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Osano at a glance

Vendor
Osano, Inc.
Headquarters
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Data hosting
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Free plan
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Panel verdict
The AI panel rates Osano 2.5/5, the mean of 6 judges. Osano, a data protection platform, scores highest on integrations and automation at 7 to 8: 155 data-discovery integrations, a documented REST API, webhooks, Jira alerting, and automated subject-rights summaries and deletions across SaaS apps. how scores are made
As of
Vendor pages captured 13 Oct 2026; evaluated by the panel 15 Oct 2026. all sources

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The In-House Counsel

Weighted verdict

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.

Same scores as the panel view — this lens weights them the way this judge cares.

Scored by The In-House Counsel

Panel median The In-House Counsel This judge’s scores over the panel median. Each label opens its reasoning below.
Scores per criterion, in stars out of 5
Criterion Panel median The In-House Counsel
Records & DPIA depth 2.5 of 5 2.5 of 5
Data subject rights & incidents 3 of 5 3 of 5
Privacy regime coverage 2.5 of 5 2.5 of 5
Audit readiness & evidence 2.5 of 5 2.5 of 5
Integrations & automation 4 of 5 4 of 5
European sovereignty 0.5 of 5 0.5 of 5
Pricing transparency 0.5 of 5 0.5 of 5

Records & DPIA depth

How this is scored

The DSMS core: records of processing (RoPA/VVT), data protection impact assessments, processor/DPA management and TOMs — how deeply the legal artifacts are modeled and connected.

0 — Document templates in a folder tree; the "register" is a Word file with version numbers in the filename.

3 — A structured RoPA with basic fields and a DPIA questionnaire, but processors, TOMs and legal bases live outside the system.

5 — RoPA and DPIA as linked modules with templates; processor management and TOM assignment exist but are shallow, and group reuse is copy-paste.

8 — A connected data model — processing activities linked to systems, processors, TOMs and legal bases — with DPIA triggers derived from the record, reusable group templates, and outputs a supervisory authority accepts.

10 — Privacy records as a system of record: the RoPA drives DPIAs, processor management and TOM coverage from one data model, multi-client/mandate capability included, and the documentation is audit-ready without manual assembly.

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The In-House Counsel

Automated data mapping with system discovery, an assessments module with templates and reporting, and vendor management built on a proprietary scoring database are all evidenced. I found no public information on TOMs attached to processing activities, on legal bases, or on DPIA triggers derived from the record — the connections an authority examiner walks through first — nor on reusable group or multi-client templates. 2 3 4 7

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Data subject rights & incidents

How this is scored

The operational half of the DSMS: data subject request handling with statutory clocks, breach register and authority notification, deletion concepts that actually delete.

0 — Requests arrive by email and live there; breaches are a phone call and a memo.

3 — A request log and a breach list exist, but deadlines are manual, intake is unstructured, and deletion rules are documentation rather than workflow.

5 — DSR workflows with the Art. 12 clock tracked, structured breach register with the 72-hour clock, deletion concepts assignable to records; automation is reminders.

8 — Intake channels for requests (portal/form), identity-check support, deadline automation with escalation, breach severity assessment and authority-report output, deletion rules tied to the RoPA with execution tracking.

10 — Rights and incidents as operations: end-to-end request handling an authority audit walks through, breach workflows that produce the Art. 33 notification, and deletion automation with evidence that the deletion happened.

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The In-House Counsel

Subject rights genuinely run as operations: embeddable and email intake, identity verification extendable to additional files, internal deadlines that can be set tighter than the statutory 30/45-day windows, and automated deletion that hands you a CSV of exactly what was deleted. But I found no public information on a breach register, the 72-hour clock, or any supervisory-authority notification output — and a defense file without the breach workflow is half a defense. 4 5 6 7 9

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Privacy regime coverage

How this is scored

Which privacy regimes the product actually operationalizes — GDPR, BDSG, Swiss nDSG, UK GDPR, ePrivacy, EU AI Act privacy duties — and whether one record maps across them or each regime is a fresh island.

0 — One regime, hard-coded; anything else is "on the roadmap".

3 — GDPR plus one national law as separate checklists; the same processing activity is documented once per regime.

5 — The major regimes for its market with partial cross-mapping; newer duties (AI Act, ePrivacy changes) present as content packs of varying depth.

8 — Broad current coverage with one-record-many-regimes mapping and visible maintenance as regimes evolve.

10 — Regime coverage as a living product: multiple privacy regimes on one data basis, per-country variants, and documented update cadence when the law moves.

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The In-House Counsel

GDPR and CCPA each get dedicated capabilities, consent is claimed compliant across 50+ countries in 42 languages, and geofencing serves each jurisdiction's lawful request types. I found no public information on AI Act or ePrivacy duties, on one record mapping across regimes rather than per-regime documentation, or on a documented update cadence when the law moves — so I cannot verify the fit for operations beyond the US and the core GDPR footprint. 2 4 6 7

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Audit readiness & evidence

How this is scored

Whether the system produces defensible proof: revision-safe history, evidence collection, reports for auditors, authorities and management.

0 — Exports are screenshots; history is overwritten in place.

3 — PDF reports exist but evidence is attached ad hoc and changes leave no reliable trail.

5 — Versioned records, standard report generators for the core registers, evidence attachments per activity; assembling a full audit file still takes days.

