Comparison
Sprinto vs DoraPilot — which one for DORA?
Sprinto is an excellent generalist compliance platform. DoraPilot is a DORA specialist. Below is an honest comparison — when Sprinto is the right choice, and when DoraPilot is.
The short answer
Pick Sprinto if you need a single platform for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and DORA, you have a series-B+ budget, and you already have at least one full-time compliance person.
Pick DoraPilot if DORA is the main thing you need — because a bank sent you a 70-question vendor questionnaire, or because you have to submit a Register of Information by April — and you don't want to commit €7,500/year just to answer one form.
We're not pretending DoraPilot is "better" than Sprinto across the board. Sprinto wins on breadth and integrations. DoraPilot wins on DORA-specific depth and price.
Feature-by-feature
| Capability | Sprinto | DoraPilot |
|---|---|---|
| Primary focus | 20+ frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, DORA, ...) | DORA only |
| Starting price | ~€7,500 / year | €0 free, paid from €49/mo |
| DORA Article 30 contract templates | Generic templates, US-leaning | EU 2022/2554 pre-aligned |
| Register of Information (xBRL-CSV) 94% of Excel RoI submissions were rejected — Sprinto doesn't generate xBRL-CSV. | No | Yes |
| Arelle validation built-in | No | Yes |
| EU-only data residency | US + EU options | EU only (Frankfurt + Dublin) |
| Built for solo CTOs / small SaaS Sprinto starts at series-B+ priced tiers. | No | Yes |
| ISO 27001 / SOC 2 mapping | Yes | DORA ↔ ISO 27001 ↔ SOC 2 ↔ NIS2 ↔ GDPR Art. 32 |
| Auditor co-sign workflow | Yes | Yes |
| Immutable audit trail | Yes | SHA-256 chained |
| Open sub-processor list | Yes | Yes |
| Free tier | No | 10-question gap analysis + PDF |
| Setup time to first response | 2-4 weeks (sales cycle + onboarding) | Same day (self-serve) |
Where Sprinto is the better choice
- You manage 3+ frameworks simultaneously and want a single control library.
- You have a security team that wants automated evidence collection across AWS, GCP, Okta, Jira and 100+ other integrations.
- You ship to US customers and need SOC 2 Type II as the primary deliverable.
- Your auditor explicitly works with Sprinto and you want friction-free handoff.
Where DoraPilot is the better choice
- A bank sent you a DORA vendor questionnaire and you have 2 weeks to answer 70 questions.
- You need to produce a valid Register of Information in xBRL-CSV for the next EBA submission window.
- You're a 5-50 person SaaS and €7,500/year is the wrong order of magnitude.
- You sell mainly to EU financial entities and want EU-data-residency by design with no special configuration.
- You want to validate before paying — DoraPilot has a real free tier with a 10-question gap analysis.
What both have in common
- Auditor co-sign workflows
- Immutable audit trail
- Public sub-processor list
- EU data hosting available
- Cancellation without retention games (DoraPilot writes this explicitly into Terms of Service)
The bottom line
For most EU SaaS founders who get hit with a DORA questionnaire and don't have a compliance officer, DoraPilot delivers the specific artefacts the bank's third-party risk team wants — Article 30 annexes, Register of Information entries, policy pack — at roughly 1/15th of Sprinto's entry price.
For larger teams managing a portfolio of frameworks, Sprinto remains a strong, well-supported choice. Many DoraPilot customers run both: Sprinto for SOC 2, DoraPilot for DORA.
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