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Secrato vs Basenorm
An honest, sourced comparison of Secrato and Basenorm for European organisations working on NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001 and the Cyber Resilience Act: hosting, frameworks, capabilities, languages and pricing.
In short: Secrato is a Belgian GRC platform hosted on self-managed infrastructure in Antwerp, covering NIS2, DORA and ISO 27001 as well as CyFun®, BSI IT-Grundschutz and TISAX, which Basenorm’s website does not mention. Basenorm’s main strengths, according to its own website: unified control library linking ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 controls and evidence across standards; and names CRA, DORA, NIS2 and the EU AI Act alongside the Dutch government baseline BIO. Both offer EU hosting; Basenorm: Hosted on Microsoft Azure West Europe region (the Netherlands).
At a glance
Secrato
EU-first GRC platform, headquartered in Belgium and hosted in Antwerp, for organisations that run NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, the CRA and national schemes such as CyFun® from one connected set of controls, evidence, risks, policies and audits.
Basenorm
EU-native platform for running an ISO 42001 AI management system and an ISO 27001 ISMS on one unified control library, extended to EU regulations and other standards.
Built for: Security and AI teams, private equity firms standardising compliance across portfolios, and advisers/MSPs managing multiple clients
Secrato vs Basenorm: side by side
"Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website" means we could not find it on Basenorm’s public pages in October 2026; it does not mean the feature is missing. Numbers in the table link to the sources below.
| Criterion | Secrato | Basenorm |
|---|---|---|
| Company and hosting | ||
| Headquarters | Belgium1 | Netherlands |
| Where data is hosted | EU-only: self-managed infrastructure in Datacenter United's Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium, in every plan2 | EU hosting available: Hosted on Microsoft Azure West Europe region (the Netherlands); 'All customer data stays on EU infrastructure'; separate database per organisation.3 |
| Deployment | SaaS, hosted in the EU2 | SaaS |
| Pricing | Free NIS2 Starter (early access, limited places); Core, Pro and Enterprise on quote4 | Foundation Layer from €250/month (1 framework, 5 users); Assurance Layer and Regulatory Layer on request5 |
| Interface languages | Dutch, French and English6 | Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website |
| Frameworks and regulations | ||
| Framework library (vendor claim) | 20+ frameworks7 | Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website |
| NIS2 | Yes8 | Yes9 |
| DORA | Yes10 | Yes9 |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Yes11 | Yes9 |
| GDPR | Yes12 | Yes9 |
| EU AI Act | Yes13 | Yes9 |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Yes14 | Yes9 |
| ISO/IEC 42001 | Yes15 | Yes9 |
| CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) | Yes16 | Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | Yes17 | Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website |
| TISAX | Yes18 | Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website |
| SOC 2 | Not in library7 | Yes9 |
| Custom frameworks | Yes19 | Yes9 |
| Capabilities | ||
| Risk management | Yes20 | Yes |
| Policy management | Yes6 | Yes |
| Third-party / vendor risk | Yes6 | Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website |
| Trust centre for customers | Yes21 | Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website |
| Audit management / auditor access | Yes22 | Yes |
| Integrations for evidence collection | Yes23 | Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website |
| Multiple entities / MSP use | Yes24 | Yes |
| Partner programme | Yes25 | Yes |
| Integrations (vendor claim) | 300+ integrations23 | Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website |
Where Secrato is different
- Belgian hosting on self-managed infrastructure. Both offer EU hosting. Secrato hosts every plan on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium; Basenorm: Hosted on Microsoft Azure West Europe region (the Netherlands).
- European frameworks in one library. Secrato's library includes CyberFundamentals (CyFun®), BSI IT-Grundschutz and TISAX. We found no public mention of these for Basenorm.
- Dutch, French and English. The Secrato interface and support are available in Dutch, French and English.
- A free way to start. NIS2 Starter (early access) is free and includes CyFun® BASIC (34 controls) and NIS2 incident notifications to the CCB (24 hours, 72 hours, one month).
When Basenorm may be the better fit
Organisations whose priority is combining an ISO 42001 AI management system with an ISO 27001 ISMS on a single control library, particularly in the Netherlands.
- Unified control library linking ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 controls and evidence across standards
- Names CRA, DORA, NIS2 and the EU AI Act alongside the Dutch government baseline BIO
- Hosted on Microsoft Azure West Europe (Netherlands) with a separate database per organisation
- Multi-entity support and partner programmes for auditors, MSPs and advisers
Questions to ask any GRC vendor
- In which country, data centre and cloud provider is our data stored, including backups and support access?
- Which of our frameworks (NIS2, DORA, CRA, ISO 27001, national schemes) are maintained by the vendor, and how fast are updates?
- Can one control and one piece of evidence count for several frameworks?
- Which languages do the interface, policies and support use?
- How is pricing calculated (users, frameworks, entities), and what does onboarding cost?
Frequently asked questions
Is Secrato an alternative to Basenorm?
Yes, for organisations that want to run their compliance programme on an EU-hosted GRC platform. Both cover risk, policies and audits; the main differences are where data is hosted, which European and national frameworks are included, interface languages and pricing. The table above lists each point with its source.
Where does Basenorm host customer data?
Basenorm documents an EU hosting option: Hosted on Microsoft Azure West Europe region (the Netherlands). Secrato hosts all customer data on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.
Does Basenorm support NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act?
According to Basenorm's website, it supports NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act. Secrato includes NIS2, DORA and the CRA in its framework library.
How was this comparison made?
Secrato wrote this comparison using publicly available information from each vendor's own website, documentation and trust centre, checked in October 2026. Where a vendor does not publish something, we write "Not mentioned on Basenorm’s website" rather than guess. Vendors and readers can send corrections through secrato.io/contact-us/.
Sources
Basenorm information checked in October 2026 on the pages below; Secrato information from secrato.io.
- secrato.io/legal-notice/
- secrato.io/sovereign-enterprise-security/
- basenorm.com/company/security/
- secrato.io/plans/
- basenorm.com/pricing/
- secrato.io/plans/compare/
- secrato.io/all-frameworks/
- secrato.io/nis2/
- basenorm.com/frameworks/all/
- secrato.io/dora/
- secrato.io/eu-cra-cyber-resilience-act/
- secrato.io/gdpr/
- secrato.io/eu-ai-act/
- secrato.io/iso-27001/
- secrato.io/iso-iec-42001/
- secrato.io/cyfun/
- secrato.io/bsi/
- secrato.io/tisax/
- secrato.io/custom-frameworks/
- secrato.io/risk-management/
- secrato.io/trust-center/
- secrato.io/audit-hub/
- secrato.io/integrations/
- secrato.io/multi-tenant-workspace-management/
- secrato.io/partner-program/
Further pages consulted:
About this comparison. Written by Secrato, the publisher of one of the products compared. It is based on publicly available information checked in October 2026 and may change as vendors update their products. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used only to identify the products compared. Spotted something out of date? Let us know and we will review and correct it.
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