HiScout GRC Suite vs verinice

HiScout GRC Suite

The risk analysis is certified-in-practice methodology, not a flat list: BSI-Standards 200-3 and 100-3 with measure recommendations via cross-reference tables, and Grundschutz and BCM risk results consolidated in one tool and coordinated through to IT implementation. But we found no public information on incident handling workflows, NIS2 24h/72h reporting clocks, or risk acceptance with named ownership, and the only evidenced carry-over of ratings is between Kompendium editions rather than protection needs propagating across asset relations.

verinice

This is a real risk backbone: an ISMS built on BSI IT-Grundschutz methodology with automatic protection-needs inheritance across asset relations, object types running from target objects through requirements and measures to threats and risks, and NIS2 incident handling wired to the statutory clocks — report after 24 hours, situation report after 72 hours, final report after one month. Risk management per NIS2 Article 21 is integrated into both the Grundschutz and ISO 27001 domains, and ISO 27005 sits in the covered standards. What I could not find is risk acceptance with a named owner — who accepted which residual risk stays unevidenced.

HiScout GRC Suite

Measures from stored catalogs (BSI Grundschutz, Standard-Datenschutz-Modell, own measures) feed multiple modules from one data basis, findings are automatically routed to the correct recipients, and after a Kompendium update only requirements needing re-assessment are surfaced with prior ratings carried over — that is versioned control maintenance, not consultant-spreadsheet theater. We found no public information on generating a statement of applicability on demand from live control status, or on delegation and escalation in measure tracking.

verinice

The Grundschutz object model ties requirements, measures, threats and risks into one fabric, a realization and audit plan is part of the workflow, TOMs are captured per business process, and the vendor states a BSI Testat as well as an ISO 27001 certificate based on IT-Grundschutz are achievable with the tool — an operable control side, not a checklist. I found no public information on statement-of-applicability generation from live control status, on measure ownership with delegation and escalation, or on internal-audit findings management.

HiScout GRC Suite

Depth in the home regime is real: full support for BSI-Standards 200-1, 200-2 and 200-3, parallel use of multiple Kompendium editions, certification support for ISO 27001 and 22301, and visible preparation for Grundschutz++ in the OSCAL format. For a company with NIS2 exposure, though, this is one island grown very deep — we found no public information on NIS2, DORA or TISAX content.

verinice

Every regime that matters to a European operator is present — BSI IT-Grundschutz with BSI Standards 200-1 through 200-4, the ISO 27000 series including 27005 and 22301, TISAX, NIS2 and GDPR — and the domains share one object model rather than living as separate checklists: NIS2 risk management per Article 21 is integrated into the Grundschutz and ISO 27001 domains, and the deviations of the German NIS2 implementation law are already integrated and marked, maintenance I can actually see. We found no public information on DORA or SOC 2 coverage.

HiScout GRC Suite

The audit management module claims central, tamper-proof documentation, audits planned per ISO 19011 with an annual plan grouped by audit programme, mobile on-site evidence capture with real-time observations, and reports that state the underlying Kompendium edition and remain available for previous editions — the bones of a defensible audit file. We found no public information on auditor access roles or audit-scoped evidence packs assembled on demand.

verinice

A BSI Testat and an ISO 27001 certification on the basis of IT-Grundschutz are stated as achievable with verinice, and a realization and audit plan is part of the method, so the documents an auditor accepts are producible. But we found no public information on revision-safe change history, evidence attached per control, auditor access roles, or an answer to "show me the state on date X" — without those, assembling a full audit file still costs days.

HiScout GRC Suite

The real estate can feed the tool: import from GSTOOL, CMDB and Excel, a dynamic XML interface for binding data rather than re-typing it, a DataExchange extension for database connections, and validated questionnaires that write directly into the database. We found no public information on a REST API, SSO or SCIM, ticketing connectors of the Jira/ServiceNow class, or automated evidence tests with human review.

verinice

The captured pages give me nothing on the question that decides this criterion: no documented API, no directory, CMDB or ticketing connectors, no scanner feeds, no automated evidence collection. The fully open-source code base makes self-built integration plausible, but plausible is not evidenced.

HiScout GRC Suite

A Berlin GmbH under German parent HiSolutions AG, development and support entirely in Germany, SaaS in data centers within Germany, on-premise at equal feature set, and a federal SaaS variant operated by ITZBund — a sovereignty position I can defend to my own auditor. The published subprocessor list covers the website and customer portal rather than the platform and names a processor relying on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, the data centers themselves are not named, and the captured pages give different figures for third-country transfers.

verinice

A German GmbH under GDPR with the whole code base open source and a self-operated on-prem variant means I can keep my risk register inside my own walls under German law — jurisdictional control I can act on, not a promise. The open questions: we found no public information on where verinice.cloud hosts customer data, on the vendor's ownership structure, or on any subprocessor list for the cloud product beyond PayPal and Stripe for payments and Matomo for web analytics.

HiScout GRC Suite

We found no public prices on any captured page — no edition, module, user or scale pricing anywhere, and the audit management module's product sheet is available only on request. Computing the real invoice for a 400-employee certification project is impossible without a sales conversation.

verinice

Three bundles carry real annual figures with contents itemized — ISO 27001 Bundle from 5.750 € / year, IT-Grundschutz Bundle from 5.750 € / year, ISO + IT-Grundschutz from 8.530 € / year — and evaluations up to 60 days are free, purchasable self-service via the cloud portal and the on-prem shop. The figures are floor prices with no public scale steps, and the NIS2 standalone subscription and the additional modules show no prices on the captured pages.