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Tucows Posts Solid Results in Second Quarter 2026

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TORONTO, Aug. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ: TCX) (TSX: TC), a global internet services leader, today reported its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. All figures are in U.S. dollars.

“We made measurable financial progress in the second quarter, with revenue and gross profit increasing both year over year and sequentially, Adjusted EBITDA improving from the first quarter, and the business generating positive operating cash flow,” said David Woroch, Chief Executive Officer of Tucows. “Ting was the principal driver of the improvements, supported by subscriber growth and construction activity, while Tucows Domains continued to deliver stable gross profit.” 

Financial Results

Consolidated net revenue increased 2.1% year over year to $100.6 million in the second quarter of 2026 and improved 4.0% sequentially, driven by strong revenue growth at Ting.

Gross profit for the second quarter of 2026 increased 16.6% to $25.8 million from the second quarter of 2025, and improved 7% sequentially. Year-over-year gross profit expansion was largely driven by margin gains from Ting, as well as a decrease in network expenses. The sequential increase came from margin improvement in Ting and Tucows Domains.

Net loss for the second quarter was $20.5 million ($1.84 per share), compared with a net loss of $15.6 million ($1.41 per share) in Q2 2025. Adjusted net loss¹ was $17.5 million (adjusted EPS¹ of ($1.57)) in Q2 2026 versus $16.3 million (adjusted EPS¹ of $(1.47)) in Q2 2025.

Adjusted EBITDA1 for the first quarter of 2026 came down 2.2% to $12.3 million from the second quarter of 2025, and improved 5.4% sequentially. The Ting segment had strong Adjusted EBITDA performance both year over year and sequentially, which was offset by obligations associated with our legacy mobile business and investment in Wavelo’s sales and marketing.

We ended the second quarter of 2026 with cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents of $60.2 million. This compares with $61.9 million at the end of the first quarter of 2026 and $68.6 million at the end of the second quarter of 2025.

Summary Financial Results
(In Thousands of US Dollars, except Per Share data)

3 Months ended June 30

6 Months ended June 30

2026

(unaudited)

2025
(unaudited)

% Change
(unaudited)

2026

(unaudited)

2025
(unaudited)

% Change
(unaudited)

Net Revenues

100,556

98,463

2 %

197,213

193,072

2 %

Gross Profit

25,784

22,110

17 %

49,914

45,641

9 %

Income Earned on Sale of Transferred Assets, net

2,480

3,112

(20) %

4,995

5,853

(15) %

Net Income (Loss)

(20,471)

(15,637)

(31) %

(38,578)

(30,770)

(25) %

Adjusted Net Income (Loss)¹

(17,515)

(16,277)

(8) %

(30,158)

(31,191)

3 %

Basic earnings (Loss) per common share

(1.84)

(1.41)

(30) %

(3.46)

(2.79)

(24) %

Adjusted Basic earnings (Loss) per common share¹

(1.57)

(1.47)

(7) %

(2.71)

(2.82)

4 %

Adjusted EBITDA¹

12,297

12,577

(2) %

23,964

26,248

(9) %

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

1,936

6,566

(71) %

5,460

(4,685)

217 %

1 Non-GAAP financial measures are described below and reconciled to GAAP measures in the accompanying tables.

Summary of Revenues, Gross Profit and Adjusted EBITDA

(In Thousands of US Dollars)

Revenue

Gross Profit

Adj. EBITDA¹

3 Months ended June 30

3 Months ended June 30

3 Months ended June 30

2026
(unaudited)

2025
(unaudited)

2026
(unaudited)

2025
(unaudited)

2026
(unaudited)

2025
(unaudited)

DOMAINS AND WAVELO SERVICES

Tucows Domain Services:

Wholesale

Domain Services

48,836

51,557

Value Added Services

6,303

5,757

Total Wholesale

55,139

57,314

Retail

9,854

10,290

Total Tucows Domain Services

64,993

67,604

19,260

19,311

11,877

12,543

Wavelo Services:

11,755

12,656

6,562

8,552

2,828

5,360

Total Domains and Wavelo Services

76,748

80,260

25,822

27,863

14,705

17,903

TING INTERNET SERVICES

Fiber Internet Services

17,463

16,410

Construction Services

4,132

Total Ting

21,595

16,410

2,495

(3,151)

1,520

(3,651)

CORPORATE & OTHER

Mobile Services and Eliminations

2,213

1,793

(2,533)

(2,602)

(3,928)

(1,675)

Total

100,556

98,463

25,784

22,110

12,297

12,577

1 Non-GAAP financial measures are described below and reconciled to GAAP measures in the accompanying tables.

2 Beginning in the third quarter of 2025, the Company revised its presentation of segment gross profit to reflect amounts net of network expenses. This change provides a more consistent view of segment-level profitability and aligns with how management evaluates operating performance. The revision did not impact gross profit, Adjusted EBITDA or revenue. 

