What is the best Drata alternative for EU companies?

Acuna is the best Drata alternative for EU and Swiss regulated teams, because it includes 50+ frameworks with no per-framework fee, hosts data in Switzerland and the EU, and builds privacy and third-party risk into the same platform. Most alternatives fall short on the same points: US-hosted and SOC 2-first, with no native DORA, NIS2 or FADP coverage. Secureframe offers UK hosting, which is not EU residency for strict localisation mandates.

What is the best Drata alternative with EU data residency?

Acuna hosts data in Switzerland and the EU by design. Drata, Vanta and Sprinto are US-hosted with no published EU residency option, and Secureframe's data centre is in the UK. If EU residency is a hard requirement, that narrows the field quickly.

Is Acuna cheaper than Drata?

Acuna publishes CHF pricing with all 50+ frameworks included, so there is no per-framework fee and no renewal shock. Drata is sales-led, with a reported average contract near $34,000 a year plus $3,000 to $10,000 for each additional framework and a common 10 to 25% renewal uplift. For a multi-framework program, the gap widens with every framework you add.

Does Acuna cover DORA and NIS2 like Drata?

Acuna covers DORA, NIS2, FADP, GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2 and more natively, with a control mapped once reused across every framework it satisfies. Drata supports these mainly through mappings and overlays on a US-first, SOC 2-first platform.

When is Drata the better choice?

If you are a US or cloud-native startup chasing a first SOC 2 quickly, with a stack Drata's integrations cover and no EU data-residency need, Drata is a strong, fast option. Acuna is for the regulated multi-framework program, not the single-certification sprint.

WHY ACUNA · ALTERNATIVES

Outgrown Drata? The alternative built for the whole regulated program.

Direct answer

Acuna is the best Drata alternative for EU and Swiss teams running a regulated multi-framework program, because it includes 50+ frameworks with no per-framework fee, hosts data in Switzerland and the EU, and builds privacy and third-party risk into one platform. That matters because you are here for a reason: the bill climbs every time a regulator hands you another framework, your data sits in the US when your buyers want it in the EU, and privacy and vendor risk turned out to be separate purchases you now stitch together. None of that is you doing compliance wrong. It is a platform built for a startup's first SOC 2, asked to run a program it was never designed for. Acuna is built for what you actually operate.

Why regulated teams outgrow Drata

Nobody leaves Drata because it is bad. They leave because it was built for the first-SOC-2 startup, and a regulated program is a different animal. Three things force the move.

The bill grows one framework at a time

Drata prices frameworks as licences. Add ISO 27001, then DORA, then NIS2, then FADP, and each one lifts the contract by a few thousand a year. For a regulated team whose obligations only expand, that means your cost tracks your regulator, which is exactly backwards.

Your data has to sit in the US

Drata's infrastructure is US-based, with no publicly documented EU residency option. For an EU or Swiss buyer with data-localisation rules or DORA-driven procurement, that is not a preference, it is a diligence dead-end that stalls the deal in security review.

Privacy and vendor risk are separate purchases

Drata is compliance automation first. Records of processing, DPIAs, data-subject requests, and breach handling live in another tool, and vendor risk sits behind a higher tier. You end up buying and stitching three systems where a regulated program needs one.

THE PROMISE

Drata sells you compliance. Acuna gives you back control of your program.

Most GRC platforms are built for auditors. Acuna is built for the people running the program: the practitioner-led operating system that professionals who have sat in your chair would have built for themselves. You own the controls, the evidence, and the roadmap, not a vendor.

Operator-led, auditor-servedMulti-framework by design, not bolt-onSwiss-engineered, data in Switzerland and the EUSold by practitioners, not closers

What Acuna does instead

Acuna was built by operators and auditors who ran these programs before they built the platform, for the CISO, DPO and Head of Compliance who are governing the program they own, not clearing a single audit. That shows up in five places that matter to a regulated buyer.

Every framework, included

Map a control once and it is reused everywhere it applies, so adding NIS2 to a program already running ISO 27001 is a mapping exercise, not a new line item. Your cost stops tracking your regulator.

Data in Switzerland and the EU

Hosted in Switzerland and the EU by design, so the residency question is answered before security review asks it. For DORA, NIS2 and FADP programs, that is the difference between a shortlist and a non-starter.

Privacy and third-party risk in the platform

A built-in the GDPR and FADP privacy module (ROPA, DPIA, DSAR, breach clock, DPA and TIA generation) and third-party risk management with outside-in supplier monitoring, in the same system as your frameworks. One evidence chain, not three tools.

A price you can see

No per-framework fees, no renewal shock in year two. Set the budget before the call and see exactly what a growing program costs. Full pricing details

CHF 5'388/yr

starts from · VAT excl. · all frameworks included

AI-native, on one platform

Acuna was built AI-native on a single data model, not AI bolted onto a legacy stack or a set of acquired products stitched together. Aiko proposes the control mappings, the evidence, the classifications; a person confirms. One platform, one source of truth, one screen the board can read, instead of layers of tools reconciling each other.

