For a US company chasing SOC 2, Drata is a reasonable default. For a European program it often is not. Seven options with real pricing, the buyer each suits, and the trade-off each asks for.
If your obligations are CyFun, NIS2 or DORA, the shortlist is short: CSFaaS is the only tool here that grades you against CyFun. If you need SOC 2 and the widest integration library, Drata or Drata still win. If licence cost is the binding constraint, self-host Eramba.
Options compared
Seven, plus the incumbent
Cheapest licence
Eramba, free self-hosted
Only CyFun coverage
CSFaaS
Published pricing
CSFaaS and Eramba only
Reviewed September 2026
Seven Drata alternatives
Ordered by how often they actually win against Drata. Every entry names the buyer it suits and the trade-off it asks for.
01CSFaaS
EU-native GRC. 40+ frameworks in one seat price, CyFun, NIS2 and DORA included.
Our pick for EU teams
Pick it if
Your obligations are European, you want the price before the sales call, and you refuse to pay again for every framework you add.
Pricing
EUR 0 to EUR 79 per user per month, published
Best for
European teams running CyFun, NIS2, DORA or ISO 27001 who refuse to pay per framework.
Published price: free for 1 user, then EUR 79 per user per month, all 40+ frameworks included
CyFun 2025 at all three levels with the official CCB workbook; NIS2 and DORA as gradable frameworks
100+ read-only evidence connectors, a full REST API and an MCP server on every seat
×Smaller integration library than Vanta or Drata, and read-only by design
×No endpoint agent, no security awareness training, no hosted trust center
×Audits and penetration tests come through DarkProtect, quoted separately
Fast first-certification tooling aimed at startups.
Pick it if
You need one SOC 2 report as fast as humanly possible and nothing else.
Pricing
USD 6,000 to USD 25,000+ per year
Best for
Early-stage startups certifying for the first time.
Often the fastest route to a first SOC 2
Competitive pricing against Vanta and Drata
Good handholding for teams with no compliance function
×Less mature than the two leaders on complex programs
×Smaller integration library
×Audit fees still separate
05Thoropass
Formerly Laika. Platform and audit sold together.
Pick it if
You want one invoice covering both the platform and the audit opinion.
Pricing
USD 14,500 to USD 50,000 per year, audit included
Best for
Small businesses that want the platform and the audit from one supplier.
Audit included rather than brokered, so no surprise invoice
Streamlined process for small businesses
One vendor for the platform and the opinion
×Less automation than the leaders
×Smaller integration library
×Tooling and audit from one vendor is a governance question worth asking
06Eramba
Open-source GRC with a flat licence and no per-seat fee.
Pick it if
You have engineers to spare, you want the data on your own metal, and licence cost is the binding constraint.
Pricing
Free, or EUR 2,500 to EUR 5,000 per year flat
Best for
Teams with engineering capacity who would rather spend hours than euros.
By far the lowest licence cost of any tool here
Flat pricing with unlimited users and modules
Open source and self-hostable, so the data stays on your metal
×You run it: hosting, upgrades and backups are your problem
×Dated interface and a real learning curve
×No automated evidence collection, and framework content is yours to load
07OneTrust
The enterprise privacy and GRC suite, priced like one.
Pick it if
You are running a formal privacy program at enterprise scale and GRC is the smaller half of the problem.
Pricing
USD 50,000 to USD 300,000+ per year for a GRC program
Best for
Large enterprises running a formal privacy program alongside GRC.
The deepest privacy and data-governance feature set on the market
Very strong for GDPR programs at enterprise scale
Broad module catalogue: consent, privacy, ethics, ESG and GRC
×Expensive, and the number moves as you add modules
×Long, complex implementations
×Overkill for anyone below enterprise scale
Side by side
The whole shortlist, one table
Sixteen criteria in three groups, including the three where CSFaaS is the weaker option. Eight columns scroll sideways on desktop and stack on a phone.
What you pay, and what moves it
The pricing model decides the long-run cost far more than the sticker does.
