DataGuard is a Munich-based privacy and compliance platform with a strong DACH presence, GDPR heritage, and an advisory-led delivery model. Reglyze is an EU-native, NIS2-first platform built for self-serve onboarding and MSP portfolios. This page is an honest, sourced comparison — not a hit piece. If you want a bundled GDPR + NIS2 + ISO 27001 + TISAX programme delivered with expert hours, DataGuard is a strong fit. If NIS2 is your primary obligation and you want transparent EUR pricing, keep reading.
Both platforms are credible. The difference is positioning, pricing model, and the buyer profile each is built around.
Your obligation is broader than NIS2 — you also need GDPR depth, ISO 27001 certification prep, and TISAX (German automotive supply chain). You operate primarily in DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and you want native German-speaking advisors as part of the platform, not just a UI translation. You do not have an internal compliance team and you want bundled expert hours alongside the software. You are comfortable with a sales-led quote process.
NIS2 is your primary obligation (not GDPR with NIS2 added). You are an EU SME (50-500 staff) or an MSP / consultancy running NIS2 across a portfolio. You want transparent EUR pricing without a sales call, native authority reporting in French (ANSSI) or Italian (ACN), and a self-serve onboarding flow that gets you to a baseline gap-assessment in under a day. You already have internal IT/compliance capacity and prefer software economics over advisory bundles.
We have stuck to dimensions that are objectively verifiable. Where DataGuard's behaviour depends on tier or sales-quote variables, we mark the cell as partial (~) and explain the caveat in a footnote. Pricing and framework coverage details are anchored to dataguard.com (linked at the bottom) and refreshed each quarter.
| Capability | Reglyze | DataGuard |
|---|---|---|
NIS2 as a first-class, primary framework Reglyze: NIS2 is the entire product: Article 21(2) controls, Article 20 board duties, Article 23 incident reporting are core paths, not add-ons. DataGuard: DataGuard's framework catalog includes NIS2 alongside primary GDPR / ISO 27001 / TISAX depth (verified 2026-05-14 on dataguard.com/frameworks/nis2/).[1] | yes | partial |
Transparent published pricing in EUR Reglyze: Free, Pro €499/year, Enterprise from €1,999/year — published on reglyze.com/#pricing. DataGuard: DataGuard does not publish per-tier pricing on its website (verified 2026-05-14 on dataguard.com/pricing/). All three tiers — Base, Pro, Enterprise — say 'Get a quote'.[1] | yes | no |
Self-serve sign-up — no sales call required Reglyze: Sign up, run scoping wizard, get a baseline gap assessment without speaking to anyone. DataGuard: DataGuard's pricing page routes every tier through a 'Get a quote' or 'Book a demo' funnel. No published self-serve checkout flow (verified 2026-05-14).[1] | yes | no |
GDPR depth (data mapping, DPIA, consent, breaches) Reglyze: Reglyze is NIS2-only today. We do not ship a GDPR module. If GDPR is a binding constraint for you, Reglyze is not the right primary tool. DataGuard: GDPR is DataGuard's founding heritage. Modules include data mapping, vendor management, DPIA, consent management, breach management, and whistleblowing (verified 2026-05-14 on dataguard.com/product/).[1] | no | yes |
TISAX (German automotive supply chain) Reglyze: Reglyze does not ship a TISAX programme. If you are a Tier 1/2 supplier to the German automotive industry, this is a binding gap. DataGuard: TISAX is one of DataGuard's five primary frameworks alongside ISO 27001 (verified 2026-05-14).[1] | no | yes |
Native authority incident reports — BSI (Germany) Reglyze: Reglyze ships ANSSI (FR) and ACN (IT) native templates today. A BSI-native (German) authority template is on the 2026 roadmap and not in production yet. For DE entities the generic NIS2 Article 23 timeline + manual transcription into the BSI Meldeportal is required today. DataGuard: We could not find a published BSI-native incident report template artefact on dataguard.com surfaces; the advisory-led delivery suggests BSI submission is handled via the expert layer rather than a templated download (verified 2026-05-14).[1] | partial | not available |
Native authority incident reports — ANSSI (France), ACN (Italy) Reglyze: Ships ANSSI-native (French) and ACN-native (Italian) report templates citing loi n° 2024-1039 and D.lgs. 138/2024 respectively, in the authority's own language. DataGuard: We could not find native French (ANSSI) or Italian (ACN) authority report templates on dataguard.com (verified 2026-05-14). The office footprint (Munich, Berlin, London, Vienna) suggests DACH+UK delivery rather than FR/IT-native authority routing.[1] | yes | not available |
Italian product UI Reglyze: Italian is one of four product UI languages (EN + FR + IT + DE). First-pass translations are Sonnet-quality pending native review per Task 2.4 of the Q2 sprint. DataGuard: DataGuard's prospect surfaces are primarily English and German; we did not find an Italian product UI option on dataguard.com (verified 2026-05-14).[1] | yes | no |
