Drata alternative for DPDP,
consent and the EU AI Act.
A sourced comparison for teams with Indian users or consent to prove, and a plain account of where Drata is the stronger choice.
Who should choose TryTrustable over Drata?
Consider TryTrustable instead of Drata if you process Indian users' personal data under the DPDP Act, need a consent management platform with a proof-of-consent ledger on the same control graph as your security evidence, or want Indian data kept in India. Stay with Drata if you rely on its auditor network, its US federal frameworks or its breadth of integrations.
The overlap is large: SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, ISO 42001 and the NIST AI RMF appear on both. The differences are DPDP, consent collection, how the EU AI Act is covered, and where data is held.
TryTrustable vs Drata, as of September 2026
| Capability | TryTrustable | Drata |
|---|---|---|
| India's DPDP Act | Yes. DPDP Act 2023, DPDP Rules 2025 and CERT-In directions, including notice in English or Eighth Schedule languages | Not listed on Drata's frameworks page. Custom frameworks are offered[1] |
| ISO/IEC 42001 | Yes | Yes[1] |
| EU AI Act | Yes. Articles 5, 8–15, 50 and 51–55 | Not on the frameworks page. Listed as a mapping in AI Agent Governance, which is in limited availability[1][2] |
| NIST AI RMF | Yes | Yes[1] |
| GDPR | Yes, with UK GDPR and ePrivacy | Yes[1] |
| SOC 2 and ISO 27001 | Yes. SOC 2 Type I and II (including the Privacy criteria) and ISO 27001:2022 | Yes[1] |
| Framework breadth (as each vendor states it) | 25+ regimes on one shared control set | 30+ pre-built frameworks, including FedRAMP, CMMC, HITRUST, NIS 2 and DORA, plus custom frameworks[1] |
| Consent management platform / cookie banner | Built in, and sold standalone as Consent by TryTrustable: versioned notices in 22 languages, tracker blocking, withdrawal relays and a hash-chained consent ledger | Not offered. Drata's own GDPR guide says a complete GDPR stack combines a GRC platform with a separate CMP[3] |
| AI governance | Register models, prompts and MCP servers, run judge-scored evaluations, and evidence them against ISO 42001, the NIST AI RMF and the EU AI Act | AI Agent Governance, in limited availability: discovers AI agents, enforces policy before an action executes and records each decision[2]; ISO 42001 and NIST AI RMF frameworks[1] |
| How evidence is collected | Read-only integrations and an API, plus SDKs (Node, Python, Go) and a merge-blocking CI gate (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI). Evidence is timestamped into a hash-chained ledger | Integrations with “hundreds of tools”[4] and a public API[5]; the Drata Agent or an MDM for devices[6] |
| India presence and data residency | Hosted in India (Google Cloud, Mumbai) today; expanding to Singapore, the US and the EU | North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific API regions; an India region is not listed[5]. Offices in San Francisco, New York, San Diego, London and Sydney[7] |
| Public pricing | Yes. Starter is free, Growth $240 a month (₹20,000), Scale $720 a month (₹60,000), Enterprise agreed per customer. See pricing | No. Personalised pricing through sales[8] |
As of September 2026. Drata cells are taken from Drata's own public pages, footnoted below; “not stated publicly” means we could not find it there, not that it does not exist. Vendors change quickly: check the linked page before relying on a cell.
Sources (competitor pages, read in September 2026):
When TryTrustable fits better than Drata
You have Indian users. The DPDP Act is not on Drata's frameworks page[1]. TryTrustable models the Act, the DPDP Rules 2025 and the CERT-In directions, including notice in English or an Eighth Schedule language. The DPDP guide sets out the duties and dates.
Consent is part of your evidence. Drata's own guidance is to pair it with a separate CMP[3]. In TryTrustable the consent management platform sits on the same control graph: what each person saw, in which language and notice version, and what they chose per purpose, written to an append-only, hash-chained ledger.
