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Secrato vs Optro
An honest, sourced comparison of Secrato and Optro 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 Optro’s website does not mention. Optro’s main strengths, according to its own website: broad enterprise audit and risk suite: internal audit (OpsAudit), SOX/controls, cyber risk, TPRM, BCM and regulatory compliance; and aI governance module with pre-built EU AI Act and ISO 42001 content. Optro’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.
Optro
An enterprise audit, risk, compliance and AI governance platform (formerly AuditBoard) that began with SOX compliance and now covers internal audit, controls, cyber risk, third-party risk and AI governance for large organisations.
Built for: Enterprise (vendor states it is used by over 50% of the Fortune 500)
Secrato vs Optro: side by side
"Not mentioned on Optro’s website" means we could not find it on Optro’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 | Optro |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Optro’s website: Trust pages state hosting on AWS / cloud infrastructure meeting FedRAMP moderate requirements; no EU hosting region or data residency option is stated. AI features are described as running in customer-specific Azure environments.3 |
| Deployment | SaaS, hosted in the EU2 | SaaS |
| Pricing | Free NIS2 Starter (early access, limited places); Core, Pro and Enterprise on quote4 | Quote only (demo request; no pricing page found).5 |
| Interface languages | Dutch, French and English6 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| Frameworks and regulations | ||
| Framework library (vendor claim) | 20+ frameworks7 | Over 30 preloaded frameworks, standards, and regulations'; AI Governance: '25+ frameworks including ISO 42001, EU AI Act, and NIST AI RMF |
| NIS2 | Yes8 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| DORA | Yes9 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Yes10 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| GDPR | Yes11 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| EU AI Act | Yes12 | Yes13 |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Yes14 | Yes15 |
| ISO/IEC 42001 | Yes16 | Yes13 |
| CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) | Yes17 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | Yes18 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| TISAX | Yes19 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| SOC 2 | Not in library7 | Yes15 |
| Custom frameworks | Yes20 | Yes21 |
| Capabilities | ||
| Risk management | Yes22 | Yes |
| Policy management | Yes6 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| Third-party / vendor risk | Yes6 | Yes |
| Trust centre for customers | Yes23 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| Audit management / auditor access | Yes24 | Yes |
| Integrations for evidence collection | Yes25 | Yes |
| Multiple entities / MSP use | Yes26 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| Partner programme | Yes27 | Not mentioned on Optro’s website |
| Integrations (vendor claim) | 300+ integrations25 | 200+ out-of-the-box integrations |
Where Secrato is different
- EU hosting in every plan. Secrato runs on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium. Optro does not publicly document an EU-hosted cloud option on the pages we checked.
- European frameworks in one library. Secrato's library includes NIS2, DORA, Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), GDPR, CyberFundamentals (CyFun®), BSI IT-Grundschutz and TISAX. We found no public mention of these for Optro.
- 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 Optro may be the better fit
Large enterprises whose internal audit, SOX and enterprise risk teams want audit, controls testing and compliance on one connected platform.
- Broad enterprise audit and risk suite: internal audit (OpsAudit), SOX/controls, cyber risk, TPRM, BCM and regulatory compliance
- AI governance module with pre-built EU AI Act and ISO 42001 content
- 200+ out-of-the-box integrations claimed for evidence collection and testing
- Holds ISO 27001 certification and SOC 1 / SOC 2 Type II reports per its trust centre
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 Optro?
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 Optro host customer data?
Optro does not publicly document where EU customer data is hosted on the pages we checked (Trust pages state hosting on AWS / cloud infrastructure meeting FedRAMP moderate requirements). Secrato hosts all customer data on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.
Does Optro support NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act?
Optro does not publicly list NIS2, DORA or CRA content on the pages we checked. 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 Optro’s website" rather than guess. Vendors and readers can send corrections through secrato.io/contact-us/.
Sources
Optro information checked in October 2026 on the pages below; Secrato information from secrato.io.
- secrato.io/legal-notice/
- secrato.io/sovereign-enterprise-security/
- optro.ai/trust-security
- secrato.io/plans/
- optro.ai/
- secrato.io/plans/compare/
- secrato.io/all-frameworks/
- secrato.io/nis2/
- secrato.io/dora/
- secrato.io/eu-cra-cyber-resilience-act/
- secrato.io/gdpr/
- secrato.io/eu-ai-act/
- optro.ai/product/ai-governance
- secrato.io/iso-27001/
- optro.ai/de/product/compliance-control
- secrato.io/iso-iec-42001/
- secrato.io/cyfun/
- secrato.io/bsi/
- secrato.io/tisax/
- secrato.io/custom-frameworks/
- optro.ai/platform/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:
- optro.ai/about-us
- trust.optro.ai
- optro.ai/ai-info-for-llms
- optro.ai/resources/ebook/unlock-regulatory-compliance-with-dora-nis2-and-the-eu-ai-act
- www.grcreport.com/post/auditboard-rebrands-as-optro-as-ai-reshapes-the-future-of-grc
- tech.eu/2024/05/24/hg-acquires-risk-management-platform-auditboard-in-3b-deal/
- www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/03/27/auditboard-london-headquarters/
- www.prnewswire.com/de/news-releases/auditboard-expandiert-nach-deutschland-und-unterstutzt-unternehmen-bei-der-modernisierung-des-risikomanagements-302461198.html
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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