piisafe.eu vs Strac

Understand the differences between a free website PII scanner and an enterprise DLP platform

A website PII scanner is a tool for finding personal data that your public pages already show; a DLP platform is a tool for stopping data from leaving an organisation in the first place. Neither one discharges the duties underneath. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — the GDPR, applicable across the EU since 25 May 2018 — requires a record of processing activities under Article 30 and regular testing of technical measures under Article 32(1)(d). When something does escape, Article 33(1) allows 72 hours to notify the supervisory authority and Article 34(1) requires telling affected people without undue delay where the risk to them is high. Article 83(5) sets the upper fine band at €20 million or 4% of worldwide annual turnover; Article 83(4) sets the lower band at €10 million or 2%. Sector rules stack on top: NIS2, Directive (EU) 2022/2555, expects an early warning within 24 hours of a significant incident, and the EU AI Act — Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — reaches €35 million or 7% under Article 99(3) where an AI system is in scope. In Germany the BDSG, recast in 2018, adds national rules, and the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC governs cookies beside the GDPR rather than inside it.

The piisafe.eu numbers behind this comparison are fixed: at most 1,000 pages per scan, at most 50,000 characters per call to the detection API, 20 new scans per hour from one IP address, and findings held in server memory only until the sweep clears the session 35 minutes after the scan ends.

Feature Comparison at a Glance

Feature piisafe.eu Strac
Website Scanning Yes No
Slack/Email Monitoring No Yes
Entity Types Detected 58 Custom ML models
Languages Supported 48 languages English focused
Scan Data Stored No — in-memory only Yes — SaaS retention
Cost Model Free / Token-based Enterprise subscription
Setup Required None (web-based) Integration needed
Real-time Prevention No Yes
Redaction/Masking Partial Yes
SOC2 Compliant Audit-ready Yes

Detailed Breakdown

piisafe.eu: Free Website PII Scanner

Strengths

  • Absolutely free with token-based pricing model
  • 58 entity types detection (anonym.legal)
  • support for 48 languages
  • No-storage architecture — scan results are never persisted
  • No registration or setup required
  • Export findings as HTML, JSON, or CSV
  • Deterministic + ML detection for accuracy
  • Perfect for compliance audits and security assessments

Limitations

  • Only scans public websites (HTTP/HTTPS accessible)
  • Cannot monitor internal systems or databases
  • No real-time alerting or prevention
  • No automatic redaction/masking features
  • Requires manual API key management
  • No integration with Slack, email, or APIs

Strac: Enterprise DLP Platform

Strengths

  • Real-time detection in Slack, email, documents, APIs
  • ML-powered with custom model training
  • Automatic redaction and masking capabilities
  • Enterprise-grade security (SOC2 certified)
  • Policy-based controls and audit trails
  • Dedicated support and compliance teams
  • Integrations with popular business tools
  • Prevents data leaks before they happen

Limitations

  • Subscription-based pricing (enterprise only)
  • Cannot scan public websites
  • Requires significant setup and integration
  • Not suitable for one-time website audits
  • Overkill for small teams or basic audits

When to Use Each Tool

Use piisafe.eu If You Need To:

  • Audit a website for exposed personal data
  • Check compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS
  • Find PII before a security audit
  • Scan a competitor's website
  • Test PII detection on demo sites
  • Generate audit reports for stakeholders
  • Detect data in 48 different languages
  • Get results with zero data exposure

Use Strac If You Need To:

  • Monitor Slack for accidental data sharing
  • Prevent PII from leaving via email
  • Block sensitive files from being uploaded
  • Mask PII in real-time before sharing
  • Maintain enterprise compliance standards
  • Audit who accessed sensitive data
  • Train custom ML models for your data
  • Enforce data loss prevention policies

Recommendation: Use Both

The best approach is to use both tools in complementary ways:

Use piisafe.eu First

  • Audit your website for exposed PII
  • Find and fix data leaks on public pages
  • Generate compliance audit reports
  • Test before deploying new features

Then Deploy Strac

  • Prevent similar leaks internally
  • Protect employee communications
  • Maintain ongoing DLP compliance
  • Get real-time alerts and blocking

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Frequently Asked Questions

piisafe.eu is a free web-based tool designed to scan public websites for exposed personal information (PII). Strac is an enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) platform that monitors internal channels like Slack, email, and documents to prevent employees from accidentally sharing sensitive data. They solve different problems and complement each other perfectly.

No, they serve different purposes. piisafe.eu finds PII that's already exposed on public websites. Strac prevents PII from being exposed in the first place by monitoring internal communications. If you need to prevent data leaks from your team, you need Strac. If you need to audit your website for existing leaks, you need piisafe.eu.

No. piisafe.eu only scans public websites accessible via HTTP/HTTPS through the internet. It cannot scan internal systems, databases, local files, or anything behind a firewall. For internal data monitoring, you need Strac or similar DLP tools.

Yes. piisafe.eu itself is free. Detection uses token-based pricing from the underlying API (anonym.legal), with plans from €3/month. Strac, by contrast, is subscription-based and only available for enterprise customers.

piisafe.eu supports 58 entity types via anonym.legal, including structured data (US_SSN, IBAN_CODE, CREDIT_CARD), contextual data (PERSON, LOCATION, ORGANIZATION), and national identifiers for 14 countries (UK_NINO, IN_AADHAAR, AU_TFN and more). This covers 48 languages. Strac uses custom ML models focused on common business data types and is primarily English-focused.

Absolutely. They complement each other perfectly. Use piisafe.eu to audit your website for exposed PII first, then implement Strac to prevent similar data from leaking through internal channels like Slack and email. This gives you defense in depth: one tool fixes the damage, the other prevents future damage.

Very likely. piisafe.eu supports 48 languages including: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and many more. Strac is primarily English-focused. If multilingual detection is important, piisafe.eu is the better choice.

"No-storage" means scan data is never persisted. The piisafe.eu server fetches your target pages, passes their text with your API key to the anonym.legal detection API, and holds the findings in memory only while your session runs. Nothing is written to a database, disk or log, and finished sessions are deleted automatically within 35 minutes. This makes piisafe.eu well suited to sensitive security audits.

Typical scans take 2-10 minutes depending on site size. A small 5-page site might take 2-3 minutes, while a large 100-page site could take 10-15 minutes. Speed depends on page size, API response times, and number of findings detected. Real-time progress is shown during the scan so you can monitor progress.

piisafe.eu is designed for on-demand manual scans. If you need automated scheduled scanning, you could run scans on a schedule via the API or integrate it into your CI/CD pipeline. However, for ongoing continuous monitoring, Strac's real-time approach is better suited to detecting new leaks as they happen.

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