8 — Revision-safe change history, audit-scoped evidence packs on demand, management and authority reports current at a click, auditor access roles.

10 — Audit readiness as a standing state: continuous documentation status per regime and scope, exportable proof packs an auditor accepts as-is, and a defensible answer to "show me the state on date X".

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The In-House Counsel

Automatically generated audit logs, a centralized consent audit trail, and dashboards filterable by jurisdiction and date are evidenced, and the Audit Defense service puts experts, documentation drafting, and a pledge to pay up to $500k of fines behind a regulator notice. That is staffed response rather than standing system proof; I found no public information on revision-safe change history, auditor access roles, or reconstructing the state on a given date. 2 8 9

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Integrations & automation

How this is scored

Whether the platform feeds from the real IT estate — directory import, ticketing, API — and automates the recurring privacy work instead of re-typing it.

0 — A closed island: manual entry in, PDF out, no API.

3 — CSV/Excel import and export; no live connections, no API worth the name.

5 — Directory import (AD/Entra), a documented REST API for core objects, a handful of native connectors (ticketing or SSO); automation is reminders and recurrence.

8 — Real connector set (ticketing, HR or asset sources), webhooks, SSO/SCIM, workflow automation with delegation and escalation, useful AI assistance with human review.

10 — The platform behaves like infrastructure: API parity for the data model, event streams, bidirectional sync with the estate, and automation that measurably removes the recurring toil (reviews, attestations, evidence pulls) rather than renaming it.

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The In-House Counsel

This is the platform's strongest suit: 155 data discovery integrations, a documented customer REST API, webhooks feeding tools like Jira, system discovery through the single sign-on provider, an iOS SDK, and automated summary and deletion execution across connected stores with human verification in the loop. I found no public information on SCIM provisioning, bidirectional sync, or automated escalation paths, which is what keeps it short of behaving like infrastructure. 2 4 5 10 11

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European sovereignty

How this is scored

Where the compliance record of the whole company actually lives and under whose law — entity, hosting, subprocessors, DPA. A platform that maps your processing is itself your most concentrated processing.

0 — Non-EU entity, non-EU-default hosting, no public DPA or subprocessor list — for the system holding your RoPA.

3 — A DPA exists and an EU region is available on request or on top tiers; subprocessor exposure to US CLOUD Act reach is broad or undocumented.

5 — EU hosting is the default, DPA and subprocessor list published; the vendor or a critical subprocessor is still within non-European jurisdictional reach.

8 — EU entity, EU hosting with named data centers, published subprocessor list free of content-touching non-EU processors, DPA and TOMs public.

10 — Jurisdictionally clean end to end: European ownership, EU-only hosting and subprocessors, on-premises or sovereign-cloud options, and the whole chain documented publicly.

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The In-House Counsel

The vendor presents as Osano, Inc., a public benefit corporation, with two United Kingdom entities appearing only in a legal disclaimer. I found no public information on hosting region, a published data processing agreement, or a subprocessor list — and the platform that maps my processing is itself my most concentrated processing, so this silence decides the score. 8 9

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Pricing transparency

How this is scored

Whether a buyer can compute the real invoice — per module, per entity, per year, with consulting unbundled — from public pages alone. Unpublished pricing is the B2B norm in this market, so this criterion describes rather than condemns; the benches weight it accordingly.

0 — No public prices at all; every configuration is a sales conversation.

3 — An entry price exists, but module add-ons, entity counts or bundled consulting make the real total incomputable.

5 — Most editions carry real numbers with billing period stated and software separated from services; at least one commonly needed module or scale step is unpriced.

8 — Every edition and module priced publicly with entity/user boundaries and setup fees stated; only genuine corporate-group contracts are custom.

10 — Complete price computability: modules, scale steps, service packages and renewal rules public, so the invoice for a 100-employee company and a 10-client consultancy is a two-minute exercise.

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The In-House Counsel

The only commercial terms in evidence are a free 30-day trial and an invitation to schedule a demo or contact the sales team. I found no public information on edition prices, module pricing, or scale boundaries, so the real invoice only exists after the sales conversation — the market norm here, which I record rather than excuse. 5 8

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European sovereignty — proven facts

0 of 4 dimensions proven

Built only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.

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Questions about Osano

Is Osano European?

Not determined: the vendor’s pages as captured do not say where Osano is based.

Where does Osano store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

Does Osano have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Osano?

As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates preeco | datenschutz (4/5), Dastra (3/5) and caralegal (3/5) 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 (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: Osano alternatives.

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Sources (11)

The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.

  1. 1 Vendor page osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →
  2. 2 Records & DPIA depth — found from sitemap www.osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →
  3. 3 Records & DPIA depth — found from sitemap www.osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →
  4. 4 Data subject rights & incidents — found from sitemap www.osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →
  5. 5 Data subject rights & incidents — found from sitemap www.osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →
  6. 6 Privacy regime coverage — found from sitemap www.osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →
  7. 7 Privacy regime coverage — found from sitemap www.osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →
  8. 8 Audit readiness & evidence — found from sitemap www.osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →
  9. 9 Audit readiness & evidence — found from sitemap www.osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →
  10. 10 Integrations & automation — found from sitemap www.osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →
  11. 11 Integrations & automation — found from sitemap www.osano.com Checked 13 Oct 2026 Details →