Eramba offers open-source GRC, community-edition and self-hosted. KaitoSec is the managed alternative, hosted, Grundschutz-ready, with DACH consulting.
| Feature | KaitoSec | Eramba |
|---|---|---|
| BSI Grundschutz | ||
| NIS2 Compliance | ||
| GDPR / DSGVO | ||
| ISO 27001 | ||
| Managed SaaS (No Self-Hosting Required) | ||
| Modern Web UI | ||
| Onboarding & Consulting Included | ||
| German Support |
Where KaitoSec wins
Eramba's enterprise edition requires self-hosted deployment, your team is responsible for servers, updates, backups, and security patching of the GRC tool itself. KaitoSec is fully managed SaaS: we handle all infrastructure, updates, and availability. Your security team's time is better spent on actual compliance work than maintaining the tool they use to manage it.
Eramba covers ISO 27001, SOC 2, and general GDPR from an international perspective, but does not support BSI Grundschutz. For German organisations with Grundschutz obligations, Eramba is simply not a viable option without significant manual customisation. KaitoSec includes Grundschutz natively alongside cross-mapping to NIS2 and ISO 27001.
Eramba is a tool you configure and run yourself. There is no included onboarding, no consulting, and no German-language support, the enterprise plan adds support but not advisory services. KaitoSec engagements include hands-on onboarding, gap analysis, and German-speaking consulting from the start, so organisations without a dedicated CISO can still achieve certification efficiently.
Eramba ships risk, compliance, audit, policy and incident modules. Each holds its own data. KaitoSec runs BCMS, ISMS, DSMS and AIMS as one integrated management system on one data model. A risk identified in the ISMS becomes a BC scenario, a critical asset feeds both control selection and recovery planning. Breadth of modules is real; integration across them is the difference.
Eramba's community edition is genuinely free and feature-rich enough for small organisations or those in the early stages of building a GRC programme. For teams with strong technical capability, budget constraints, and international framework focus, the free tier provides real value and a low-risk way to start.
Eramba's open-source model means full code transparency, no vendor lock-in, and a community of users who have contributed to the platform's development. For organisations that require source code auditability or prefer to avoid SaaS dependencies entirely, Eramba's self-hosted model has genuine advantages.
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