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Secrato vs Drata
An honest, sourced comparison of Secrato and Drata 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 BSI IT-Grundschutz and the EU AI Act, which Drata’s website does not mention. Drata’s main strengths, according to its own website: broad framework library (30+) including NIS 2, DORA, EU CRA, Cyber Fundamentals and TISAX; and workspaces for separate audit scopes within one account, plus Multiple-Instance Management. Drata’s website does not say where EU customer data is hosted.
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.
Drata
Compliance automation and GRC platform with continuous control monitoring, trust centre and AI-assisted questionnaire and vendor-risk workflows, for companies from start-up to enterprise stage.
Built for: Start-up, growth and enterprise segments (per pricing page)
Secrato vs Drata: side by side
"Not mentioned on Drata’s website" means we could not find it on Drata’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 | Drata |
|---|---|---|
| Company and hosting | ||
| Headquarters | Belgium1 | United States |
| 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 not mentioned on Drata’s website: Vendor security page states hosting on AWS and Google Cloud Platform without naming regions; no publicly documented EU-hosted instance found on Drata's own site as of the check date.3 |
| Deployment | SaaS, hosted in the EU2 | SaaS |
| Pricing | Free NIS2 Starter (early access, limited places); Core, Pro and Enterprise on quote4 | Quote only; offerings described by stage (Startup, Growth, Enterprise)5 |
| Interface languages | Dutch, French and English6 | Not mentioned on Drata’s website |
| Frameworks and regulations | ||
| Framework library (vendor claim) | 20+ frameworks7 | 30+ pre-built frameworks |
| NIS2 | Yes8 | Yes9 |
| DORA | Yes10 | Yes9 |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Yes11 | Yes12 |
| GDPR | Yes13 | Yes9 |
| EU AI Act | Yes14 | Not mentioned on Drata’s website |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Yes15 | Yes9 |
| ISO/IEC 42001 | Yes16 | Yes9 |
| CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) | Yes17 | Yes9 |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | Yes18 | Not mentioned on Drata’s website |
| TISAX | Yes19 | Yes9 |
| SOC 2 | Not in library7 | Yes9 |
| Custom frameworks | Yes20 | Yes9 |
| Capabilities | ||
| Risk management | Yes21 | Yes |
| Policy management | Yes6 | Yes |
| Third-party / vendor risk | Yes6 | Yes |
| Trust centre for customers | Yes22 | Yes |
| Audit management / auditor access | Yes23 | Yes |
| Integrations for evidence collection | Yes24 | Yes |
| Multiple entities / MSP use | Yes25 | Yes |
| Partner programme | Yes26 | Yes |
| Integrations (vendor claim) | 300+ integrations24 | Not mentioned on Drata’s website |
Where Secrato is different
- EU hosting in every plan. Secrato runs on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium. Drata does not publicly document an EU-hosted cloud option on the pages we checked.
- European frameworks in one library. Secrato's library includes EU AI Act and BSI IT-Grundschutz. We found no public mention of these for Drata.
- 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 Drata may be the better fit
Organisations wanting a well-established automation platform with a wide pre-built framework library and multi-workspace structure for several audit scopes.
- Broad framework library (30+) including NIS 2, DORA, EU CRA, Cyber Fundamentals and TISAX
- Workspaces for separate audit scopes within one account, plus Multiple-Instance Management
- Integrated trust centre (8K+ customers, 3K+ trust centres per vendor)
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 Drata?
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 Drata host customer data?
Drata does not publicly document where EU customer data is hosted on the pages we checked (Vendor security page states hosting on AWS and Google Cloud Platform without naming regions). Secrato hosts all customer data on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.
Does Drata support NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act?
According to Drata'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 Drata’s website" rather than guess. Vendors and readers can send corrections through secrato.io/contact-us/.
Sources
Drata information checked in October 2026 on the pages below; Secrato information from secrato.io.
- secrato.io/legal-notice/
- secrato.io/sovereign-enterprise-security/
- drata.com/security
- secrato.io/plans/
- drata.com/pricing
- secrato.io/plans/compare/
- secrato.io/all-frameworks/
- secrato.io/nis2/
- drata.com/frameworks
- secrato.io/dora/
- secrato.io/eu-cra-cyber-resilience-act/
- drata.com/frameworks/cra
- 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:
- drata.com/about
- drata.com/
- help.drata.com/en/articles/17232884-understand-accounts-workspaces-and-mim
- help.drata.com/en/articles/13605649-create-and-add-auditors-to-an-audit
- news.crunchbase.com/cybersecurity/drata-doubles-valuation-to-2b-after-200m-series-c
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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