Reglyze vs Bastione: which fits your NIS2 MSP practice?
Bastione (bastione.cloud) is an Italian compliance platform built for the IT MSP / reseller channel, part of the s-mart.biz distribution ecosystem, with ACN-mapped controls and forensic evidence timestamping. Reglyze is an EU-native, NIS2-first platform that lets MSPs run NIS2 across a portfolio with AI doing the heavy lifting, transparent EUR pricing, and multiple jurisdictions. This is an honest, sourced comparison — not a hit piece. If you need a deep Italian-distribution channel and forensic hash timestamping above all else, Bastione may fit better.
What is Reglyze?
Reglyze is a NIS2 compliance platform for European SMEs and MSPs. It runs AI-assisted scoping, a gap assessment against the NIS2 Article 21(2) controls, AI policy and document generation, inbound vendor-questionnaire auto-response, multi-framework crosswalks (ISO 27001 / NIST CSF / DORA), and authority-native incident reporting (ANSSI in France, ACN in Italy, including ACN annual-registration assistance) — with transparent pricing in euros: a free tier, Pro at €499/year, a Pro 5 plan at €999/year, and an MSP plan from €1,499/year base (10 client orgs) + €80/year per additional org.
The 30-second answer
Both platforms target the IT MSP channel for NIS2. The difference is jurisdiction breadth, how much the AI does for you, and whether pricing is transparent and self-serve.
You operate exclusively in Italy and ACN is your only authority; you want a vendor embedded in the long-established s-mart.biz Italian IT-distribution channel; and you specifically need cryptographic evidence timestamping (their "Data Certa & Hash Forense") that some Italian auditors value. Bastione's IT-channel roots and forensic-evidence angle are genuine strengths.
You want the AI to do the work per client — draft policies, auto-answer inbound security questionnaires, generate tabletop exercises — so a portfolio of 10–50 clients takes hours per client, not weeks. You serve clients across more than one jurisdiction (Italy + France native authority reporting, plus more on the way). You want transparent EUR pricing and self-serve onboarding without a sales call, and you also have direct (non-MSP) SME clients to serve on the same platform.
Feature-by-feature comparison
We have stuck to dimensions that are objectively verifiable from public sources. Bastione does not publish full product or pricing detail, so where we could not confirm a capability we mark the cell as not-advertised (—) rather than asserting absence. Bastione claims are anchored to bastione.cloud and the s-mart.biz ecosystem as captured on 2026-05-22 (linked at the bottom).
| Capability | Reglyze | Bastione |
|---|---|---|
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. Bastione: Bastione positions itself around NIS2 / ACN compliance for the IT channel — NIS2 is central to its pitch, not a bolt-on.[1] | yes | yes |
Multi-tenant MSP / reseller portfolio console Reglyze: Portfolio dashboard, per-client PostgreSQL tenancy, per-client compliance scores, branding cascade MSP → managed orgs. Bastione: A multi-tenant MSP dashboard with portfolio metrics is Bastione's core surface; their site shows live portfolio figures as a proof signal.[1] | yes | yes |
Transparent published pricing in EUR Reglyze: Free, Pro €499/yr, Pro 5 €999/yr, MSP €1,499/yr base + €80/yr per org over 10, Enterprise from €1,999/yr — published on reglyze.com. Bastione: Bastione does not publish pricing; only annual fees ("canoni annuali") are mentioned. Pricing appears sales-led (verified 2026-05-22).[1] | yes | no |
Self-serve sign-up — no sales call required Reglyze: Sign up, run the scoping wizard, get a baseline gap assessment without speaking to anyone. Bastione: Bastione's model is channel/reseller-led; we did not find a published self-serve checkout on bastione.cloud (verified 2026-05-22). Marked partial rather than asserting absence.[1] | yes | partial |
Direct (non-MSP) SME flow on the same platform Reglyze: Pro 1 (€499) and Pro 5 (€999) serve direct SMEs; the same product also runs the MSP portfolio. One platform, both buyer types. Bastione: Bastione is positioned for the MSP / reseller / IT-consultant channel rather than direct end-customer self-service.[1] | yes | no |
AI document & policy generation Reglyze: AI drafts NIS2 policies and documents per client in the client's language; templates are not hand-written from scratch. Bastione: We could not find an AI document-generation capability advertised on bastione.cloud (captured 2026-05-22); compliance content appears template-driven. Not asserting absence.[1] | yes | not available |