Notes: 

1. Tucows reports all financial information required in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Along with this information, to assist financial statement users in an assessment of our historical performance, the Company discloses non-GAAP financial measures in press releases and on investor conference calls and related events, as the Company believes that the non-GAAP information enhances investors’ overall understanding of our financial performance, and should be read in addition to, rather than instead of, the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting and may differ from non-GAAP financial measures with the same or similar captions that are used by other companies and/or analysts and may differ from period to period. The Company endeavors to compensate for these limitations by providing the relevant disclosure of the items excluded in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income based on U.S. GAAP; Adjusted net income to GAAP net income; and adjusted basic earnings per share to GAAP basic earnings per share, which should be considered when evaluating the Company’s results. Tucows strongly encourages investors to review its financial information in its entirety and not to rely on a single financial measure.

Adjusted EBITDA

The Company believes that the provision of this supplemental non-GAAP measure allows investors to evaluate the operational and financial performance of the Company’s core business using similar evaluation measures to those used by management. The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA to measure its performance and prepare its budgets. Since Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial performance measure, the Company’s calculation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies; and should not be considered in isolation, as a substitute for, or superior to measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Because Adjusted EBITDA is calculated before certain recurring cash charges, including interest expense and taxes, and is not adjusted for capital expenditures or other recurring cash requirements of the business, it should not be considered as a liquidity measure.

The Company’s Adjusted EBITDA definition excludes depreciation, impairment and loss on disposition of property and equipment, amortization of intangible assets, income tax provision, interest expense (net), stock-based compensation, asset impairment, gains and losses from unrealized foreign currency transactions, loss on debt extinguishment and costs that are not indicative of on-going performance (profitability), including acquisition and transition costs. Gains and losses from unrealized foreign currency transactions removes the unrealized effect of the change in the mark-to-market values on outstanding unhedged foreign currency contracts, as well as the unrealized effect from the translation of monetary accounts denominated in non-U.S. dollars to U.S. dollars.

The following table reconciles net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands of US dollars):

3 Months ended June 30

6 Months ended June 30

2026
(unaudited)

2025
(unaudited)

2026
(unaudited)

2025
(unaudited)

Net income (Loss) for the period

(20,471)

(15,637)

(38,578)

(30,770)

Less:

Provision (recovery) for income taxes

3,130

2,265

5,522

4,431

Depreciation of property and equipment

10,341

10,539

20,212

20,999

Impairment of property and equipment

334

435

614

639

Loss (gain) on disposition of property and equipment

(48)

(1,788)

828

(1,788)

Amortization of intangible assets

698

1,115

1,801

2,321

Interest expense, net

14,450

13,621

28,315

27,234

Stock-based compensation

1,164

1,386

2,258

2,891

Unrealized loss (gain) on foreign exchange revaluation of foreign denominated monetary assets and liabilities

29

(72)

223

(437)

Acquisition, transaction and transition costs*

2,670

713

2,769

728

Adjusted EBITDA

12,297

12,577

23,964

26,248

* Acquisition, transaction and transition costs represent transaction-related expenses and transitional expenses. Expenses include severance or transitional costs associated with department, operational or overall company restructuring efforts, including geographic alignments.

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Basic Earnings Per Common Share (Adjusted EPS)

The Company believes that the provision of this supplemental non-GAAP measure allows investors to best evaluate our operating results and understand the operating trends of our core business without the effect of acquisition and transition costs, impairment expenses and losses on extinguishment of debt. Acquisition and transition costs represent transaction-related expenses and transitional expenses. Expenses include severance or transitional costs associated with department, operational or overall company restructuring efforts, including geographic alignments. Since adjusted net income and adjusted EPS are non-GAAP financial performance measures, the Company’s calculation of adjusted net income and adjusted EPS may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies; and should not be considered in isolation, as a substitute for, or superior to measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The Company’s adjusted net income and adjusted EPS definitions exclude from the calculation of reported GAAP net income and GAAP EPS, the effect of the following items: impairment of property and expenses, acquisition and transition costs (including restructuring charges) and loss on debt extinguishment.

