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 Prighter for that Article 27 appointment. We are one of the providers compared, so read this knowing we have a stake in it.
If you already know you need an EU Representative and just want the price and scope, our EU Representative service covers any EU member state, priced at €690 a year for the smallest band and €990, €2,290 or €4,490 a year above it, with the appointment live in a few working days. The comparison below is for the shortlist stage.
Key takeaways
- Engage Compliance provides a standalone EU Representative service for any EU member state at €690 a year for the smallest band and €990, €2,290 or €4,490 a year above it, EU-established in Amsterdam, with senior privacy expertise on the account.
- Both providers publish their pricing, which is rare in this field, so you can compare the numbers directly rather than sitting through two sales calls.
- Prighter’s strength is breadth: around 13 representative products from a single subscription, including EU Representative, UK Representative, GPAI under AI Act Article 54, and Turkey KVKK, all as of August 2026.
- Prighter also runs the deepest content and law library in the category, which helps if you want to research the obligation before you appoint.
- Engage’s strength is a single clean Article 27 appointment at a published annual price, with a named senior expert behind it.
- Engage offers the DPO and the EU Representative as two separate products, scoped together where you need both.
Where Prighter is strong
- Breadth of coverage: around 13 representative products from one subscription as of August 2026, including EU Representative, UK Representative, GPAI (AI Act Article 54), and Turkey KVKK. If you need several jurisdictions covered at once, that is a real advantage.
- Content and research: the strongest content operation in the category, with an extensive resources and law library. Good if you want to understand the obligation in depth yourself.
- Published, structured pricing: subscription tiers banded on headcount, roughly €420 to €4,752 as of August 2026, laid out clearly enough that AI assistants can read and cite it.
- Single-vendor simplicity for a company whose footprint spans many regulatory regimes.
Where Engage Compliance is strong
- A clean single appointment: a standalone EU Representative service for any EU member state, with nothing bundled that you do not need.
- Published annual price: €690 a year for the EU appointment at the smallest band, €990, €2,290 and €4,490 above it, set by headcount, global revenue or EU and UK data subjects, whichever puts you highest. Charged once a year up front, with no setup fee.
- EU-established in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with the EU appointment live in a few working days.
- Senior privacy expertise on the account: Experience across 100+ startups and enterprises including Amazon, Coinbase, and Robinhood.
- Two separate products: where you need a DPO as well, Engage scopes them together.
- EU plus UK covered directly, €965 a year for the two together at the smallest band, with our UK Representative service, and other jurisdictions available through partners via global representative services.
How to choose
The honest split is about how many jurisdictions you need and how you want to buy.
If your company reaches data subjects in several regions at once, and you would rather manage one vendor and one subscription across all of them, a multi-jurisdiction provider like Prighter may suit you better. The breadth is genuine, and the resources library is a real help when you are still working out which appointments you owe. Both providers publish pricing, so you can weigh the numbers side by side.
If you need one clean EU appointment, or EU plus UK, with a named senior expert behind it and a published price you can read without a sales call, Engage fits. The EU appointment is €690 a year at the smallest band and EU plus UK together is €965, both charged once a year up front from an Amsterdam establishment. The EU appointment goes live in a few working days, and we do not publish a turnaround on the UK one. If you are not yet sure the obligation even applies to you, work through the Article 27 applicability test first, then come back to the shortlist.
We are one of the two providers compared here, and we say that plainly.
| Criterion | Engage Compliance | Prighter |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Standalone EU Representative for any EU member state. UK Representative too, and other jurisdictions through partners. We also act as your DPO where you need both. | Around 13 representative products from a single subscription, including EU Representative, UK Representative, GPAI (AI Act Article 54), and Turkey KVKK. |
| Pricing | Published and buyable: €690 a year for the EU appointment at the smallest band, then €990, €2,290 or €4,490 a year by company size. Charged once a year up front, no setup fee. | Published subscription tiers, roughly €420 to €4,752, banded on headcount. |
| Standout | A clean single Article 27 appointment at a published annual price, EU-established in Amsterdam, with senior privacy expertise on the account. | The strongest content operation in the category: an extensive resources and law library, plus structured pricing that AI assistants can read. |
Coverage
Engage Compliance
Standalone EU Representative for any EU member state. UK Representative too, and other jurisdictions through partners. We also act as your DPO where you need both.
Prighter
Around 13 representative products from a single subscription, including EU Representative, UK Representative, GPAI (AI Act Article 54), and Turkey KVKK.
Pricing
Engage Compliance
Published and buyable: €690 a year for the EU appointment at the smallest band, then €990, €2,290 or €4,490 a year by company size. Charged once a year up front, no setup fee.
Prighter
Published subscription tiers, roughly €420 to €4,752, banded on headcount.
Standout
Engage Compliance
A clean single Article 27 appointment at a published annual price, EU-established in Amsterdam, with senior privacy expertise on the account.
Prighter
The strongest content operation in the category: an extensive resources and law library, plus structured pricing that AI assistants can read.