Alternatives
Looking for a European alternative to Vanta?
Yes, and the useful question is not whether one exists but how to tell a real one from a label. Tidal Control is built and hosted in Europe and covers more than 30 frameworks, including ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, NIS2 and DORA.
Everything stated below about Vanta comes from vanta.com/pricing, retrieved 23 October 2026. Pages change without notice, so read the source before you decide anything.
These companies run their compliance on Tidal Control
What to check in a European alternative
The question is easy to ask and hard to verify. These four are checkable on any vendor that calls itself European, including this one.
Which region, not which continent
Tidal Control runs on Microsoft Azure in the West Europe region, located in the Netherlands, with backups within the EU, so controls, risks, policies and evidence stay under EU jurisdiction. Vanta's pricing page states nothing about where customer data is stored (vanta.com/pricing, retrieved 23 October 2026), so ask for the region and the backup region in writing rather than accepting Europe as an answer.
Whether NIS2 and DORA are frameworks or upsells
On Tidal Control all 30 plus frameworks are on every subscription, so NIS2 next to ISO 27001 is not a tier change. Ask where each framework you need actually sits in the plan structure, because that is where European obligations tend to be priced separately.
Who performs the audit
Tidal Control works with accredited auditors, and more than 50 audits have passed this way at an average of 0-2 findings. A platform can make you audit-ready without bringing the auditor, which leaves you to find and brief one. Ask which it is, and which body accredits them for your jurisdiction.
Whether the price is published at all
Tidal Control lists Essential at 299 euro, Professional at 589 euro and Scale at 1,999 euro per month, with lower annual rates, at tidalcontrol.com/pricing. Vanta's pricing page names four tiers, Essentials, Plus, Professional and Enterprise, and puts "Get personalized pricing" against every one of them instead of a figure.
The frameworks behind this question
European buyers rarely need one framework on its own. These four are the combination that usually drives the search.
NIS2
The EU directive on network and information security, and the reason many organisations start looking at all.
DORA
Digital operational resilience for financial entities and their ICT suppliers.
ISO 27001
The information security baseline, and the certification most European buyers start from.
SOC 2
The report American customers ask for, run from the same platform as your EU obligations.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Tidal Control is built and hosted in Europe, runs on Microsoft Azure in the West Europe region located in the Netherlands, and covers more than 30 frameworks including NIS2 and DORA alongside ISO 27001 and SOC 2. Whether it replaces what you run today depends on the four checks above.
Its pricing page says nothing about it, in either direction (vanta.com/pricing, retrieved 23 October 2026). That is not a criticism, it is simply not stated there, which is why the question belongs in writing to any vendor you shortlist rather than in a comparison table.
No. SOC 2 sits alongside ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2, DORA and more than 30 other frameworks on one platform, so an American customer asking for SOC 2 and a European regulator asking for NIS2 are served from the same set of controls.
Tidal Control runs on Microsoft Azure in the West Europe region, located in the Netherlands, with backups within the EU, so your compliance data stays under EU jurisdiction. That is the level of detail worth asking every vendor for, in writing.
Not on Tidal Control: every subscription carries the full framework set, so the count does not change between plans. It is worth asking the same question of any alternative, because a European framework arriving one tier up is the most common way an EU-positioned platform turns out to be more expensive than it looked.
The statements about Vanta were taken from vanta.com/pricing on 23 October 2026. Vendor pages change without notice, so treat the source as authoritative and this page as a pointer to it.