What Audatis does

Audatis is a German compliance and information security services group headquartered in Herford, Germany, founded in 2010 and operating through three wholly-owned subsidiaries: audatis Consulting GmbH (cybersecurity, data protection, and information security consulting), audatis Cert GmbH (audit and certification services), and audatis Services GmbH (e-commerce). The company targets primarily the German Mittelstand and adjacent verticals — automotive (TISAX), financial services (DORA, BAIT, MaRisk), healthcare and pharmaceuticals (KRITIS, NIS-2, DS-GVO), manufacturing (NIS-2, ISO 27001), and energy/utilities — with a service portfolio that spans external Data Protection Officer (DPO) outsourcing, ISO 27001 and TISAX certification support, NIS-2 implementation, penetration testing, vulnerability analysis, phishing campaigns, and structured training up to a three-day certified DPO program.

The company's core proprietary technology is audatis MANAGER, a SaaS Compliance & Security Management platform that integrates data protection management (DSFA, TOMs, processing activity registers), information security management (ISMS), and regulatory compliance modules (NIS-2, ISO 27001, TISAX, DORA). A 2025-05 platform relaunch repositioned audatis MANAGER from a data protection tool into a broader integrated Compliance & Security platform with new UI and data structures. Adjacent products include audatis CYBERWATCH (managed cybersecurity monitoring), audatis ACADEMY+ (annual webinar subscription membership at €49/person/month), and the audatis SHOP e-commerce store (data protection packages, templates, and checklists from €29.75 to €4,748.10).

Audatis operates a hybrid revenue model combining professional consulting (DPO outsourcing, ISO 27001 and TISAX certification projects, pentests), recurring SaaS subscriptions (audatis MANAGER and ACADEMY+), individual paid training and certification seminars (DPO certification at €1,495 per 3-day course), and digital product sales through audatis SHOP. Distribution is multi-channel: direct enterprise sales for consulting, self-service free trial for the SaaS platform, e-commerce for digital products, and self-service subscription enrollment for ACADEMY+. Geographic scope is Germany and Austria, with Switzerland explicitly excluded. The group is founder-controlled by Managing Directors/Shareholders Carsten Knoop and Sascha Knicker, with no external institutional investment disclosed.

Name

Audatis

Legal name

audatis Group GmbH

Website

https://audatis.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Audatis is a Herford-based German compliance and information security services group serving the Mittelstand with consulting (DPO outsourcing, ISO 27001, TISAX, NIS-2, penetration testing), the audatis MANAGER SaaS platform, ACADEMY+ training subscriptions, and digital compliance products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Herford

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Cybersecurity consulting including penetration testing, vulnerability analysis, phishing campaigns; Data protection services including external DPO, data protection audits, DSFA; Information security services including ISO 27001 certification support, TISAX preparation, NIS-2 implementation, external ISB services.
2. audatis MANAGER SaaS Subscription: Cloud-based compliance and security management software platform. Free trial available. Pricing for ACADEMY+ membership at €49/person/month (annual billing). Software manages data protection, information security, and regulatory compliance.
3. ACADEMY+ Training Membership: Annual membership providing unlimited access to all live webinars on compliance, security, data protection, and IT topics. Priced at €49/person/month with annual billing. Includes certificates for professional development hours (Art. 37/38 DS-GVO compliance).
4. E-commerce Product Sales: Digital products sold through audatis SHOP including data protection packages (S/M/L sizes for 1-9, 10+ employees, and company groups), working aids, checklists, policies, guidelines, and training materials. Physical and digital delivery.
5. Individual Training and Seminars: Individual webinar and seminar bookings including 'Aktuelles im Datenschutz' (€169/120 min), Data Protection Coordinator training (€299), DPO certification (€1,495 for 3 days), NIS-2 webinars, ISMS webinars. Group discounts available (10% from 2nd participant).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Audatis provides professional consulting services in data protection (DS-GVO), cybersecurity (penetration testing, phishing, vulnerability analysis), and information security (ISO 27001, TISAX, NIS-2 implementation), complemented by the proprietary audatis MANAGER compliance management SaaS platform, the ACADEMY+ training membership, and an e-commerce shop selling compliance document packages. The firm also operates audatis CYBERWATCH for ongoing security monitoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• audatis MANAGER: Integrated compliance and security management software platform for data protection, information security, and regulatory compliance.
• audatis CYBERWATCH
• audatis SHOP
• audatis ACADEMY+

