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Secrato vs ISMS.online
An honest, sourced comparison of Secrato and ISMS.online 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 ISMS.online’s website does not mention. ISMS.online’s main strengths, according to its own website: broad framework library, claimed at over 100 standards and regulations, including NIS 2, DORA, TISAX and BSI C5; and long-standing UK vendor; holds ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications and Cyber Essentials per its trust centre. ISMS.online’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.
ISMS.online
A UK-built compliance platform (IO) for implementing and maintaining ISO 27001 and other management-system standards and regulations, with pre-built frameworks and policy content.
Secrato vs ISMS.online: side by side
"Not mentioned on ISMS.online’s website" means we could not find it on ISMS.online’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 | ISMS.online |
|---|---|---|
| Company and hosting | ||
| Headquarters | Belgium1 | United Kingdom |
| 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 ISMS.online’s website: Trust centre states the primary data centre hosting supplier is based in the UK and that it uses data centres in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia; it does not state whether customers can choose an EU region or which cloud provider is used.3 |
| Deployment | SaaS, hosted in the EU2 | SaaS |
| Pricing | Free NIS2 Starter (early access, limited places); Core, Pro and Enterprise on quote4 | Quote only ('IO's pricing is bespoke to you'); optional extras such as additional standards, Policy Packs and a Supply Chain Module listed without prices.5 |
| Interface languages | Dutch, French and English6 | Not mentioned on ISMS.online’s website |
| Frameworks and regulations | ||
| Framework library (vendor claim) | 20+ frameworks7 | Over 100 frameworks' / 'over 100 standards and regulations |
| NIS2 | Yes8 | Yes9 |
| DORA | Yes10 | Yes9 |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Yes11 | Not mentioned on ISMS.online’s website |
| GDPR | Yes12 | Yes9 |
| EU AI Act | Yes13 | Yes14 |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Yes15 | Yes9 |
| ISO/IEC 42001 | Yes16 | Yes9 |
| CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) | Yes17 | Not mentioned on ISMS.online’s website |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | Yes18 | Not mentioned on ISMS.online’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 | Not mentioned on ISMS.online’s website |
| Audit management / auditor access | Yes23 | Not mentioned on ISMS.online’s website |
| Integrations for evidence collection | Yes24 | Not mentioned on ISMS.online’s website |
| Multiple entities / MSP use | Yes25 | Not mentioned on ISMS.online’s website |
| Partner programme | Yes26 | Yes |
| Integrations (vendor claim) | 300+ integrations24 | Not mentioned on ISMS.online’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. ISMS.online does not publicly document an EU-hosted cloud option on the pages we checked.
- European frameworks in one library. Secrato's library includes Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) and BSI IT-Grundschutz. We found no public mention of these for ISMS.online.
- 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 ISMS.online may be the better fit
Organisations whose priority is ISO management-system certification (e.g. ISO 27001, 9001, 22301, 42001) across many standards, supported by a UK-based vendor and its consultant network.
- Broad framework library, claimed at over 100 standards and regulations, including NIS 2, DORA, TISAX and BSI C5
- Long-standing UK vendor; holds ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications and Cyber Essentials per its trust centre
- Partner programme covering audit partners, consultants, MSPs and technology partners
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 ISMS.online?
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 ISMS.online host customer data?
ISMS.online does not publicly document where EU customer data is hosted on the pages we checked (Trust centre states the primary data centre hosting supplier is based in the UK and that it uses data centres in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia). Secrato hosts all customer data on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.
Does ISMS.online support NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act?
According to ISMS.online'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 ISMS.online’s website" rather than guess. Vendors and readers can send corrections through secrato.io/contact-us/.
Sources
ISMS.online information checked in October 2026 on the pages below; Secrato information from secrato.io.
- secrato.io/legal-notice/
- secrato.io/sovereign-enterprise-security/
- www.isms.online/about/trust-centre/
- secrato.io/plans/
- www.isms.online/plans/
- secrato.io/plans/compare/
- secrato.io/all-frameworks/
- secrato.io/nis2/
- www.isms.online/frameworks/
- secrato.io/dora/
- secrato.io/eu-cra-cyber-resilience-act/
- secrato.io/gdpr/
- secrato.io/eu-ai-act/
- www.isms.online/
- 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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