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Unicis
What Unicis is
Unicis is an open-source governance, risk, and compliance platform for startups and small and midsize businesses. Its privacy workflows cover GDPR records of processing, transfer impact assessments, privacy impact assessments, and data subject rights. The platform maps controls across GDPR, ISO 27001, NIS2, CIS, SOC 2, NIST CSF, OWASP ASVS, PCI DSS, ISO 42001, MVSP, and C5:2020. Risk tools provide likelihood and impact scoring, a risk register, treatment plans, evidence collection, and remediation workflows. Unicis runs on the web, through an API, or as self-hosted Community Edition under the Apache 2.0 license. Self-hosting requires a domain, at least 100 MB of disk space, Node.js 18 or later, PostgreSQL, and an SSL certificate. Security details include AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, and SAML 2.0 or OIDC single sign-on. Data is stored in EU data centers by default, with US, EU, and Asia-Pacific options. A free Community plan and 14-day trial are available; Premium costs €19 a month.
Who it suits
It suits startups and SMEs organizing privacy, compliance, risk, evidence, and remediation work. Teams can use the hosted service or deploy Community Edition on their own infrastructure.
What it does well
- Open-source Community Edition
- Maps controls across many frameworks
- Includes risk and remediation workflows
- Self-hosting option available
- EU data residency by default
What to know first
- Self-hosting requires several technical prerequisites
- Community plan covers one framework
- Premium costs €19 a month
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Premium | Monthly; annual billing option shown · Cloud: 11–150 users · Self-hosted: unlimited users · Up to 3 frameworks · unlimited teams | €19 a month |
| Ultimate | Monthly; annual billing option shown · Cloud: 150+ users · Self-hosted: unlimited users · Unlimited frameworks and teams | €49 a month |
| Community | Monthly; annual billing option shown · Cloud: 1–10 users · Self-hosted: unlimited users · 1 framework · unlimited teams | On request |
As unicis.tech lists them, read 8 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Unicis combines privacy workflows, framework mapping, risk management, and evidence handling for organizations building compliance processes. Hosted and self-managed options provide different deployment paths, with plan limits varying by framework and user counts.
Facts from Unicis's own pages
- API
- Premium and Ultimate list webhooks and API; MCP Server is also listed as a plan feature. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Company
- Unicis.Tech OÜ identifies itself as an Estonian company registered in Tallinn, and its About page says it was founded in 2021. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Data residency
- The security page says data is stored in EU data centers by default and lists US, EU and Asia-Pacific residency options. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2021 · unicis.tech, 23 Sept 2026
- Framework coverage
- The platform maps controls across frameworks including GDPR, ISO 27001, NIS2, CIS, SOC 2, NIST CSF, OWASP ASVS, PCI DSS and ISO 42001. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Tallinn, Estonia · unicis.tech, 23 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations page lists GitHub, GitLab, Docker, Slack, Matrix, Datadog, SAML identity providers, n8n, Jira, Confluence and AI assistant connections through MCP. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy workflows
- Its privacy suite includes GDPR records of processing, transfer impact assessments, privacy impact assessments and data subject rights workflows. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Unicis describes itself as an open-source Governance, Risk and Compliance platform for startups and SMEs. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Risk management
- Risk management includes likelihood and impact scoring, a risk register and treatment plans. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- The security page states that data is encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit, and lists SAML 2.0 and OIDC SSO. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Self-hosted requirements
- The self-hosting page lists a domain, at least 100 MB free disk space, Node.js 18 or later, PostgreSQL and an SSL certificate as prerequisites. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The Community Edition is offered under the Apache 2.0 license and can be deployed on the customer’s infrastructure using Docker Compose or CapRover. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Pricing lists community support for Community, enterprise support within 1–2 business days for Premium, and within 24 hours for Ultimate. · unicis.tech, 8 Oct 2026
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