Nisura vs Kertos: CRQ vs EU Compliance Automation (2026)
The Nisura Team ·
Kertos and Nisura are both EU-built and both help with NIS2 — but they sit on opposite sides of the compliance equation. Kertos is an EU compliance-automation platform (plus certified experts) that gets you certified and audit-ready. Nisura is a CRQ engine that quantifies your financial exposure in euros. They overlap less than they look. Here is the honest split for an EU buyer.
The one-line difference
Kertos gets your ISO 27001 / NIS2 / GDPR program done and audited. Nisura tells you the euro loss that program is there to prevent. Compliance delivery vs. risk quantification.
What Kertos does well
Kertos is a credible EU (Munich-based) compliance platform with strong privacy heritage. It runs ISO 27001, SOC 2, TISAX®, GDPR, ISO 27701, NIS2 and the EU AI Act in one place, pulls evidence from 100+ integrations, and pairs its “KAIA” AI co-pilot with certified experts who can take on external CISO and DPO mandates. If your need is to reach and maintain certification — with EU-native tooling and hands-on expert support — Kertos is squarely built for that, and being EU-based it answers the data-sovereignty question cleanly.
Where Nisura is different
Nisura isn’t a compliance-automation or audit-prep platform — it won’t run your ISMS or get you certified. It measures the thing a control register leaves blank: the euro exposure. From your live external attack surface (a passive scan), it weights exploitable issues by live EPSS and CISA KEV, prices the credential vector, and produces an Expected Annual Loss and loss-exceedance curve in euros, mapped to the governing regime (NIS2 by tier, GDPR, DORA). It replaces the qualitative “High/Medium/Low” register with a defensible number — see what cyber risk quantification is.
| Kertos (GRC) | Nisura (CRQ) | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary output | Certification & audit readiness, evidence | Expected Annual Loss in € + loss-exceedance curve |
| Risk measurement | Qualitative risk register; control status | Quantitative — live CVEs weighted by EPSS/KEV |
| Frameworks | ISO 27001, SOC 2, TISAX, GDPR, NIS2, AI Act | Not a framework tool — prices NIS2/GDPR/DORA liability |
| Onboarding | Integrations + expert-guided program | A domain + business profile — minutes, no integration |
| Data residency | EU-built (Munich) | EU-hosted & operated (sovereign) |
| Pricing | Custom / quote-based | Published: Mid-Market €4,900/yr |
Use them together
For an EU company these fit neatly in sequence: use Kertos to build and certify the program, and Nisura to quantify — in euros — the risk the program reduces and to give the board and insurers a defensible number. Compliance delivery and risk quantification are different disciplines; the strongest NIS2 story uses both.
See the Nisura output first: run the free calculator or scan your domain. Full field on the CRQ-vs-GRC comparison.
Sources
- Kertos — EU compliance automation platform, frameworks and “KAIA” / expert-services pages (kertos.io).
- Nisura — localized FAIR engine, EPSS/KEV telemetry, NIS2/GDPR/DORA mapping and public pricing (nisura.eu).
Competitor details are drawn from each vendor’s public materials as of October 2026 and may change — verify current capabilities with the vendor. This comparison is provided in good faith for buyer orientation.
Frequently asked questions
Kertos vs Nisura — what is the difference?
Kertos is an EU (Munich) compliance-automation platform with certified experts that gets you certified and audit-ready across ISO 27001, SOC 2, TISAX, GDPR, NIS2 and the EU AI Act. Nisura is a cyber risk quantification engine that prices your external exposure in euros. Compliance delivery vs. risk quantification.
Is Nisura a Kertos alternative?
Not really — they are complementary. Kertos builds and certifies your compliance program; Nisura quantifies, in euros, the loss exposure behind it for the board and insurers. Both are EU-built and EU-hosted, so sovereignty is covered either way.
Does Kertos quantify cyber risk in euros?
Kertos focuses on certification, evidence and a qualitative risk register rather than a euro loss figure. The euro Expected Annual Loss, derived from live external exposure and EPSS/KEV, is what Nisura adds.