Obligance
The compliance execution engine

Know where you stand.
Obligations, executed.

Obligance turns POPIA, ISO 27001, OHSA and 40+ other frameworks into structured assessments, scored compliance gaps, and tasks your team can actually close — without a standing army of consultants.

Reduction in audit prep time
90%

Reduction in audit prep time

Regulatory frameworks supported
47

Regulatory frameworks supported

Compliance duties modelled
12,400+

Compliance duties modelled

In contract value unblocked for clients
R2.1B

In contract value unblocked for clients

Trusted by compliance teams at

Helios LogisticsNorthbridge CapitalSentinel Health GroupVantage ManufacturingCoastal UnderwritersMeridian LogisticsFerrum IndustrialBeacon Financial ServicesHelios LogisticsNorthbridge CapitalSentinel Health GroupVantage ManufacturingCoastal UnderwritersMeridian LogisticsFerrum IndustrialBeacon Financial Services
Why it works

Compliance, treated as something you can finish

Every framework we support runs through the same simple loop — so your team learns the system once, and reuses it for every regulation you carry.

1

Understand

See exactly where you stand against any regulation — in plain language, scored objectively, with no legal interpretation required from you.

2

Close

Every gap arrives as a clear, ready-to-execute task — done yourself with a template, guided, or handed to a vetted expert.

3

Prove

Your compliance score updates as work lands, so audit day is a formality backed by evidence — not a scramble.

One system, everywhere your obligations live

Boardroom clarity. Field-level execution.

Leadership watches the score climb from the dashboard. Your team closes the work from their phones — on site, underground, offline. Everything reconciles the moment they're back in signal.

POPIA readiness

Appoint Information Officer
Operator agreements signed
Quarterly access review
Audit pack ready — evidence attached to every closed item
87%

provable

The dashboard your board sees

My tasks

offline
Site induction register

Assigned to You

Fire extinguisher inspection

Assigned to You

Syncs the moment you're back online

The app your team carries

The platform

Four layers. One continuous loop.

Assessment feeds gap detection, gap detection generates tasks, and tasks — done yourself or by an expert — feed your score straight back into the next assessment.

Layer 01

Assessment Engine

Structured, binary assessments evaluate compliance against specific legal duties — no ambiguity, no re-interpretation.

  • Plain-language questions, no legal background needed
  • Real-time scoring as you answer
  • Risk heatmap updates live
Layer 02

Gap Detection

Every unmet duty surfaces as a clear, prioritised gap — with the exact regulatory clause and business impact attached.

  • Severity and audit-risk scoring per gap
  • Clustered by department: Legal, HR, IT
  • Direct link from gap to remediation task
Layer 03

Task Engine

Gaps become standardised, executable tasks — with templates, dependencies, time estimates, and ownership built in.

  • Self-serve templates for fast wins
  • Guided builders for medium complexity
  • Dependency-aware sequencing
Layer 04

Assisted Execution

When you need specialist hands, book vetted legal, compliance, and technical experts directly against a task.

  • Specialisation-matched expert marketplace
  • Fixed-price or hourly engagement models
  • Outcomes tracked back to your score
How it works

From regulatory exposure to audit-ready, in four steps

01

Tell us your exposure

Answer a short organisational profile — industry, size, geography — and Obligance recommends the regulations that apply to you.

02

Run the assessment

Work through binary, plain-language questions mapped directly to legal duties. Watch your score and risk heatmap update live.

03

Close the gaps

Every gap becomes a task. Do it yourself with a free template, use a guided builder, or book an expert — your choice, per task.

04

Prove continuous compliance

Re-assessments and live monitoring keep your score current, so audit day is a formality, not a fire drill.

Regulation library

47 frameworks. One consistent model.

Browse the full library

Financial Services

POPIA

Advanced

Regulates the processing of personal information by public and private bodies to protect the right to privacy.

20 questions238 max scoreFully detailed

From

R 25 000

Financial Services

FICA

Advanced

Combats money laundering and the financing of terrorism through customer due diligence and reporting obligations.

13 questions157 max scoreFully detailed

From

R 30 000

Banking

Banks Act

Advanced

Regulates the business of public companies taking deposits from the public, including capital adequacy and governance requirements.

6 questions77 max scoreFully detailed

From

R 35 000

Healthcare

OHSA

Medium

Governs workplace health and safety obligations for employers operating in South Africa.

6 questions55 max scoreCore coverage

From

R 15 000

Customer outcomes

Compliance teams, not compliance consultants

We went from a 40-page POPIA gap report nobody owned, to 23 tasks with deadlines and names against them. Our compliance score moved from 34% to 91% in one quarter.
NK

Naledi Khumalo

Head of Compliance, Helios Logistics

Our ISO 27001 recertification used to mean six weeks of consultant time. With Obligance it was three weeks, and our internal team understood every requirement for the first time.
DR

David Reyneke

CTO, Vantage Manufacturing

The CFO dashboard alone justified the spend. We could finally see compliance cost and risk exposure on one screen instead of three spreadsheets and a lawyer's invoice.
PN

Priya Naidoo

Chief Financial Officer, Coastal Underwriters

We lost a government tender two years ago over a missing OHSA appointment letter. We will never let that happen again — the platform would have caught it in minutes.
JvdM

Johan van der Merwe

Operations Director, Ferrum Industrial

Get started

See exactly where you stand — in minutes, not months.

Run your first assessment free. No procurement process, no consultant retainer.