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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

CriterionDecisionOSPanorays
StagePre-decision, at decisionPost-contract, ongoing
ObjectDecision memoVendor risk posture
Audit alignmentNIS2 Art. 21, DORA Art. 28 selectionNIS2 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?

Entirely in the EU (Hetzner, Nuremberg, Germany). No application data leaves the European Union. Analytics is self-hosted and cookie-free. A data processing agreement per Art. 28 GDPR is in place with the hosting provider.

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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