German product UI (Sie-form) Reglyze: Full Sie-form (formal you) German UI across product surfaces. Sonnet-quality first pass; native review pending per Task 2.5 of the Q2 sprint. DataGuard: DataGuard is Munich-based and German is a first-class language for both product and advisory delivery. This is DataGuard's home turf.[1] | yes | yes |
MSP / multi-tenant portfolio mode Reglyze: Single MSP plan with base+overage pricing (€1,499/yr base for 10 client orgs + €80/yr per additional org, up to 50) with portfolio dashboard, per-client tenancy, optional white-label. DataGuard: We did not find a published MSP / multi-tenant portfolio offering on dataguard.com (verified 2026-05-14). DataGuard sells to end-customers directly with expert advisory hours; there is no published self-serve console for service providers running NIS2 across a client portfolio.[1] | yes | no |
Advisory / expert hours bundled into the product Reglyze: Reglyze is software-only. We do not bundle fractional DPO / CISO hours. If you need expert advisory alongside the platform, partner with one of our MSP customers or engage an external consultancy. DataGuard: DataGuard's Pro tier explicitly includes 'hands-on expert guidance'; the platform is positioned as a 'guided compliance partnership' rather than a pure self-serve tool.[1][2] | no | yes |
Time to first NIS2 gap assessment Reglyze: Same-day. Sign-up → scoping → 72-question gap assessment → remediation plan in under an hour for a focused SME. DataGuard: DataGuard's quote → contracting → onboarding → expert-pairing flow is standard enterprise SaaS; the advisory layer means time-to-first-output is anchored in advisory bandwidth, not platform self-serve.[1][2] | yes | partial |
EU data residency Reglyze: Hosted on Hetzner Germany (Falkenstein). All customer data stays in the EU. DataGuard: DataGuard is Munich-based with EU office footprint. EU data residency is a defensible default for a German privacy-first platform; confirm specifics in their contract.[1] | yes | yes |
Native EU-SME pricing economics Reglyze: Pricing is in EUR; Pro tier targets the 50-250 staff SME footprint; the median European NIS2-essential entity can afford it without budget escalation. DataGuard: Third-party reviews consistently describe DataGuard pricing as a mid-market commitment driven by the advisory layer rather than a published per-seat SME line item.[2] | yes | partial |
✓ = yes / supported · ~ = partial or plan-dependent · ✗ = not supported / not advertised
DataGuard is a well-built platform with a real European presence and we have no incentive to mis-state where it wins. If your buying context is one of the following, DataGuard is the better tool:
DataGuard was founded in 2018 around GDPR. That heritage is real and visible across the product — data mapping, DPIA, consent management, breach management, vendor management, and whistleblowing are first-class modules, not bolt-ons. If you need a single platform that covers privacy AND security AND certification prep AND automotive TISAX, DataGuard's bundle is genuinely strong.[1]
DataGuard's offices are in Munich, Berlin, London, and Vienna. The advisory layer is staffed by people who can have a German-language conversation with your management body about Article 20 obligations. If your buyer wants 'someone in Munich I can call', DataGuard's GTM is built for that.[1]
TISAX is the binding security framework for German automotive supply chain. DataGuard ships a TISAX programme alongside NIS2 and ISO 27001. Reglyze does not. If TISAX is on your audit calendar, DataGuard is the better primary tool.[1]
DataGuard's Pro tier explicitly includes 'hands-on expert guidance'. For a 30-person Mittelstand company without a DPO or CISO on the payroll, having fractional advisory hours bundled into the platform price is real value. Reglyze is software-only; we do not ship advisory hours, and you would need to pair the platform with an MSP or external consultancy to get equivalent coverage.[1][2]
DataGuard's DACH heritage and advisory-led model means a BSI Meldeportal submission goes through their German-speaking experts. Reglyze ships ANSSI (French) and ACN (Italian) native templates today; a BSI-native template is on our 2026 roadmap but not in production. If you need BSI-grade submission help on day one, DataGuard's advisory layer is the better fit.[1]
We built Reglyze for a different buyer profile. If you recognize yourself in one of these contexts, Reglyze will fit better:
If your reason for shopping a compliance tool is 'the national authority will fine us for NIS2 non-compliance', the strongest signal is that NIS2 should sit at the center of the platform, not in a tab next to GDPR + ISO 27001 + TISAX. Reglyze's entire product — scoping, gap, remediation, training, incidents, reporting — is wired to Article 21(2) and Article 20.
