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Secrato vs Kertos
An honest, sourced comparison of Secrato and Kertos 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 Kertos’s website does not mention. Kertos’s main strengths, according to its own website: broad framework set spanning privacy, security and AI governance, including BSI C5 and TISAX; and 300+ integrations claimed. Both offer EU hosting; Kertos: Vendor states the platform is 'hosted on European AWS infrastructure'.
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.
Kertos
Compliance automation platform combining agentic AI with certified compliance experts, covering privacy (GDPR), information security (ISO 27001, NIS2, SOC 2, TISAX, C5) and AI governance (ISO 42001, EU AI Act).
Built for: Start-ups, scale-ups and German Mittelstand companies (B2B and B2C), including SaaS, fintech and healthtech
Secrato vs Kertos: side by side
"Not mentioned on Kertos’s website" means we could not find it on Kertos’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 | Kertos |
|---|---|---|
| Company and hosting | ||
| Headquarters | Belgium1 | Germany |
| 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: Vendor states the platform is 'hosted on European AWS infrastructure'; specific AWS region not stated.3 |
| Deployment | SaaS, hosted in the EU2 | SaaS (optionally combined with expert services) |
| Pricing | Free NIS2 Starter (early access, limited places); Core, Pro and Enterprise on quote4 | Quote only; plans Essential, Pro and Premium (Premium includes named external ISB and/or DPO), plus add-ons5 |
| Interface languages | Dutch, French and English6 | Not mentioned on Kertos’s website |
| Frameworks and regulations | ||
| Framework library (vendor claim) | 20+ frameworks7 | Not mentioned on Kertos’s website |
| NIS2 | Yes8 | Yes9 |
| DORA | Yes10 | Not mentioned on Kertos’s website |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Yes11 | Not mentioned on Kertos’s website |
| GDPR | Yes12 | Yes9 |
| EU AI Act | Yes13 | Yes9 |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Yes14 | Yes9 |
| ISO/IEC 42001 | Yes15 | Yes9 |
| CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) | Yes16 | Not mentioned on Kertos’s website |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | Yes17 | Not mentioned on Kertos’s website |
| TISAX | Yes18 | Yes9 |
| SOC 2 | Not in library7 | Yes9 |
| Custom frameworks | Yes19 | Yes5 |
| Capabilities | ||
| Risk management | Yes20 | Yes |
| Policy management | Yes6 | Yes |
| Third-party / vendor risk | Yes6 | Yes |
| Trust centre for customers | Yes21 | Yes |
| Audit management / auditor access | Yes22 | Not mentioned on Kertos’s website |
| Integrations for evidence collection | Yes23 | Yes |
| Multiple entities / MSP use | Yes24 | Yes |
| Partner programme | Yes25 | Yes |
| Integrations (vendor claim) | 300+ integrations23 | 300+ |
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; Kertos: Vendor states the platform is 'hosted on European AWS infrastructure'.
- European frameworks in one library. Secrato's library includes DORA, Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) and BSI IT-Grundschutz. We found no public mention of these for Kertos.
- 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 Kertos may be the better fit
German-speaking organisations that want privacy, ISO 27001/TISAX/C5 and AI-governance compliance bundled with outsourced DPO or ISB services.
- Broad framework set spanning privacy, security and AI governance, including BSI C5 and TISAX
- 300+ integrations claimed
- Optional expert services including virtual CISO, external DPO and external ISB
- States hosting on European AWS infrastructure
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 Kertos?
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 Kertos host customer data?
Kertos documents an EU hosting option: Vendor states the platform is 'hosted on European AWS infrastructure'. Secrato hosts all customer data on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.
Does Kertos support NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act?
According to Kertos's website, it supports NIS2. We found no public information on 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 Kertos’s website" rather than guess. Vendors and readers can send corrections through secrato.io/contact-us/.
Sources
Kertos information checked in October 2026 on the pages below; Secrato information from secrato.io.
- secrato.io/legal-notice/
- secrato.io/sovereign-enterprise-security/
- www.kertos.io/en/compliance-hub/eu-alternatives-vanta-drata
- secrato.io/plans/
- www.kertos.io/plans
- secrato.io/plans/compare/
- secrato.io/all-frameworks/
- secrato.io/nis2/
- www.kertos.io/frameworks
- 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:
- www.kertos.io/
- www.kertos.io/impressum
- www.kertos.io/datenschutzerklaerung
- www.trendingtopics.eu/kertos-deutsche-plattform-fuer-ai-basierte-compliance-erhaelt-14-mio-euro/
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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