DPDP Platform Comparison · September 2026
ConsentOS vs DPDP Guard
DPDP Guard publishes a broad DPDP platform: 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 | Broad DPDP platform with SDKs and a public API |
| RBI / PMLA retention vs DPDP erasure (Legal Obligation Override) | Section 8(7) conflict flagged and registered at erasure time, Compliance Vault | Records a lawful erasure denial with statute and citation |
| Signed denial register for a refused erasure request | Every refusal cites the governing instrument and retention period | Each statutory denial listed in its evidence bundle. DPO sign-off hashes and locks the register |
| 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 capture signed on the device |
| Breach clocks tracked separately (CERT-In 6-hour, DPDP 72-hour) | Breach Incident Register, Growth tier and up | DPDP 72-hour report with CERT-In, RBI and SEBI 6-hour clocks |
| Eighth Schedule language notices | English live. Hindi and Eighth Schedule languages on the roadmap | Notice builder with an Eighth Schedule coverage table |
| Consent Manager registration path (Rule 4 applies from 13 Nov 2026) | India-incorporated. Intends to seek registration once Rule 4 applies. Network API is roadmap | Publishes a registration readiness self-assessment. Its own intent is not stated |
| Published track record | Early access, BFSI pipeline | No customer or funding named on its pages |
| Best fit | Regulated lenders and insurers holding data under a statutory retention mandate | Web, app and branch estates wanting SDKs and a free entry point |
DPDP Guard column: dpdpguard.ai home, pricing, features, products, Privacy Centre, BFSI use case, policy, blog and sitemap pages, read on 29 and 30 September 2026. "Not described" reports what those pages say. It is not a statement about the product.
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, an admin dashboard scoped by role and a Data Principal portal. Eight SDKs are published to npm, PyPI, pub.dev, Maven Central and Swift Package Manager, alongside a public API with self-serve keys. Offline capture is signed on the device and verified when it syncs. Its rights console records a lawful denial of erasure with the statute and citation, and its evidence bundle lists each denial in a register the DPO signs off. It also publishes a Healthcare ABDM Bridge and an Account Aggregator conflict mapper. 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. It attaches the Rs 250 crore ceiling to security safeguards, where the Schedule places it. 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 narrower by design, and lower on the monthly fee at the first two tiers. 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's pages, read on 29 and 30 September 2026, describe a lawful denial recorded with its statute and citation, and a register of those denials. 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. Run the same request through both. 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?
The two overlap more than most pairs on this site. DPDP Guard is a broad DPDP platform: a drop-in banner, eight published SDKs, a public API, cookie scanning, a free plan, and a rights console that records a lawful denial with its statute and citation. 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 or app estate, evaluate DPDP Guard. If it is a statutory retention mandate, run the same erasure request through both and compare the record each produces.
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?
On the monthly fee, ConsentOS is lower at the first two tiers. 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 and the denial register, is Rs 1,50,000 a month, while DPDP Guard quotes Enterprise from Rs 15,00,000 a year. DPDP Guard's pages do not state which plan carries its statutory denial record, so ask. Both publish their pricing. DPDP Guard figures were read off its pricing page on 29 September 2026.
Does DPDP Guard support resolution of the RBI retention versus DPDP erasure conflict?
Its pages describe real handling. The features page, read on 29 September 2026, says a DPO can reject an erasure request with a recorded statutory basis and citation, and that its evidence bundle lists each statutory denial with the retention record behind it, in a register the DPO signs off. Its BFSI page sets retention rules alongside RBI and KYC record-keeping. ConsentOS documents where obligations collide from the Scale tier. At Compliance Vault, the Override flags the request at erasure time and produces a refusal citing the mandate. Both vendors publish a record of the refusal, so the test is practical. Run one erasure request against an RBI-retained record through both and compare what each produces.
DPDP Guard names no customer on its site. Does that matter?
It publishes a great deal else. Eight SDKs on npm, PyPI, pub.dev, Maven Central and Swift Package Manager, a public API, offline capture signed on the device, and separate tracking for the CERT-In six-hour clock, which is in force today, and the DPDP 72-hour breach report under Rule 7, enforceable on 13 May 2027. It attaches the Rs 250 crore ceiling to security safeguards and Rs 200 crore to breach notification, where the Schedule places them. Its pages, read on 29 September 2026, name no customer and state no funding. 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 returns a PDF report. 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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