Reglyze Pro is €499/year. Enterprise starts at €1,999/year and is sales-led only above the median SME footprint. DataGuard does not publish pricing in any tier; every conversation starts with a 'Get a quote'. If you want to compare a real number against your budget tonight, Reglyze gives you that number on the landing page.
ANSSI-native (French) and ACN-native (Italian) report templates ship in-product, citing loi n° 2024-1039 and D.lgs. 138/2024 respectively, in the authority's own language. The 24h / 72h / 1 month NIS2 Article 23 clock is computed per incident.
Reglyze ships a dedicated MSP plan (€1,499/year base for 10 client orgs + €80/year per additional org up to 50) with a multi-tenant portfolio console, per-client isolation, optional white-label, and bundled training per managed organization. DataGuard does not publish an equivalent MSP offering — the platform is built around end-customer delivery with bundled advisory.
Reglyze is software-only. If you have a CISO, an IT lead, or a fractional DPO already on the team, you do not need DataGuard's bundled advisory hours. Reglyze's economics are software-only: you pay for the platform, your existing team uses it, and the marginal cost of the next NIS2 control year-over-year is the platform renewal — not a re-engagement of advisory hours.
Self-serve onboarding gets you from sign-up to a scored 72-question NIS2 gap assessment in under an hour, with a remediation backlog and authority-ready document templates ready to go. No sales call, no procurement cycle, no implementation services SOW, no advisory bandwidth dependency.
DataGuard's pricing is not published on its website (verified 2026-05-14). All three tiers — Base, Pro, Enterprise — route through 'Get a quote' or 'Book a demo'. This is a defensible decision for an advisory-led platform — pricing reflects the expert layer's bandwidth as much as the software. It is also a friction point for European SME buyers who, in our customer interviews, consistently flag a sales-led procurement cycle as a reason to abandon a tool before they have even seen the product. Reglyze publishes EUR pricing on the landing page so the buying conversation starts after the buyer has decided the product fits, not before.
Visit DataGuard's own pricing page for their current public position on pricing disclosure.
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No. Reglyze runs this site. We are biased by definition. We have tried to be fair: every DataGuard-specific claim is footnoted with a source, DataGuard's strengths get their own section, and we explicitly tell readers when DataGuard is the better tool (GDPR depth, TISAX, advisory hours, BSI-native reporting today). Use this page as one input — not your only input — when evaluating compliance platforms.
DataGuard does not publish pricing in any tier. Every conversation starts with a 'Get a quote'. Third-party reviews and aggregator sites describe pricing as mid-market with a sizable advisory component, but we cannot pin a specific number without speaking to your DataGuard sales contact. Reglyze publishes EUR pricing on the landing page so the conversation starts on a known number.
Yes. NIS2 is one of DataGuard's five primary frameworks alongside GDPR, ISO 27001, TISAX, and EU AI Act. The question for a NIS2-only buyer is whether you want a platform built around GDPR with NIS2 added, or a platform built around NIS2 with an ISO 27001 crosswalk added. Both can be valid choices; the answer depends on which framework drives your audit calendar.
Correct — Reglyze is NIS2-only today. We do not ship a GDPR module. If GDPR is a binding obligation for you (and for any organization processing EU personal data, it is), you need a GDPR tool separately or in parallel. DataGuard's GDPR depth is real and dates back to its 2018 founding; if you want one platform for both, DataGuard is the more natural fit.
Yes. Reglyze ships ANSSI (French) and ACN (Italian) native authority report templates today. A BSI-native (German) template is on our 2026 roadmap but is not in production yet. For a German entity submitting to BSI today, you would copy the Reglyze-generated NIS2 Article 23 narrative into the BSI Meldeportal manually. DataGuard's advisory layer handles BSI submission via their German-speaking experts; if that is your hard requirement on day one, DataGuard fits better. We will update this page when the BSI template ships.
Reglyze ships CSV + XLSX gap-assessment export and a documented data-export path from day one. We do not lock customer evidence in. We cannot speak for DataGuard's export behaviour — review their published terms or ask their sales team directly.
We hold ourselves to a simple rule: every claim about DataGuard on this page must be footnoted and verifiable. If you spot a claim that no longer matches the public record, write to [email protected] and we will correct it.
We do not claim DataGuard is a worse product. We claim it is built for a different buyer in a different market — a DACH-anchored, GDPR-first, advisory-led delivery model. This page is intended to help EU SMEs and MSPs evaluating NIS2 platforms decide where each tool fits.
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