Two India-first products built for the DPDP Act — and an honest look at which business each one fits.
Assessed September 2026. Check each vendor’s website for the latest features and pricing.
DPDPA Shield is a newer India-first platform built specifically for the DPDP Act, aimed at Indian SMEs and startups in regulated and high-growth sectors. It is a genuine peer rather than a repurposed global tool, and it does some things we do not. The differences that matter for a smaller business are how you buy it, and what you get on the entry plan.
| No. | Feature | EasyDP | DPDPA Shield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Primary focus | DPDP Act 2023, a complete, ready-to-run solution | DPDP Act 2023, built for startups and regulated sectors |
| 02 | Built for | Indian SMBs, no privacy team assumed | Its own words: Indian SMEs and startups, teams of 10 to 500; Fintech, EdTech, Healthtech, BFSI, D2C |
| 03 | Consent + notice | Built-in, DPDP-native consent capture and notices | Consent notice builder and a widget SDK |
| 04 | Data Principal (DSR) requests | Integrated DSR handling | Branded, OTP-verified rights portal with an SLA engine |
| 05 | Breach workflow | Built-in breach-notification workflow | Dual clock: CERT-In 6 hours alongside DPDP 72 hours |
| 06 | Indian languages | Notices in every major Indian language, on every plan | Tiered: 7 languages on Growth, all 22 only on Business and above |
| 07 | Governance depth | Kept lean, what an SMB actually needs | Deeper: RoPA export, vendor risk, risk register, DPIA on higher tiers |
| 08 | Pricing | Free to start; paid plans from ₹299/month | Not published, every tier is “Book a Demo” |
| 09 | Time to live | Live in 30 minutes, no developer needed | States setup in 48 hours |
| 10 | Best for | Indian SMBs that just want DPDP handled | Funded startups and regulated teams wanting governance depth |
Assessed September 2026. Check each vendor’s website for the latest features and pricing.
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You are a growing company in a regulated sector, you have someone who owns compliance, and you need the governance artefacts (RoPA, risk register, DPIA, vendor risk) that investors and enterprise customers ask for. Its dual breach clock is worth having if CERT-In applies to you as well.
You are a small business rather than a scaling startup, you want to see the price before you talk to anyone, and you need your customers’ own language on the plan you can actually afford, not two tiers up.
It is a credible India-first platform built for the Act rather than adapted from a global framework, and its dual breach clock (tracking the CERT-In six-hour window alongside the DPDP 72-hour one) is a genuinely useful idea most tools skip. It aims at Indian SMEs and startups, describing its fit as teams of 10 to 500. Two practical notes for a smaller buyer: it publishes no prices, so every tier starts with a demo, and Indian-language coverage is tiered rather than included throughout.
Its site headlines 22 Indian languages, but the plans tier them: 7 Indian languages on the Growth plan, and all 22 only from the Business plan upwards. That matters because Section 5(3) gives your customer the right to the notice in their own language regardless of which plan you bought. Check which tier you would actually need before comparing on the headline number.
No. It names four plans — Starter, Growth, Business and Enterprise — but states no figure for any of them; each one routes to a demo booking. That is normal for the enterprise end of this market and less convenient for a small business trying to budget. EasyDP publishes its plans: free to start, with paid plans from ₹299 a month.
Every claim we make about DPDPA Shield above is taken from DPDPA Shield’s own website, checked on the date stamped on this page. Features and pricing change — follow the links to confirm anything you are about to rely on.