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What DPDP compliance software costs in India
Last checked 11 Nov 2026
The price of DPDP compliance software in India follows the size of the business: how many people it holds data on, how many systems hold that data, and how many staff work on it. Fohrkast publishes its prices. Starter is ₹4,999 a month and Professional is ₹9,999 a month, GST extra. Fohrkast knows of no public survey of what DPDP software costs in India, so this page sets out what a price is made of, what else goes into the budget, and what to ask before signing.
What sets the price?
The work under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 grows with the number of people, systems and staff involved. These are the figures Fohrkast counts, and they are worth asking any vendor about.
| What is counted | Why it moves the price |
|---|---|
| People on record | Each person has notices, consents and requests to keep |
| Consent records | Each consent is kept, with its purpose, until its retention date |
| Websites, apps and hosted pages | Each one shows a notice and records consent |
| Connected data sources | Each system is searched when a person asks for access or erasure |
| Seats | Each member of staff who logs requests or approves drafts |
| Legal entities | Each company that decides why and how personal data is processed answers for its own duties (s.8(1)) |
Each Fohrkast plan sets a limit for each of these, and the pricing page lists every limit. Rights requests, grievances, nominations, consent withdrawals and incidents sit outside every limit.
What does Fohrkast cost?
| Plan | For | Price | Setup fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | A single clinic, shop or practice with one website | ₹4,999 a month, GST extra | None |
| Professional | One business with a few systems: clinics, schools, practices and single site firms | ₹9,999 a month, GST extra | ₹2,999 Waived on yearly billing. Charged once on monthly billing, GST extra |
| Business | A firm with a privacy lead or a compliance team, or any business above a Professional limit | ₹49,999 a month, GST extra | ₹9,999 Waived on yearly billing. Charged once on monthly billing, GST extra |
| Enterprise | Large and multi company firms | From ₹1,99,999 a month, GST extra | Onboarding ₹5,99,999, once, GST extra |
Prices are before GST at 18%, in INR. The price a month is the same on yearly and monthly billing. Yearly billing is one payment for twelve months, in advance. Starter has no setup fee. Enterprise is billed yearly and carries an onboarding fee, once. Institution, for banks, insurers and listed groups, is priced by proposal. A business above any limit at renewal moves to the lowest plan whose limits cover every figure, and each plan's price before GST stays the same for the contract term.
What does yearly billing add?
The price a month is the same on yearly and monthly billing, so the difference is in the terms.
- Setup fee waived. Professional ₹2,999 and Business ₹9,999, charged once on monthly billing, are not charged on yearly billing.
- Price fixed for twelve months. A new price applies only from a renewal.
- Refund in the first 30 days. A first yearly plan cancelled within 30 days is refunded pro rata for its unused full months.
- One payment, one tax invoice. Paid once through a payment link or by bank transfer, with no bank mandate to register.
The full terms are on the refunds page.
Buying opens soon. Early access members are contacted first.
What else goes into the budget?
Software is one line of the budget. The rest is work that stays with the business, whichever product it picks.
- GST. 18% on top of the software price.
- Setup or onboarding. A fee paid once on some plans. Ask what it covers.
- Counsel. Questions of judgment, such as whether an exemption applies or how to answer a hard request, stay with the business and its counsel. Fohrkast does not give legal advice.
- Staff time. Someone answers requests, checks each draft and sends each notice. The business decides and sends.
- Security. The Act asks for reasonable security safeguards (s.8(5)), and Rule 6 lists the minimum, among them encryption or masking, access control, logs and backups. These cover the business's own systems.
A Consent Manager is not on this list. The Act says an individual "may" use one (s.6(7)), and Fohrkast reads nothing in the Act or the Rules as requiring a business to join one.
What should a quote answer?
- Is the price published, and does it include GST?
- What is counted, and what happens above a limit?
- Can the price change during the contract term?
- Is there a setup or onboarding fee?
- Which duties are covered on every plan, and which only on the higher ones?
- What happens to the records if the subscription ends?
Fohrkast's answers: prices and limits are published, before GST. Every plan includes the statutory features, among them consent withdrawal, the rights desk, the grievance desk, the incident desk and the evidence pack export. If a subscription ends, these keep running until the workspace closes, and Fohrkast then hands over a full export and a deletion certificate.
For questions about the product itself, see How to choose DPDP compliance software. The DPDP fact sheet sets out plans, limits and dates.
Questions and answers
How much does DPDP compliance software cost in India?
Fohrkast's published prices start at ₹4,999 a month for Starter, GST extra. Professional is ₹9,999 a month and Business is ₹49,999 a month. Enterprise starts from ₹1,99,999 a month. Fohrkast knows of no public survey of prices across products.
Is GST included in the price?
No. Fohrkast's prices are before GST at 18%.
Is there a setup fee?
Starter has none. Professional has a setup fee of ₹2,999 and Business one of ₹9,999, charged once on monthly billing, GST extra. Yearly billing waives it. Enterprise has an onboarding fee, once.
Is yearly or monthly billing cheaper?
The price a month is the same. Yearly billing waives the setup fee on Professional (₹2,999) and Business (₹9,999), fixes the price for twelve months, and is one payment with one tax invoice. A first yearly plan cancelled within 30 days is refunded pro rata for its unused full months.
What does a small business pay?
Starter, ₹4,999 a month with GST extra and no setup fee, is for a single clinic, shop or practice with one website: up to 3 seats, sized for about 10,000 people on record.
Does the DPDP Act require a business to buy software?
No. The Act names no tool. It sets the duties and the proof they need, and software is one way to meet them.
What can not meeting the Act cost?
From 13 May 2027 the Board can impose the penalties in the Schedule to the Act, up to ₹250 crore for failing to take reasonable security safeguards (s.33, Schedule item 1). The Board weighs the nature, gravity and duration of the breach, among other things (s.33(2)). Software does not decide a penalty. The Board does.
Sources
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (22 of 2023): MeitY copy. Read 11 Nov 2026.
- G.S.R. 846(E), Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025: MeitY copy. Read 11 Nov 2026.
- G.S.R. 843(E), commencement of the Act, 13 Nov 2025: MeitY copy. Read 11 Nov 2026.
Not legal advice.