Drata

Drata GDPR support follows the same model as its other frameworks. Drata maps the regulation's requirements to shared controls, then links those controls to evidence, policies and the systems that process personal data. Its GDPR page describes mapping personal data to systems, continuous control monitoring, automatic risk linking when a control fails, and AI-assisted answers to privacy questionnaires.

The value is in the overlap. Access control, encryption, logging, vendor management and incident response appear in SOC 2, ISO 27001 and the security obligations of GDPR Article 32. Drata's pitch is that you build those controls once and reuse the evidence across frameworks instead of duplicating the work.

Drata connects to cloud providers, identity platforms, code repositories and HR tools, then tests controls against live configuration. When a monitored setting drifts, the related control fails and appears on the dashboard. That replaces the screenshot hunt that usually precedes an audit.

For GDPR, automation covers technical and organisational security measures well. It covers much less of the legal work. Lawful bases, records of processing, DPIAs, data subject requests and processor agreements still need people. Drata's own GDPR software guide says no software guarantees GDPR compliance on its own and that it does not replace legal analysis of lawful bases or a DPO's judgment.

GDPR Article 28 requires a written agreement with every processor that handles personal data on your behalf, and the processors you choose must offer sufficient guarantees. Drata's vendor management and risk assessment modules give you one place to track those vendors, record their risk level and attach supporting documents. Its GDPR page also describes AI assistance for surfacing vendor-related GDPR obligations.

That helps once your vendor list runs to dozens of tools. The module does not draft or negotiate the processor agreement for you, and it does not decide whether a transfer outside the EU needs extra safeguards. Keep a named owner for those decisions and use Drata as the record.

Drata is aimed at companies that need a formal attestation, usually a SOC 2 report or an ISO 27001 certificate, because customers ask for one during procurement. GDPR is then added to the same program so privacy controls sit beside security controls, and the Trust Center lets you share that posture with prospects.

The buyer profile we see fitting best is a B2B SaaS company selling to mid-market or enterprise accounts, with an engineering team, a cloud environment to monitor and a named owner for security. Drata does not publish pricing tiers, so scope and cost come out of a sales conversation. Confirm both before committing to an audit timeline.

Our take: if you run a marketing site, a small online shop or a services business with no customers asking for SOC 2, Drata is more platform than you need. Your GDPR work is mostly a consent banner, a privacy policy, processor agreements with your vendors and a records-of-processing register. A consent management platform and a policy generator cover that with far less setup.

GDPR has no single certificate that customers routinely request the way they request a SOC 2 report, so buying Drata for GDPR alone rarely makes sense. Revisit it when a customer contract requires a security attestation, and plan for the setup time needed to map controls to your own infrastructure.