Who each option is best for, and where either supplier is deliberately narrower.
Vendor comparison
Drata vs OneTrust: capability comparison
A side-by-side comparison of Drata and OneTrust across RoPA, DPIA, vendor risk, AI governance and evidence workflows. Acompli is shown as a third reference column.
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Which public claims, review signals, caveats and capability rows are evidenced.
How much work it takes to implement, maintain and export the privacy record.
The questions a privacy team should ask before switching or shortlisting.
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Key takeaways
- Drata and OneTrust are compared here on public-documentation capability coverage: Drata is publicly documented for 12 of 20 tracked capabilities, OneTrust for 19.
- The clearest difference: OneTrust adds DPIA/PIA assessments, RoPA / Article 30, DSAR / privacy rights, Consent management, Cookie/tracker scanning, Breach/incident management, Retention management, which Drata doesn't publicly document.
- Drata's public lane is Trust management, security compliance automation, GRC, assurance, continuous monitoring and third-party risk management; OneTrust's public lane is Enterprise privacy, trust, consent, third-party risk, AI governance and GRC suite.
- Capability coverage reflects what each vendor publicly documents; confirm current scope, pricing and exports directly with each vendor.
01Short answer
Drata vs OneTrust
Drata is positioned as: Trust management, security compliance automation, GRC, assurance, continuous monitoring and third-party risk management. OneTrust is positioned as: Enterprise privacy, trust, consent, third-party risk, AI governance and GRC suite. Across the tracked capabilities Drata and OneTrust cover much of the same ground, so the decision rests more on operating model, depth and jurisdiction fit than on feature presence.
OneTrust has broader public-documentation coverage in this comparison (19 of 20 tracked rows, compared with 12 for Drata). Capability coverage below reflects what each vendor publicly documents; Acompli is shown as a third reference column.
02At a glance
Drata vs OneTrust at a glance
| Decision question | Drata | OneTrust | Acompli |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best fit | Security, compliance and trust teams that need continuous controls, audit evidence, trust documentation and third-party risk workflows | Large enterprises that need a broad privacy automation and trust platform spanning privacy, consent, third-party risk, AI governance and related programmes | Privacy teams that need GDPR and AI-governance records with source evidence, reviewer decisions and regulator-ready exports |
| Operating model | Trust management and GRC platform for continuous compliance, risk, assurance, vendor reviews, questionnaires and trust centre operations | A broad enterprise privacy, trust, consent, third-party-risk and AI-governance suite for global programmes | Privacy operations platform across RoPA, DPIA, DSAR, risk, vendors, data mapping, AI governance and evidence packs |
| When to choose it | Choose Drata when SOC 2, ISO 27001, continuous monitoring, audit readiness and trust operations are the primary requirement | Choose OneTrust when enterprise-suite breadth, existing OneTrust investment, partner ecosystem or global programme scale is the primary requirement | Choose Acompli when the buyer needs privacy records, approval workflows and Article 30 outputs rather than security-framework evidence |
- Best for: Security, compliance and GRC teams that need SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI or similar audit evidence and customer-facing trust workflows.
- Deployment: Cloud trust-management and compliance automation platform; public materials do not confirm self-hosted deployment.
- Best for: Large global enterprises with multi-region privacy operations, consent, DSR, vendor, AI risk and regulatory-change programmes.
- Deployment: Enterprise cloud platform positioning; deployment model details should be checked directly with the vendor before making a buying decision.
05Official source signals
What Drata and OneTrust emphasise publicly
This section uses each vendor's own public positioning as the starting point. It is included so customers can see why the two companies may appear in the same shortlist while still solving different problems.
The capability table remains conservative: "Y" means a capability was publicly documented, while "N" means it was not publicly confirmed in the reviewed material.
