A European privacy platform localised for India, against one built for the DPDP Act from the start.
Assessed September 2026. Check each vendor’s website for the latest features and pricing.
PrivacyEngine is a mature privacy platform built on years of GDPR work, now offering an India edition for the DPDP Act. That experience is real, and its workflow discipline is genuinely good. The question worth asking is the one that applies to every platform of this kind: how much of the Indian law is native, and how much is a European framework wearing Indian labels. Here is an honest read.
| No. | Feature | EasyDP | PrivacyEngine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Primary focus | DPDP Act 2023, a complete, ready-to-run solution | Privacy operations platform, built on GDPR, localised for India |
| 02 | Built for | Indian SMBs, no privacy team assumed | Privacy and compliance teams; plans banded by headcount |
| 03 | Consent + notice | Built-in, DPDP-native consent capture and notices | PrivacyConsent, consent journeys and a consent ledger |
| 04 | Data Principal (DSR) requests | Integrated DSR handling | Structured workflows with SLAs, ownership and audit history |
| 05 | Breach workflow | Built-in breach-notification workflow | Guided incident playbooks with DPDP-aligned notifications |
| 06 | Staff training | Plain-language guides and free tools | A built-in DPDP training system, a real strength |
| 07 | Indian languages | Notices in every major Indian language | States “multilingual notices”, without naming Indian languages |
| 08 | Pricing | Free to start; paid plans from ₹299/month | Free up to 5 staff, then from €4,999/year by headcount; a global list |
| 09 | Time to live | Live in 30 minutes, no developer needed | No DPDP implementation time stated |
| 10 | Best for | Indian SMBs that just want DPDP handled | Organisations running a formal privacy programme, often already on GDPR |
Assessed September 2026. Check each vendor’s website for the latest features and pricing.
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You already run a GDPR programme and want India folded into the same platform and the same team’s habits, with formal SLAs and staff training included.
India is the only data-protection law you answer to and you are not staffing a privacy function. You would rather have DPDP done natively, priced in rupees, than run an adapted European programme.
Not by itself. The two laws overlap on ideas like consent and individual rights, but they differ in ways that matter — the DPDP Act has no “legitimate interest” route, its consent notice must be available in Indian languages, and the breach and Data Protection Board obligations are its own. A GDPR platform can be adapted, and PrivacyEngine has done that work; the thing to test in a demo is whether the Indian specifics are native or configured.
It states multilingual notices, but does not name Indian languages or give a count on its India page — its own material lists Indian-language support as something the law expects rather than something it delivers. If serving notices in your customers’ language matters, ask them to show you exactly which languages before you commit.
PrivacyEngine publishes plans, but in euros and banded by employee count — a free plan up to five staff, then paid tiers for organisations up to 50, 150 and 500 employees, with a custom enterprise tier. That is a global price list rather than an India-specific one, so check what applies to you. EasyDP prices in rupees: free to start, paid plans from ₹299 a month.
Every claim we make about PrivacyEngine above is taken from PrivacyEngine’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.