DPDP Platform Comparison · September 2026
ConsentOS vs DPDP Guard
DPDP Guard launched on 25 August 2026 from BharatLaw AI, and it launched complete: consent capture, a rights portal, cookie scanning, breach lifecycle tracking, eight published SDKs and a free plan. For a consumer web and app estate, that is a strong first evaluation. For a regulated lender or insurer the question is narrower. What does the platform produce when an erasure request collides with an RBI retention mandate. This page compares the two on that line, and on price.
| Capability | ConsentOS you | DPDP Guard |
|---|---|---|
| Product scope | Focused DPDP position for regulated BFSI | Full-stack DPDP platform, web and developer first |
| RBI / PMLA retention vs DPDP erasure (Legal Obligation Override) | Section 8(7) conflict flagged and registered at erasure time, Compliance Vault | Erasure checked against sectoral minimum retention. No denial register published |
| Signed denial register for a refused erasure request | Every refusal cites the governing instrument and retention period | Not documented on the product site |
| Free tier on the platform | None. The free artefact is the DPDP Gap Assessment; qualified firms receive a 14-day trial workspace | Rs 0: 1 domain, 1,000 consents/mo, 10 DSR/mo |
| Entry price | Starter Rs 2,999/mo plus one-time implementation fee | Starter Rs 7,999/mo annual, Rs 9,999 monthly |
| Mid-tier price | Growth Rs 14,999/mo plus one-time implementation fee | Growth Rs 34,999/mo annual, Rs 42,999 monthly |
| Consent capture surface | API and dashboard. No consent banner widget | Drop-in banner, eight SDKs, public /api/v1, offline and omnichannel capture |
| Breach clocks tracked separately (CERT-In 6-hour, DPDP 72-hour) | Breach Incident Register, Growth tier and up | Breach lifecycle with 72-hour Board report tracking |
| Eighth Schedule language notices | English live. Hindi and Eighth Schedule languages on the roadmap | Eighth Schedule language notices stated on the product site |
| Consent Manager registration (Rule 4, mandatory 13 November 2026) | India-incorporated and pursuing registration. Network API is roadmap | States it supports Consent Manager registration |
| Published track record | Early access, BFSI pipeline | Launched 25 August 2026. No funding, named customer or enterprise deployment published |
| Best fit | Regulated lenders and insurers holding data under a statutory retention mandate | Consumer web and app estates wanting SDKs and a free entry point |
DPDP Guard figures read from its public pricing page and product documentation · 2 September 2026
Where DPDP Guard is strong
The product is live and it is not thin: per-purpose consent capture with an audit trail, a Data Principal rights portal, an AI privacy notice generator, cookie and tracker scanning, breach lifecycle tracking against the 72-hour Board report, retention governance with a 48-hour pre-erasure notice, and three role dashboards for the fiduciary, the data principal and the DPO. Eight SDKs are published to npm, PyPI, pub.dev, Maven Central and Swift Package Manager, alongside a public API with self-serve keys. Consent capture runs offline and omnichannel, taking paper forms, QR codes, field agents, POS counters and IVR into the same audited register. Records are hash-chained. The free plan covers one domain, 1,000 consents a month and 10 rights requests a month, and it includes rights fulfilment rather than withholding it. Its penalty framing is accurate too, which most entrants get wrong. If your exposure is a consumer web and app estate and you want a developer surface with a free entry point, evaluate DPDP Guard on those terms.
Where ConsentOS wins
ConsentOS is cheaper at every paid tier and narrower by design. Starter is Rs 2,999 a month against Rs 7,999. Growth is Rs 14,999 a month against Rs 34,999, with a one-time ConsentOS implementation fee on top at each tier, listed on the pricing page. The narrowness is the point. For a regulated lender or insurer the binding obligation is the RBI and PMLA retention mandate against the DPDP erasure right. DPDP Guard checks erasure against sectoral minimum retention. It stops there. ConsentOS documents where obligations collide from the Scale tier and supports resolution of the conflict at Compliance Vault: the Legal Obligation Override flags it at erasure time, produces a refusal citing the governing instrument and retention period, and logs the decision in a signed denial register built for inspection. Consent record import moves an existing history in. What ConsentOS does not offer is a consent banner widget. Capture is via API and dashboard, because the buyer this platform is built for is not solving a banner problem.
