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Secrato vs CERRIX
An honest, sourced comparison of Secrato and CERRIX for organisations in Belgium and the Netherlands working on NIS2, DORA, ISO/IEC 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/IEC 27001 as well as the CRA, CyFun® and BSI IT-Grundschutz, which CERRIX’s website does not mention. CERRIX’s main strengths, according to its own website: a long track record with banks, insurers and other regulated financial institutions (100+ clients in 20+ countries, per vendor), financial-sector frameworks such as DORA, MiCA and Solvency II, AI-powered regulatory monitoring, and offices in The Hague and Berchem. Both are European SaaS platforms.
At a glance
Secrato
EU-first GRC platform, headquartered in Belgium and hosted in Antwerp, for organisations that run NIS2, DORA, ISO/IEC 27001, the CRA and national schemes such as CyFun® from one connected set of controls, evidence, risks, policies and audits.
CERRIX
GRC SaaS platform from The Hague with a single database for risk, controls, compliance, incidents, audit and third-party data, aimed at regulated financial institutions and other organisations under European supervision.
Built for: banks, insurers, asset managers, pension funds and audit firms (per vendor)
Secrato vs CERRIX: side by side
"Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website" means we could not find it on CERRIX’s public pages in November 2026; it does not mean the feature is missing. Numbers in the table link to the sources below.
| Criterion | Secrato | CERRIX |
|---|---|---|
| Company and hosting | ||
| Headquarters | Belgium1 | The Hague, Netherlands, with an office in Berchem, Belgium2 |
| Where data is hosted | EU-only: self-managed infrastructure in Datacenter United's Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium, in every plan3 | Europe, on Azure, according to CERRIX’s about page. Its blog states the Netherlands. The cloud region and subprocessors are not detailed.2 |
| Deployment | SaaS, hosted in the EU3 | SaaS4 |
| Pricing | Free NIS2 Starter (early access, limited places); Core, Pro and Enterprise on quote5 | Fixed-price, fixed-scope tiers (Starter, Professional, Enterprise) based on the number of users; demo on request, no free trial mentioned6 |
| Interface languages | Dutch, French and English7 | Website in English and Dutch; product languages not stated6 |
| Frameworks and regulations | ||
| NIS2 | Yes8 | Yes6 |
| DORA | Yes9 | Yes6 |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Yes10 | Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website |
| GDPR | Yes11 | Yes (GDPR Management module)6 |
| EU AI Act | Yes12 | Yes4 |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Yes13 | Yes6 |
| ISO/IEC 42001 | Yes14 | Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website |
| CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) | Yes15 | Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | Yes16 | Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website |
| TISAX | Yes17 | Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website |
| Custom frameworks | Yes18 | Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website |
| Capabilities | ||
| Risk management | Yes19 | Yes (Risk & Controls Management)6 |
| Third-party / vendor risk | Yes7 | Yes (Third Party Management)6 |
| Audit management | Yes20 | Yes (audit module in the Enterprise tier)6 |
| Incident management | Yes8 | Yes6 |
| Trust centre for customers | Yes21 | Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website |
| Integrations | 300+ integrations (vendor claim)22 | API integrations (Professional and Enterprise tiers) and Power BI6 |
| Multiple entities / MSP use | Yes23 | Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website |
| Partner programme | Yes24 | Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website |
Where Secrato is different
- Belgian hosting on self-managed infrastructure. Secrato hosts every plan on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium. CERRIX states European hosting on Azure.
- European and national frameworks in one library. Secrato’s library includes the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) and BSI IT-Grundschutz. We found no public mention of these on CERRIX’s website.
- Dutch, French and English. The Secrato interface and support are available in Dutch, French and English.
- NIS2 beyond financial services. Secrato publishes NIS2 guidance for manufacturing, healthcare, energy, transport, digital providers, public administration and more.
- 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 CERRIX may be the better fit
Banks, insurers, asset managers, pension funds and audit firms that want a platform built around financial-sector supervision and that value a long track record in that sector.
- Financial-sector frameworks named on its website, such as DORA, MiCA, ISQM, ICFR and Solvency II
- AI-powered regulatory monitoring, added through the Ruler acquisition in March 2026 (per vendor)
- 100+ clients in 20+ countries (per vendor)
- Offices in The Hague and Berchem, Belgium
- Security credentials published by the vendor: ISO/IEC 27001, ISAE 3402 Type II and FSQS-NL
- Power BI reporting integration
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/IEC 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 CERRIX?
Yes, for organisations that want a European GRC platform covering risk, compliance, audit and third-party management. The main differences are where data is hosted, which European and national frameworks are in the library, the sectors each platform is built for, interface languages and pricing. The table above lists each point with its source.
Is CERRIX a Belgian company?
According to its own website, CERRIX is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, and has an office in Berchem, Belgium. Secrato is headquartered in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Where does CERRIX host customer data?
CERRIX’s about page says data is hosted in Europe on Azure, and its blog says the Netherlands. Secrato hosts all customer data on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.
Does CERRIX support NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act?
According to CERRIX’s website, it supports NIS2 and DORA. We found no public information on 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, checked in November 2026. Where a vendor does not publish something, we write “Not mentioned on CERRIX’s website” rather than guess. CERRIX and readers can send corrections through secrato.io/contact-us/.
Sources
CERRIX information checked in November 2026 on the pages below; Secrato information from secrato.io.
- secrato.io/legal-notice/
- www.cerrix.com/en/company/about-us
- secrato.io/sovereign-enterprise-security/
- www.cerrix.com/en/insights/blog/top-european-grc-tools-in-2026-an-insiders-comparison
- secrato.io/plans/
- cerrix.com/grc-software/
- secrato.io/plans/compare/
- secrato.io/nis2/
- secrato.io/dora/
- secrato.io/eu-cra-cyber-resilience-act/
- secrato.io/gdpr/
- secrato.io/eu-ai-act/
- secrato.io/iso-iec-27001/
- secrato.io/iso-iec-42001/
- secrato.io/cyfun/
- secrato.io/bsi-it-grundschutz/
- secrato.io/tisax/
- secrato.io/custom-frameworks/
- secrato.io/risk-management/
- secrato.io/audit-hub/
- secrato.io/trust-center/
- secrato.io/integrations/
- secrato.io/multi-tenant-workspace-management/
- secrato.io/partner-program/
About this comparison. Written by Secrato, the publisher of one of the products compared. It is based on publicly available information checked in November 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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