Criterion
CSFaaS
Vanta
Secureframe
Sprinto
Thoropass
Eramba
OneTrust
Published price
Yes. EUR 79 per user per month (Yes)
×No. Sales call required (No)
×No. Sales call required (No)
×No. Sales call required (No)
×No. Sales call required (No)
Yes. Flat licence, published (Yes)
×No. Sales call required (No)
What the price scales onThe single biggest cost difference between these tools.
People who actually log in (Yes)
×Company headcount and frameworks (No)
×Company headcount and frameworks (No)
×Company headcount and frameworks (No)
~Company size and audit scope (Partial)
Nothing. Flat fee (Yes)
×Modules, admins and data volume (No)
Cost of the second framework
EUR 0. All 40+ included (Yes)
×USD 5,000 to 15,000 a year (No)
×Around USD 7,500 a year (No)
×Quoted separately (No)
×Quoted separately (No)
~Free, if you build the content (Partial)
×Priced per module (No)
Free tier
1 user, whole product, forever (Yes)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
Community edition, self-hosted (Yes)
×No (No)
What you can be graded on
Mapping a regulation is not the same as scoring against it.
Criterion
CSFaaS
Vanta
Secureframe
Sprinto
Thoropass
Eramba
OneTrust
CyFun (Belgian CCB CyberFundamentals)The NIS2 assurance route Belgian and Benelux organisations are actually asked for.
Basic, Important and Essential 2025, EN and FR, official workbook in and out (Yes)
×Not offered (No)
×Not offered (No)
×Not offered (No)
×Not offered (No)
~Only if you build it yourself (Partial)
×Not offered (No)
NIS2
Yes, a gradable 220-element framework (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
~Limited (Partial)
~Bring your own content (Partial)
Yes (Yes)
DORA
Yes, EN, FR and ES, 170 elements (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
~Partial (Partial)
~Partial (Partial)
×Not offered (No)
~Bring your own content (Partial)
Yes (Yes)
ISO 27001 and SOC 2 criteria
ISO 27001:2022 and AICPA TSC 2017 (Yes)
Yes, the core of the product (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes, audit included (Yes)
~Yes, bring your own content (Partial)
Yes (Yes)
Framework content in French and Spanish
Interface and framework text in EN, FR and ES (Yes)
×English-first (No)
×English-first (No)
×English-first (No)
×English only (No)
~Partial (Partial)
Multilingual (Yes)
What the platform does day to day
Three of these rows go against us. They are the reasons to buy theirs.
Criterion
CSFaaS
Vanta
Secureframe
Sprinto
Thoropass
Eramba
OneTrust
Automated evidence collection from cloud and SaaSVanta and Drata still have the larger libraries; ours is read-only by design.
Yes. 100+ read-only connectors, security checks per resource (Yes)
Hundreds of integrations, every plan (Yes)
Broad integration catalogue (Yes)
Good coverage (Yes)
~Smaller library (Partial)
×None built in (No)
Enterprise connectors (Yes)
Endpoint agent and security awareness training
×No (No)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
~Partial (Partial)
×No (No)
~Partial (Partial)
Hosted public trust center
×No. Policy share links only (No)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
×No (No)
Yes (Yes)
Full read and write REST API on every plan
Yes, every seat, free tier included (Yes)
~Higher tiers (Partial)
~Higher tiers (Partial)
~Higher tiers (Partial)
~Limited (Partial)
Yes (Yes)
~Enterprise (Partial)
MCP server, connect your own AI assistantBring Claude or ChatGPT to your own workspace, scoped by your own permissions.
Yes, included with every seat (Yes)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
Audit and penetration test
~Through DarkProtect, quoted separately (Partial)
~Partner network, paid separately (Partial)
~Partner network, paid separately (Partial)
~Partner network, paid separately (Partial)
Audit included in the price (Yes)
×Not offered (No)
×Not offered (No)
Data portability
Total read coverage over the API, on every plan (Yes)
~Export tooling (Partial)
~Export tooling (Partial)
~Export tooling (Partial)
~Export tooling (Partial)
It is your database (Yes)
~Export tooling (Partial)
Why teams move
What sends people looking
Total cost, not the licence
Implementation packages, premium support and per-framework fees commonly add 20 to 35 percent in year one, before the auditor invoices. Ask for the fully loaded number first.