Who Acuna is built for

One target, three buyers, two partner motions, all of them running a regulated program rather than clearing one audit.

CISO

Accountable to the board for security and, now, regulatory posture. Acuna gives you one screen the board reads in five minutes, evidence reusable across every audit and obligation, and a price set by program scope rather than per seat.

board-ready GRC for the CISO

Head of Compliance and Risk

Runs the program day to day. Map a control once and satisfy every framework it touches, with evidence collected continuously instead of chased across the business each quarter and crosswalks kept out of spreadsheets.

multi-framework compliance management

DPO

Legally accountable for privacy. ROPA, DPIAs, DSARs and breach handling tied to the same asset and vendor inventory your CISO works from, so a regulator gets one defensible answer, not three from three tools.

privacy and data protection in one platform

vCISO, MSSP and advisory partners

Standardising GRC across a client base. A multi-framework platform you put your name behind, with partner economics built for services firms rather than seat resellers, and a short ramp because it was built by operators.

the GRC platform for MSSPs and vCISOs

Acuna vs Drata: on the criteria that matter.

Acuna vs Drata on the axes that decide a regulated multi-framework program. Drata figures are buyer-reported ranges (Vendr, G2, AWS Marketplace), mid-2026; verify at deal time.

Acuna vs Drata on the axes that decide a regulated multi-framework program. Drata figures are buyer-reported ranges (Vendr, G2, AWS Marketplace), mid-2026; verify at deal time.
	Acuna	Drata
Frameworks and cost	50+ included, no per-framework fee	30+; each added framework commonly $3,000 to $10,000/yr
Data residency	Switzerland and the EU	US-based; no published EU residency option
EU regulation depth (DORA, NIS2, FADP)	Native	Mappings and overlays; US-first
Privacy module (GDPR / FADP)	Built in (ROPA, DPIA, DSAR, breach, DPA, TIA)	None
Third-party risk	TPRM with outside-in supplier monitoring, included	Questionnaire-led; Vendor Risk Pro add-on
Pricing	CHF 5'388/yr, starts from (all frameworks included)	Sales-led; ~$34,000 average; 10 to 25% renewal uplift
Built by	Operators and auditors who ran these programs	Compliance-automation vendor, SOC 2-first
Architecture	AI-native, one platform, one data model	Compliance automation with AI added; trust center via the SafeBase acquisition

The bill that grows every time a regulator adds a framework. Yours does not have to.

Drata charges a separate licence for each framework you add. Acuna includes all 50+ with no per-framework fee. Move the slider to see what that model difference costs at your program size.

Frameworks in your program5

115 frameworks

Drata — estimated

$38,000/yr

Buyer-reported estimate, mid-2026

Acuna — published

flat

CHF 5'388/yr

Starts from · VAT excl. · all 50+ frameworks included

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At 5 frameworks, Drata costs $26,000/yr more.

Acuna's price does not move. Same number at 1 framework or 15.

Drata: buyer-reported ranges from Vendr, G2, and AWS Marketplace, mid-2026. Verify at deal time.

The rest of the field, and who each one is really for

Platform

Built for

Why not for you

Vanta

Built for

The US cloud company that wants the widest integration catalog and a polished trust center.

Why not you

US-hosted and SOC 2-first. The 400+ integrations are aimed at a US SaaS stack; for a DORA or FADP program that breadth is pointed at someone else's problem.

Sprinto

Built for

The cloud-native startup that wants a first SOC 2 fast and cheap, strong in APAC.

Why not you

Framework and GRC depth thin out as a regulated program grows, and there is no EU-residency or EU-regulation story.

Secureframe

Built for

The lean team that wants the most hand-held onboarding for a first framework or two.

Why not you

Hosts in the UK, which is not EU residency for strict localisation, and lightens off for complex regulated programs.

Thoropass

Built for

The team that wants the platform and the audit from one vendor.

Why not you

An audit-first model, not a standing multi-framework operating system for a regulated program that never stops.

Hyperproof and OneTrust

Built for

Large enterprises with the team and budget to run a heavy GRC or privacy suite.

Why not you

Cost and implementation overhead sized for the Fortune 500, not a mid-market regulated team that needs to be live this quarter.

Notice the pattern. Every one of them is built for the US startup chasing a first SOC 2, or the enterprise with a services budget. None is built for the EU or Swiss mid-market team running a whole regulated program. That gap is the reason this page exists.

Is Acuna the right Drata alternative for you?

Yes, if

Yes, if you are an EU or Swiss team running many regulated frameworks (DORA, NIS2, FADP, ISO 27001), you need data hosted in Switzerland and the EU, you want privacy and third-party risk in one platform, and you want to see the price before the call.

Probably not, if

If you are a US cloud-native startup whose finish line is a first SOC 2 and you have no EU residency requirement, Drata or Vanta will get you there faster, and you should use them. This page is not for that buyer.

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