint, Notion, Databricks, MLflow, Hugging Face, ZenML, and n8n among its integrations. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product is designed for organizations building or using AI, with regulated enterprises, risk and compliance teams, and AI teams identified as likely users. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Trail provides AI governance and GRC tools that automate compliance work for AI systems and software. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Risk management
- Trail includes a curated library of over 170 AI risks, including risks from MIT, NIST, OWASP, and BSI. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- Trail states that it is certified under ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 and lists EU data centers, SSO, 2FA, role-based access control, and audit logging. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Trail offers implementation and onboarding, access to AI governance experts, and partner support. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The FAQ says Trail offers a time-limited test account and may run structured proof-of-concept programs; it does not specify a trial duration. · trail-ml.com, 8 Oct 2026
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