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If your customers ask exactly where their evidence lives, "in the US" invites more questions. devguard keeps your ISMS in Switzerland, with on-premise possible and full export whenever you ask. One control set for ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR and the Swiss nFADP.
For a Swiss or EU company, data residency stopped being a footnote. It is on the security questionnaire, and the answer shapes the deal.
The big US-hosted platforms are capable, but their data sits in the United States. When a customer asks where their evidence is kept, a US answer tends to invite a longer conversation, sometimes a legal one.
devguard is hosted in Switzerland, with an on-premise option. The answer is short, it is checkable on the trust page, and it holds up when the questionnaire gets specific. That is the whole pitch: fewer questions, in writing.
Your ISMS and its evidence stay on Swiss infrastructure. The subprocessors are listed publicly on the trust page, so the answer to "where does our data live" is one line, not a caveat.
If your scope or your regulator needs it, devguard can run on-premise. Most US-hosted platforms cannot offer that at all.
Your data is yours. Export it in full whenever you ask, in formats you can keep, so moving in never means being trapped.
One control set covers ISO 27001, SOC 2 and GDPR, and the Swiss nFADP has its own guide. The standards your market actually asks about, not just the US ones.
The honest version, on the axes you can check. We mark anything that varies rather than claim a clean win.
| 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 | ◐ | ◐ | |
Some scopes, and some regulators, need the data inside your own environment. devguard can run on-premise, which the pure-SaaS US platforms cannot offer. It is an enterprise option, so we scope it with you.
In Switzerland. Your ISMS and evidence run on Swiss infrastructure, and the subprocessors are listed publicly on the trust page so you can verify exactly where data sits.
Yes. On-premise deployment is available for teams whose scope or regulator requires the data to stay inside their own environment. This is an enterprise option, so talk to us about your setup.
Hosting is in Switzerland, not the US. Where any subprocessor is involved, it is listed on the trust page, so you can confirm the data path rather than take it on trust.
Yes. The Swiss nFADP has its own readiness guide, and it maps from the same control set as ISO 27001, SOC 2 and GDPR, so Swiss-law coverage reuses the work you have already done.
Yes. Your data exports in full, at any time, with no lock-in. The point of Swiss hosting is control, and that includes the ability to take your data with you.
Vanta and Drata are hosted in the United States. devguard is hosted in Switzerland, with on-premise possible, one control set for every framework, and no consulting conflict because we sell software only.
Tell us what you need to certify and where your data has to stay. We will show you, honestly, whether a Swiss-hosted workspace fits your scope.
