Engage Compliance vs Formiti

Key takeaways

• Both offer fractional DPO with multi-jurisdictional coverage, so choose Formiti for multi-country representative services across many jurisdictions and Engage Compliance for direct expertise across EU, UK, and US.
• We operate an expert-led model with the same named DPO on your account, while Formiti uses a service-firm model with a team of practitioners and a network of representatives.
• We provide direct GDPR (EU and UK), US state privacy laws (CCPA and 19 others), and AI Act coverage, coordinating with regional specialists for non-EU/non-US work that Formiti’s network covers directly.
• We publish tiered pricing (Privacy Advisory From €600, DPO Foundation From €1,000, DPO Complete From €4,500 per month); Formiti does not publish pricing and quotes on request (as of September 2026).
• We suit SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, and AI companies at Seed through Series C valuing direct access to an experienced practitioner, including AI companies needing AI Act expertise.

At a glance

Formiti is a UK-based privacy compliance services firm offering data protection officer services, EU Representative service, UK Representative service, and multi-country privacy compliance. The firm advertises coverage across multiple jurisdictions and has a network model for representative services in various countries.

Engage Compliance is an expert-led fractional DPO and privacy compliance consultancy based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Tiered pricing published from €600 per month.

Both firms serve technology companies including SaaS, FinTech, and HealthTech.

Service model

Formiti operates on a service-firm model with a team of practitioners and a network of representatives in various jurisdictions. The firm handles a range of privacy compliance services including DPO, EU Rep, UK Rep, training, audits, and DSAR services.

Engage Compliance operates on a named-DPO model. Each client works directly with a named DPO, backed by specialist advisors. This model is structurally different from team-based service firms and tends to deliver more expertise per engagement at the cost of capacity constraints.

For companies that prioritize direct access to the practitioner doing the work, the named-DPO model is structurally different. For companies that prioritize multi-jurisdiction coverage with local representative networks, team-based firms have structural advantages.

Geographic coverage

Formiti emphasizes multi-country coverage with representative services in various jurisdictions. This can be valuable for companies with operations or customers across multiple regions.

Engage Compliance is based in Amsterdam, with offices in London and the US. Direct GDPR (EU and UK), US state privacy laws (CCPA and 19 others), and AI Act coverage. For non-EU or non-US specialist work (Brazil LGPD, China PIPL, Japan APPI, etc.), Engage Compliance coordinates with regional specialists rather than maintaining direct coverage.

For companies operating in many jurisdictions globally, Formiti’s network model may provide simpler coordination. For companies operating primarily in EU, UK, and US, Engage Compliance’s direct expertise model is typically deeper.

Pricing transparency

Engage Compliance publishes tiered pricing on the website (Privacy Advisory From €600, DPO Foundation From €1,000, DPO Complete From €4,500 per month).

Formiti does not publish pricing and quotes on request (as of September 2026).

Senior expertise

Formiti was founded by industry practitioners with privacy and compliance backgrounds. Engage Compliance puts one named DPO, with published credentials, on every account.

For companies that value documented expertise at recognizable companies, the named-DPO positioning of Engage Compliance is structurally different.

ICP fit

Both firms serve growing technology companies. Specific fit considerations:

• Formiti is well suited for companies needing multi-country representative services across many jurisdictions, particularly if those jurisdictions extend beyond EU, UK, and US.
• Engage Compliance is well suited for technology companies in SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, and AI sectors operating worldwide with EU, UK, and US data processing obligations, particularly those at Seed through Series C stages valuing direct access to an experienced practitioner.

For AI companies specifically, Engage Compliance has direct EU AI Act expertise and EU establishment supporting AI Act conformity assessment coordination.

Which to choose

Choose Formiti if your operations span many jurisdictions globally and you need a single firm to coordinate representative services across them, and if a team-based service model fits your needs.

Choose Engage Compliance if your operations are primarily in EU, UK, and US, you want direct access to a privacy leader with documented privacy experience at recognizable companies, you value transparent published pricing, or you need AI Act compliance expertise alongside GDPR.

Note: Outsourced DPO is also referred to as external DPO, virtual DPO, fractional DPO, or DPaaS. Local-language equivalents include externer Datenschutzbeauftragter (Germany), DPO externe (France), DPO esterno (Italy), DPD externo (Spain).

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