Comparison
DecisionOS vs Panorays
Panorays continuously assesses the security posture of your third-party vendors. DecisionOS sits upstream: the structured workflow that decides which vendors enter your third-party ecosystem at all. The two together form a clean chain: structured selection decision in DecisionOS, ongoing monitoring in Panorays.
TL;DR
Panorays monitors your vendors. DecisionOS decides which ones.
Side-by-side comparison
| Criterion | DecisionOS | Panorays |
|---|---|---|
| Stage | Pre-decision, at decision | Post-contract, ongoing |
| Object | Decision memo | Vendor risk posture |
| Audit alignment | NIS2 Art. 21, DORA Art. 28 selection | NIS2 Art. 21, DORA Art. 28 ongoing |
Choose DecisionOS when
- ✓You need a structured, defensible record of why a vendor was chosen.
- ✓The selection needs to align with NIS2 / DORA third-party scope upfront.
Stick with Panorays when
- ·You already have vendors and need continuous assessment.
- ·Your bottleneck is posture monitoring across many third parties.
How DecisionOS is different
DecisionOS handles selection. Panorays handles monitoring. In regulated scopes both are needed: selection evidence under Art. 28, ongoing monitoring under Art. 28 bis 30.
Questions we get about this
Does DecisionOS perform security questionnaires?
DecisionOS captures dealbreakers and scored criteria that often come from security questionnaires. The continuous questionnaire workflow stays in TPRM platforms like Panorays.
Wo liegt der Unterschied zwischen Panorays Third-Party-Risk und DecisionOS?
Panorays betreibt kontinuierliches Third-Party Cyber-Risk-Monitoring mit automatisierten Assessments und Score-Updates. DecisionOS strukturiert die Entscheidung über den Vendor selbst, vor und während der Vergabe, mit gewichteten Kriterien und Audit-Memo. Panorays-Scores fließen als Evidence in DecisionOS ein.
Where is DecisionOS hosted?
The application, its databases, the self-hosted analytics and all backups run on dedicated servers in Germany operated by a European provider, under an Art. 28 GDPR data processing agreement. There is no hyperscaler, no US fallback and no cross-border replication of stored data. Two steps do leave the EU: traffic reaches you through a content delivery provider that terminates TLS in front of the origin, and the AI features are provided from the USA. That second one carries case content: decision memos, document extraction and vendor research all work on what you entered, so where you describe your decision in your own words, that text is part of the request. These transfers rest on EU standard contractual clauses, and every sub-processor is listed by name, purpose and location at nexalign.io/hosting. Whether a given workload can accept them is a question we would rather you decide with the facts than discover later. The self-hosted analytics is cookie-free.
How do I evaluate DecisionOS for my next decision?
Book a 30-minute demo at nexalign.io/book. During the demo the team walks a real decision end-to-end using a scenario close to yours (EDR, IAM, sovereign cloud, ERP, whichever fits).
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Relevant industries
- Manufacturing & IndustrialManufacturing is a NIS2 important entity. OT security and supply-chain diligence are mandatory. The decision memo is the audit standard.
- Pharma & Life SciencesPharma IT is regulated IT. Validation (CSV/CSA) and audit trail are not optional. The decision memo is the mandatory front-end documentation.
- Automotive & SuppliersAutomotive = TISAX + UNECE R155/R156 + ISO 21434 + NIS2. The decision memo is the only format that maps all four in parallel.
- Chemicals & Process IndustryChemicals is a NIS2 important entity with physical major-accident risk. IT-OT convergence is the core strategic question.
- Retail & CommerceRetail IT = payment + customer data + logistics. PCI DSS 4.0 and GDPR are the two hard axes.