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ProvePrivacy vs Acompli: product and service comparison

ProvePrivacy is profiled first using its public positioning: UK data protection compliance platform for lean teams, fixed cost with unlimited users and a Data Champion model. The page then maps product and service coverage against Acompli so buyers can see overlap, gaps and specialist strengths.

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Evidence testSource, claim, caveat

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Outputs1 linked options

Fit

Who each option is best for, and where either supplier is deliberately narrower.

Evidence

Which public claims, review signals, caveats and capability rows are evidenced.

Operations

How much work it takes to implement, maintain and export the privacy record.

Decision

The questions a privacy team should ask before switching or shortlisting.

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Key takeaways

ProvePrivacy public market lane: UK data protection compliance platform for lean teams, fixed cost with unlimited users and a Data Champion model.
ProvePrivacy best-fit buyer: UK SME, higher-education, charity and mid-market organisations wanting a single fixed-cost compliance platform (RoPA, risk, DPIA, breach, DSAR, retention, ISO 27001 / CAF evidence, training) that spreads work across staff Data Champions.
ProvePrivacy published strengths include breach and incident management as a packaged module - it notifies the DPO, lets them stand up an investigation team and generates the supervisory-authority breach report. Acompli does not include breach/incident management.
The capability rows use public-documentation signals: "Y" means publicly documented, and "N" means not publicly confirmed.

01ProvePrivacy profile

What ProvePrivacy provides

ProvePrivacy (Leeds / Bradford, United Kingdom; PROVEPRIVACY LTD, incorporated 2018, founded by Mark Roebuck) positions itself as data protection compliance software for lean teams, built around UK data protection legislation and a network of staff 'Data Champions' who own their team's data while the DPO keeps central oversight.

ProvePrivacy publishes a single fixed-cost model - 'enterprise-grade protection starting at just GBP 8,000', described as one fixed cost with unlimited users and access to all modules - rather than a multi-tier plan list. Optional DPO-as-a-Service consultancy is part of the wider commercial scope.

Signal	Details
Market lane	UK data protection compliance platform for lean teams, fixed cost with unlimited users and a Data Champion model.
Best-fit buyer	UK SME, higher-education, charity and mid-market organisations wanting a single fixed-cost compliance platform (RoPA, risk, DPIA, breach, DSAR, retention, ISO 27001 / CAF evidence, training) that spreads work across staff Data Champions.
Ratings / pricing signal	UK (Leeds / Bradford) vendor founded 2018; listed on G2, Capterra and SourceForge (few public reviews to date) under Privacy Impact Assessment and Data Breach Notification categories. Public price anchor: from GBP 8,000 as one fixed cost with unlimited users and all modules; optional DPO-as-a-Service consultancy and data protection audits.
Deployment / operating model	Cloud SaaS data protection compliance platform; the offering also includes DPO-as-a-Service consultancy, data protection audits and an in-platform training / e-learning component (Online Awareness, Data Champion Course, GDPR Foundation).

02Official website signals

What ProvePrivacy emphasises on its own website

ProvePrivacy positions itself as UK data protection compliance software for lean privacy teams using a Data Champion operating model.

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Official positioning emphasises records, risk, DPIA, breach, DSAR, retention, policy, training and control-evidence workflows.
The buyer lane is UK privacy and data-protection teams that want a fixed-cost compliance platform and distributed ownership through Data Champions.
The comparison should treat ProvePrivacy as a UK data-protection compliance platform with training and breach strengths.

03Published strengths

ProvePrivacy products, services and stated strengths

A fair comparison names what ProvePrivacy does well. It is a focused UK compliance platform with a genuinely distinctive Data Champion model, and for some buyers it is the better choice.

