Data Protection · Alternatives
Ethyca alternatives
As of 4 Nov 2026, the panel rates preeco | datenschutz (4/5), Dastra (3.5/5) and caralegal (3.5/5) highest among the other 43 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 (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made.
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European alternatives to Ethyca
European by provenance (EU-made, EU origin with foreign ownership, or UK and wider Europe). Data hosting is stated only where the vendor’s own pages prove it.
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preeco | datenschutz
EU-MadePanel rating
preeco | datenschutz, a German data protection platform from Ulm, scores highest on privacy management and sovereignty, with audit readiness sitting at 8.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Germany
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Dastra
EU-MadePanel rating
Dastra is a collaborative GDPR platform for DPOs from Dastra SAS, registered at the Créteil trade and companies register in France.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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caralegal
EU-MadePanel rating
caralegal is a data protection management platform from caralegal GmbH, Berlin.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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Data Legal Drive
EU origin, foreign-ownedPanel rating
Data Legal Drive — a French GDPR compliance publisher acquired by Germany's EQS Group — scores highest on operational work: rights and incidents, framework coverage and audit readiness each scored 7 to 7, on end-to-end request handling with deadline reminders, breach intake with automated risk assessment and notification templates for authorities and data subjects on a stated 72-hour cycle, one register spanning GDPR, the AI Act, CCPA, LGPD and PDPA, and one-click compliance reports.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention the EU
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DataGuard
EU-MadePanel rating
DataGuard is a GDPR-centred compliance platform from DataCo GmbH, built around a central data inventory whose updates propagate system-wide, guided DPIAs, processor agreements and TOMs, and request workflows with deadline tracking; breaches run an automatic 72-hour countdown with prepared reporting forms.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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Wired Relations
EU-MadePanel rating
Wired Relations, a Nordic compliance platform whose product pages carry the Cerivo group name, unifies a GDPR module with ISO 27001 and NIS2 support.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention the EU
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Akarion GRC Cloud
EU-MadePanel rating
Akarion GRC Cloud, built by AKARION GmbH of Linz under Munich-registered Akarion AG, scores strongest on audit readiness: automatic versioning and history in a structured database, reports for external auditors or management in seconds, and findings converted into tracked tasks.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention the EU
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heyData
EU-MadePanel rating
heyData GmbH of Berlin sells a compliance platform for small and medium-sized enterprises covering GDPR, UK GDPR, the revised Swiss FADP, the EU AI Act, NIS2 and ISO 27001.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Germany
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Kertos
EU-MadePanel rating
Kertos is a compliance platform from Kertos GmbH for GDPR record-keeping, data subject requests and multi-framework compliance in one system.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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Keyed DSMS
EU-MadePanel rating
Keyed DSMS is data protection management software from Keyed GmbH, a vendor based in Altenberge near Münster that pairs the software with legal consulting; the judges' weighted totals run 4.8-5.9.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 26 Oct 2026
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Panel rating
i-doit's GRC Suite — INPRIVE for data protection, INDITOR for ISMS, on one shared data basis — scores best on integrations and automation, a 7-to-9 range topped by the IT integrator at 9 on a documented JSON-RPC API, named connectors and no-code automations, and on audit readiness, which sits at 7 across the scores on revision-safe, versioned documents and automatic audit reports.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 2 Nov 2026
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PLANIT // PRIMA
EU-MadePanel rating
PLANIT // PRIMA is browser-based German GDPR software from PLANIT // TECH GmbH in Hamburg, a spin-off of IT-law firm PLANIT // LEGAL.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Europe and Germany
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 19 Oct 2026
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audatis MANAGER
EU-MadePanel rating
audatis MANAGER is a German data protection and compliance platform; its strongest area is privacy management at 6–7, crediting template packs of 65–77 pre-filled activities, delegation to department owners, DPIA and TOM modules with over 200 text modules, and export as an internal or authority register.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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ECOMPLY
EU-MadePanel rating
ECOMPLY, from ECOMPLY GmbH in Munich, is web-based GDPR data protection management software for law firms, GDPR advisers, external DPOs and IT security teams.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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DS|Datenschutz+KI
EU-MadePanel rating
DS|Datenschutz+KI is cloud data protection and AI compliance software plus consulting from DATA Security GmbH of Kolbermoor, Germany, for tax firms and companies.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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Privacysoft
EU-MadePanel rating
Privacysoft, from Projekt 29 GmbH & Co.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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otris privacy
EU-MadePanel rating
otris privacy, the data protection management suite from Dortmund-based otris software AG, scores best on sovereignty and audit readiness.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Germany
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SECJUR Digital Compliance Office
EU-MadePanel rating
SECJUR's Digital Compliance Office, from secjur GmbH in Hamburg, is strongest on integrations and automation at 6-7: more than 60 connectors across twelve categories, including AWS, Azure, BambooHR and JIRA, feed the platform from an existing IT estate.
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Germany
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Robin Data ComplianceOS
EU-MadePanel rating
Robin Data ComplianceOS is a German vendor's software-as-a-service compliance platform for data protection work.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
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DocSetMinder ONE
EU-MadePanel rating
DocSetMinder ONE, from Allgeier CyRis GmbH, bundles EU-DSGVO with BSI IT-Grundschutz, ISO 27001 and BCM per BSI 200-4 in one integrated management system.
