CMDash vs. CISO Assistant
1 dimension below favor CMDash, 1 favor CISO Assistant — including where CISO Assistant is built to do something CMDash deliberately doesn’t.
| Dimension | CMDash | CISO Assistant |
|---|---|---|
Product category Source, verified 2026-09-11 — https://github.com/intuitem/ciso-assistant-community. May have changed since. | CISO Dashboard | Open-source GRC platform (AGPL community edition) — frameworks, risk register, compliance assessments, audit and a lite third-party register in one self-hosted app |
License cost Source, verified 2026-09-11 — https://github.com/intuitem/ciso-assistant-community/blob/main/product-docs/introduction/editions.md. May have changed since. | $1,788.00/yr (Starter tier) — hosted SaaS | Vendor advantage: Free to self-host under AGPL (the community edition this page compares against); intuitem also sells a hosted SaaS and a commercial PRO/Enterprise edition, neither of which is free |
Hosting & operations Source, verified 2026-09-11 — https://github.com/intuitem/ciso-assistant-community/blob/main/product-docs/introduction/editions.md. May have changed since. | CMDash advantage: Hosted SaaS — nothing to install, patch, or back up yourself | Self-hosted only (Docker Compose quick start, or a documented Helm chart) — you provision, patch, and back up every instance yourself; an MSP running it for clients stands up one deployment per client |
Figures above are read from CISO Assistant’s own public site (see each row’s source link), or from Vendr’s published transaction data where the vendor lists no price, and verified on the date shown per row. Pricing and product capabilities change — CMDash’s own numbers are enforced in code and will always be current; the competitor figures may not be. Think something here is wrong or out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.