Vendor comparison
OdySecure and DataGuard compared
Both are German providers, both combine software with people. Where they part ways is regulatory depth: BSI IT-Grundschutz, DORA, IEC 62443 with OT, BCM to ISO 22301 and German statutory law. This comparison states for both sides where they are the better choice, with source and recording date.
Book a free demoAll information on DataGuard recorded on 1 and 2 August 2026 from public sources.
Where OdySecure is the better choice
Five points where we are ahead of DataGuard. Each one appears in the table below with the other side next to it.
The platform derives your ISMS instead of asking you to fill it in
You feed in your documents and your organisational structure, and OdySecure derives from them station by station: from business process through asset, risk, measure, control and policy to security process. Every station produces proposals a human accepts, one by one or per station, with a record of who approved them. DataGuard makes no statements on a comparable derivation chain in the published product information we evaluated.
Regulatory depth beyond the ISO family
DORA, IEC 62443 including the OT layer and a dedicated BCM module to ISO 22301 are in our catalogue and are not documented on DataGuard's product page at the recording date. For BSI IT-Grundschutz, DataGuard names the standards 200-1 and 200-2; we also carry the building-block catalogue with 74 entries. Anyone working in a regulated sector needs exactly that layer.
German statutory law, not just the EU directive
§ 30 BSIG and the BSIG annexes are held as a catalogue with us. DataGuard lists NIS-2 on its product pages, the German implementing law is not listed there. Anyone who has to demonstrate compliance to the BSI needs exactly that layer.
Operations and AI processing are publicly traceable
Hosting exclusively in Germany with OVHcloud, a sovereign mode on a model operated in Germany, answers with source and an audit-proof log. At DataGuard, hosting details and subprocessors sit behind a registration, and the AI model is selectable.
The price is public, including for the staffed CISO function
Our prices are on a public page, plus a machine-readable pricing file: the platform from €12,900 a year, the vCISO mandate from €3,600 a month. In the mandate a senior CISO fills your CISO function, with OdySecure included. DataGuard lists three tiers, all with “Get a quote”, and the external information security officer as an add-on service. If you want to compare before you take a call, you can do that with us.
Where the two part ways
The sovereignty comparison does not apply here: DataGuard is a German company headquartered in Munich. What remains is the depth of the obligations covered.
Five frameworks not documented on the product pages
DataGuard's product page lists GDPR, ISO 27001, TISAX, NIS-2, the EU AI Act, SOC 1 and 2, NIST 800-53, ISIS12 and BSI 200-1 and 200-2 at the recording date. The two BSI standards belong to IT-Grundschutz; no building-block catalogue is documented there, whereas ours holds 74. Not publicly documented there are DORA, IEC 62443, BSI C5 and an offering explicitly labelled as a dedicated BCM module to ISO 22301; whether they are covered internally cannot be established from outside. With us they are part of the catalogue of 50 frameworks. The breadth is verifiable beyond the catalogue: our knowledge section holds 279 openly readable articles across 39 framework tracks.
NIS-2: German statutory layer not documented
The NIS-2 page mentions neither the implementing act nor the BSIG sections nor the reporting routes. On German law it carries one sentence at the recording date: NIS2 is expected in Germany by January 2026. The amended BSIG has been in force since 6 December 2025. Anyone who has to demonstrate compliance against § 30 BSIG and the BSIG annexes will not find that layer.
Cross-site yes, IEC 62443 and OT not listed
DataGuard explicitly advertises governance across plants and departments on its manufacturing page, covering risks, controls, policies and reporting across sites. What is not listed there is IEC 62443 and operational technology. For an industrial company that wants to assess each plant against that standard, this is the part that matters.
Operations and AI visible only after registration
As of the date of record, hosting and subprocessors are visible only behind a registration wall, and no selectable AI operating mode is publicly documented. With OdySecure, operations are public: exclusively Germany with OVHcloud, the language model in sovereign mode, every answer with source and metric, queries logged for audit.
Side by side
Only claims that can be evidenced. Where a source is uncertain, it says so.