Breach and incident management as a packaged module - it notifies the DPO, lets them stand up an investigation team and generates the supervisory-authority breach report. Acompli does not include breach/incident management.
A built-in training / e-learning component (Online Awareness, Data Champion Course, GDPR Foundation) delivered through the platform - Acompli has no training module.
The Data Champion model plus ISO 27001 / Cyber Assessment Framework control evidence, which spreads compliance work across operational teams and demonstrates technical and organisational measures.
A simple, published price anchor - one fixed cost from GBP 8,000 with unlimited users and access to all modules - plus optional DPO-as-a-Service consultancy. Acompli prices on scope and does not list public prices.

04Sourced 2025-2026 signals

What's new at ProvePrivacy (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.

Recent developmentSource: proveprivacy.com

ProvePrivacy released a major platform redesign, "v8.0", on 4 July 2026. The most substantive change is that risk management is no longer a separate module: risks identified from a processing activity are now connected directly to the RoPA record that generated them, giving a single Article 30 view instead of a siloed risk register. The release also adds a new "Information Asset Module" with deep-dive functionality to identify data types held on individual assets, a tabbed RoPA navigation with breadcrumbs, and enhanced Data Subject Rights and FOI reporting.

Additional capabilitySource: proveprivacy.com

ProvePrivacy's Controls Management now explicitly supports alignment to ISO 27701 and NIST CSF 2.0 in addition to ISO 27001 and the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) already noted in the existing profile — a broader control-framework set than previously documented.

Review signalSource: g2.com

ProvePrivacy holds a G2 rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on a small sample of only 4 published reviews as of mid-2026 — consistent with the existing profile's note of "few public reviews to date," now with a specific (though statistically thin) figure attached.

05Comparison context

ProvePrivacy alternatives

ProvePrivacy is publicly positioned in this market lane: UK data protection compliance platform for lean teams, fixed cost with unlimited users and a Data Champion model.

This page profiles ProvePrivacy's stated product and service coverage, best-fit buyer, rating and pricing signals, and published strengths before comparing where Acompli overlaps.

"Y" means publicly documented, while "N" means not publicly confirmed rather than proof that a supplier cannot provide it.

06At a glance

ProvePrivacy vs Acompli at a glance

This page profiles ProvePrivacy first, then compares public product and service coverage so buyers can decide what fits their own requirement.

Decision question	ProvePrivacy	Acompli
Best fit	Lean UK data protection teams that want a single fixed-cost platform, unlimited users and a staff Data Champion network with training and breach handling.	Privacy teams that need a focused operating layer for connected records, evidence packs, human approval and Ireland/UK/EU workflows.
Operating model	A UK data protection compliance platform spanning RoPA, risk, DPIA, breach, DSAR, retention, policies, ISO 27001 / CAF evidence and training.	Connected GDPR and EU AI Act records - RoPA, DPIA, DSAR, risk, vendors, data mapping and AI governance - where one approved assessment feeds every downstream record.
When to choose it	Choose ProvePrivacy when a fixed-cost, unlimited-user UK platform with Data Champions, breach handling and built-in training matches the programme you want to run.	Choose Acompli when the main problem is keeping evidence, assessments, RoPA, suppliers and risk decisions connected and defensible after approval.

07Capability comparison

ProvePrivacy product and service coverage compared with Acompli

Y means a meaningful product, module, feature or service was publicly documented at the time of writing.

* "N" means this capability was not publicly confirmed at the time of writing - not proof the vendor lacks it. "Y" means it was publicly documented. Confirm current features directly with each vendor.
Capability	ProvePrivacy	Acompli
DPIA/PIA assessments	Y	Y
RoPA / Article 30	Y	Y
DSAR / privacy rights	Y	N
Data mapping	Y	Y
Vendor risk	Y	Y
Privacy risk	Y	Y
AI governance	N	Y
Consent management	N	N
Cookie/tracker scanning	N	N
Breach/incident management	Y	N
Retention management	Y	Y
Policy/notice management	Y	N
Training module	Y	N
Approval workflows	Y	Y
Audit trail	Y	Y
Role-based access control	Y	Y
Multi-entity support	N	Y
Spreadsheet import	N	Y
PDF/CSV/Excel export	N	Y
Public pricing	Y	N

08Ireland & UK

ProvePrivacy vs Acompli for RoPA in Ireland and the UK

ProvePrivacy is built around UK data protection legislation, so for an Irish or cross-border team the deciding question is whether one register can carry both EU and UK GDPR and the depth of the Article 30 record. Records of processing are required under GDPR Article 30 - a controller record under Article 30(1) and a processor record under Article 30(2); the Irish DPC and the UK ICO each publish Article 30 documentation guidance.

