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Secrato vs Vanta
An honest, sourced comparison of Secrato and Vanta 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 Vanta’s website does not mention. Vanta’s main strengths, according to its own website: large integration library (400+ tools, per vendor); and broad framework catalogue including NIS 2, DORA, EU AI Act, TISAX and BSI C5. Both offer EU hosting; Vanta: EU data centre in Frankfurt, Germany, operated on AWS, announced 30 March 2023.
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.
Vanta
Automated compliance and trust management platform that continuously monitors controls and collects evidence for security and privacy frameworks, for organisations from start-ups to enterprises.
Built for: Start-ups through enterprise
Secrato vs Vanta: side by side
"Not mentioned on Vanta’s website" means we could not find it on Vanta’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 | Vanta |
|---|---|---|
| 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 available: EU data centre in Frankfurt, Germany, operated on AWS, announced 30 March 2023; EU tenants sign in at app.eu.vanta.com. EU tenant must be requested. Vanta's help centre states the region does not guarantee that all supporting services, network paths or subprocessors operate exclusively in that region.3 |
| Deployment | SaaS, hosted in the EU2 | SaaS |
| Pricing | Free NIS2 Starter (early access, limited places); Core, Pro and Enterprise on quote4 | Quote only; plans named Essentials, Plus, Professional and Enterprise5 |
| Interface languages | Dutch, French and English6 | English (central platform not translated per help centre); employee-facing 'My Security Tasks' in English, German, Spanish and French; policy templates in seven languages |
| Frameworks and regulations | ||
| Framework library (vendor claim) | 20+ frameworks7 | Not mentioned on Vanta’s website |
| NIS2 | Yes8 | Yes9 |
| DORA | Yes10 | Yes9 |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Yes11 | Not mentioned on Vanta’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 Vanta’s website |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | Yes18 | Not mentioned on Vanta’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 | Yes |
| Audit management / auditor access | Yes23 | Yes |
| Integrations for evidence collection | Yes24 | Yes |
| Multiple entities / MSP use | Yes25 | Not mentioned on Vanta’s website |
| Partner programme | Yes26 | Yes |
| Integrations (vendor claim) | 300+ integrations24 | 400+ |
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; Vanta: EU data centre in Frankfurt, Germany, operated on AWS, announced 30 March 2023.
- 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 Vanta.
- 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 Vanta may be the better fit
Organisations, often US-facing or SaaS businesses, that want a widely adopted automation platform with a very large integration library and a broad multi-framework catalogue.
- Large integration library (400+ tools, per vendor)
- Broad framework catalogue including NIS 2, DORA, EU AI Act, TISAX and BSI C5
- EU-hosted instance in Frankfurt (AWS)
- Large customer base (16,000 businesses, per vendor)
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 Vanta?
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 Vanta host customer data?
Vanta documents an EU hosting option: EU data centre in Frankfurt, Germany, operated on AWS, announced 30 March 2023. Secrato hosts all customer data on self-managed infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.
Does Vanta support NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act?
According to Vanta'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 Vanta’s website" rather than guess. Vendors and readers can send corrections through secrato.io/contact-us/.
Sources
Vanta information checked in October 2026 on the pages below; Secrato information from secrato.io.
- secrato.io/legal-notice/
- secrato.io/sovereign-enterprise-security/
- www.vanta.com/resources/eu-data-centre
- secrato.io/plans/
- www.vanta.com/pricing
- secrato.io/plans/compare/
- secrato.io/all-frameworks/
- secrato.io/nis2/
- www.vanta.com/products/additional-frameworks
- secrato.io/dora/
- secrato.io/eu-cra-cyber-resilience-act/
- secrato.io/gdpr/
- secrato.io/eu-ai-act/
- www.vanta.com/resources/european-momentum-new-frameworks
- 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:
- help.vanta.com/en/articles/14667543-vanta-eu-and-aus-regions-sign-in-integrations-and-data-residency
- help.vanta.com/en/articles/11345933-language-support-across-vanta
- www.vanta.com/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanta_(company)
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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