AI vendor / security-questionnaire auto-response Reglyze: Inbound RFP / security questionnaires are pre-filled by AI from the client's evidence — hours saved per questionnaire. Bastione: Not advertised on bastione.cloud as of 2026-05-22.[1] | yes | not available |
AI-generated tabletop exercises (Article 21 testing) Reglyze: Sector-specific tabletop scenarios generated per client (energy, healthcare, manufacturing, water, finance, generic). Bastione: Not advertised on bastione.cloud as of 2026-05-22.[1] | yes | not available |
Multi-jurisdiction authority reporting (beyond Italy) Reglyze: Native ACN (Italy) and ANSSI (France) incident report templates ship in-product, in the authority's language, with more EU jurisdictions on the roadmap. Bastione: Bastione's mapping is Italy / ACN-centric; we found no multi-member-state authority coverage (captured 2026-05-22).[1] | yes | no |
ACN-native reporting + annual-registration assistance (Italy) Reglyze: Ships an ACN packet builder and an ACN annual-update reminder for the May–June registration window — Italy is fully supported, not an afterthought. Bastione: ACN framework mapping is one of Bastione's core strengths in the Italian market.[1] | yes | yes |
Cryptographic evidence timestamping (forensic "data certa") Reglyze: Reglyze keeps an immutable, append-only audit trail of who-changed-what-when, but does not (today) issue forensic cryptographic timestamps / hash certificates on evidence. Bastione: Bastione advertises "Data Certa & Hash Forense" — cryptographic timestamping of evidence, a forensic-credibility marker some Italian auditors value.[1] | no | yes |
Public compliance badge for the client's own website Reglyze: Not shipped today. Reglyze surfaces verified trust signals on its own trust page rather than issuing an embeddable client badge. Bastione: Bastione offers a public compliance badge customers can display — a marketing loop that doubles as an acquisition channel.[1] | no | yes |
Multi-framework crosswalk (ISO 27001 / NIST CSF / DORA) Reglyze: Re-keyed crosswalks across ISO 27001, NIST CSF 2.0 and DORA so a client's existing work maps onto NIS2 in minutes. Bastione: Bastione's mapping is ACN / NIS2-centric; broader multi-framework crosswalks are not advertised (captured 2026-05-22).[1] | yes | not available |
EU data residency Reglyze: Hosted on Hetzner Germany (Falkenstein). All customer data stays in the EU. Bastione: Bastione is an Italian vendor in the s-mart.biz ecosystem; data is understood to be EU/Italy-resident, though we did not find an explicit published residency commitment (captured 2026-05-22).[2] | yes | yes |
Established Italian IT-distribution channel Reglyze: Reglyze is a newer EU-native entrant; it does not carry a decades-old Italian distribution network. It competes on product and transparency. Bastione: Bastione sits inside s-mart.biz, a 30+ year Italian IT-distribution ecosystem — real channel credibility in Italy.[2] | no | yes |
✓ = yes / supported · ~ = partial or plan-dependent · ✗ = not supported · — = not advertised / could not verify
When to pick Bastione — generously
Bastione is a credible Italian-market product and we have no incentive to mis-state where it wins. If your context is one of these, Bastione may be the better tool:
Bastione's ACN-mapped product and Italian-market focus are native to exactly this buyer. If you have no clients outside Italy and no need for ANSSI / BSI / CNCS reporting, the multi-jurisdiction advantage of Reglyze is not load-bearing for you.[1]
Bastione's "Data Certa & Hash Forense" cryptographically timestamps evidence — a legal/forensic credibility marker some Italian auditors care about. Reglyze keeps an immutable audit trail but does not issue forensic hash certificates today, so if that exact feature is a hard requirement, Bastione has it and we do not.[1]
If your business already runs on the s-mart.biz distribution ecosystem, a platform from inside that network may slot into your existing commercial relationships more easily than an independent EU-native vendor.[2]
When to pick Reglyze — honestly
We built Reglyze for MSPs who want AI to multiply each consultant across a portfolio, across more than one country. If you recognize yourself here, Reglyze will fit better:
AI document generation, inbound vendor-questionnaire auto-response, and AI tabletop exercises are the difference between billing a fixed-fee NIS2 retainer profitably across 10–50 clients and drowning in manual policy work. This is the core MSP economics argument.
