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What does using compliance platforms cost your business?

The costs of compliance platforms don't come from reglia itself, but from the platform you use. This article explains where the amount comes from and what determines its size.

Where the amount comes from

If you're wondering what it costs to use a compliance platform, the first thing to know is that reglia itself charges nothing for using a platform. An account with reglia is free and remains so. What you pay, you pay to the platform where you actually use it: the platform that supports product safety, packaging, accessibility or personal data for you, for example. That's also where the price is listed, not at reglia.

This means there is no fixed amount for 'compliance in general'. A webshop that only deals with packaging obligations pays for something different than a business that also supplies own-brand products to multiple countries and thus deals with product safety and accessibility at the same time. Each platform sets its own price, based on what it does for you.

The platform sets the price, not the wrapper around it

reglia is the wrapper around Theos Group's platforms: a shared account, a business dossier you fill in once, and an overview of what's pending per platform. That wrapper itself costs nothing. What you do pay for is the platform that provides the substantive support — the platform that actually assesses, registers or reports. This distinction is important when you try to understand a price: the invoice you receive comes from the platform, with the structure that platform uses.

On the overview of available platforms you can see which platforms there are and what each one does. From there, you can see the pricing structure of the platform that's relevant for your situation. That way you don't have to guess which platform fits your business before you know what it costs.

What influences the price within a platform

Within a single platform, the price is rarely a fixed amount for everyone. What counts varies per platform, but a few factors come up more often. The number of products or product lines you have assessed plays a role: a business with five own-brand products has a different scale than a business with five hundred. The number of countries you supply to also counts, because regulations can differ per country and a platform has to do separate work for that. And the number of users or locations that need access is a factor for some platforms, but not for others.

In addition, the level of support determines the price: a platform that only offers a checklist and documentation is usually priced differently than a platform that also actively notifies you when something changes or that makes contact with a specialist possible. These are choices made per platform, not something reglia has influence over or adds to.

Why there is no fixed total price to mention

Because each platform is sold separately and continues to work independently, even if you don't use reglia, there is no total amount that applies to every business. An installation company that only deals with employee personal data pays for something different than a webshop that deals with packaging, product safety and accessibility at the same time. The sum of what you need determines the sum of what you pay — not a rate that reglia sets.

What reglia does do is prevent you from having to create a separate account for each platform and re-enter the same business information. That saves time, not necessarily money on the platform's invoice itself. On the page about what reglia does and doesn't do with your data you can read how that connection works exactly, so you know what goes through reglia and what stays directly with the platform.

See in advance what you can expect

Because the price per platform and per situation varies, the most reliable way to get an indication is: check the platform itself before you create an account. On the overview of tariffs per platform you will find where the amounts come from and what choices are involved, so you don't end up facing a bill afterwards that you didn't see coming.

Do you have doubts about which obligations exactly apply to your business, and therefore which platform is relevant before you look at the price? On the frequently asked questions page are the questions that other entrepreneurs have already asked, with a reference to where the answer belongs.

Do you want to know which platforms are available and what each one costs before you make a choice? View the overview of connected platforms and compare what fits your business size and the countries where your business is active.

This article is general information and not legal advice.