Reglynn is a free EU AI Act compliance checker: eight questions plus your email, about two minutes, and you get your likely risk tier under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 - as amended by the June 2026 Omnibus - on screen, immediately. No account, no card, no sales call.
When you need more than a tier - because an investor, an enterprise procurement team or your own lawyer has asked where you stand in writing - the same engine runs a full branching assessment - up to 33 questions, or 41 with the Document Pack - and produces a personalised gap report for €59. That's the part most free checkers can't do, and it's the reason this one exists.
How this differs from the Commission's own checker
The European Commission's AI Office runs an official AI Act Compliance Checker, currently in beta, on the AI Act Service Desk. It is free, it is authoritative, and if you want the regulator's own view of which rules may apply to your system, you should use it.
It answers a different question from this one.
| Commission checker | Reglynn | |
|---|---|---|
| Question answered | Which AI Act rules may apply to a system like yours | Where your system stands, and what to do first |
| Post-Omnibus deadlines | Rules, not dates per obligation | The obligations that apply to your answers, each with its current date |
| Output | An on-screen result | A dated document naming your product, from €59 |
| Prioritisation | - | Ordered fix list - what to do this week vs by 2027 |
| GDPR overlaps | - | Flagged, so you aren't billed twice for the same control |
| Authority | The regulator itself | A published, versioned methodology you can audit |
Use theirs to confirm the rules. Use this when someone has asked you to put your position in writing - which is usually enterprise procurement, an investor's data room, or a customer's DPO. Neither is legal advice, and neither is a certification: the Commission's checker doesn't certify you either.
What the checker assesses
The free scan covers the questions that decide your tier fastest:
- Applicability - whether the EU AI Act reaches your system at all (Article 2, Article 3(1))
- Prohibited practices - the Article 5 red lines: social scoring, real-time public biometrics, workplace and classroom emotion recognition
- High-risk classification - whether you fall inside an Annex III area such as employment, credit, education or essential services
- Transparency duties - whether Article 50 applies: chatbot disclosure, synthetic-content labelling, deepfake disclosure
- Who is affected - because a system that touches individual people is treated very differently from one that only touches businesses
The full assessment goes further: provider vs deployer role analysis (whether these duties are even yours), the Article 6(3) exemption check that can move an Annex III system out of high-risk, a GPAI / Article 53 check for teams that fine-tuned a model, and the obligations that apply to your answers, each with its deadline as set out in the Act, including the Omnibus changes. The result is a dated, referenced document - not a chat transcript.
Answers to what you're probably asking
Does the EU AI Act apply to my AI system?
If there's a model doing inference in your product and your users - or your outputs - are in the EU, very likely yes. That includes companies incorporated outside the EU. Deterministic rule-based logic generally does not count as an AI system. The six-step checklist walks the scope test in full.
What risk category is my AI system?
One of four: Unacceptable (banned), High Risk (Annex III or Annex I - heavy obligations by December 2027), Limited Risk (Article 50 transparency - enforceable now), or Minimal Risk (little beyond AI literacy). Most business software lands in Limited or Minimal. The checker tells you which in two minutes.
Am I a provider or a deployer?
The highest-leverage question in the regulation. Build and sell it under your name - provider, full obligations. Use someone else's system in your operations - deployer, a far shorter list. Substantially modify someone else's system and you may become a provider without ever deciding to. The full breakdown, including the mixed case.
Could my system be high-risk?
Only if it sits in an Annex III area - employment, education, credit, essential services, law enforcement, migration, justice, biometrics, critical infrastructure - or is a safety component of a regulated product. Being in an Annex III area is not the end of the analysis: Article 6(3) exempts narrow, preparatory and procedural systems that do not profile people.
What are the deadlines?
Article 5 (prohibited practices) and Article 4 (AI literacy) have applied since 2 February 2025. Article 50(1) chatbot disclosure has applied since 2 August 2026, and Article 50(2) marking of synthetic content applies from 2 December 2026. Annex III high-risk obligations were deferred to 2 December 2027, Annex I to August 2028. Most published guidance still carries the pre-Omnibus dates. Every date, in one table.
Is Reglynn free?
The risk-tier check is free, permanently, with no sign-up. The full gap report is a one-time €59 - no subscription. Read a sample report before paying.
How is this different from the European Commission's checker?
The EC's compliance checker is official and worth running. It tells you which obligations exist in general. Reglynn is built for the next step: your role, your tier, your deadlines, and a prioritised fix list referencing your actual product - in a dated document you can hand to a lawyer, an investor or a procurement team. Use both; they answer different questions.
Is this legal advice?
No. It's a structured self-assessment with a documented methodology. It tells you where you likely stand and exactly what to verify with a qualified advisor - so that conversation starts at question ten, not question one.
Who it's for
Founders and product managers at startups and SMEs shipping AI into the EU: chatbots and assistants, AI SaaS products, HR and recruitment tools, fintech and credit models, and teams that fine-tuned a foundation model and aren't sure whether Article 53 landed on them.
More questions
Is the Reglynn EU AI Act checker free?
Yes. The risk-tier check is free, permanently, with no account and no card. The full personalised gap report is a one-time €59 - no subscription.
How is Reglynn different from the European Commission checker?
The EC checker explains which obligations exist in general. Reglynn produces your specific position - role, tier, deadlines and a prioritised fix list - as a dated document you can hand to a lawyer, investor or procurement team.
Which AI model does Reglynn use?
Reglynn reports are generated by an AI system built on Anthropic's Claude, running Reglynn's own question set and risk logic, and delivered automatically. Reglynn classifies itself as a Limited Risk AI system under Article 50 of the EU AI Act and discloses AI involvement wherever it occurs, including in its chat assistant. Our own self-assessment is published at reglynn.eu/our-ai-act-status.
Does the EU AI Act apply to companies outside the EU?
Often, yes. Article 2 reaches providers irrespective of where they are established, and reaches providers and deployers in third countries where the output produced by the AI system is used in the Union. A US or UK company with EU users is normally in scope - though being in scope is not the same as being high-risk.
Check your AI system now
Eight questions plus your email, instant risk tier on screen. Then the full branching assessment - up to 33 questions, or 41 with the Document Pack - when an investor, lawyer or procurement team wants your position in writing.
Start the free scanNo card, no account. Full gap report from €59. See a sample report first. Prices exclude VAT, added at checkout where applicable. 14-day refund.
Self-assessment, not legal advice. This page and the Reglynn report are a structured self-assessment based on the EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689, as amended by the June 2026 Omnibus). They indicate where you likely stand and what to verify with a qualified advisor. Reglynn is not a notified body and issues no certification.
How this was made. Reglynn reports are generated by an AI system built on Anthropic's Claude and delivered automatically. Reglynn is a Limited Risk AI system under Article 50; we disclose AI involvement wherever it occurs, including in our chat assistant. Our own self-assessment.