In each row the objectively stronger value is shaded, whichever side it sits on. Rows without shading do not establish an advantage.
| Feature | OdySecure | DataGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Origin | Cybervize, German entities since 2021 and 2023 | DataCo GmbH, Munich, founded 20181 |
| Size | smaller, no foreign entities | Stronger value in this row: over 200 staff, five offices in four countries (their own account)1, 2 |
| Price transparency | Stronger value in this row: public pricing page, platform from €12,900/year | no list prices, three tiers all "Get a quote"3 |
| External data protection officer | GDPR in the full catalogue with 23 requirements; the DPO role not listed as a service | Stronger value in this row: offered as a dedicated service4 |
| Staffed CISO function | vCISO mandate from €3,600/month, OdySecure included | external information security officer as an add-on service, no list price3 |
| BSI IT-Grundschutz | own catalogue with 74 building blocks | BSI 200-1 and 200-2 named, no building-block catalogue documented5 |
| DORA | Stronger value in this row: included | not on the product pages5 |
| IEC 62443 and OT | Stronger value in this row: included, with per-plant assessment | not listed in the public product information reviewed5, 6 |
| BCM as a module | Stronger value in this row: own module to ISO 22301 | not listed in the public product information reviewed5 |
| German statutory layer for NIS-2 | Stronger value in this row: § 30 BSIG and BSIG annexes | German act and BSIG not on the product pages7 |
| Operations and AI | Stronger value in this row: public: Germany, OVHcloud, sovereign mode | hosting and subprocessors behind registration, no selectable AI mode publicly documented8 |
Sources for this comparison
Every table row points here by number. Where we say something is not documented, we name the place we looked; only that makes the statement verifiable.
- 1DataGuard, German homepage, company details, locations, customer count, retrieved 1 August 2026
- 2DataGuard, press release on G2 ranking, size and reach by their own account, retrieved 1 August 2026
- 3DataGuard, pricing page, three tiers, each showing “Get a quote” instead of a list price; add-on services including the external information security officer, retrieved 1 August 2026
- 4DataGuard, information security, scope of service including the external data protection officer, retrieved 1 August 2026
- 5DataGuard, information security product page, framework list; named there: GDPR, ISO 27001, TISAX, NIS-2, EU AI Act, SOC 1 and 2, NIST 800-53, ISIS12, BSI 200-1 and 200-2. Searched for a Grundschutz building-block catalogue, DORA, IEC 62443, BSI C5 and a dedicated BCM module to ISO 22301, retrieved 1 August 2026
- 6DataGuard, manufacturing page, cross-site governance explicitly advertised, IEC 62443 and OT not named there, retrieved 19 August 2026
- 7DataGuard, NIS-2 page, searched for the implementing act, BSIG sections, BSI registration and reporting deadlines; found only a sentence saying NIS2 is expected in Germany by January 2026, retrieved 1 August 2026
- 8DataGuard, Trust Center, publicly visible are the navigation and a mention of the ISO 27001 SoA; the page states you can request access to documents by entering your email address. Hosting, data centre regions, subprocessors and any AI details are not shown there, retrieved 1 August 2026
The "Size" and "Data protection officer" rows argue against us and stay in for that reason. All figures on DataGuard come from public sources, recorded on 1 and 2 August 2026; where something is not documented there, the table says so. All prices named are net of VAT. Our own operating details (hosting, subprocessors, AI operating mode, logging) are documented in the Trust Center at cybervize.de/en/trust-center.
Where DataGuard is the better choice
The case against us first. Four points where DataGuard is ahead of us, three of them structurally.
When you want to contract the external data protection officer as well
DataGuard comes from data protection and offers the DPO role as a dedicated service. GDPR itself sits in our full catalogue with 23 requirements and its own knowledge track, so the platform carries it. What we do not list as a service package is the named DPO function. If you want both in one contract, you will find a ready bundle there.
When size and availability count
More than 200 staff, offices in Munich, Berlin, London, Vienna and Stockholm, and by their own account more than 4,000 organisations in over 50 countries. We are smaller, and if your procurement judges vendor stability by headcount, that decides for DataGuard. What we put against it is verifiable: two German entities since 2021 and 2023, public prices including a machine-readable pricing file, and a named operator with no US parent.
When you want a local contact abroad
DataGuard runs offices in London, Vienna and Stockholm. We operate from German entities. The platform models plants and sites abroad, but we do not run a local office there. If a contact in your subsidiary's country matters to you, that is a point for DataGuard.
When awareness training should be part of the package
DataGuard documents awareness and training as an established part of its product information. Our module is younger. It does sit on the same data foundation as risks, measures and audits: every completed training becomes audit evidence, and the phishing simulation measures the report rate, not just the click rate. If market maturity matters more to you than evidence, DataGuard is the better fit.
The decision in one sentence
If you want to contract the external data protection officer as well and size is a buying criterion, take DataGuard. If your obligations reach beyond the ISO family, that is Grundschutz, DORA, IEC 62443 or BCM, then you are in the right place here.
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