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# Best GDPR Compliance Software of 2026

Updated November 12, 2026

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### [Athennian ](/company-secretarial/athennian-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.8/5
- Reviews: 43
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Athennian is a leading entity management platform engineered to optimize corporate governance, ensure compliance and manage documents effortlessly for legal operations, finance,

[Read more](/company-secretarial/athennian-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Client Portal: 5/5
- Version Control: 5/5
- Customizable Reports: 5/5
- Document Management: 5/5

[See all features](/company-secretarial/athennian-profile/#key-features)

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### [Sprinto](/compliance/sprinto-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.7/5
- Reviews: 86
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Sprinto is the world's first Autonomous Trust Platform, helping companies from Series A to enterprise run and scale security, compliance, and risk. It detects change across your

[Read more](/compliance/sprinto-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Operational Risk Management: 5/5
- Approval Process Control: 5/5
- HIPAA Compliant: 5/5
- Assessment Management: 5/5

##### Worst rated features

- Real-Time Data: 3/5
- Version Control: 4/5

[See all features](/compliance/sprinto-profile/#key-features)

#### Pricing

##### Basic

- Price: Custom
- Pricing available upon request

[See full pricing details](/compliance/sprinto-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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### [Scrut Automation](/product/514978-Scrut/)

- Overall rating: 4.9/5
- Reviews: 139
- Best for: Small businesses
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Scrut Automation is a governance, risk and compliance platform designed to help organizations develop and manage security-focused GRC programs. It supports businesses at various

[Read more](/product/514978-Scrut/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Customizable Forms: 5/5
- Security Auditing: 5/5
- Policy Library: 5/5
- Template Management: 5/5

##### Worst rated features

- Customizable Reports: 4/5
- Support Ticket Management: 4/5
- Policy Training: 4/5
- Enterprise Risk Management: 4/5

[See all features](/product/514978-Scrut/#key-features)

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### [Onspring](/bpm/onspring-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.8/5
- Reviews: 105
- Best for: Value for money
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Onspring is a cloud-based governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platform that helps streamline business processes and enhance efficiency across various industries. The platform

[Read more](/bpm/onspring-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Policy Creation: 5/5
- Data Security: 5/5
- KRI (Key Risk Indicator) Monitoring: 5/5
- PCI Compliance: 5/5

[See all features](/bpm/onspring-profile/#key-features)

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### [Hyperproof](/risk-management/hyperproof-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.8/5
- Reviews: 117
- Starting price: $12,000.00/year
- Best for: Ease of use
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Hyperproof is an AI-powered governance, risk, and compliance platform designed to streamline GRC operations. It is used by organizations in industries such as healthcare,

[Read more](/risk-management/hyperproof-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Documentation Management: 5/5
- Activity Dashboard: 5/5
- Assessment Management: 5/5
- Alerts/Notifications: 5/5

##### Worst rated features

- HIPAA Compliant: 1/5
- Customizable Reports: 4.0/5

[See all features](/risk-management/hyperproof-profile/#key-features)

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### [PrivIQ](/compliance/gdpr365-profile/)

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviews: 9
- Starting price: €200.00/month
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

GDPR365 is a compliance management solution that helps small to midsize businesses assign tasks, monitor progress and share documents, among other operations on a centralized

[Read more](/compliance/gdpr365-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Search/Filter: 5/5
- Policy Management: 5/5
- Data Mapping: 5/5
- Monitoring: 5/5

##### Worst rated features

- Customizable Reports: 1/5
- PIA/DPIA: 3/5
- Audit Trail: 4/5
- Reporting & Statistics: 4/5

[See all features](/compliance/gdpr365-profile/#key-features)

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### [heyData](/compliance/heydata-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.9/5
- Reviews: 15
- Starting price: €59.00/month
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

heyData: Compliance Made Easy for Modern Businesses

heyData is more than just Software-as-a-Service - it’s your complete compliance partner. Designed specifically for small to

[Read more](/compliance/heydata-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Risk Assessment: 5/5
- Document Management: 5/5
- Task Management: 5/5
- Monitoring: 5/5

[See all features](/compliance/heydata-profile/#key-features)

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### [Transcend](/product/384328-Transcend/)

