Engage Compliance vs MyData-TRUST

Under GDPR Article 27, most non-EU companies that offer goods or services to people in the EU, or monitor their behavior, must appoint an EU Representative. The representative is the local point of contact for supervisory authorities and data subjects, and represents the company before EU regulators. This page compares Engage Compliance and MyData-TRUST for that Article 27 role. We are one of the two providers compared, and we acknowledge our bias.

One thing to clear up first, because the names overlap. The GDPR Article 27 data protection representative is not the medical device “authorized representative” under the EU MDR. They sound alike and life-sciences buyers meet both, but they are separate roles under separate regulations. Everything below is about the GDPR data protection representative only.

Key takeaways

• Engage Compliance provides a standalone EU Representative service for any EU member state at €690 a year for the smallest band and €4,490 a year for the largest, EU-established in Amsterdam, and we also act as your DPO where you need both.
• MyData-TRUST, as of August 2026, covers around 12 jurisdictions including China and Korea, and owns the wide multi-regime, global-coverage position in this market.
• MyData-TRUST is a life-sciences specialist: pharma, medical devices, and clinical research. Engage is built for tech companies.
• MyData-TRUST quotes its pricing; Engage publishes all three band prices, which is rare in this field.
• Engage offers the DPO and the EU Representative as two separate products, scoped together where you need both.
• For non-EU regimes, Engage covers other jurisdictions, including China, through local partners.

Where MyData-TRUST is strong

• Very wide multi-jurisdiction coverage, around 12 jurisdictions including China and Korea, from a single provider. If you need representation across many regimes at once, that breadth is the standout.
• Deep life-sciences specialism across pharma, medical devices, and clinical research. A company in that sector gets a provider that already knows its data flows and regulatory context.
• Established position as the wide-coverage, multi-regime option, which suits buyers whose footprint reaches well beyond the EU into Asia.

Where Engage Compliance is strong

• Standalone Article 27 appointment for any EU member state, €690 a year at the smallest band and €4,490 at the largest, set by headcount or global revenue, whichever puts you higher, with the EU appointment live in a few working days.
• EU-established in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and it publishes every band price so you can read the figure without a sales call.
• Built for tech companies, so SaaS data flows, AI, and fast product cycles are the default context rather than an exception.
• Senior expertise on every engagement: Experience across 100+ startups and enterprises including Amazon, Coinbase, and Robinhood.
• Offers the Article 27 representative and the DPO as separate products where you need both, and covers UK and, through partners, other jurisdictions including China.

How to choose

Start with your sector and your map. If you are a life-sciences company (pharma, medical devices, or clinical research) and you need representation across many jurisdictions, including China and Korea, MyData-TRUST’s breadth and sector depth may be the better match, and you would ask it for a quote.

If you are a tech company that needs a clean EU, or EU plus UK, Article 27 appointment with a published price and senior expertise, Engage fits. And if your footprint reaches beyond the EU, Engage still covers non-EU regimes, including China, through local partners, so a wider map does not rule us out. See global representative services and China PIPL compliance services for how that works.

If you also need a DPO, Engage offers both as separate products and scopes them together.

If you are not yet sure the obligation applies to you, work through the Article 27 applicability test first, then compare on the things that actually differ: coverage, whether the price is published, and whether they can also act as your DPO.