Engage Compliance vs HewardMills
HewardMills and Engage Compliance both offer fractional and outsourced Data Protection Officer services to growing organizations across multiple jurisdictions. They differ in firm size, geographic footprint, and ICP focus. This page compares the two so you can decide which fits your specific situation.
At a glance
HewardMills is an international DPO and privacy consulting firm founded by Dyann Heward-Mills. The firm offers outsourced DPO services, EU Representative service, UK Representative service, and a broader privacy compliance services portfolio. HewardMills has been a recognized name in the outsourced DPO market for several years.
Engage Compliance is a fractional DPO and privacy compliance consultancy based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founder Julian Gage has prior in-house privacy leadership at Robinhood, Coinbase, Amazon, Medtronic, and AbbVie. Tiered monthly pricing published from 500 EUR.
Both firms serve growing tech companies. They differ in firm scale, sector breadth, and founder background.
Firm scale and service model
HewardMills operates as a larger team-based firm with practitioners covering different client portfolios and scopes. The firm has been an established presence in the outsourced DPO market with multi-jurisdictional service coverage.
Engage Compliance operates on a founder-led model with direct senior practitioner engagement. Each client works directly with the founder or with the founder closely supervising. This model is structurally different from team-based service firms.
For companies that prefer the stability and scale of a larger firm with team-based delivery, HewardMills offers that model. For companies that prefer direct access to a senior in-house veteran with leadership at recognizable companies, Engage Compliance's founder-led model is structurally different.
Founder background
Engage Compliance founder Julian Gage brings prior in-house privacy leadership at recognizable tech and healthcare companies including Robinhood, Coinbase, Amazon, Medtronic, and AbbVie. 15-plus years in privacy program leadership.
HewardMills founder Dyann Heward-Mills brings background in compliance, regulation, and privacy. The firm has been operating in the outsourced DPO market for several years.
Sector focus
HewardMills serves a broad range of sectors including tech, financial services, healthcare, and others.
Engage Compliance focuses specifically on technology sectors including SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, and AI companies. The narrower focus enables deeper sector-specific expertise including AI Act for AI companies, DORA for fintech, and HIPAA coordination for HealthTech.
Pricing transparency
Engage Compliance publishes tiered pricing: Advisory from 500 EUR per month, DPO Essentials from 2,000 EUR per month, DPO Premium from 5,000 EUR per month.
HewardMills does not publish pricing publicly. Pricing is discussed in consultation calls and quoted based on company size and scope.
ICP fit
Both firms serve growing companies. Specific fit considerations:
HewardMills is well suited for organizations across multiple sectors needing a recognized established outsourced DPO firm with multi-jurisdictional coverage and team-based delivery.
Engage Compliance is well suited specifically for technology companies at Seed through Series C stages valuing direct senior practitioner access, sector-specific expertise in tech regulations including AI Act and DORA, transparent published pricing, and EU establishment for non-EU companies expanding to the EU.
Which to choose
Choose HewardMills if you want a larger established firm with multi-sector experience and team-based service delivery.
Choose Engage Compliance if you are a tech company at Seed through Series C, you want direct senior practitioner access from a privacy leader with documented in-house experience at recognizable tech and healthcare companies, you value transparent published pricing, or you need deep sector-specific expertise in tech-specific regulations (AI Act, DORA, US state laws).
Get started
If you want to evaluate Engage Compliance for your fractional DPO needs, book a consultation.