The EU AI Act as a framework, not an add-on. TryTrustable evidences Articles 5, 8–15, 50 and 51–55 alongside ISO 42001 and the NIST AI RMF, with judge-scored evaluations of your own models, prompts and MCP servers. See AI governance.
Risk from live state. The risk register recomputes residual risk from control results, and the SDK and CI gate add evidence from inside your code.
When Drata is the better choice
Drata is the stronger choice in several situations.
- Auditor network. Drata states that 175+ audit firms are in its Audit Alliance[9]. We do not claim anything comparable.
- US federal and regulated frameworks. FedRAMP, CMMC, HITRUST and NIST 800-53 and 800-171 are on its list[1].
- Integrations and API. Drata integrates with hundreds of tools and publishes an API[4][5].
- Agent governance. If your AI risk is autonomous agents acting on your systems, Drata's AI Agent Governance, once generally available, addresses policy enforcement at the moment an agent acts[2].
- Maturity. Drata is an established vendor with a large customer base. TryTrustable is younger, and our own SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certification is in progress, as the security page says.
If your programme is US-centred and consent is handled by a banner you are happy with, Drata is a reasonable place to stay.
What switching from Drata involves
Most teams start by adding Consent by TryTrustable next to Drata, since consent and SOC 2 readiness do not overlap, and decide later whether DPDP and AI governance belong on the same control graph. We do not claim an automated import from Drata.
What carries over is the work rather than the files. The controls you operate today (access reviews, encryption, logging, vendor reviews, incident response) are the same controls in any tool. In TryTrustable each one is mapped once onto a shared control library, and cross-framework mapping carries its result to every regime that asks for it, with partial coverage recorded as partial. Your policies are documents you already own, and your past audit reports remain your records.
What does not carry over is history. Evidence in TryTrustable is timestamped when it is collected, from the day an integration connects, and every framework starts empty: a requirement with no control behind it scores as not modelled, never as met. Keep what you exported from the old tool as a record of the earlier period rather than expecting it to be re-dated. Integrations take read-only scopes, so connecting them changes nothing in your environment.
The things people ask us
Does Drata support the DPDP Act?
As of September 2026 the DPDP Act is not on Drata's frameworks page, which lists 30+ pre-built frameworks. Drata offers custom frameworks, so a team could enter DPDP requirements by hand, but that means writing and maintaining the mapping yourself. TryTrustable ships DPDP Act, DPDP Rules 2025 and CERT-In coverage on its shared control set.
Does Drata have a cookie banner or consent management platform?
No. Drata's own GDPR guide says that a complete GDPR stack combines a GRC automation platform with a consent management platform. TryTrustable builds the consent management platform into the same control graph, and also sells it standalone, with versioned notices in 22 languages and a hash-chained consent ledger.
Does Drata cover the EU AI Act?
Not as a framework on its frameworks page as of September 2026. Drata's AI Agent Governance product, in limited availability, lists the EU AI Act among the standards it maps agent activity to. ISO 42001 and the NIST AI RMF are listed frameworks. TryTrustable evidences all three against registered models, prompts and MCP servers.
Is TryTrustable cheaper than Drata?
We cannot say for certain, because Drata offers personalised pricing through sales. TryTrustable publishes its prices: Starter is free, Growth is $240 a month and Scale $720 a month on its pricing page. The fair comparison is total cost for the same scope, including a separate consent platform and DPDP mapping if you would otherwise buy or build them. Ask Drata for a written quote.
Does Drata store data in India?
Drata's API documentation shows North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions, and an India region is not listed as of September 2026. TryTrustable hosts all customer data in India (Google Cloud, Mumbai) today, and we are expanding to Singapore, the US and the EU. If residency is contractual for you, confirm the current position with each vendor in writing.
Can we keep Drata and add TryTrustable for consent?
Yes. Consent by TryTrustable is sold on its own, and it does a job Drata says needs a separate tool: running the banner, blocking trackers until consent and keeping proof of each choice. Drata can keep running SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and moving the rest later is a setting rather than a migration of consent data.
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