CISO Assistant review
Broad compliance coverage with flexible deployment and a free self-hosted edition.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
CISO Assistant is an open-source governance, risk and compliance platform for cybersecurity teams, consultants and organizations managing multiple frameworks. Its coverage spans compliance management, control mapping, risk assessments, audit campaigns, evidence and document management, remediation tracking, third-party risk questionnaires, business impact analysis and reporting. The platform also includes SSO, MFA, role-based permissions, AI features, custom framework support, REST API access and CLI automation, making it suitable for teams that need more than a basic compliance checklist.
The pricing structure covers several deployment and usage models. The Community plan is free forever, self-hosted, licensed under AGPLv3 and includes unlimited users, essential features and community support. Pro SaaS costs €39 per contributor per month when billed annually and adds cloud hosting, priority support, premium features, 10 GB of dedicated storage and 100 readers. Pro On-premises costs €2,400 per instance per year and includes deployment assistance. Unlimited Seats SaaS costs €8,500 per year, while Storage Bundle costs €960 per year and SecNumCloud Instance - Unlimited costs €14,500 per year. A 30-day free trial is also available, and the Custom plan covers specific deployment needs, customizations, framework integration and professional services.
Platform fit is a notable strength for organizations with varied infrastructure requirements: CISO Assistant supports web, API and self-hosted deployment, with integrations for Jira, ServiceNow and Kafka plus outgoing webhooks, a REST API and CLI. Its framework coverage includes NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, NIST CSF, HIPAA, CMMC, PCI DSS and others. Choose it when broad framework support, open-source access and deployment flexibility matter. Organizations needing a larger prebuilt integration ecosystem may prefer an alternative.
CISO Assistant pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free self-hosted Community edition with unlimited users
- Supports many compliance frameworks and full compliance workflows
- Web, API and self-hosted deployment with automation options
- Where it doesn't
- Integration catalog is narrower than some enterprise competitors
- Paid plans are billed annually
- Advanced deployment and storage options add separate annual costs
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