- Overall rating: 4.8/5
- Reviews: 6
- Starting price: $10,000.00/year
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Transcend is a cloud-based data privacy and compliance management solution, which helps organizations streamline access or erasure requests and consent changes across every data

[Read more](/product/384328-Transcend/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Workflow Management: 5/5
- Real-Time Reporting: 5/5
- Third-Party Integrations: 5/5
- Self Service Portal: 5/5

##### Worst rated features

- Reporting & Statistics: 4/5
- Consent Management: 4/5
- Identity Verification: 4/5

[See all features](/product/384328-Transcend/#key-features)

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### [VComply](/policy-management/vcomply-profile/)

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviews: 1
- Starting price: $120.00/month
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

VComply is a risk management solution that offers policy compliance, workflow management, data security, and more.


VComply provides risk identification and assessment

[Read more](/policy-management/vcomply-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Task Editing: 5/5
- Task Scheduling: 5/5
- Collaboration Tools: 5/5
- Reporting/Analytics: 5/5

[See all features](/policy-management/vcomply-profile/#key-features)

#### Pricing

##### Basic

- Price: $120.00/month

[See full pricing details](/policy-management/vcomply-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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### [WeControl](/risk-management/wecontrol-profile/)

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviews: 1
- Starting price: €49.00/month
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

WeControl is an ultimate GDPR privacy management platform that was built with simplicity in mind and covers all use cases that any company would need, not only to become compliant

[Read more](/risk-management/wecontrol-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Risk Management: 5/5
- Sensitive Data Identification: 5/5
- Data Mapping: 5/5
- PIA/DPIA: 5/5

[See all features](/risk-management/wecontrol-profile/#key-features)

#### Pricing

##### Basic

- Price: €49.00/month

[See full pricing details](/risk-management/wecontrol-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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### [Strike Graph](/risk-management/strike-graph-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.7/5
- Reviews: 9
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Strike Graph is a compliance SAAS solution simplifying security certifications such as SOC 2 Type I/II or ISO 27001.

Cybersecurity certifications dramatically improve revenue for

[Read more](/risk-management/strike-graph-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Assessment Management: 5/5
- Version Control: 5/5
- Risk Management: 5/5
- Customizable Reports: 5/5

##### Worst rated features

- Real-Time Monitoring: 4/5
- Single Sign On: 4/5
- IT Risk Management: 4/5

[See all features](/risk-management/strike-graph-profile/#key-features)

#### Pricing

##### Basic

- Price: Custom
- Pricing available upon request

[See full pricing details](/risk-management/strike-graph-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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### [Usercentrics ](/risk-management/usercentrics-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.5/5
- Reviews: 21
- Starting price: €7.00/month
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

The Usercentrics platform addresses the needs of companies who collect personal data from their web or mobile services and need to document compliance with GDPR, EU-US Privacy

[Read more](/risk-management/usercentrics-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Archiving & Retention: 5/5
- Policy Management: 5/5
- Reporting/Analytics: 5/5
- Monitoring: 5/5

[See all features](/risk-management/usercentrics-profile/#key-features)

#### Pricing

##### Essential

- Price: €7.00/month
- Simplify your privacy compliance with essential tools.

##### Plus - Web

- Price: €15.00/month
- Easily manage privacy compliance while growing your online presence.

##### Pro - Web

- Price: €30.00/month
- Robust consent management solutions designed for small teams.

[See full pricing details](/risk-management/usercentrics-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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### [LogicManager](/financial-risk-management/logicmanager-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.6/5
- Reviews: 23
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

LogicManager is a cloud-based solution that helps businesses implement and integrate all risk management processes in a customizable platform. The tool enables users to identify

[Read more](/financial-risk-management/logicmanager-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Compliance Management: 5/5
- Vulnerability Management: 5/5
- Backup and Recovery: 5/5
- Risk Management: 5/5

##### Worst rated features

- Performance Metrics: 3/5
- Workflow Management: 3/5
- KRI (Key Risk Indicator) Monitoring: 3/5

[See all features](/financial-risk-management/logicmanager-profile/#key-features)

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### [TeamMate Risk & Compliance](/product/163888-teammate-risk-compliance/)

- Overall rating: 4.6/5
- Reviews: 39
- Starting price: $0.01
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

TeamMate Risk & Compliance is the all-in-one GRC platform that unifies governance, risk, and compliance into a single, connected system. Built on a common controls model, it

