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Secrato vs Secureframe
An honest, sourced comparison of Secrato and Secureframe 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 Secureframe’s website does not mention. Secureframe’s main strengths, according to its own website: partially public pricing (Fundamentals from US$7,500/year); and broad framework list including NIS2, EU DORA, EU AI Act, TISAX and C5. Secureframe’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.
Secureframe
Compliance automation platform with AI-assisted remediation, risk and questionnaire features, covering commercial, US federal, privacy and AI frameworks for organisations of varying size.
Built for: Start-ups to enterprise, including US federal/defence contractors (dedicated CMMC 'Defense' plan)
Secrato vs Secureframe: side by side
"Not mentioned on Secureframe’s website" means we could not find it on Secureframe’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 | Secureframe |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Secureframe’s website: Customers choose AWS US East or AWS London (United Kingdom) at sign-up, requested via the account executive; London is described as the European data centre, with further European regions listed as 'coming soon'. No data centre in an EU member state is documented.3 |
| Deployment | SaaS, hosted in the EU2 | SaaS |
| Pricing | Free NIS2 Starter (early access, limited places); Core, Pro and Enterprise on quote4 | Fundamentals from US$7,500/year; Complete and Defense quote only5 |
| Interface languages | Dutch, French and English6 | Not mentioned on Secureframe’s website |
| Frameworks and regulations | ||
| Framework library (vendor claim) | 20+ frameworks7 | Not mentioned on Secureframe’s website |
| NIS2 | Yes8 | Yes9 |
| DORA | Yes10 | Yes9 |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Yes11 | Not mentioned on Secureframe’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 Secureframe’s website |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | Yes17 | Not mentioned on Secureframe’s website |
| TISAX | Yes18 | Yes9 |
| SOC 2 | Not in library7 | Yes9 |
| Custom frameworks | Yes19 | Yes9 |
| 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 | Yes |
| Integrations for evidence collection | Yes23 | Yes |
| Multiple entities / MSP use | Yes24 | Not mentioned on Secureframe’s website |
| Partner programme | Yes25 | Yes |
| Integrations (vendor claim) | 300+ integrations23 | 300+ native 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. Secureframe 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 Secureframe.
- 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 Secureframe may be the better fit
Organisations wanting an automation platform with a published entry price and broad coverage spanning commercial, US federal and AI frameworks.
- Partially public pricing (Fundamentals from US$7,500/year)
- Broad framework list including NIS2, EU DORA, EU AI Act, TISAX and C5
- 300+ native integrations (per vendor)
- Strong US federal coverage (CMMC 2.0, FedRAMP, NIST 800-171)
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 Secureframe?
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 Secureframe host customer data?
Secureframe does not publicly document where EU customer data is hosted on the pages we checked (Customers choose AWS US East or AWS London (United Kingdom) at sign-up, requested via the account executive). Secrato hosts all customer data on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.
Does Secureframe support NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act?
According to Secureframe'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 Secureframe’s website" rather than guess. Vendors and readers can send corrections through secrato.io/contact-us/.
Sources
Secureframe information checked in October 2026 on the pages below; Secrato information from secrato.io.
- secrato.io/legal-notice/
- secrato.io/sovereign-enterprise-security/
- support.secureframe.com/en/articles/15111798-secureframe-s-european-data-center-consolidated-into-another-article
- secrato.io/plans/
- secureframe.com/pricing
- secrato.io/plans/compare/
- secrato.io/all-frameworks/
- secrato.io/nis2/
- secureframe.com/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:
- secureframe.com/blog/secureframe-data-residency
- support.secureframe.com/en/articles/15111397-how-to-add-auditors-to-my-secureframe-instance
- secureframe.com/about
- secureframe.com/
- techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/secureframe-series-a-cybersecurity-compliance
- www.cbinsights.com/company/secureframe
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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