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Explore| Signal | Drata | OneTrust |
|---|---|---|
| Public positioning | Drata positions itself as a security and compliance automation platform with continuous control monitoring and trust workflows. | OneTrust positions its Trust Intelligence Platform around responsible data and AI use across privacy, consent, third-party management, technology risk and AI governance. |
| Main public signals | Official pages emphasise automated evidence collection, continuous monitoring, compliance frameworks and audit readiness.; The product lane includes risk management, vendor management and trust centre workflows for security-led compliance teams.; GDPR should be evaluated as a framework within a security-compliance platform, not as a dedicated privacy-record system. | Official navigation groups OneTrust around AI Governance, Consent & Preferences, Data Use Governance, Privacy Automation, Tech Risk & Compliance and Third-Party Management.; The public product lane is broad enterprise trust, data and risk governance rather than a single privacy-record workflow.; Official pages emphasise integrations, pricing packages, services, training and a large enterprise support ecosystem. |
| Best-fit buyer | Security, compliance and GRC teams that need SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI or similar audit evidence and customer-facing trust workflows | Large global enterprises with multi-region privacy operations, consent, DSR, vendor, AI risk and regulatory-change programmes |
| Buyer verification | Ask Drata to demonstrate the workflows behind the modules that matter to your team, with export evidence and plan scope. | Ask OneTrust to demonstrate the workflows behind the modules that matter to your team, with export evidence and plan scope. |
06Sourced 2025-2026 signals
What's new at Drata (2025-2026, sourced)
These sourced updates were researched on 2026-07-05 and are listed separately from the live comparison table so existing profile claims remain unchanged.
Drata announced on its own blog (dated December 2, 2025) that it has achieved ISO 42001 (AI Management System) certification, stating this was reached less than two years after the standard's December 2023 publication and that its existing SOC 2/ISO 27001/privacy work already covered roughly 35-40% of the requirements. This is a vendor-published claim; the underlying certification would normally be issued by an accredited third-party certification body, but no independent auditor confirmation was found in this search.
Drata's blog (dated June 10, 2026) introduced a new 'AI Agent Governance' capability set - Drata Sensor (agent discovery/inventory), Mission Control (real-time policy enforcement on agent actions), Trust Ladder (staged rollout through Training/Recommendation/Active stages), Drift Detection, and Chain of Custody (tamper-evident audit logs) - aimed specifically at governing autonomous AI agents rather than AI tools generally. This is more granular than the existing capability table's generic 'AI governance: Y' entry for Drata. It is a vendor product announcement, not yet reviewed independently.
G2 shows Drata at 4.8/5 across roughly 1,100+ reviews as of Q2 2026 (one search result specifically cited 1,153 reviews), a materially larger independent review sample than the Capterra figure already cited in the existing profile (4.8/5 from 5-6 reviews). Recurring positive themes in G2 reviews are customer-success responsiveness and compliance-dashboard visibility; recurring criticism is renewal price increases and reduced automation coverage for non-standard or on-prem infrastructure.
Secondary-market data aggregator TrueUp reports Drata's most recent secondary valuation at approximately $1.2 billion as of June 16, 2026, described as roughly a 40% decline from its $2 billion Series C valuation set in December 2022. CB Insights and PitchBook independently corroborate the $1.8-2.0 billion December 2022 baseline but were not accessible to confirm the 2026 secondary figure directly. This is unconfirmed by any Drata press statement, reflects private secondary-market pricing rather than a primary funding round, and should be treated as a market signal rather than a confirmed current company valuation.
07Sourced 2025-2026 signals
What's new at OneTrust (2025-2026, sourced)
These sourced updates were researched on 2026-07-05 and are listed separately from the live comparison table so existing profile claims remain unchanged.
OneTrust appointed John Heyman as Chief Executive Officer effective February 9, 2026, succeeding founder Kabir Barday, who moves to a strategic advisory role on the Board of Directors; Doug Owens was also named CFO (announced April 28, 2026). This leadership transition is not reflected in the current profile, which does not mention company leadership at all.
As of late 2025/January 2026, multiple reports (not an official OneTrust announcement) indicate OneTrust is in active discussions with private-equity firms (reportedly including Vista Equity Partners, Thoma Bravo, Blackstone, KKR, and Silver Lake) about a potential sale valued north of USD 10 billion - more than double its last official valuation of USD 4.5 billion (2023). No deal has been officially confirmed by OneTrust in the sources found; this should be treated as reported/rumored market activity, not a confirmed fact.
Independent of the Capterra rating already cited (4.3/5, 55-56 reviews), OneTrust's products are also reviewed on G2: OneTrust Privacy Automation is rated 4.3/5 from roughly 152 reviews and OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance is rated 4.6/5 from roughly 109 reviews, with recurring reviewer themes of a steep initial setup/configuration learning curve alongside praise for consolidating privacy workflows in one platform.
