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Secrato vs eramba
An honest, sourced comparison of Secrato and eramba 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 the CRA, CyFun® and BSI IT-Grundschutz, which eramba’s website does not mention. eramba’s main strengths, according to its own website: published flat annual pricing with unlimited users and data (EUR 2,500/year on-premises, EUR 5,000/year SaaS); and free self-hosted Community edition with no user, data or time limits. eramba’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.
eramba
GRC software for risk management, compliance, data privacy and incident management, offered as a free self-hosted Community edition and a flat-fee Enterprise edition.
Secrato vs eramba: side by side
"Not mentioned on eramba’s website" means we could not find it on eramba’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 | eramba |
|---|---|---|
| Company and hosting | ||
| Headquarters | Belgium1 | Headquarters not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| 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 eramba’s website: SaaS hosting location not stated on the pricing page; self-hosted editions run wherever the customer chooses.3 |
| Deployment | SaaS, hosted in the EU2 | Community: self-hosted (Docker); Enterprise: self-hosted or SaaS |
| Pricing | Free NIS2 Starter (early access, limited places); Core, Pro and Enterprise on quote4 | Community free; Enterprise on-premises EUR 2,500/year flat; Enterprise SaaS EUR 5,000/year flat; unlimited users and data; implementation workshops EUR 800 each (homepage shows 'Flat Fee: EUR 5000/Year' for Enterprise)3 |
| Interface languages | Dutch, French and English5 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| Frameworks and regulations | ||
| Framework library (vendor claim) | 20+ frameworks6 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| NIS2 | Yes7 | Yes8 |
| DORA | Yes9 | Yes10 |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Yes11 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| GDPR | Yes12 | Yes10 |
| EU AI Act | Yes13 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Yes14 | Yes10 |
| ISO/IEC 42001 | Yes15 | Yes10 |
| CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) | Yes16 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | Yes17 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| TISAX | Yes18 | Yes10 |
| SOC 2 | Not in library6 | Yes10 |
| Custom frameworks | Yes19 | Yes10 |
| Capabilities | ||
| Risk management | Yes20 | Yes |
| Policy management | Yes5 | Yes |
| Third-party / vendor risk | Yes5 | Yes |
| Trust centre for customers | Yes21 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| Audit management / auditor access | Yes22 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| Integrations for evidence collection | Yes23 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| Multiple entities / MSP use | Yes24 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| Partner programme | Yes25 | Not mentioned on eramba’s website |
| Integrations (vendor claim) | 300+ integrations23 | Not mentioned on eramba’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. eramba does not publicly document an EU-hosted cloud option on the pages we checked. Its self-hosted editions run wherever you install them.
- European frameworks in one library. Secrato's library includes Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), EU AI Act, CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) and BSI IT-Grundschutz. We found no public mention of these for eramba.
- 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 eramba may be the better fit
Teams that want a self-hosted or flat-fee GRC tool with unlimited users and are comfortable importing framework content and running the platform themselves.
- Published flat annual pricing with unlimited users and data (EUR 2,500/year on-premises, EUR 5,000/year SaaS)
- Free self-hosted Community edition with no user, data or time limits
- Library of 70+ importable compliance packages including NIS2, DORA, GDPR, TISAX and ISO 42001
- Detailed NIS2 Article 21(2) mapping published by the 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 eramba?
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 eramba host customer data?
eramba does not publicly document where EU customer data is hosted on the pages we checked (SaaS hosting location not stated on the pricing page). Secrato hosts all customer data on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.
Does eramba support NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act?
According to eramba'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, documentation and trust centre, checked in October 2026. Where a vendor does not publish something, we write "Not mentioned on eramba’s website" rather than guess. Vendors and readers can send corrections through secrato.io/contact-us/.
Sources
eramba information checked in October 2026 on the pages below; Secrato information from secrato.io.
- secrato.io/legal-notice/
- secrato.io/sovereign-enterprise-security/
- www.eramba.org/get-started-grc
- secrato.io/plans/
- secrato.io/plans/compare/
- secrato.io/all-frameworks/
- secrato.io/nis2/
- www.eramba.org/frameworks/nis2
- secrato.io/dora/
- www.eramba.org/learning/courses/9/episodes/203
- 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:
- www.eramba.org/
- www.eramba.org/about-us
- eramba.org/get-community
- discussions.eramba.org/t/question-eramba-not-anymore-open-source/2506
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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