SQwaireAn affordable EU platform that guides you all the way to the certificate
The field is crowded: US market leaders that are powerful but pricey and opaque, EU platforms built around NIS2 and DORA, and affordable do-it-yourself tools. SQwaire takes one clear position: a sharp EU price together with AI agents and guidance that walk with you until you hold the certificate.
Affordable and guided is an empty quadrant
Affordable and hands-on guided is an empty quadrant. That is exactly where SQwaire sits.
Vanta and Scytale guide you well, but at enterprise prices. DataGuard offers EU guidance but aims higher up the market. Secfix and ISOPlanner are keenly priced, but lean on doing it yourself. The top-right quadrant — being properly helped without an enterprise budget — stays empty for all of them.
The direct rivals in one table
| SQwaireEU · guided | DataGuardDE · with experts | SecfixDACH · SMB | ISOPlannerNL · do-it-yourself | VantaUS · enterprise | Scytaleadvisory-heavy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin & data | EUdata in a European data center · no US dependency | GermanyEU data | Germany (DACH)EU data | Netherlandsinside your own Microsoft 365 — US vendor | United States | Outside the EU(founded in Tel Aviv) |
| Pricing model | Flat fee per companytransparent, one number | Quote on request | Quote on request | Per management userpublic | Quote on requestnot public | Quote on requestnot public |
| Indicative price / year | from ± €1.800unlimited users | on requestmid/high segment | on requestSMB-focused | ± €700–1.500per management user | ± €9.000–74.000audit still separate | ± €28.000–51.000all-in year 1, 50 staff |
| Guidance to certification | Included, hands-onAI agents + hours until certificate | Experts included | Automation-first | Yourself or via a partner | Support; advice extra | Strong, costly add-on |
| Frameworks | 1–2 included, modularextra from €99/mo | MultipleISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2… | ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIS2, GDPR | 2–unlimited depending on plan | Extra ± €4.600 each | Many frameworksextra ± €1.950 each |
| Audit included | Reduced rate through our partnersthe audit itself runs through a separate auditor everywhere | No, separate | No, separate | No, separate | No, separate | No, separate |
| Who it's for | SMBs & scale-ups that want to be helped | SMB/mid-market | SMBs in the DACH region | Teams that do it themselves in M365 | Larger/funded companies | Teams without a compliance lead |
strong · partial · limited or not included
SQwaire has no US cloud or AI dependency — full EU sovereignty for both your data and your models.
How we win — by type of competitor
No enterprise bill
Vanta, Drata and the rest quickly ask for a multiple of the price, with a quote you only see after a sales call and costs that climb per framework. With SQwaire you know your price up front and keep budget free for the audit itself.
Guidance without the premium
Scytale and DataGuard guide you well, but aim at a higher segment or charge separate experts in the tens of thousands per year. With us, the AI agents do the heavy lifting — that hands-on help is part of the package, for a fraction of the cost.
You're not on your own
ISOPlanner and Secfix are keenly priced, but leave the road to the certificate to you or an outside consultant. SQwaire walks it with you — without you having to hire anyone separately.
The market in four categories
Powerful, pricey, quote on request
Drata, Secureframe, Sprinto, Thoropass — strong on automation and monitoring, but expensive and aimed at (funded) scale-ups and enterprise.
Built around NIS2, DORA and EU data
Orbiq, Secrato, NorthGRC — native EU data residency and multi-framework, but mostly without hands-on guidance to the certificate.
Your direct neighbourhood
DataGuard, Kertos, Secfix — automation plus experts, but at a higher price tag or with the guidance as a costly add-on.
Keenly priced, roll up your sleeves
ISOPlanner, ComplyCloud, Reglyze, ISMS.online — keenly priced and transparent, but you largely handle the route to the certificate yourself.
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About these figures. Pricing for most platforms (including Vanta, Scytale, DataGuard, Secfix) is not public; the amounts here are indicative, based on public market research (2026), and vary by company size, frameworks and add-ons. ISOPlanner pricing is public (as of June 2026). Dollar amounts have been converted to euros for indication. At every platform, audits are carried out separately by an independent auditor. Indicative, not contractually binding.