OneTrust was named a Visionary in Gartner's inaugural 2026 Magic Quadrant for AI Governance Platforms (the first-ever Gartner MQ for this specific market) and was also named a Leader in Gartner's first Magic Quadrant for Third-Party Risk Management Tools for Assurance Leaders (2026). Neither analyst recognition is currently referenced in the profile, which cites only Capterra for third-party validation.
OneTrust has launched new AI-governance capabilities in 2026 beyond what the existing profile lists under 'AI governance': a Privacy Breach Response Agent built with Microsoft Security Copilot (vendor-announced), plus a March 2026 platform expansion adding real-time AI agent detection/inventory across AWS Bedrock, Azure Foundry and Google Vertex, and continuous guardrail-violation monitoring for AI agents, models and data.
OneTrust disclosed a security incident (per its own blog; not independently verified by a regulator) in which unauthorized activity was identified in its Salesforce environment on June 17, 2026, tied to a broader third-party breach of the Klue-Salesforce integration that occurred June 11-12, 2026. OneTrust states its investigation indicates the exposure is isolated to third-party CRM-related data accessible through that integration, and it disabled the Klue Battlecards integration and engaged external forensic specialists. This is not referenced anywhere in the current profile.
08Overlap and gaps
Drata vs OneTrust: what the public data actually shows
Feature count is only a starting point. A customer should separate shared coverage from unique public signals, then test whether the vendor can run the required workflow end to end.
| Decision point | Public signal | Buyer interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Shared evidenced coverage | Data mapping; Vendor risk; Privacy risk; AI governance; Policy/notice management; Training module; Approval workflows; plus 5 more | If your requirement sits here, compare workflow depth, implementation effort, evidence quality and price. |
| Only Drata publicly confirmed | Drata has no unique tracked public capability against OneTrust in this dataset. | Keep Drata on the shortlist for these requirements, but ask OneTrust whether the same capability exists in current product scope. |
| Only OneTrust publicly confirmed | DPIA/PIA assessments; RoPA / Article 30; DSAR / privacy rights; Consent management; Cookie/tracker scanning; Breach/incident management; Retention management | Keep OneTrust on the shortlist for these requirements, but ask Drata whether the same capability exists in current product scope. |
| Acompli reference column | No Acompli-only edge against both vendors appears in the tracked rows. | Use this as a third reference point where a narrower evidence-first privacy workflow may be preferable to a broader platform. |
09Capability comparison
Drata vs OneTrust: capability by capability
Each capability is marked Y or N for Drata and OneTrust based on what each vendor publicly documents, with Acompli shown in the final column.
| Capability | Drata | OneTrust | Acompli |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPIA/PIA assessments | N | Y | Y |
| RoPA / Article 30 | N | Y | Y |
| DSAR / privacy rights | N | Y | N |
| Data mapping | Y | Y | Y |
| Vendor risk | Y | Y | Y |
| Privacy risk | Y | Y | Y |
| AI governance | Y | Y | Y |
| Consent management | N | Y | N |
| Cookie/tracker scanning | N | Y | N |
| Breach/incident management | N | Y | N |
| Retention management | N | Y | Y |
| Policy/notice management | Y | Y | N |
| Training module | Y | Y | N |
| Approval workflows | Y | Y | Y |
| Audit trail | Y | Y | Y |
| Role-based access control | Y | Y | Y |
| Multi-entity support | Y | Y | Y |
| Spreadsheet import | Y | Y | Y |
| PDF/CSV/Excel export | Y | Y | Y |
| Public pricing | N | N | N |
10Where each is stronger
Drata vs OneTrust: the differences that matter
On the tracked capabilities, Drata and OneTrust overlap on most rows; the differences that matter are the capabilities only one of them evidences, plus the depth and focus each brings to them.
- Only OneTrust (not Drata) is evidenced for: DPIA/PIA assessments, RoPA / Article 30, DSAR / privacy rights, Consent management, Cookie/tracker scanning, Breach/incident management, Retention management.
- Drata: Continuous control monitoring and audit-readiness workflows for security frameworks are Drata's natural lane.
- Drata: Trust centre, security questionnaire and assurance workflows are strong fits for Drata.
- OneTrust: Enterprise-suite breadth across privacy, consent, third-party risk, AI governance, GRC and regulatory-change management in one platform.
- OneTrust: Consent and preference management plus cookie and tracker scanning.
11Customer due diligence
Questions customers should ask before choosing Drata or OneTrust
A useful comparison should move beyond a product page checklist. Customers should ask each supplier to prove the same live workflow, with the same assumptions, so the difference between platform breadth and usable evidence becomes visible.