Headcount bands punish growth
A hiring quarter can move you up a tier without a single new user touching the platform. CSFaaS bills only the people with a seat.
The API sits behind the mid tier
On CSFaaS the full read and write REST API, plus an MCP server for your own AI assistant, come with every seat, free tier included.
EU frameworks are mapped, not native
Drata covers DORA and maps NIS2, which is real coverage. It does not grade you against CyFun, the framework the Belgian CCB actually assesses.
The EU-native option, priced
You pay for seats, not headcount
Free for 1 user, then EUR 79 per user per month. Every framework, every module and the API included at every size.
Drata prices on your whole headcount. CSFaaS prices on the people who open the platform: usually a compliance lead, a few control owners and an auditor.
People who need a seat
10 users minus 1 free seat is 9 billable at EUR 790 a year each. Every framework, every module, the API and the MCP server are included at every size. Past roughly 60 users, ask for an Enterprise quote.
Per monthEUR 711
Per yearEUR 7,110
FrameworksAll 40+
The European answer
The best Drata alternative for EU teams
The SOC 2 platforms do not do CyFun.
Drata ships NIS2 and DORA mappings, and we will not pretend otherwise. What it does not ship is Belgium's CyberFundamentals framework as a gradable assessment: the three assurance levels, the official CCB workbook in and out, and the documentation and implementation maturity scores an assessor reads.
CSFaaS ships all of it, in English and French, because CyFun is how most Belgian and Benelux organisations demonstrate NIS2 readiness.
3 levelsCyFun 2025 Basic (79 elements), Important (224) and Essential (330)
220NIS2 elements, gradable rather than mapped
170DORA elements, in English, French and Spanish
EN FR ESInterface and framework content, not a translation layer
The counterpoint
When you should stay with Drata
Written by us. A comparison that only flatters its author is worth nothing.
Drata
Buy theirs if
You want Vanta-class automation at a slightly lower entry price and your obligations stop at SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
A larger integration library than our 100+ connectors, with HR and device coverage for personnel controls.
An endpoint agent and personnel compliance tracking. CSFaaS ships neither.
A hosted trust center product. CSFaaS does not have one.
An established auditor partner network for SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
SOC 2 tooling built around that one outcome, so it is more specialised than ours.
Questions
What buyers actually ask
What are the best Drata alternatives in 2026?
CSFaaS for EU-native frameworks and published seat pricing, Vanta and Secureframe for the same SOC 2-first model, Sprinto for speed to a first certification, Thoropass to bundle the audit, Eramba to self-host for free, and OneTrust for enterprise privacy plus GRC.
Why do companies look for Drata alternatives?
Total cost of ownership is the common one: implementation, premium support and per-framework fees add 20 to 35 percent on top of the licence. Headcount-based bands, API access gated behind the mid tier, and the lack of CyFun coverage are the others.
Which Drata alternative is best for NIS2 and CyFun?
CSFaaS. NIS2 ships as a 220-element gradable framework and CyFun 2025 ships at Basic, Important and Essential in English and French, with the official CCB workbook import and export and the documentation plus implementation maturity scoring assessors use. No US-headquartered competitor offers CyFun today.
Is Drata worth the price?
For a US company whose buyers want SOC 2 and who will lean on its very large integration library, yes: that is exactly what Drata is built for and it is good at it. For a European team whose obligations are CyFun, NIS2 or DORA, you are paying enterprise money for the wrong half of the product.
How these numbers were built
None of these vendors publish a price list. Every figure is a range from public procurement data and the vendors' own pages, last checked in September 2026. Budget with it; your own quote is the only number that counts.