Products and services

• audatis MANAGER Integrated Compliance and Security Management SaaS platform covering data protection management, information security management (ISMS), NIS-2 compliance, ISO 27001 support, TISAX compliance, DORA/BAIT/MaRisk, and KRITIS regulatory management. Targets data protection officers, information security officers, and compliance managers in regulated organizations. Free trial available.
• audatis CYBERWATCH

Quantifiable outcome

• Time savings of up to 80% for Data Protection Impact Assessment (DSFA) using audatis templates and software
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered infrastructure and operational.

• IONOSinfrastructureTechnology or IntegrationWebsite hosting provider for audatis.de. IONOS SE (Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany) provides cloud hosting infrastructure. Audatis has a data processing agreement (Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag) with IONOS per Art. 28 DS-GVO.
• SendinblueoperationalTechnology or IntegrationNewsletter delivery service provider (Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany). Handles email newsletter distribution for audatis INFO and product update communications.
• CalendlyoperationalTechnology or IntegrationAppointment scheduling tool used for booking consultations and sales meetings. Calendly LLC, 3423 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30305-1754, USA. Data processing agreement in place.
• Google AnalyticsoperationalTechnology or IntegrationWeb analytics service used to analyze website usage patterns and optimize marketing effectiveness. Google LLC operates under EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
• Google AdsoperationalTechnology or IntegrationPaid search advertising platform for driving website traffic and lead generation for compliance and security services.
• PayPaloperationalTechnology or IntegrationOnline payment processing for audatis SHOP e-commerce transactions. Enables secure checkout with PayPal accounts and credit cards.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• EQS Group AG: German-headquartered compliance SaaS provider for governance, risk, compliance and whistleblower regimes — a comparable compliance-software-led DACH business, though with a broader enterprise focus.
• Datakontext GmbH: German data protection, information security and compliance consultancy with training academy and software tools — highly comparable mix of consulting, academy and productized templates serving DACH SMBs.
• Datenschutz Nord GmbH: One of Germany's largest external data protection officer providers, offering DPO services, security audits and compliance software to Mittelstand and enterprise customers — directly overlapping Audatis' core DPO and ISMS business.
• UIMC Dr. Vosseler & Partner: German consulting firm specialized in data protection, information security and IT compliance (ISO 27001, TISAX, KRITIS) — comparable specialist positioning and similar target verticals to audatis.
• 2B Advice GmbH: German data protection and information security consultancy with its own DP-Software (2B Advice Manager) targeting mid-sized German companies — a near-direct competitor to audatis on consulting + SaaS for DACH Mittelstand.

Broad incumbents

• ServiceNow: Enterprise platform with integrated GRC, security operations and risk modules — a broad incumbent whose GRC suite competes for multi-framework compliance budgets, especially at larger DACH accounts.
• Vanta: Automated compliance management SaaS for ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIS-2 and similar frameworks — a well-funded, fast-growing incumbent pushing down-market into the same SMB compliance buyer.
• OneTrust: Global leader in privacy, security and trust management SaaS — broader and better-funded incumbent whose platform competes with audatis MANAGER for multi-framework compliance programs.
• Collibra: Enterprise data intelligence and governance platform with privacy and compliance use cases — a larger incumbent whose data-governance suite overlaps with Audatis' compliance management ambitions.

Regional players

• Securys Ltd: UK-based data protection and cybersecurity consultancy serving regulated and mid-market organizations — comparable consulting + DP/IG offering but focused on the UK rather than DACH, so a regional rather than direct peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/audatis
• Facebookfacebook.com/audatis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/audatis-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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