Run one real workflow
Ask Drata and OneTrust to process the same example: new activity, assessment, RoPA update, supplier evidence, risk record, review and export.
Check evidence provenance
Confirm whether each important field in Drata and OneTrust has a source, owner, review date and change history, not just a completed form.
Validate exports
Ask both vendors for a regulator-readable export for one legal entity, including controller and processor records where relevant.
Confirm commercial scope
Verify which modules, integrations, service hours, data residency options and support commitments are included in the quoted Drata or OneTrust package.
12Shortlisting notes
Choosing between Drata and OneTrust
Assess Drata and OneTrust against the workflow you actually need to run - RoPA, DPIA, vendor and risk records - and how defensibly each exports its evidence.
- Shortlist Drata when SOC 2, ISO 27001, continuous monitoring, audit readiness and trust operations are the primary requirement.
- Shortlist OneTrust when enterprise-suite breadth, existing OneTrust investment, partner ecosystem or global programme scale is the primary requirement.
- Ask Drata and OneTrust to run one real scenario end to end - a new processing activity, its assessment, the RoPA update, supplier evidence, the privacy risk and an exportable audit trail - rather than a feature-by-feature demo.
13Ireland & UK
Drata vs OneTrust: Article 30 records for Irish and UK teams
Both Drata and OneTrust are weighed by Irish and UK privacy teams against the same fixed obligation: a record of processing activities under GDPR Article 30 - a controller record under Article 30(1) and a separate processor record under Article 30(2). In Ireland the Data Protection Commission (DPC) publishes Article 30 guidance; in the UK the ICO sets out what UK GDPR requires.
Whichever of Drata or OneTrust an Irish or UK team weighs, the questions are the same: how deep is the Article 30 record, is EU and UK GDPR distinguished on one register, and can each legal entity produce a self-contained export its own supervisory authority can read?
| Article 30 check | Drata | OneTrust | Why customers care |
|---|---|---|---|
| Controller record | Ask Drata to show the Article 30(1) controller fields for one processing activity, including purposes, categories, recipients, transfers, retention and security measures. | Ask OneTrust to show the Article 30(1) controller fields for one processing activity, including purposes, categories, recipients, transfers, retention and security measures. | A controller record must stand on its own when a regulator or auditor asks for it. |
| Processor record | Ask Drata to show Article 30(2) processor records separately from controller records, scoped to the controller on whose behalf processing is carried out. | Ask OneTrust to show Article 30(2) processor records separately from controller records, scoped to the controller on whose behalf processing is carried out. | Many tools capture controller records more clearly than processor records; customers should verify both. |
| Ireland and UK fit | Ask Drata how EU GDPR and UK GDPR records are separated or tagged for Irish and UK entities. | Ask OneTrust how EU GDPR and UK GDPR records are separated or tagged for Irish and UK entities. | Irish DPC and UK ICO expectations are close, but entity scope, local law references and export format still matter. |
| Standalone export | Ask Drata for a complete export that a legal entity could provide without giving the regulator product access. | Ask OneTrust for a complete export that a legal entity could provide without giving the regulator product access. | A defensible record should be readable outside the platform, with enough context to explain the processing activity. |
- Article 30(1) and 30(2) - does each of Drata and OneTrust model controller and processor records separately, scoped by legal entity?
- DPC (Ireland) and ICO (UK) - is EU and UK GDPR distinguished on one register for Drata or OneTrust?
- Export - can Drata or OneTrust let each legal entity produce a self-contained record its own supervisory authority can read?
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Acompli architecture
One governed foundation. Five connected modules.
Imported systems, suppliers, policies, DPIAs and RoPA spreadsheets become the shared evidence model for assessments, risk, records, third-party oversight and data mapping.
- OnboardingImport DPIAs, RoPA spreadsheets, suppliers, systems, policies and documents.
- AssessmentsRun DPIAs, LIAs, TIAs, processor reviews and AI Act assessments with human approval.
- RiskExtract candidate risks from approved evidence and assign treatment plans.
- RoPAMaintain Article 30 records linked to assessments, systems, suppliers and transfers.
- Third-PartyRecord suppliers once, then reference them across assessments, RoPA, risk and maps.
- Data MappingBuild a living view of systems, suppliers, locations, categories and transfers.
Point tools create records. Acompli connects them.