What is the best GDPR compliance software in 2026?

Witik is a French vendor that covers the whole GDPR cycle: RoPA, DPIAs, audits, data subject requests, incidents and an action plan. You start from ready-made templates, and its AI assistant, MIA, drafts a first version of each record. It handles several entities, which matters as soon as you have a subsidiary.

Its free plan is the most generous here: 30 register entries, 2 DPIAs, 2 audits, 10 data requests and 10 incidents a year. Premium, sold as an "online DPO", starts at €240 a month before tax. That price assumes a 36-month commitment paid yearly, so €8,640 over the term. Shorter terms and monthly billing exist at a surcharge the page doesn't quote.

Witik shows hosting in France, ISO 27001 and an HDS badge (the French health data hosting standard). Public reviews are few but positive: simple day to day, with one recurring ask for faster support. The interface and support are French-first, which is worth checking during the 14-day trial if your team works in English.

Data Comply One comes from Mission RGPD, a consultancy in Lyon. Each plan adds more human help. Solo is the platform alone at €190 a month. Coach adds sessions with a DPO and a label for €230. Externalisé goes all the way to an outsourced DPO or CISO for €290, including the DPO filing with the French regulator and help during an inquiry.

It goes past GDPR: the platform also tracks the EU AI Act, NIS2 and DORA. It runs in six languages including English, and the vendor states it is designed and hosted in France with ISO 27001. Paying yearly saves 15%, which brings Solo to €1,938 a year, €5,814 over three years.

The pricing page gives mixed signals on the commitment period, so ask for the exact term in writing on your quote. Above 100 employees, pricing moves to a quote. The free trial runs 15 days.

Dastra is built and hosted in France, and it's the deepest DPO toolkit in this ranking. Starter covers the RoPA, privacy by design, data mapping, vendor audits and an AI agent. Pro adds DSARs, breaches, contracts, policies and a trust center. Entreprise adds frameworks beyond GDPR (Europrivacy, UK GDPR, ISO 27001), automatic evidence collection, risk management and SSO.

It handles up to 50 entities and 150 users. It also ships a cookie banner that meets RGAA, the French accessibility standard. On security it's the best documented here: ISO 27001, ISO 27701 (the privacy extension) and a CyberVadis rating. Public reviews average around 4.5 out of 5, with human support often praised.

The catch is price: all three plans are quote-only. And the trial opens everything except exports, so you can't check that your RoPA exports in full before you pay. Ask sales for a sample export.

Legiscope is a French tool designed for many organizations at once. Essentiel already covers 10 organizations and 100 users, Pro 20, Premium 50. Every plan includes the RoPA and a processing map; automated DPIAs start on Pro.

The price list is one of the clearest out there: €1,500 a year on Essentiel, €2,500 on Pro, €4,000 on Business, €6,000 on Premium, from €12,000 on Enterprise, all paid yearly upfront for 12 months. Over three years that's €4,500 on Essentiel or €7,500 on Pro. A 36-month commitment locks the price for three years, but the page doesn't show that price.

Watch the AI tokens: 75,000 on Essentiel, 200,000 on Pro. If you let the AI draft lots of records, estimate your usage during the demo. Human support is lighter than with Data Comply One.

EQS Privacy Cockpit is the former Data Legal Drive, a French vendor bought by the German EQS Group. It keeps a multi-entity RoPA with AI help, and puts DPIAs and FRIAs (the fundamental rights impact assessments required by the AI Act) in the same workflow. Data requests and breaches run on fixed deadlines, so you don't miss the one-month window to answer a person.

EQS states EU hosting with no transfers outside the EU, ISO 27001 certified infrastructure, and ISAE 3000 Type 1 and Type 2 reports. That's the profile an enterprise procurement team expects.

No price is published: you go through a demo, then a quote. Ask early whether DPIA and FRIA sit in the same contract. Too heavy for a small company.

Termly is a US tool that bundles a cookie consent banner, a policy generator and a form to collect data subject access requests. That DSAR form ships on every plan, including the free one, which few consent tools offer. Pro+ adds consent logs and the IAB TCF 2.3 standard advertisers use.

Pricing is simple: free for one site, then $10 a month on Starter billed yearly ($14 monthly) and $15 on Pro+ billed yearly ($20 monthly). Over three years, Pro+ costs $540. That's the cheapest way in this ranking to cover consent, policies and access requests together.

The limit is clear: Termly doesn't keep a RoPA or run DPIAs. If you process EU data at any scale, pair it with a records tool, or start with the free template from the ICO or the CNIL.

Axeptio is a French consent management platform (CMP). It shows the cookie banner, stores proof of each visitor's choice and supports Google Consent Mode v2 on every plan. Consent logs start on Extra Small. Pricing is the same numbers in dollars, pounds, euros and Swiss francs.

Free covers 200 visitors a month, Extra Small $90 a year for 2,500 page views, then $29 a month ($313 a year) for 5,000 page views with TCF. Medium covers 100,000 page views for $69, Large 500,000 for $129. Public reviews are excellent, around 4.8 out of 5, with named, responsive support. The main complaint is unclear terms on the agency offer.

Axeptio doesn't keep a RoPA, run DPIAs or handle DSARs. It complements a GDPR tool; it doesn't replace one.

iubenda generates your privacy and cookie policies, keeps them updated when laws change, and runs a consent banner. It prices per site and per page views, which suits agencies managing many small sites.

Per site, the entry plan runs $5.99 a month on an annual contract or $6.99 month to month, and covers 25,000 page views; the higher tiers sit at $24.99 (Advanced) and $99.99 (Ultimate). Extra views are billed per 1,000, so a traffic spike raises the bill. There's a free plan and a 14-day refund on paid plans.

Like any CMP, it won't keep a RoPA or run DPIAs. Know also that iubenda owns other consent tools that show up in its own "best of" lists: read those rankings with that in mind.

OneTrust is the global leader in privacy management. It sells nine separate packages: consent, preference management, privacy automation (RoPA, DPIA, DSAR), AI governance, tech risk and third-party management. Few tools cover as many laws at once.

No price is published. It's usage-based by tier: admin users and inventory size for privacy, visitors or profiles for consent. There's no free plan or trial on the pricing page. For a small or mid-sized company, it's almost always too big.

User feedback is harsh: steep increases at renewal, renewals billed without approval, slow support, heavy setup and a dated interface. Public performance tests also show its banner can slow page loads noticeably. If you sign, get a renewal cap in writing.