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Valiido vs DataGuard for ISO® 27001 and TISAX®

DataGuard is a serious player - a Munich-based vendor covering GDPR, ISO® 27001, TISAX®, NIS2 and the EU AI Act, which describes its offering as a platform combined with expert consulting and also provides external officer services. Valiido takes the opposite approach: pure software for small and mid-sized companies, built for exactly two standards - ISO® 27001 and TISAX® - with the Guide, 200+ examples and AuditMagic carrying the structure so your own team does the work.

Which model fits you depends on who you want to own your ISMS - your team or an external partner. Here is the factual comparison.

Christopher Eller
Christopher Eller
Founder of Valiido and TÜV® SÜD certified ISO® 27001 Auditor
Reviewed June 2026
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Valiido vs DataGuard at a glance

All statements about DataGuard verified against dataguard.de and dataguard.com in June 2026.

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Valiido

Pure software: ISO® 27001 and TISAX® only

  • Model

    Software you run yourself - Guide, examples and AuditMagic carry the structure

  • Framework focus

    Exactly two standards: ISO® 27001 and TISAX®, VDA® ISA mapped natively

  • ISO® 27001

    Native and guided, chapter by chapter

  • TISAX® / VDA® ISA

    Core focus, VDA® ISA mapped natively

  • Pricing

    Public, from 149 €/month

  • Getting started

    Self-serve demo in the browser, no credit card, no sales call

  • Compliance checking

    AuditMagic: instant checks against Valiido best practices, ISO® 27001 and TISAX®, plus a weekly report

  • Working content language

    Guide, 200+ examples and commentary in German and English; interface in English

Alternative

DataGuard

Platform plus consulting and officer services

  • Model

    Platform plus expert consulting and external officer services - expertise sits partly outside your company (as of June 2026)

  • Framework focus

    Broad suite: GDPR, ISO® 27001, TISAX®, NIS2, EU AI Act - TISAX® is one of about five frameworks (as of June 2026)

  • ISO® 27001

    Yes, as part of the compliance suite

  • TISAX® / VDA® ISA

    Yes, dedicated TISAX® pages on both domains

  • Pricing

    Three plans (Base, Pro, Enterprise), all quote-only, no public figures (as of June 2026)

  • Getting started

    Demo appointment or quote request; no self-serve trial for the compliance platform (as of June 2026)

  • Compliance checking

    Weekly automated audit report not advertised (as of June 2026)

  • Working content language

    Full German and English websites; German-speaking vendor

Facts about DataGuard checked on dataguard.de and dataguard.com (product pages, pricing page, TISAX® pages) in June 2026. Valiido figures: pricing from valiido.com/pricing.

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When DataGuard is the right choice

DataGuard describes its offering as a platform combined with expert consulting, and it additionally provides external officer services - an external data protection officer or an external information security officer as part of the engagement. If you explicitly want that officer role filled externally and included in one contract, DataGuard offers something Valiido does not.

The same applies if your compliance program is GDPR-led or spans a wide regulatory scope - GDPR, NIS2 and the EU AI Act alongside ISO® 27001. A broad suite with consultants who carry part of the work can then be more practical than assembling point solutions. DataGuard targets both SMBs and large enterprises and states that more than 4,000 organizations work with it.

When Valiido fits better: your team owns the ISMS

Valiido is built for one job: getting small and mid-sized companies through ISO® 27001 and TISAX® with their own team - and keeping them audit-ready afterwards. The Valiido Guide walks your team through every requirement chapter by chapter, 200+ 1-Click Examples remove the blank-page problem, and AuditMagic checks every record instantly against Valiido best practices, ISO® 27001 and TISAX®, with a full report every Monday.

The structure that a consulting engagement would otherwise provide lives in the product - which means the know-how your certification builds stays in your company. All working content - Guide, examples, commentary - is available in German and English, while the interface itself is in English. Unlimited support via email and chat is included.

Pricing is public from 149 €/month, you can try the product in the browser without a sales call, and customers report a 98.7% first-attempt audit pass rate with a typical path of 12 weeks to audit-readiness.

Valiido Guide explaining an ISO® 27001 requirement in plain language

Software or services bundle - the real question

Both vendors are German and both have dedicated TISAX® offerings - so the usual language and framework arguments do not decide this comparison. What decides it is the model. DataGuard's plans range from a SaaS platform (Base) to SaaS plus expert support (Pro) and Enterprise, all priced individually after a sales conversation (as of June 2026). Valiido is one product with public pricing, designed so that the software itself - not an attached services team - answers the question of what to do next.

A practical test: if you want to see the tool before talking to anyone, Valiido's browser demo is open without a credit card. DataGuard's compliance platform is available through a demo appointment or quote request (as of June 2026). Neither path is wrong - they simply reflect what each vendor is selling.

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How we evaluated & sources

This comparison is based on publicly available information - each provider’s pricing pages, product documentation and public materials - reviewed and compared as of June 2026. Details about Valiido reflect direct product knowledge. Where a provider does not publish pricing, we say so rather than estimate. The 98.7% first-attempt audit pass rate is based on a Valiido customer survey as of June 2026.

Sources

Facts last reviewed: June 2026. Valiido is an independent software product. All product and company names mentioned are trademarks of their respective holders; Valiido is not affiliated with DataGuard.

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