Transcend
Transcend is a Privacy and data governance tool. It describes itself as "Privacy & Data Governance".
Key facts
- Category
- Privacy and data governance
- Describes itself as
- Privacy & Data Governance
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Founded
- 2017
- Pricing
- Contact sales
- Funding
- ~$90M total; $40M Series B, May 2024 (StepStone Group)
- Website
- transcend.io
- Others in this category
- 13
Identity confirmed
On 2026-09-12 the address above was checked against a primary source and does belong to Transcend. Evidence.
Frameworks Transcend claims
Read from https://transcend.io/solutions/gdpr on 2026-09-12. This records what the vendor states, not a certification and not an assessment.
Claims coverage
GDPR
Does not claim
SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, PCI DSS, NIST CSF / 800-53, FedRAMP, CMMC, EU AI Act, DORA, NIS2. That means the page above does not claim these, not that the product cannot handle them. Ask.
Mentioned, but not as a claim
- HIPAA: The single page recorded as source names only GDPR, CCPA and CPRA. Transcend does publish a separate solutions page at transcend.io/solutions/hipaa, but that page was not the one recorded here.
Best fit for
Historically Fortune 500/enterprise privacy teams; added a self-serve tier for high-growth startups and scale-ups in 2025
What stands out
Sombra, a self-hostable encryption gateway inside the customer's own network, so Transcend itself never sees unencrypted customer data
Worth knowing
G2 reviewers note integrations can be time-consuming to set up and cite delayed support response times
About Privacy and data governance
Finds personal data, maps where it flows, and handles consent and subject requests under GDPR, CCPA and the rest. See all 14 in this category.
Questions
- What does Transcend do?
- Transcend is a Privacy and data governance tool. It describes itself as "Privacy & Data Governance". Finds personal data, maps where it flows, and handles consent and subject requests under GDPR, CCPA and the rest.
- Who is Transcend best suited for?
- Historically Fortune 500/enterprise privacy teams; added a self-serve tier for high-growth startups and scale-ups in 2025
- What are the alternatives to Transcend?
- This directory lists 13 other Privacy and data governance tools, including BigID, DataGrail, DataGuard.
Alternatives to Transcend
Sources
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