[Read more](/product/163888-teammate-risk-compliance/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Remediation Management: 5/5
- Assessment Management: 5/5
- Access Controls/Permissions: 5/5
- Version Control: 5/5

[See all features](/product/163888-teammate-risk-compliance/#key-features)

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### [Auditrunner](/capa/auditrunner-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.6/5
- Reviews: 16
- Starting price: $800.00/month
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Auditrunner is an on-prem and cloud-based low-code platform that assists businesses with creating complex applications to automate and digitize business processes for compliance,

[Read more](/capa/auditrunner-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Workflow Management: 5/5
- Customizable Reports: 5/5
- Surveys & Feedback: 5/5
- Audit Trail: 5/5

##### Worst rated features

- Risk Scoring: 3.7/5
- Audit Planning: 4/5
- Incident Management: 4/5
- Issue Management: 4/5

[See all features](/capa/auditrunner-profile/#key-features)

#### Pricing

##### Basic

- Price: $800.00/month

[See full pricing details](/capa/auditrunner-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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### [SureCloud](/scm/surecloud-gdpr-suite-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviews: 1
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

SureCloud is a provider of cloud-based Integrated GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) products and Cybersecurity services. Its solutions help organizations manage risk, achieve

[Read more](/scm/surecloud-gdpr-suite-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Risk Reporting: 4/5
- Access Controls/Permissions: 4/5
- Risk Assessment: 4/5

[See all features](/scm/surecloud-gdpr-suite-profile/#key-features)

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### [ISMS.online](/compliance/isms-online-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.5/5
- Reviews: 8
- Starting price: £375.00/month
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

ISMS.online is a cloud-based compliance platform that supports various compliance frameworks including ISO 27001, ISO 27701, NIS 2 and NIST. It provides solutions for managing

[Read more](/compliance/isms-online-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Internal Controls Management: 5/5
- Document Storage: 5/5
- Archiving & Retention: 4.5/5
- Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA): 4.4/5

##### Worst rated features

- Access Controls/Permissions: 2/5
- Audit Trail: 3/5
- Document Management: 3/5
- Incident Management: 4/5

[See all features](/compliance/isms-online-profile/#key-features)

#### Pricing

##### Compliance Essentials

- Price: £375.00/month
- Everything you need to kickstart your journey to compliance success and create a sustainable ISMS

##### Compliance Strengthened

- Price: £575.00/month
- Everything you need to streamline, expand and take control of your growing compliance needs across

[See full pricing details](/compliance/isms-online-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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### [RiskWatch](/risk-management/riskwatch-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.4/5
- Reviews: 5
- Starting price: $99.00/month
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

RiskWatch is a risk management platform designed to help organizations manage risk, address compliance requirements, and enhance security across various operations. It supports

[Read more](/risk-management/riskwatch-profile/)

#### Pricing

##### Basic

- Price: $99.00/month

[See full pricing details](/risk-management/riskwatch-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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### [Centralpoint](/crm/centralpoint-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.6/5
- Reviews: 9
- Starting price: $500.00/month
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Centralpoint, by Oxcyon, featured in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms and by 451 Research, is a Microsoft-based platform that installs on-premise, in the

[Read more](/crm/centralpoint-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Data Import/Export: 5/5
- Mobile Access: 4/5
- Electronic Signature: 4/5
- Web Forms: 3/5

[See all features](/crm/centralpoint-profile/#key-features)

#### Pricing

##### Basic

- Price: $500.00/month

[See full pricing details](/crm/centralpoint-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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### [Optro](/risk-management/soxhub-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.7/5
- Reviews: 416
- Best for: Enterprise businesses
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Optro, formerly AuditBoard, is the GRC Intelligence Platform for enterprise audit, risk, and compliance teams. It combines a trusted system of record with an agentic system of

[Read more](/risk-management/soxhub-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Audit Trail: 4.7/5
- Dashboard: 4.5/5
- Audit Planning: 4.4/5
- Third-Party Integrations: 4.2/5

##### Worst rated features

- Mobile Access: 3.9/5
- Checklists: 4/5
- Customizable Templates: 4/5

[See all features](/risk-management/soxhub-profile/#key-features)

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### [BigID](/policy-management/bigid-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviews: 3
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

BigID is a cloud-based platform that helps businesses manage data intelligence via data governance, privacy, scanning, classification and more. The software offers various features

