Vanta and Drata are the two best-known compliance platforms, and both are hosted in the United States. We will not rank them for you — confirm the specifics with each. What we can show is where a Swiss-hosted, native alternative fits.
Both automate evidence collection, both cover the major frameworks, and both are strong choices. For most teams the deciding factor is not feature parity.
The axis they share is hosting. Vanta and Drata both keep your data in the United States. If your customers never ask where evidence lives, that may not matter. If they do, it is the first thing on the questionnaire.
So the useful comparison for a Swiss or EU team is not Vanta against Drata. It is either of them against a Swiss-hosted, native option that keeps the data in Switzerland and lets you take it with you.
The honest version, on the axes you can check. We mark anything that varies rather than claim a clean win, and we do not rank Vanta against Drata for you.
| Capability | devguard | Vanta | 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 | ◐ | ◐ | |
If residency, an on-premise option, one price across frameworks, or no consulting conflict matter to your decision, that is the gap a Swiss-hosted alternative fills. If they do not, Vanta and Drata are both fair choices, and we will tell you so.
We will not rank them for you. Both are capable, well-funded, US-hosted compliance platforms, and the better fit depends on your stack and your team. Confirm the current specifics with each vendor. What we can speak to is where a Swiss-hosted, native alternative differs from both.
Both are hosted in the United States. For a Swiss or EU company whose customers ask precisely where their evidence lives, that is the axis worth weighing, and it is the one devguard answers differently.
devguard. It runs the same core ISMS work for ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR and more, hosted in Switzerland with on-premise possible, one control set for every framework, full export and no lock-in.
Yes. Moving in is a scoped, founder-run onboarding where we bring your existing controls and evidence across with you, rather than asking you to rebuild from an empty workspace.
Tell us what you need to certify and where your data has to stay. We will show you honestly whether a Swiss-hosted workspace beats either for your scope.