- Data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages
Other alternatives
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DataGrail
Provenance unknownPanel rating
DataGrail, Inc.
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OneTrust
Rest of worldPanel rating
The judges scored OneTrust, a data protection platform from OneTrust LLC, Atlanta, from one set of captured public pages.
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TrustArc
Rest of worldPanel rating
TrustArc is a privacy platform whose strength is breadth of legal coverage: framework coverage holds flat at 8, resting on one risk engine mapping 130+ global privacy laws and 17,000 regulatory controls, with legal summaries maintained for 244+ jurisdictions.
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TrustWorks
Provenance unknownPanel rating
TrustWorks's clear strength is privacy management, scored 7 with no spread: AI-assisted records of processing activities stay synced to a live data map, with screening that triggers assessments.
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PrivacyPerfect
Provenance unknownPanel rating
PrivacyPerfect's strongest scoring is on connected privacy operations: rights and incident handling sits at 7, with breach reportability decided from the built-in processing inventories, reports configurable per supervisory authority, stored notification records and reasons not to notify, and data subject requests run as a managed workflow; privacy management runs 6-7, the lower score citing unproven registers for processors' data processing agreements and technical and organisational measures.
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Securiti
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Securiti is a data protection platform whose strongest scores landed on rights and incident handling, 7-8, and integrations and automation, a uniform 7; its weakest are sovereignty, 1-2, and pricing transparency, 0-1.
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Ketch
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Ketch, a privacy management and permissioning platform, is strongest on integrations and automation, scored 7-8: pre-built connectors across nine categories — the captured pages give different counts, 1,000+ on some, hundreds on one — Okta discovery that surfaces newly found systems, and AI agents that apply fixes only on approval.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 13 Oct 2026
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Osano
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Osano, Inc., a Public Benefit Corporation, sells a data protection platform for consent, data mapping, vendor management and subject rights.
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iubenda
Provenance unknownPanel rating
iubenda, a data protection suite from iubenda S.r.l.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 22 Sep 2026
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2B Advice PrIME
Provenance unknownPanel rating
2B Advice's data protection software — the pages document Ailance, built, the vendor says, on the basis of PrIME, otherwise named only as a release number — scores highest on privacy management at 5 to 7 and audit readiness at 5 to 7.
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BigID
Provenance unknownPanel rating
BigID was judged on three captured developer pages: a data-subject-request tutorial, the API documentation and a connector guide.
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TerraTrue
Provenance unknownPanel rating
TerraTrue is a data-protection platform built around design-time review: it reads draft PRDs and opens privacy and security reviews before code is written, screening AI features against the EU AI Act and US state AI and automated-decision rules.
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Transcend
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Transcend is a data protection platform whose strongest public evidence is in integrations and automation, scored 6-7, and in data-subject request execution, where five of six judges scored 6; its weakest bands are privacy management at 2-3, sovereignty at 0-3 and pricing transparency at 0-1.
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Usercentrics
Provenance unknownPanel rating
The bench's verdict on Usercentrics is shaped by what it is: a consent management platform.
- Free plan: yes, per the vendor’s page captured 13 Oct 2026
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Didomi
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Didomi presents itself as a privacy platform for consent and preference management, and the bench scored it as exactly that.
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DPOrganizer
Provenance unknownPanel rating
DPOrganizer, from DPOrganizer AB (part of DataGuard), is a data protection platform whose captured homepage names nine capabilities, from data mapping and DPIA & risk assessment to consent & preference management and whistleblowing.
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MetaPrivacy
Provenance unknownPanel rating
MetaPrivacy, from MetaCompliance Ltd, is captured as a human-risk platform — security awareness and phishing simulations with real-world templates and instant coaching, plus one homepage line promising centralised policy, privacy and incident management with analytics, reporting and automated alerts.
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Sirdata CMP
Provenance unknownPanel rating
Sirdata CMP, from the French vendor SIRDATA SAS of Paris, presents itself on its captured homepage as a consent and advertising-audience platform: consent choices valid for 6 months, 7 advertising partners, Audience Insights, contextual and cookieless targeting, and server-side Google Tag Manager deployment.
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secuvera easy Datenschutz
Provenance unknownPanel rating
The captured pages present secuvera GmbH as a BSI-certified IT security service provider for IS-Revision/Grundschutz and penetration tests, with consulting for BSI Grundschutz, ISO 27001, VDA ISA/TISAX and VS approval support, and project know-how since the year 2000.
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DATA FIRST Datenschutz-Software
Provenance unknownPanel rating Not rated — too little public evidence
The bench's entire evidence is one captured page (26 Oct 2026) at datafirst.de, and it is not about the software: it is a domain-for-sale listing run by Nameshift.com, Steenplaetsstraat 6, 2288AA Rijswijk, Nederland (KvK 88910652, VAT NL864820458B01), offering escrow 'without additional cost to you', services 'completely free for buyers', and an average transfer time of 24 hours.