[Read more](/policy-management/bigid-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Policy Management: 5/5
- Data Mapping: 4/5
- Compliance Management: 4/5
- Access Controls/Permissions: 2.5/5

##### Worst rated features

- API: 1/5
- Monitoring: 2/5
- Access Controls/Permissions: 2.5/5
- Compliance Management: 4/5

[See all features](/policy-management/bigid-profile/#key-features)

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### [ZenGRC](/pci-compliance/zengrc-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.4/5
- Reviews: 27
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Managing compliance across multiple frameworks is painful. Audits take too long. Evidence lives in spreadsheets and shared drives. Your team spends more time chasing files than

[Read more](/pci-compliance/zengrc-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Compliance Tracking: 4.5/5
- Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: 4/5
- Archiving & Retention: 4/5
- Workflow Management: 4/5

##### Worst rated features

- Internal Controls Management: 3/5
- Compliance Management: 3/5
- Assessment Management: 3/5
- Single Sign On: 3/5

[See all features](/pci-compliance/zengrc-profile/#key-features)

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### [LogicGate](/compliance/logicgate-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.7/5
- Reviews: 83
- Free trial: Not available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

LogicGate is a cloud-based governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform built for enterprise organizations across financial services, insurance, healthcare, retail, technology,

[Read more](/compliance/logicgate-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Workflow Automation: 5/5
- Alerts/Notifications: 5/5
- Policy Library: 5/5
- Controls Audit: 5/5

[See all features](/compliance/logicgate-profile/#key-features)

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### [TrustCloud](/hipaa-compliance/kintent-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviews: 4
- Starting price: $400.00/month
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

TrustCloud™ helps businesses transform the GRC program with automated controls, an accurate, real-time view of security posture, and integration into existing tools and systems.

[Read more](/hipaa-compliance/kintent-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Audit Management: 5/5
- Dashboard: 5/5
- Compliance Tracking: 5/5
- Risk Management: 5/5

##### Worst rated features

- Version Control: 3/5
- Incident Management: 3/5
- Secure Data Storage: 4/5
- Risk Assessment: 4/5

[See all features](/hipaa-compliance/kintent-profile/#key-features)

#### Pricing

##### Basic

- Price: $400.00/month

[See full pricing details](/hipaa-compliance/kintent-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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### [Cookiebot CMP](/risk-management/cookiebot-profile/)

- Overall rating: 4.2/5
- Reviews: 53
- Starting price: €0.00/month
- Free trial: Available
- Free demo: Not available

#### Overview

Cookiebot CMP offers effortless cookie compliance to the major data privacy laws. 

Our solution scans your website to detect all cookies, trackers, and trojan horses, then

[Read more](/risk-management/cookiebot-profile/)

#### Features

##### Best rated features

- Single Sign On: 5/5
- Data Mapping: 5/5
- Compliance Management: 4.7/5
- User Management: 4.6/5

##### Worst rated features

- Data Import/Export: 3.8/5
- Role-Based Permissions: 3.9/5
- Data Governance: 4/5

[See all features](/risk-management/cookiebot-profile/#key-features)

#### Pricing

##### Free

- Price: €0.00/month
- Up to 1,000 sessions, including core features.

##### Premium Lite

- Price: €7.00/month
- Up to 1,500 sessions, including core features and premium Essential features.

##### Premium Small

- Price: €15.00/month
- Up to 3,000 sessions, including all features in Essential and more.

[See full pricing details](/risk-management/cookiebot-profile/#pricing-and-plans)

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), enforced by the European Union (EU) starting in May 2018, is one of the most important data privacy regulations to come into force in the last 20 years. Yet, according to our survey\*, 54% of businesses report that they are "not familiar at all" with GDPR.

Primarily, GDPR aims to provide EU citizens with the power to decide how companies use their data. The regulation states that businesses (anywhere in the world) processing EU citizens' personally identifiable information (PII) must ensure its security and privacy. You can find the long list of GDPR requirements on [this website](https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rules-business-and-organisations_en).

Noncompliance can lead to fines of up to 20 million pounds or 4% of annual global turnover, whichever is higher. Fines of such magnitude are reason enough to make sure your organization complies with GDPR.

