# 2B Advice PrIME — Data Protection 2B Advice PrIME by 2B Advice GmbH holds a panel rating of 2.5/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2.5/5), as of 2026-10-15. Provenance: provenance unknown; sovereignty: not determined. - Vendor: 2B Advice GmbH (https://www.2b-advice.com) - Category: [Data Protection](https://whats-best.ai/software/data-protection.md) - Provenance (editorial classification): provenance unknown - Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/data-protection/2b-advice-prime - Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/data-protection/2b-advice-prime/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/data-protection/2b-advice-prime/alternatives.md)) - Data as of: 2026-10-21 · evaluated 2026-10-15 · oldest source captured 2026-10-13 **AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology ## At a glance - Vendor: 2B Advice GmbH - Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026 - Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026 - Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026 ## The panel's verdict The captured pages describe Ailance, the 2B Advice platform developed on the basis of 2B Advice PrIME. The judges score it strongest as a GDPR system of record: privacy management clusters at 7–8, for a processing register holding purposes, data categories, recipients, service providers, retention periods, TOMs and responsibilities, with DPIAs drawing data directly from it, and audit readiness also lands at 7–8 on point-in-time reports, before-and-after change histories and evidence linked to governance objects. Weakest is rights and incidents at 1–2, where breach material is a consulting offer and blog articles and we found no public information on request intake, statutory deadline clocks or a breach register. Framework coverage reaches only 3–4 — GDPR plus one German DPO-appointment rule, with no other regime named. Integrations and automation score 5–6: workflows shipped and specific, connectors unnamed. Sovereignty ranges 0–2, the widest spread here, with hosting, data processing agreement, subprocessors and ownership publicly unknown; the only signal is the German GmbH legal form. The pages publish no prices. The judges' disagreement check flagged none. **Speaks for it:** - The processing register acts as a central hub for purposes, data categories, recipients, service providers, retention periods, TOMs and responsibilities, with DPIA data imported directly from it - The DPIA module combines a yes/no threshold questionnaire, an EDPB-based questionnaire and automatic risk assessment on likelihood and impact - Point-in-time reports reconstruct the data protection status as of a specific date, with before-and-after change histories and evidence linked to governance objects - Shipped workflow automation covers event triggers on create, update and delete, scheduled runs, a weekly scan flagging processing activities untouched for a year, and German DPO-appointment checks - Multi-client management of several companies or mandates across country borders is stated **Held against it:** - We found no public information on data subject request intake, statutory deadline clocks, a breach register or deletion execution; the breach material is a consulting offer and blog articles - Coverage beyond GDPR and the German ten-or-more-employee DPO rule is a general claim, with no other regime named on the captured pages - The connectors claim names no specific system, and we found no public information on an API, directory import or single sign-on; the AI features are announced for launch this year - Hosting location, data processing agreement, subprocessors and ownership are publicly unknown, the only jurisdictional signal being the German GmbH legal form **Best for:** - You need a GDPR-native processing register that feeds DPIAs and risk assessments without duplicate data entry - You must reconstruct your program's status on a specific past date for an authority, auditor or management report - You manage multiple companies or client mandates, including across country borders - Your German entity wants the ten-or-more-employees DPO appointment check automated into a to-do task **Avoid if:** - You need software to run data subject requests, breach registers and statutory deadline clocks — we found no public information that the product handles these, with breach material appearing only as a consulting offer and articles - You operate under Swiss, UK or other non-GDPR regimes and need named coverage or one record mapped across several laws - Your procurement or board requires public information on hosting location, a data processing agreement and subprocessors before shortlisting — the captured pages leave every sovereignty attribute unknown - You must budget from published prices before engaging sales ## Scores by judge and criterion Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v2). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price. | Criterion | The External DPO | The In-House Counsel | The Drafted Generalist | The Lead Auditor | The IT Integrator | The Skeptic | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Records & DPIA depth | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | | Data subject rights & incidents | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0.5/5 | | Privacy regime coverage | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | | Audit readiness & evidence | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | | Integrations & automation | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | | European sovereignty | 0/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0.5/5 | | Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | | **Weighted verdict** | **2.5/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2/5** | ### The judges - **The External DPO** (v2.0): Carries thirty client mandates and bills by the hour they save. Optimizes for multi-client capability, reusable templates, a RoPA that drives the rest, and client-ready reports. Rejects single-tenant