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Secrato vs Tidal Control
An honest, sourced comparison of Secrato and Tidal Control 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, BSI IT-Grundschutz and TISAX, which Tidal Control’s website does not mention. Tidal Control’s main strengths, according to its own website: transparent EUR pricing with unlimited users on all plans; and hosted in Microsoft Azure West Europe (Netherlands) and states no sub-processors; vendor is ISO 27001 certified. Both offer EU hosting; Tidal Control: Hosted on Microsoft Azure West Europe region (the Netherlands).
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.
Tidal Control
GRC platform that automates compliance work for growing businesses, with optional expert implementation consultancy.
Built for: Start-ups, mid-market and enterprise (separate pages for each)
Secrato vs Tidal Control: side by side
"Not mentioned on Tidal Control’s website" means we could not find it on Tidal Control’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 | Tidal Control |
|---|---|---|
| Company and hosting | ||
| Headquarters | Belgium1 | Netherlands |
| 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: Hosted on Microsoft Azure West Europe region (the Netherlands); backups stay within the EU; vendor states it has no sub-processors.3 |
| Deployment | SaaS, hosted in the EU2 | SaaS |
| Pricing | Free NIS2 Starter (early access, limited places); Core, Pro and Enterprise on quote4 | Essential €249/month, Professional €499/month, Scale €1,699/month when billed annually (unlimited users); the pricing page states annual billing saves 15% compared with monthly billing; Enterprise custom5 |
| Interface languages | Dutch, French and English6 | Not mentioned on Tidal Control’s website |
| Frameworks and regulations | ||
| Framework library (vendor claim) | 20+ frameworks7 | 30+ |
| NIS2 | Yes8 | Yes9 |
| DORA | Yes10 | Yes9 |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Yes11 | Not mentioned on Tidal Control’s website |
| GDPR | Yes12 | Yes9 |
| EU AI Act | Yes13 | Not mentioned on Tidal Control’s website |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Yes14 | Yes9 |
| ISO/IEC 42001 | Yes15 | Yes9 |
| CyberFundamentals (CyFun®) | Yes16 | Yes9 |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | Yes17 | Not mentioned on Tidal Control’s website |
| TISAX | Yes18 | Not mentioned on Tidal Control’s website |
| SOC 2 | Not in library7 | Yes9 |
| Custom frameworks | Yes19 | Not mentioned on Tidal Control’s website |
| 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 Tidal Control’s website |
| Integrations for evidence collection | Yes23 | Yes |
| Multiple entities / MSP use | Yes24 | Not mentioned on Tidal Control’s website |
| Partner programme | Yes25 | Not mentioned on Tidal Control’s website |
| Integrations (vendor claim) | 300+ integrations23 | 100+ |
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; Tidal Control: Hosted on Microsoft Azure West Europe region (the Netherlands).
- European frameworks in one library. Secrato's library includes Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), EU AI Act, BSI IT-Grundschutz and TISAX. We found no public mention of these for Tidal Control.
- 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 Tidal Control may be the better fit
Dutch and Benelux organisations that want a self-serve GRC platform with published EUR pricing and Dutch public-sector or healthcare frameworks such as BIO and NEN 7510.
- Transparent EUR pricing with unlimited users on all plans
- Hosted in Microsoft Azure West Europe (Netherlands) and states no sub-processors; vendor is ISO 27001 certified
- Wide framework list including DORA, NIS2/CyberFundamentals, BIO and NEN 7510
- 350+ automated IT tests (Professional plan) and 100+ integrations
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 Tidal Control?
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 Tidal Control host customer data?
Tidal Control documents an EU hosting option: Hosted on Microsoft Azure West Europe region (the Netherlands). Secrato hosts all customer data on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.
Does Tidal Control support NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act?
According to Tidal Control'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 Tidal Control’s website" rather than guess. Vendors and readers can send corrections through secrato.io/contact-us/.
Sources
Tidal Control information checked in October 2026 on the pages below; Secrato information from secrato.io.
- secrato.io/legal-notice/
- secrato.io/sovereign-enterprise-security/
- tidalcontrol.com/security
- secrato.io/plans/
- tidalcontrol.com/pricing
- secrato.io/plans/compare/
- secrato.io/all-frameworks/
- secrato.io/nis2/
- tidalcontrol.com/frameworks/all
- 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:
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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