DataGuard vs Kertos: An Honest Comparison for Privacy Teams Who Need More Than a Checkbox Tool
You're evaluating privacy management platforms because your organization has outgrown spreadsheets, manual tracking, or a tool that only works for a single entity. Here's what you need to know about DataGuard, Kertos, and the platform most multi-entity teams wish they'd found earlier.
No commitment. No sales pressure. Just a live walkthrough tailored to your setup.
The Capabilities That Separate a Compliance Checkbox From a Privacy Program
Beyond feature lists, these are the operational capabilities that determine whether a platform can actually run your multi-entity privacy program — or just document parts of it.
60%
Reduction in compliance admin time — Aircraft manufacturer, first 6 months
Group-Wide ROPA With Automated Recertification
Every subsidiary maintains its own processing activities while the group DPO gets a consolidated, real-time view across all entities. Recertification happens on schedule, automatically — no email chains, no manual follow-ups. When a business unit's ROPA entry goes stale, the system handles the nudging so you don't have to.
200+
Hours saved in ISO 27001 preparation — Medtec
AI-Assisted DPIA and TIA Workflows
Draft data protection impact assessments and transfer impact assessments in minutes instead of days. AI suggests risk scores, identifies relevant legal bases, and maps regulatory requirements — but every output goes through human review before becoming a compliance record. AI assists. Your privacy team decides. No customer data is used for model training.
100%
Vendor risk assessment coverage — Zurzach Care
Third-Party Risk Management That Actually Closes Loops
Vendor risk assessments, contract tracking, SCC management, and sub-processor monitoring — all in one place. When a vendor's risk profile changes or a contract needs renewal, the system flags it. No more discovering six months later that a critical vendor's DPA expired while it was sitting in someone's inbox.
100%
Automated ROPA recertification rate — AXA
Multi-Entity Governance Without the Chaos
Role-based access that matches how your organization actually works. Local privacy leads own their entity's compliance. The group DPO sees everything. Nobody steps on anyone else's work. Jurisdiction-aware workflows mean a Swiss subsidiary and a German subsidiary can follow their own regulatory requirements within the same platform.
Minutes
Audit evidence generation time vs. weeks of manual preparation
Audit-Ready Evidence Packages on Demand
When a supervisory authority asks for documentation, you shouldn't need two weeks and a spreadsheet marathon to respond. Generate complete evidence packages — ROPA exports, DPIA records, vendor assessments, incident logs — in minutes. Board-ready compliance dashboards give CISOs and leadership real-time visibility without custom report requests.
Swiss
All data processing within Swiss infrastructure — no exceptions
Data Sovereignty That's a Legal Advantage, Not a Tagline
In a post-Schrems II world, where your compliance data is hosted matters. Priverion is Swiss-built and Swiss-hosted — European data residency guaranteed. For cross-border data transfer assessments, this isn't a nice-to-have. It's the foundation that simplifies your own legal position when demonstrating adequate protection to regulators.
Priverion by the numbers
200+
Hours saved on ROPA management
Medtec reclaimed 200+ hours during ISO 27001 preparation by replacing manual ROPA tracking with automated recertification workflows.
60%
Lower cost vs. OneTrust
Based on published OneTrust enterprise pricing compared to Priverion's company-based model — no per-user fees, no per-module expansion traps.
3 mo
Ahead of schedule on ISO 27001
Medtec achieved ISO 27001 audit-readiness three months ahead of their original timeline using Priverion's integrated evidence packages and framework mapping.
Built for organizations like yours — not Fortune 500 procurement cycles
Mid-market enterprises need group-wide compliance, not a platform designed for 10,000-person legal departments. Here's why privacy teams are making the switch.
The typical enterprise platform experience
Per-user, per-module pricing
Costs balloon every time you add a subsidiary, a team member, or a module. Budget planning becomes guesswork.
US-hosted infrastructure
In a post-Schrems II world, hosting compliance data outside the EU/EEA or Switzerland creates legal exposure that no contractual clause fully resolves.
6+ month implementation cycles
Enterprise platforms often require dedicated consultants and months of configuration before your first ROPA goes live.
200 shallow integrations
Impressive connector counts on paper, but most require custom middleware and ongoing maintenance that falls on your team.
Feature overload
ESG modules, ethics hotlines, cookie consent — you're paying for capabilities your privacy team will never touch.
The Priverion approach
Predictable, entity-based pricing
Priced by number of companies and organizational size — not per user or per module. Add team members without adding cost surprises.
Swiss-built, Swiss-hosted
All data processing within Swiss infrastructure. European data residency guaranteed — not a marketing checkbox, but an architectural decision baked in from day one.
Operational in weeks, not months
Aircraft manufacturer achieved 60% reduction in compliance admin time within their first 6 months — including full onboarding and rollout across subsidiaries.
Aircraft manufacturer, first 6 months post-implementation
Deep integrations where they matter
Purpose-built connectors for HR, procurement, and IT asset management systems — the workflows that actually drive privacy operations. No maintenance overhead from connectors you'll never use.
All-in-one privacy platform — nothing more
ROPA, DPIA/TIA, vendor risk, incident management, DSR handling, AI Register, and cross-entity data mapping — everything a DPO needs in one place. We don't cover ESG or cookie consent because that's not our job.
Stop managing privacy compliance in spreadsheets. Start managing it in 30 minutes.
See how organizations like Aircraft manufacturer cut compliance admin time by 60% in their first six months — with automated ROPA recertification, AI-assisted DPIAs, and group-wide visibility across every subsidiary and jurisdiction.
No demos that waste your time. No sales pitch disguised as a walkthrough. Just a 30-minute look at how Priverion works with your group structure — Swiss-hosted, predictably priced, operational in weeks.
60%
less admin time — Aircraft manufacturer, first 6 months
200+
hours saved in ISO 27001 prep — Medtec
100%
ROPA recertification rate — AXA, fully automated
No commitment required. See the platform with your own group structure in mind.
