Recognized with the highest possible scores in 22 criteria.
OneTrust named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ for Privacy Management Software, Q4 2025
OneTrust achieved the highest possible scores in criteria we see as critical to modern privacy programs, including:
- Vision
- Innovation
- Breadth of software
- Integration
- Regulatory change management
- Third-party risk management
Unified privacy operations help teams increase accuracy, respond faster, and reduce operational risk.
OneTrust earned the highest possible score in 7 of 8 AI-related criteria, including:
- AI Risk Assessment
- Enforcement of Controls for AI Risk Management
- AI Model Management
- AI Data Pipeline Management
- Provision of AI Agents and Copilots
- AI Third-Party Risk Management
- AI Governance Reporting and Remediation
To us, these strengths reflect OneTrust’s approach to AI-ready governance—unifying privacy, consent, data, and AI controls within a single, integrated program.
Key takeaways
- OneTrust earned the highest score in both the Strategy and Current Offering categories.
- The report notes that, “OneTrust’s vision centers on governing risks to enable innovation and harnessing technology-driven disruption for better outcomes. This vision is not just a way to go to market; it’s the ethos it applies to its own platform.”
- These insights help organizations strengthen governance, reduce risk, and move faster with confidence.
- OneTrust sees the evaluation as a reflection of how it enables teams to govern at the speed of AI.
Why this recognition matters to us
AI is reshaping how organizations use data and make decisions. As adoption accelerates, privacy, data governance, and AI oversight can’t operate in silos. Governance must be continuous, automated, and built into everyday operations.
We believe Forrester’s evaluation reflects this shift by identifying platforms that help organizations modernize governance, scale AI responsibly, and meet complex regulatory demands.
For us, being named a Leader underscores our commitment to helping customers move quickly while maintaining the control, transparency, and accountability their programs require.
Why OneTrust was named a leader
OneTrust received the highest possible scores in 22 criteria, including Vision, Innovation, Roadmap, Adoption, and Integration. We believe these strengths help organizations unify their governance programs and scale AI with confidence.
What the report covers
The Forrester Wave™ evaluates how privacy management platforms support modern privacy, data governance, and AI governance needs. It reviews strategy, current offering, and customer feedback.
These areas reflect the challenges organizations face as governance evolves in the age of AI.
"OneTrust’s vision centers on governing risks to enable innovation and harnessing technology-driven disruption for better outcomes... The approach, tying together privacy, governance, and AI risk management, is comprehensive and pragmatic—delivering more than the sum of its parts.”
— The Forrester Wave™: Privacy Management Software, Q4 2025
Why Unified Governance matters now
AI now spans every workflow, team, and system. Manual reviews and disconnected processes can’t keep pace with either the speed of AI or the complexity of modern data environments.
Unified governance brings clarity, consistency, and control across privacy, consent, data, and AI oversight—helping teams reduce risk, support compliance, and accelerate responsible innovation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
It is an independent research report of privacy management vendors from various geographies based on strategy, current offering, and customer feedback. The report helps organizations understand which platforms best support modern privacy, data, and AI governance requirements.
Forrester recognized OneTrust among top vendors in the privacy management software market. The report also notes that OneTrust received the highest possible scores in 22 criteria and the highest scores in both the Strategy and Current Offering categories.
OneTrust connects privacy, data governance, and AI oversight into a single framework. The platform provides automated risk assessments, model management and controls, policy enforcement, and full transparency across data and AI systems.
OneTrust delivers advanced workflows, consent and preference management, regulatory intelligence, automated discovery and classification, and robust reporting—all designed to help teams operate at scale with accuracy and consistency.
The report outlines the capabilities organizations need to strengthen privacy programs, manage AI risk, and prepare for emerging regulations. Readers gain a clear understanding of vendor strengths and where the market is heading in 2025–2026.