The main difference
Oneleet describes itself as security compliance without security theatre. It was founded in 2022 by career penetration testers, and its platform automates evidence collection and control monitoring for frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR and DORA. Around the platform it includes a manual penetration test by its own testers, code and cloud scanning, attack surface monitoring, device management, phishing training and a dedicated vCISO. Its published products test and harden your security; they do not describe a SIEM, EDR or a SOC, so watching your systems and responding to an incident stays with your team or another provider.
Qalea also automates compliance and also runs a manual penetration test with its own team. On top of testing, Qalea's security team monitors your systems with SIEM, EDR and its own SOC, so alerts are triaged and incidents handled between audits. Qalea covers Spain's ENS in all three categories, and its team works in Spanish and English from Barcelona. Certification is issued by an accredited certification body, never by Qalea or Oneleet.
Who does the work, stage by stage
Both platforms collect evidence automatically and both put security people into the programme. What changes is how far that work goes and who keeps it running after the audit.
- Scope and risk assessment. With Oneleet, its vCISO maps a roadmap with your team. With Qalea, Qalea's team runs this with you.
- Policies and documentation. With Oneleet, your team completes the policies with the vCISO's guidance. With Qalea, the documents are prepared with you and kept up to date with Qalea's team.
- Controls in place. With Oneleet, your team implements the controls, guided by the vCISO and the platform. With Qalea, Qalea's team helps put them in place and keeps them running.
- Testing your systems. With Oneleet, its own testers run the penetration test and the platform scans code and cloud. With Qalea, the testing and scanning are included and run by Qalea's team.
- Audit. With Oneleet, the vCISO coordinates the auditor, and its SOC 2 packages include the audit by an independent CPA firm. With Qalea, Qalea's team supports you through the internal and the external audit.
- Between audits. With Oneleet, the platform monitors the controls and detecting and responding to threats stays with your team or another provider. With Qalea, its SOC watches your systems and Qalea's team works with yours so the controls keep operating for the next surveillance audit.
If you already have a security team
Many companies that use Qalea have their own security team. In that case Qalea's team works alongside it. Qalea takes on the operational work: penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, continuous monitoring through its SOC, evidence collection and audit preparation. Your team keeps ownership of decisions and priorities, and spends its time on the risks specific to your business instead of on running tools and gathering evidence.
What Qalea includes beyond compliance
Qalea's platform covers three areas under continuous monitoring.
- Processes. ISO 27001, ENS, SOC 2, NIS2 and DORA, with policies, risk management and audit support.
- People. Awareness training, phishing simulations, EDR and device management on laptops, and a password manager.
- Infrastructure. External and internal attack surface, cloud and code, with vulnerabilities prioritised by real risk.
Who each one suits
Oneleet is usually the better fit if:
- you are a technical startup or scaleup selling software to demanding enterprise customers, often in the United States
- you need SOC 2 or HIPAA first and your team works in English
- you want a penetration test and a vCISO in one contract, and already have security monitoring with another provider
Qalea is usually the better fit if:
- you have a security team and want it focused on decisions, not on running tests, monitoring and evidence
- you have an IT lead but no one whose job is security
- you want compliance, penetration testing and monitoring with a SOC from one provider
- you need Spain's ENS for public sector contracts
- your certification project has stalled or your certificate is at risk
What Oneleet does well
Oneleet has more technical depth than most compliance platforms. Its founders spent years as penetration testers, its own testers run a manual test as part of every programme, and the platform adds code and dependency scanning, dynamic application testing, cloud configuration checks on AWS, GCP and Azure, attack surface monitoring and device management. A dedicated vCISO shapes the programme and handles the auditor, and its reviews on G2 are among the highest in the category. For a software company that wants its product tested and one partner for SOC 2, that is a real strength.
When Qalea is the better choice
Qalea fits midsize companies that need to certify and want their security operated, not only tested and documented, whether or not they have their own security team. With a security team, Qalea's team works alongside it and takes on the operational work. Without one, Qalea's team guides each stage. In both cases compliance, testing and monitoring sit in one platform instead of with several providers, the team works in Spanish, and the controls keep operating through yearly surveillance audits.
Moving from Oneleet to Qalea
Changing platform does not mean starting again. Qalea migrates what you already have into the Qalea platform: policies and procedures, evidence already collected, the risk register, your controls and their status, previous penetration test reports and previous audit reports. Qalea's team then reviews it with you, identifies any gaps and plans the work before the next audit.
Comparing the total cost
A platform licence is one line in the budget. Oneleet already bundles the penetration test and the vCISO, so compare what each offer still leaves outside:
- security monitoring and response, with a SIEM and a SOC
- endpoint detection and response on laptops and servers
- Spain's ENS, if your contracts require it
- the internal hours your team spends running all of it
Qalea's price covers that whole set. Compare the full stack, not the licence alone. If you are also looking at Sprinto, see our three way comparison Oneleet vs Sprinto vs Qalea. For a wider view, see How to choose your security and compliance setup and our comparisons of Qalea with Vanta, Drata, Sprinto, Secfix and Complaion.
Questions to ask any provider
- After the platform is set up, how much of the work stays with our team?
- Is penetration testing included, or bought separately?
- Who scans for vulnerabilities, and who fixes what they find?
- Who watches for threats, and who responds if something happens?
- Who is in charge of our security, and who do they answer to?
FAQ
Is Qalea a Oneleet alternative?
Yes. Both are security and compliance platforms with a manual penetration test included. Qalea adds continuous monitoring with SIEM, EDR and its own SOC, covers Spain's ENS and works in Spanish, whether your company has its own security team or not.
Does Oneleet include penetration testing?
Yes. According to its product pages as of October 2026, every Oneleet programme includes a manual penetration test by its own certified testers. Qalea also includes manual penetration testing, run by its own team.
Who is in charge of security with each one?
Oneleet assigns a dedicated vCISO who shapes the programme and coordinates the auditor. With Qalea, a vCISO from Qalea's own security team takes that role, and the same team runs the testing, the scanning and the SOC, so decisions and operations sit with one group.
Can I move from Oneleet to Qalea without starting again?
Yes. Qalea migrates your existing policies, evidence, risk register, controls and penetration test reports into its platform, then reviews them with your team before the next audit.
Can Qalea or Oneleet certify my company?
No. Certificates such as ISO 27001 are issued by accredited certification bodies after an audit, and SOC 2 reports are issued by independent CPA firms. Platforms prepare companies for the audit and help keep controls running afterwards.
Does Qalea work with ISO 27001 and the ENS at the same time?
Yes. Qalea works with ISO 27001, the ENS, SOC 2, NIS2 and DORA in one platform, so controls shared across frameworks are managed once.