Reglyze ships native ACN (Italy) and ANSSI (France) incident reporting in the authority's own language, with more EU member states on the roadmap. A portfolio that spans Italy and France — or that will — is far easier on one multi-jurisdiction platform than on an Italy-only tool.
Free, Pro €499/yr, Pro 5 €999/yr, and an MSP plan at €1,499/yr base (10 client orgs) + €80/yr per additional org up to 50, all published. Sign up and run a baseline gap assessment without a sales call.
Reglyze's Pro 1 / Pro 5 tiers serve direct SME clients while the same product runs the MSP portfolio. You do not need a separate tool for the client who wants to self-serve and the client you manage end-to-end.
Set a per-client logo and accent color that themes the console and dashboards and cascades from your MSP account to every managed org. (Honest line: exported PDFs still carry a Reglyze mark today, themed to your color; a fully unbranded export and a custom white-label domain are on the 2026 roadmap.)
On pricing transparency
Bastione does not publish pricing on its website (verified 2026-05-22); only annual fees ("canoni annuali") are referenced. That is a defensible choice for a channel-led vendor, but it is a friction point for MSPs comparing options, who in our experience abandon a tool before a demo when there is no number to anchor on. Reglyze publishes EUR pricing — including the MSP base+overage calculator — so the buying conversation starts after you have decided the product fits.
Visit bastione.cloud for their current public position; refer to their own materials for an authoritative pricing quote.
What MSPs say about Reglyze
Reserved for a verified MSP testimonial — Reglyze's review policy is that only paying customers can leave a review, and reviews surface on the trust page once moderated.
Quote pending — published once a paying MSP customer writes one specifically for this comparison page.
FAQ
No. Reglyze runs this page, so we are biased by definition. We have tried to be fair: every Bastione-specific claim is footnoted with a public source, Bastione's genuine strengths get their own section (and rows where they win, like forensic timestamping, say so), and where we could not verify a capability we mark it 'not advertised' rather than asserting it is missing. Use this page as one input, not your only input.
Yes. Bastione is built around NIS2 / ACN compliance for the Italian IT-MSP channel, with ACN-mapped controls. For an Italy-only practice that is a strong fit. The question is whether you also need other jurisdictions, AI-driven document and questionnaire work, and transparent self-serve pricing — which is where Reglyze is built differently.
That is a real Bastione capability: cryptographic timestamping of evidence, which carries forensic weight with some Italian auditors. Reglyze keeps an immutable, append-only audit trail of changes but does not issue forensic hash certificates on evidence today. If that exact feature is a hard requirement, Bastione has it and we are honest that we do not.
No. Reglyze ships ACN-native (Italian) reporting including the ACN annual-registration window helper, plus ANSSI-native (French) incident reporting, with more EU member states on the roadmap. If your portfolio is — or will be — multi-country, that breadth is the main reason to choose Reglyze over an Italy-focused tool.
Both platforms offer a multi-tenant MSP console. Reglyze adds transparent base+overage pricing (€1,499/yr base for 10 client orgs + €80/yr per additional org up to 50), AI that drafts policies and auto-answers questionnaires per client, and client-branded dashboards. Bastione adds an established Italian distribution channel and forensic evidence timestamping.
Methodology & sources
We hold ourselves to a simple rule: every claim about Bastione on this page must be footnoted and verifiable against a public source. Bastione does not publish full product or pricing detail, so several rows are marked 'not advertised' rather than asserting absence. If you spot a claim that no longer matches the public record, write to [email protected] and we will correct it.
- [1] bastione.cloud — Bastione's own website (positioning, multi-tenant dashboard, ACN mapping, "Data Certa & Hash Forense", public compliance badge), captured 2026-05-22. Visit bastione.cloud
- [2] s-mart.biz — the Italian IT-distribution ecosystem Bastione is part of, for channel-credibility and EU/Italy-residency context. Captured 2026-05-22.
We do not claim Bastione is a worse product. We claim it is built for an Italy-only, channel-led buyer, while Reglyze is built for MSPs who want AI to do the work across more than one jurisdiction with transparent pricing. This page is intended to help IT MSPs evaluating NIS2 platforms decide where each tool fits.
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