For both ProvePrivacy and Acompli, buyers should ask to see entity-scoped exports, reviewer history, source evidence and how EU GDPR and UK GDPR records are separated in practice.

EU GDPR Article 30(1) and Article 30(2) controller and processor records.
UK GDPR Article 30 documentation and ICO guidance fit.
Irish DPC accountability expectations and exportable evidence for each legal entity.

09Shortlisting notes

When ProvePrivacy belongs on the shortlist

ProvePrivacy should remain on the shortlist when its published market lane, product strengths and buyer fit match the requirement.

Acompli should be evaluated only where its own workflow coverage matches the requirement; this page is intended to show overlap and gaps, not to force a universal replacement narrative.

Shortlist ProvePrivacy when a fixed-cost, unlimited-user UK platform with Data Champions, breach handling and built-in training matches the programme you want to run.
Shortlist Acompli when the main problem is keeping evidence, assessments, RoPA, suppliers and risk decisions connected and defensible after approval.
Ask each supplier to demonstrate the same workflow using current product screens, exports, review history and implementation assumptions.

Comparison FAQ

ProvePrivacy questions answered

What is ProvePrivacy?

ProvePrivacy is profiled here in this market lane: UK data protection compliance platform for lean teams, fixed cost with unlimited users and a Data Champion model. ProvePrivacy (Leeds / Bradford, United Kingdom; PROVEPRIVACY LTD, incorporated 2018, founded by Mark Roebuck) positions itself as data protection compliance software for lean teams, built around UK data protection legislation and a network of staff 'Data Champions' who own their team's data while the DPO keeps central oversight.

What does ProvePrivacy provide?

ProvePrivacy provides the products, services or modules publicly evidenced in the capability table on this page. The table covers RoPA, DPIA/PIA assessments, DSAR/privacy rights, data mapping, vendor risk, privacy risk, AI governance, consent, cookie scanning, breach, retention, policy, training, workflow, audit and export signals.

Who is ProvePrivacy best suited for?

ProvePrivacy is best suited for UK SME, higher-education, charity and mid-market organisations wanting a single fixed-cost compliance platform (RoPA, risk, DPIA, breach, DSAR, retention, ISO 27001 / CAF evidence, training) that spreads work across staff Data Champions. Buyers should still verify current product scope, service scope, contract terms and implementation requirements directly with ProvePrivacy.

What are ProvePrivacy's main product or service strengths?

ProvePrivacy's published strengths include Breach and incident management as a packaged module - it notifies the DPO, lets them stand up an investigation team and generates the supervisory-authority breach report. Acompli does not include breach/incident management; A built-in training / e-learning component (Online Awareness, Data Champion Course, GDPR Foundation) delivered through the platform - Acompli has no training module; The Data Champion model plus ISO 27001 / Cyber Assessment Framework control evidence, which spreads compliance work across operational teams and demonstrates technical and organisational measures.

What pricing or buyer-review signal is available for ProvePrivacy?

Does ProvePrivacy support GDPR Article 30 RoPA?

Yes. ProvePrivacy publicly documents RoPA / Article 30. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.

Does ProvePrivacy support DPIA or privacy assessments?

Yes. ProvePrivacy publicly documents DPIA/PIA assessments. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.

Does ProvePrivacy support DSAR or privacy rights workflows?

Yes. ProvePrivacy publicly documents DSAR / privacy rights. Acompli is marked as not publicly confirmed for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.

Does ProvePrivacy provide data mapping?

Yes. ProvePrivacy publicly documents Data mapping. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.