ConsentOS vs DPDP Guard, answered.
Is ConsentOS an alternative to DPDP Guard for DPDP compliance?
They answer different questions. DPDP Guard is a broad DPDP platform for a consumer web and app estate: a drop-in banner, eight published SDKs, a public API, cookie scanning, and a free plan to start on. ConsentOS is built for one thing. When a customer demands erasure of data the RBI or PMLA requires you to retain, the Legal Obligation Override flags the conflict at erasure time, cites the governing instrument and retention period, and logs the decision in a signed denial register built for inspection. If your DPDP exposure is a website, evaluate DPDP Guard. If it is a statutory retention mandate, that conflict is the buying decision.
DPDP Guard has a free tier and ConsentOS does not. Why?
The free plan is real and it includes rights fulfilment: one domain, 1,000 consents a month, 10 Data Principal requests a month. ConsentOS has no free tier on the platform, though qualified firms receive a 14-day trial workspace. The free artefact is the DPDP Gap Assessment, which scores five compliance areas and returns a PDF report in minutes with no account. The split is deliberate. Diagnosis is free, infrastructure is paid. A consent register that has to survive a Data Protection Board inspection carries a support obligation that someone pays for, and ConsentOS prices it rather than recovering it elsewhere. For a low-volume consent log on one domain at zero cost, DPDP Guard answers the requirement and ConsentOS does not compete there.
How does ConsentOS pricing compare to DPDP Guard?
ConsentOS is cheaper at every paid tier. Starter is Rs 2,999 a month against Rs 7,999. Growth is Rs 14,999 a month against Rs 34,999, with a one-time ConsentOS implementation fee on top at each tier, listed on the pricing page. Above that the two stop being comparable: ConsentOS Scale is Rs 34,999 a month and the Compliance Vault, which carries the Legal Obligation Override, is Rs 1,50,000 a month, while DPDP Guard quotes Enterprise from Rs 15,00,000 a year. Both publish their pricing, which settles the comparison with arithmetic rather than a procurement cycle. DPDP Guard figures were read off its pricing page on 2 September 2026.
Does DPDP Guard support resolution of the RBI retention versus DPDP erasure conflict?
Partly. Its product site states that erasure is checked against sectoral minimum retention, which is the right instinct. What it does not publish is the artefact a supervisor asks for: a signed denial register recording each refused erasure request against the statute that compelled the refusal. ConsentOS documents where obligations collide from the Scale tier and supports resolution of the conflict at Compliance Vault, with the Override producing a refusal that cites the exact mandate and a register built for inspection. Before you choose either, ask what the platform produces the day an RBI-retained record is the subject of an erasure request.
DPDP Guard launched in August 2026. Does that matter?
It shipped complete, which is not the usual launch. Eight SDKs on npm, PyPI, pub.dev, Maven Central and Swift Package Manager, a public API, hash-chained consent records, and separate tracking for the CERT-In six-hour clock, which is in force today, and the DPDP 72-hour breach clock under Rule 7, enforceable on 13 May 2027. Its penalty framing is accurate as well: Rs 250 crore attaches to failure of reasonable security safeguards under Section 8(5), not to every breach of the Act. What it does not have, as of 2 September 2026, is funding, a named customer or a published enterprise deployment. ConsentOS is early too and says so. Ask both for a reference deployment inside a regulated entity.
The consent form is where the obligation starts.
The free DPDP Gap Assessment scores your position across five compliance areas and delivers a PDF report in minutes. If you hold records under an RBI or PMLA retention mandate, the report names the obligations that remain once consent capture is in place. No account required.
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