Watching the renewal climb, or outgrowing the automation-first pitch? devguard runs the same ISO 27001 and SOC 2 work in a Swiss-hosted workspace you own, with on-premise possible, full export whenever, and no consulting conflict. Here is how the two compare, honestly.
Drata is a strong, automation-led platform. The teams who move to us are usually not rejecting the category, they are reacting to one specific thing.
Renewal is the usual trigger. Year one was an easy yes. The year-two quote, less so. When the price outruns the value you actually feel, looking around is the rational move.
Then there is residency. Drata is hosted in the United States. If your customers ask precisely where their evidence lives, a Swiss-hosted answer is simpler to give and easier to defend. devguard is hosted in Switzerland, with an on-premise option.
And there is shape. Heavy automation helps, until it becomes a method you have to adopt. devguard is one control set you map every framework to, with your own methodology and one scoped price, so a new standard reuses what you already built.
The honest version. We compare only on things you can verify, and we mark anything that varies rather than claim a clean sweep.
| Capability | devguard | Drata |
|---|---|---|
| Frameworks, from one control set | ||
| ISO 27001 | ||
| SOC 2 | ||
| GDPR | ||
| Swiss nFADPSwiss data-protection law | ◐ | |
| One control set mapped to every framework | ◐ | |
| Bring your own custom framework | ◐ | |
| Hosting and data control | ||
| Swiss data residency | — | |
| On-premise deployment | — | |
| Full data export, no lock-in | ◐ | |
| Evidence and automation | ||
| Evidence linked to the control it satisfies | ||
| GitHub, GitLab, Jira and Slack integrations | ||
| Automated cloud evidence collectionAWS, Azure, GCP — the incumbents lead here; we connect to your dev tools instead | ◐ | |
| How it is run and sold | ||
| Your methodology across mandates | ◐ | |
| One price, no per-framework add-ons | ◐ | |
| Scoped, founder-run onboarding | ◐ | |
Swiss-hosted, with an on-premise option. Our subprocessors are public on the trust page, and you can export everything, in full, whenever you want.
Map controls once and aim ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR and more at the same set. A new standard reuses your existing work instead of opening a fresh project.
The ISMS core is a single product at a single price, scoped in a conversation. No base plan plus a module per framework, and no renewal surprise.
We sell software only. We do not run audits or issue certificates, so we never compete with the partners and auditors you rely on.
A short, founder-run call maps what you run in Drata today, the controls, policies and evidence, against what your next audit needs. You are not handed a self-serve checklist.
Your controls and evidence come into devguard with you, mapped to the control set, so nothing you have built is thrown away and you do not restart from zero.
The ISMS then lives in devguard, hosted in Switzerland and on-premise if your scope needs it, with full export and no lock-in for the day you might want it elsewhere.
It is a fair thing to weigh before switching, so here is the direct answer. Auditors certify your ISMS, not your tooling, and devguard produces evidence they accept, mapped to the controls it satisfies. Because your data is Swiss-hosted, fully exportable and never locked in, the cost of changing your mind later stays bounded, which is the opposite of a lock-in risk.
Yes. devguard runs the same core work, controls, policies, risks, evidence, audits and reports, for ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR and other frameworks from one control set. The differences are hosting in Switzerland with on-premise possible, a single scoped price instead of a module per standard, and that we sell no consulting, so we never compete with your auditor.
No. Onboarding is a scoped, founder-run engagement where we bring your existing controls and evidence across with you, rather than starting you on an empty workspace. The work you have done comes with you.
No. devguard is where your ISMS work lives and connects to the tools you already use, so a switch is a migration of evidence and controls, not a rebuild of your stack.
We do not publish a head-to-head price, because the honest figure depends on your scope. What we can say is that the ISMS core is one price rather than a base plan plus a charge per framework, and the price is set in a conversation, not re-quoted upward at renewal.
In Switzerland, with on-premise deployment available. Our subprocessors are listed publicly on the trust page, and your data is exportable in full at any time, with no lock-in.
It replaces it. devguard is the workspace your ISMS lives in, so you would move your controls, policies, evidence and audits across rather than keep both running.
Tell us what you run today and what renewal looks like. We will tell you honestly whether moving to a Swiss-hosted workspace pays off for your scope.