EasyDP vs PrivacyEngine

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.

EasyDP vs PrivacyEngine, side by side.

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.

Where PrivacyEngine is strong

  • Workflow discipline. Requests and grievances route into structured workflows with service levels, named owners and full audit history — genuinely useful when you must prove to a regulator that a process existed and was followed.
  • Staff training built in. It ships a DPDP training system, which is a real answer to the accountability the Act expects of an organisation, and something most privacy tools leave to you.
  • Children’s data workflows. Dedicated handling for verifiable parental consent — one of the harder parts of the Act to get right.

Where EasyDP fits better

  • Built for DPDP, not retrofitted. Designed around the DPDP Act 2023 and Rules 2025 from the ground up — Indian consent-notice rules, Data Principal rights, and the Data Protection Board’s breach timelines.
  • The whole obligation, in one place. Consent capture, the privacy/consent notice, Data Principal (DSR) handling, breach-notification workflow, and audit-ready consent records — one integrated solution, not modules you wire together.
  • Live in 30 minutes, no developer required. Drop-in consent for your site and checkout, with APIs and docs when you do have a developer — but never requiring one.
  • SMB-first, transparent pricing. India-priced plans built for small and mid-sized businesses — not enterprise quote-on-request or per-visitor billing.

Who should pick which?

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Choose PrivacyEngine if…

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.

Choose EasyDP if…

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.

EasyDP vs PrivacyEngine, answered.

Is a GDPR platform enough for DPDP compliance?

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.

Does PrivacyEngine support Indian languages?

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.

What does PrivacyEngine cost in India?

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.

Sources

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.

  1. PrivacyEngine — pricing

Built on India's official DPDP framework.

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DPDP Act 2023No. 22 of 2023 · In force Nov 13, 2025
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DPDP Rules 2025G.S.R. 846(E) · staged: 2025 → May 2027
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MeitY governedMinistry of Electronics & Information Technology