Does ProvePrivacy provide vendor risk or third-party privacy risk management?

Yes. ProvePrivacy publicly documents Vendor risk. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.

Does ProvePrivacy provide consent management or cookie scanning?

Not publicly confirmed. ProvePrivacy is marked N for Consent management here, meaning public documentation does not clearly confirm it, not proof the supplier cannot provide it. Not publicly confirmed. ProvePrivacy is marked N for Cookie/tracker scanning here, meaning public documentation does not clearly confirm it, not proof the supplier cannot provide it. Acompli is marked as not publicly confirmed for consent management and not publicly confirmed for cookie/tracker scanning, so buyers needing either capability should verify live vendor scope before procurement.

Does ProvePrivacy provide AI governance?

Not publicly confirmed. ProvePrivacy is marked N for AI governance here, meaning public documentation does not clearly confirm it, not proof the supplier cannot provide it. Acompli is marked as publicly evidenced for the same row. Buyers should verify live module scope, service scope and export evidence directly with each supplier before procurement.

How should buyers read the ProvePrivacy vs Acompli capability table?

The table records public-documentation signals for each supplier. "Y" means a meaningful product, module, feature or service was publicly documented; "N" means it was not publicly confirmed, not proof that the supplier cannot provide it.

What are ProvePrivacy alternatives?

ProvePrivacy alternatives depend on the buyer's exact requirement, because ProvePrivacy's strongest fit is: Choose ProvePrivacy when a fixed-cost, unlimited-user UK platform with Data Champions, breach handling and built-in training matches the programme you want to run. The shortlist may include broad privacy platforms, GRC tools, specialist consent or DSAR tools, service providers, and Acompli where the buyer needs overlapping privacy-governance workflows shown in the table.

How does ProvePrivacy compare with Acompli?

ProvePrivacy should be assessed first on its own published fit: Choose ProvePrivacy when a fixed-cost, unlimited-user UK platform with Data Champions, breach handling and built-in training matches the programme you want to run. Acompli is included as a factual overlap point where the requirement is: Choose Acompli when the main problem is keeping evidence, assessments, RoPA, suppliers and risk decisions connected and defensible after approval. Buyers should ask both suppliers to demonstrate the same workflow with current product screens, exports and implementation assumptions.

When should buyers shortlist ProvePrivacy?

Buyers should shortlist ProvePrivacy when a fixed-cost, unlimited-user UK platform with Data Champions, breach handling and built-in training matches the programme you want to run. They should only compare Acompli for the overlapping requirements shown on this page, and they should keep any specialist supplier that covers a requirement neither platform clearly evidences.

How current is this ProvePrivacy profile?

Ratings, pricing, product names, plan limits and service scope can change over time. Treat this as a comparison guide and verify current details with ProvePrivacy before procurement.

Acompli answers

Acompli as a ProvePrivacy alternative

Who are ProvePrivacy's competitors?

ProvePrivacy's competitors in privacy and data protection management include PrivacyEngine, OneTrust, TrustArc and Osano, alongside other compliance platforms. Acompli competes as a focused, privacy-native alternative for Ireland, UK and EU teams that want connected, evidence-traceable RoPA, DPIA, risk, vendor and AI-governance records with human approval, rather than a UK-first compliance suite built around staff Data Champions.

Is Acompli a good ProvePrivacy alternative?

Acompli is a strong ProvePrivacy alternative when the priority is a defensible, assessment-fed record that distinguishes EU and UK GDPR rather than a single-organisation UK compliance platform. RoPA, DPIA, DSAR, risk and vendor records are connected, confidence-scored, human-approved and exportable per legal entity for the DPC or ICO. ProvePrivacy remains the better fit if you specifically need breach/incident management, a training module or its fixed-cost, unlimited-user model.

Does Acompli replace ProvePrivacy?