tools that treat the consultancy as thirty separate customers. - **The In-House Counsel** (v2.0): Answers personally when the authority writes. Optimizes for defensibility: request clocks that never slip, a breach workflow that produces the Art. 33 notification, regime coverage that matches where the company actually operates. Rejects tools whose legal content nobody maintains. - **The Drafted Generalist** (v2.1): Office manager at an 80-employee firm who got compliance added to her job title, not her calendar. Optimizes for guided workflows in plain language and software that knows the law so she does not have to. Rejects consultant-shaped platforms that assume a compliance department. - **The Lead Auditor** (v2.0): Audits management systems for a living and has seen every folder of screenshots. Optimizes for revision-safe history, evidence packs on demand, and a defensible answer to "show me the state on date X". Rejects systems where the audit trail is assembled the week before the audit. - **The IT Integrator** (v2.0): Has to feed the compliance platform from the estate that already exists: Entra ID, Jira, the CMDB. Optimizes for directory import, a real API, webhooks and SSO — compliance data that stays current because it syncs, not because someone retypes it. Rejects data islands with a CSV drawbridge. - **The Skeptic** (v2.1): Hunts certification logos that link nowhere, "AI-powered" features with no substance behind them, consulting bundled as software, legal-update promises with no named lawyer, and customer counts that disagree between pages. Exists to keep the rest of the bench honest. ## European sovereignty — proven facts Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined. | Dimension | Finding | Points | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Legal entity | Not determined | — | — | | Ownership | Not determined | — | — | | Data residency | Not determined | — | — | | Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — | ## Key facts Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources). **Compliance** - GDPR audit trail: GDPR does not mandate an 'audit trail' term for software; accountability requires demonstrating compliance [S5] **Integrations** - Connectors: yes · yes [S1] - Dpia import: Import of existing DPIAs offered (FAQ topic) [S2] - M365: blog post title indicates governance workflows in Microsoft 365 with audit trail integration (referenced article, not stated on this page) [S5] **Legal** - Article30: Art. 30 GDPR record of processing must be maintained in writing including electronic format and provided to authority on request [S5] - Author: Marcus Belke · CEO of 2B Advice GmbH [S5] - Entity: 2B Advice GmbH [S3] **Pricing** - Cost reduction claim: 50 [S1] - Credit definition: Credits = users, clients, workflows and processing [S2] - Credit system: pay-per-use credits [S2] - Flexibility: Additional credits purchasable; switching between packages at any time [S2] - Pay per use model: pay_per_use · yes [S1] - Trial period days: 14 · yes [S2] **Product** - Additional validation process: Additional validation process notifies responsible parties when DPIA result is uncertain [S2] - AI features: launch in diesem Jahr · yes [S1] - Ailance description: Ailance is described as the next-generation compliance platform by 2B Advice [S5] - Ailance external dpo: Ailance External DPO combines consulting with operational client management and documentation [S6] - Ailance external dpo scope: Ailance External DPO: assesses, prioritizes, issues warnings, makes recommendations, supports risk management, translates requirements into actionable measures [S6] - Ailance platform: Ailance · compliance platform [S3] - Ailance reporting: Management reporting based on structured data rather than manual queries [S6] - Ailance ropa framework: Ailance RoPA structures processing activities, purposes, data categories, recipients, service providers, retention periods, TOMs and responsibilities as a central hub [S6] - Ailance ropa workflows: Ailance RoPA integrates processing tasks with roles, workflows, checks, and documentation [S6] - Audit reporting: Detailed documentation and audit reports on demand [S2] - Automated reminders: Ailance provides automated reminders and warnings for data protection tasks [S8] - Automated risk assessment: Automatic risk assessment based on likelihood of occurrence and impact [S2] - Breach playbook service: 2B Advice helps organizations develop and implement incident playbooks [S3] - Collaboration: Other departments can access the tool directly; task assignments support cross-departmental collaboration [S2] - Conditional approvals: Conditional approvals linked to statuses, conditions, review deadlines, and actions [S6] - Criticality triggering: system may be configurable to automatically trigger review, approval, or escalation on critical changes [S5] - Custom solutions: yes [S1] - Custom workflows: Users can create arbitrary custom workflows and use them in RoPA [S8] - Customer count: 20 · 4500 [S1] - Customization drag drop: yes [S1] - Customization retained: yes [S1] - Dashboard reporting: yes · yes · yes [S1] - Drag drop claim: 100 [S1] - Dsb module: Ailance DSB · externe Datenschutzbeauftragte · yes [S1] - Edpb criteria catalog: Questionnaire based on European Data Protection Board guidelines [S2] - Gartner recognition: 2022 [S1] - GDPR art35 structure: Guided DPIA structure based on Art. 35 GDPR [S2] - Governance linking: Supporting documents linked to relevant governance objects rather than stored in isolation [S6] - Immutable history: audit trail history should be protected: corrections should generate additional documented changes rather than deleting original history [S5] - Industry specific: Industry-specific requirements addressed (FAQ topic) [S2] - Multi tenant: yes · yes [S1] - Multilingual international: Multilingual and adaptable to different regulations for international use [S2] - Platform description: Ailance platform combines data protection, compliance and risk management solutions with smart AI features [S1] - Point in time reports: point-in-time report shows data protection status as of a specific date; prevents subsequent revisions from overwriting previous version [S5] - Point in time views: governance system should enable a point-in-time view of documented status at a specific date [S5] - Prime product: 2B Advice PrIME product exists, release 7.10.3.1 announced 22.09.2026 [S3] - Prior software: Ailance developed based on 2B Advice PrIME® [S1] - Risk mitigation measures: Suggests potential risk mitigation measures [S2] - Risk tasks roles: Tasks, roles, and responsibilities managed and made visible within the workflow [S6] - Roles permissions: individuelles Rollen- und Berechtigungskonzept [S1] - Ropa import: DPIA data imported directly from processing directory (RoPA) [S2] - Ropa module: Ailance RoPA · digitales Verarbeitungsverzeichnis · yes [S1] - Rope evidence scope: RoPA positioned as central pillar for data protection auditability [S6] - Tasks: Tasks mit automatisierter Übermittlung und Verfolgung [S1] - Templates: Vorlagen in allen Solutions, per Drag & Drop anpassbar [S1] - Templates checks: Templates & checks integrated into the system [S2] - Threshold analysis questionnaire: Yes/no questionnaire determines whether a DPIA (DSFA) is required [S2] - Version history: Change histories and status logic for versions and history [S6] - Versioning capabilities: stated requirements for Ailance: versions of governance objects, before/after change history, roles, version numbers, status changes, approvals, reasons, links to evidence, point-in-time views, reports on critical changes, export history [S5] - Workflow admin roles: Only members with role 'Administrator (RoPA)' or 'Lösungsentwickler' can activate workflows [S8] - Workflow automation: Automation for testing processes and workflows [S2] - Workflow designer: Workflow-Designer zum Bearbeiten von Workflows in Solutions vorhanden [S7] - Workflow dsb creation: Workflow checks on customer creation whether a DPO must be appointed (Germany, 10+ employees), creates a to-do task [S8] - Workflow dsb update: Workflow checks on customer update whether a DPO must be appointed, creates a to-do task [S8] - Workflow event triggers: create · update · delete [S7] - Workflow scheduled runs: täglich · wöchentlich · jährlich [S7] - Workflow stale activities: Weekly scan (Sundays 16:00) for processing activities not updated for a year or more; sets status to 'Zu aktualisieren' [S8] - Workflow stale review: Creates a review task when a processing activity is set to 'Zu aktualisieren' [S8] - Workflow trigger configuration: Neue Workflows durch Auswahl eines Auslösertyps und Auslösereigenschaften konfigurierbar [S7] - Workflows: Workflows ohne Coding [S1] - Workflows automation: Workflows-Funktion automatisiert Hintergrundprozesse ohne manuelles Eingreifen [S7] - Workflows disabled by default: no [S8] - Workflows purpose: Automated processes (workflows) execute routine tasks without manual intervention [S8] **Support** - Knowledge base: yes · yes · yes [S1] - Newsletter: data protection newsletter subscription [S3] - Newsletter: Data protection newsletter subscription [S6] - Response time hours: 48 [S2] ## Questions ### Is 2B Advice PrIME European? Not determined: the vendor’s pages as captured do not say where 2B Advice PrIME is based. ### Where does 2B Advice PrIME store data? Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026. ### Does 2B Advice PrIME have a free plan? Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026. ### What are the best alternatives to 2B Advice PrIME? As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates [preeco | datenschutz (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/data-protection/preeco), [Dastra (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/data-protection/dastra) and [caralegal (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/data-protection/caralegal) highest among the other 41 Data Protection products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [preeco | datenschutz](https://whats-best.ai/software/data-protection/preeco) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [2B Advice PrIME alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/data-protection/2b-advice-prime/alternatives). ## What this page leaves out - 6 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 2 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 2 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 1 pricing fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement. ## Sources - [S1] Vendor page: https://www.2b-advice.com (checked 2026-10-13) - [S2] Records & DPIA depth — found from sitemap: https://2b-advice.com/en/ailance-dpia/ (checked 2026-10-13) - [S3] Data subject rights & incidents — found from sitemap: https://2b-advice.com/en/2026/03/17/reporting-a-data-breach-correctly-reporting-process-according-to-dsgvo-with-deadlines-assessment-and-documentation/ (checked 2026-10-13) - [S4] Data subject rights & incidents — found from sitemap: https://2b-advice.com/en/2021/12/30/right-to-information-by-the-data-subject/ (checked 2026-10-13) - [S5] Audit readiness & evidence — found from sitemap: https://2b-advice.com/en/2026/08/28/version-control-audit-trail-data-protection-software-management-issue/ (checked 2026-10-13) - [S6] Audit readiness & evidence — found from sitemap: https://2b-advice.com/en/2026/07/03/compiling-data-protection-documentation-efficiently-for-an-audit/ (checked 2026-10-13) - [S7] Integrations & automation — found from sitemap: https://2b-advice.com/de/2024/10/18/mit-workflows-aufgaben-in-ailance-automatisieren/ (checked 2026-10-13) - [S8] Integrations & automation — found from sitemap: https://2b-advice.com/de/2024/12/19/ailance-ropa-compliance-erinnerungen-und-warnungen-automatisieren/ (checked 2026-10-13) --- Cite as: whats-best.ai, "2B Advice PrIME — Data Protection", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-10-21. https://whats-best.ai/software/data-protection/2b-advice-prime Corrections: https://whats-best.ai/correct/696?target=page