There are several software solutions on the market that can help you remain compliant. In this buyers guide we'll help you decide on the kind of GDPR software that'll best suit you your business. Here's what we'll cover:

[What is GDPR software?](#WhatisGDPRsoftware)

[Common features of GDPR software](#CommonfeaturesofGDPRsoftware)

[What type of buyer are you?](#Whattypeofbuyerareyou)

[Benefits of GDPR software](#BenefitsofGDPRsoftware)

[Key consideration when buying GDPR software](#KeyconsiderationwhenbuyingGDPRsoftware)

## What is GDPR software?

GDPR software is a privacy management tool that helps manage customer data, consent forms, and data security. GDPR compliance software facilitates customers' ability to choose the amount and type of data they want a company to store or process. It also helps improve an organization's data storage, governance, and privacy practices.

_User access analysis in ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus (_[Source](https://www.manageengine.com/data-security/compliance/gdpr-compliance-tool.html)_)_

## Common features of GDPR software

Choosing GDPR software with the right features is important to ensuring complete compliance. Below we discuss the key features to look for in a GDPR tool.

| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Consent management | Policies and practices (such as the use of web forms) to allow customers to opt-out of data tracking or explicitly cite what information they're willing to let a company capture, store, use, or share. |
| Data portability | Functions to help customers move, copy, or transfer their personal data from one database, cloud, or IT environment to another. |
| Access controls | Allows for database monitoring, restricted sharing, secure password creation, and other measures to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data such as PII. |
| Notifications | Sends alert messages that notify administrators about unauthorized access to data records, pending user requests, and changes required in the controls to meet compliance updates. |
| Dashboard | Centralized view to capture and track how all GDPR sensitive data is classified, labeled, protected, used, and stored. |
| Data governance | Frameworks that help map customer data, track where it's stored, monitor its usage, understand risks around it, and respond to data management requests, including the ability to delete the data. |
| Incident management | Generates automated process workflows and reports to document and respond to data breaches in accordance with GDPR guidelines. |
| Audit trail | Offers systems to track and document which user has made changes to data management settings and when they were made. |

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## What type of buyer are you?

GDPR applies to all organizations that process data of EU citizens, irrespective of their business size and industry vertical. The following scenarios represent different buyer types to consider:

-   **You don't have any of these applications yet:** Because of tight budget or limited knowledge you may not have invested in tools that offer features required for GDPR compliance. You can't escape this investment any longer. Going for integrated GDPR platforms will be easier for you to fulfill the requirements.
    
-   **You already have some of the applications but need to build out your GDPR tech stack:** You may already have implemented some data security tools such as authentication or risk management software. There could still be some gaps, such as in managing customer consent, that prevent you from being fully compliant with GDPR. Identify standalone tools that help remedy the gaps and integrate them with your existing systems.
    

## Benefits of GDPR software

In addition to helping your business stay compliant with GDPR, the software can provide these additional benefits:

-   **Improve overall cyber defense capabilities:** Several GDPR software solutions not only offer features to remain compliant, but also provide data security capabilities for application or network monitoring and encryption. This helps improve your overall security posture and cyber defense capabilities.
    
-   **Improve customer trust and loyalty:** GDPR compliance software not only helps manage customer data on the back end but also helps capture customer preferences through consent forms and opt-out buttons. Such visible demonstrations of your regard for customer data protection will help improve trust and build loyalty.
    

## Key considerations when buying GDPR software

Even though you might be hurrying to meet GDPR requirements, it is important to consider some of the below parameters when buying GDPR software.

-   **Look out for well-rounded tools:** GDPR is not the only regulation that your business needs to take into account. There're several others as well, such as the California consumer privacy act (CCPA) and the Cookie law. However, most of these regulations underline common themes such as data security, governance, and accountability. Choose data management and security tools with the view to cover the broad regulatory landscape your business is subject to.
    
-   **Integrations:** The GDPR tool that you implement must integrate with your existing data collection/management/protection systems to support coherent operations. Multiple systems that send out disparate notifications or run conflicting data management rules will only add to your data management worries.
    

_Note: The applications selected in this article are examples to show a feature in context and are not intended as endorsements or recommendations. They have been obtained from sources believed to be reliable at the time of publication._

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\*Methodology: The data security survey referenced in this article was conducted by G2 in June 2019 among 714 respondents who reported full-time employment in the United States.

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