Acompli can replace ProvePrivacy for the core privacy-operations workflows - RoPA, DPIA, privacy risk, vendor records, data mapping and EU AI Act governance - for many teams. It does not replace ProvePrivacy's breach/incident module or its built-in training / e-learning component; teams that rely on those keep them alongside Acompli.

How do ProvePrivacy and Acompli differ?

ProvePrivacy is a UK-built data protection compliance platform sold as one fixed cost with unlimited users, organised around staff Data Champions, breach handling, training and ISO 27001 / CAF control evidence. Acompli is narrower and deeper on governed records: assessment-fed Article 30 records that distinguish EU and UK GDPR, data mapping, AI-Act governance and code-scan evidence, each traceable to its source, human-approved and exportable per legal entity.

Does ProvePrivacy publish pricing, and does Acompli?

ProvePrivacy publishes a price anchor - enterprise-grade protection from GBP 8,000 as one fixed cost with unlimited users and access to all modules - rather than a full multi-tier plan list. Acompli prices on its compliance estate — data controllers, legal entities, jurisdictions and integrations — never per seat, and provides pricing on request rather than a public list price, because the effort scales with the programme rather than the number of logins.

What is the best ProvePrivacy alternative for Irish and UK privacy teams?

The best ProvePrivacy alternative for Irish and UK privacy teams is one built around GDPR Article 30 coverage, DPC and ICO fit, and a self-contained per-entity export. Acompli is built around exactly those - both Article 30(1) and 30(2) records, EU and UK GDPR distinguished on one register, and an export the DPC or ICO can read without a platform login - the provenance wedge a UK-first compliance platform does not foreground.

Does ProvePrivacy have an EU AI Act or AI governance module?

ProvePrivacy publishes knowledge-zone articles that touch on artificial intelligence and governance as topics, but its platform does not foreground a governed AI-system register or an EU AI Act risk-classification assessment workflow. Acompli's AI governance module supports EU AI Act risk classification, assessment-driven AI system records, and human approval of each AI system entry, with the record traceable to its evidence source. Teams that need a governed, auditable AI-system register rather than reference articles will find Acompli the closer fit for Article 6 and Annex III risk-classification work.

What is the Data Champion model and does Acompli work the same way?

ProvePrivacy's Data Champion model turns staff in operational teams into named owners of their team's data, so the DPO gains a holistic view while frontline colleagues maintain their part of the record - a genuine strength for spreading compliance work in lean teams. Acompli also distributes data-gathering, but its emphasis is provenance and approval: contributors draft and assess, then a human approves each record before it becomes part of the defensible Article 30 register, with every value traceable back to its source evidence.

Does ProvePrivacy handle data breaches and DSARs?

Yes. ProvePrivacy's incident management module handles suspected data breaches (notifying the DPO, standing up an investigation team and generating a supervisory-authority breach report), data subject rights requests such as DSARs and the right to be forgotten with UK exemptions, and information requests such as Freedom of Information. Acompli does not include a rights-request or breach/incident management module, so teams that need packaged request or breach handling should keep that in mind.

Is ProvePrivacy suitable for multi-entity corporate groups?

ProvePrivacy is built primarily around a single UK organisation and its Data Champions, sold as one fixed cost with unlimited users. For multi-entity corporate groups, holding companies, or organisations with distinct controller/processor records per subsidiary that each answer a different supervisory authority, Acompli's multi-entity model - with a self-contained per-entity export for each authority and EU/UK GDPR distinguished on one register - may be a better structural fit.

Acompli overlap

Related Acompli workflows

Assessments

Run DPIAs, LIAs, TIAs, processor reviews and AI Act assessments with templates, AI support and human approval.

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RoPA management

Maintain Article 30 records that stay linked to approved assessments, systems, suppliers and transfers.

Open module

Risk management

Extract candidate risks from approved evidence, assign treatment plans and report on current exposure.

Open module

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Bring one RoPA, DPIA, vendor, risk or AI-governance requirement and map which parts are covered by ProvePrivacy, which parts Acompli covers, and where another specialist may still be needed.

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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.

Point tools create records. Acompli connects them.