dcomply vs Redacto
Indian data-discovery and redaction platform. We wrote this the way you would want a peer to write it: what they are good at, what they are not, and when we honestly are not the right pick.
Origin: India
Pricing: Sales-led
Scope: PII discovery + redaction, document masking
The scorecard at a glance
Module scope
89+ Indian modules
Pricing on the site
₹12,999 · ₹29,999 · ₹89,999
Hash-chained evidence
EvidenceChain across every event
vDPO from ₹2,499/mo
4 tiers up to Premium
India data residency
ap-south-1 default
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Side-by-side
Scope, evidence, pricing, residency
| Capability | dcomply | Redacto |
|---|---|---|
| Origin & headquarters | India-headquartered, India-incorporated | India |
| Total modules | 89+ across 12+ Indian regulators | PII discovery + redaction, document masking |
| Published pricing | ₹12,999 / ₹29,999 / ₹89,999 on pricing page | Sales-led |
| India data residency | ap-south-1 default, no cross-border by default | Regional option or globally hosted |
| Hash-chained cryptographic evidence | EvidenceChain across every event (/proof) | Conventional audit log |
| DPDP §6 vs §7 lawful basis | Schema-level column with 6 DPDP-native values | Typically GDPR-lawful-basis mapped via config |
| RBI / SEBI / IRDAI / MCA / CERT-In modules | Native | Not covered |
| GST / Labour / POSH / RERA / FSSAI / EHS / healthcare | Native | Not covered |
| vDPO / DPO-as-a-Service | From ₹2,499/mo, 4 tiers up to Premium | Typically not offered |
| Self-serve signup, time-to-live | Instant signup, live in under an hour | Demo-gated or partner-led onboarding |
| Customer proof surfaces | Live public directories (110 verified brands) | Enterprise-focused, limited public list |
Verdict
When each is the right pick
Choose dcomply if
- You need a full DPDP platform (consent + DSR + breach + DPIA + vendor + cross-border + retention) not just discovery.
- You need PII discovery for 35+ India-specific patterns (Aadhaar, PAN, GSTIN, ABHA, EPF, DL) alongside the compliance workflow.
- You want every regulated event written to a hash-chained EvidenceChain so exports are DPBI-ready.
- You need modules for RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, GST, Labour, POSH beyond DPDP.
- You want a vDPO addon from ₹2,499/mo instead of contracting external DPO advisory.
dcomply also runs PII discovery, but wraps it in the full DPDP lifecycle instead of leaving it stranded.
Choose Redacto if
- Your only compliance problem is PII discovery and redaction for document sharing or downstream analytics.
- You already have DPDP consent, DSR, and breach workflows fully covered by a different tool.
- You need document-format redaction workflows (PDF sanitisation, image masking) as your primary use case.
A discovery-focused tool fits a discovery-focused problem.
What we deliberately do not do:
Discovery and redaction are one slice of DPDP compliance. Consent lifecycle, DSR workflow, breach notification, DPIA, vendor / processor register, cross-border transfer governance, and DPO obligations are outside the core product. No vDPO service and no adjacent regulatory modules. If those are what you need most, take that seriously.
Answers
Questions we hear about this pairing
Yes. dcomply's discovery engine scans CSV, Excel, JSON, TXT files plus connected databases (MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, S3, Google Sheets) for 35+ India-specific PII patterns including Aadhaar, PAN, GSTIN, ABHA, EPF, driving licence, banking IDs and health identifiers. One-click anonymisation is native.
Consent lifecycle with hash-chained proof, DSR intake with 90-day SLA tracking, 72-hour DPBI breach workflow, DPIA sign-off gates, vendor register with DPA renewal, retention schedule enforcement, RoPA export, cross-border transfer records, self-service data-principal portal, plus 65-plus modules for RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and other Indian regulators.
Yes, though most customers find the integrated approach cheaper and cleaner. If you have deep investment in Redacto for document redaction, dcomply can consume discovery results via API and feed them into the compliance workflow.
Every discovery run in dcomply writes to the same EvidenceChain that carries consent and DSR events. When you export a DPBI bundle, discovery evidence is joined to the affected data principal and rehash-verifiable offline. See dcomply.in/proof.
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89+ modules · India-native schema · vDPO from ₹2,499/mo · Published INR pricing