The following table reconciles adjusted net income and adjusted EPS to GAAP net income (In thousands of US dollars, except Per Share data):

3 Months ended June 30

6 Months ended June 30

2026
(unaudited)

2025
(unaudited)

2026
(unaudited)

2025
(unaudited)

Net Income (Loss) for the period

(20,471)

(15,637)

(38,578)

(30,770)

Less:

Acquisition and transition costs*

2,670

713

2,769

728

Impairment of property and equipment

334

435

11,533

639

Loss (gain) on disposition of property and equipment

(48)

(1,788)

(5,882)

(1,788)

Adjusted Net Income (Loss)¹ for the period

(17,515)

(16,277)

(30,158)

(31,191)

Adjusted Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share¹

(1.57)

(1.47)

(2.71)

(2.82)

* Acquisition and transition costs represent transaction-related expenses and transitional expenses. Expenses include severance or transitional costs associated with department, operational or overall company restructuring efforts, including geographic alignments.

Management Commentary

Concurrent with the dissemination of its quarterly financial results news release at 5:05 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 6, 2026, management’s pre-recorded audio commentary (and transcript), discussing the quarter and outlook for the Company will be posted to the Tucows website at http://www.tucows.com/investors/financials.

Following management’s prepared commentary, for the subsequent seven days, until Thursday, August 13, 2026, shareholders, analysts and prospective investors can submit questions to Tucows’ management at ir@tucows.com. Management will post responses to questions in an audio recording and transcript to the Company’s website at http://www.tucows.com/investors/financials, on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at approximately 5 p.m. ET. All questions will receive a response, however, questions of a more specific nature may be responded to directly.

About Tucows

Tucows helps connect more people to the benefit of internet access through domain services, communications service technology, and fiber-optic infrastructure. Tucows Domains (https://tucowsdomains.com) manages over 21 million domain names and millions of value-added services through a global reseller network of 32,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover (https://hover.com) makes it easy for individuals and small businesses to manage their domain names and email addresses. Wavelo (https://wavelo.com) is a telecommunications software suite for service providers that simplifies the management of mobile and internet network access; provisioning, billing and subscription; developer tools; and more. Ting (https://ting.com) delivers fixed fiber Internet access with outstanding customer support. More information can be found on Tucows’ corporate website (https://tucows.com).

Tucows, Hover, Wavelo, and Ting are registered trademarks of Tucows Inc. or its subsidiaries.

This release includes forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our expectations regarding our future financial results. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Information about other potential factors that could affect Tucows’ business, results of operations and financial condition is included in the Risk Factors sections of Tucows’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Tucows as of the date they are made. Tucows assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.

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As Enterprises Rush to Autonomous Security, New Omdia Market Update Points to Practitioner Governance as the Differentiator

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A 2026 market update to Omdia’s technical validation examines managed agentic SOC delivery on Google Security Operations, finding that governance, not autonomy, is what separates measurable outcomes from AI hype.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As organizations move quickly to adopt autonomous, AI-driven security operations, a new 2026 market update from Omdia finds that the adoption of agentic AI is outpacing the governance meant to control it. Fifty-two percent of organizations with security operations centers already deploy agentic AI, yet only 25 percent formally assess every agentic AI investment, even as these systems take autonomous action. The update, produced by Omdia’s Go-to-Market Insights and Advisory practice, extends its technical validation of Foresite Cybersecurity’s managed security operations on Google Security Operations (SecOps).

Read the Omdia technical validation at foresite.com →

New Omdia validation: Foresite’s governed agentic SOC cuts investigation time by ~60%.

The market update examines a shift now visible across the enterprise: security teams are absorbing surging data volumes without adding investigation load, and it points to practitioner-governed, human-in-the-loop accountability as the factor separating durable outcomes from tool sprawl. 

Reviewing Foresite’s security operations data, Omdia validated several key performance gains that demonstrate the platform’s ability to scale analyst effectiveness and deliver governed autonomy:

A ~60% reduction in mean time to investigate (MTTI), accelerating the speed of response.

A flat investigation load even as raw telemetry data surged by 278%, proving the system’s capacity to handle growth without overburdening analysts.

An increase in benign-event auto-identification from 25% to 86%, demonstrating the accuracy of the automation and allowing analysts to focus on critical threats.

Foresite operates as the human control layer for AI-driven security, pairing Google’s agentic investigation capabilities with named-practitioner accountability. Every autonomous investigation is reviewed and authorized by a named analyst before response actions execute, giving customers clear visibility into how decisions are made and risk is managed. Autonomous investigation runs at machine speed while a practitioner validates every high-impact action, so agentic never means uncontrolled.

“The speed of agentic adoption is outrunning the oversight meant to govern it. Organizations are deploying these systems faster than they are assessing them. Foresite’s approach, autonomous investigation at machine speed with a named practitioner accountable for every high-impact action, is a practical answer to that gap,” said Tony Palmer, Principal Analyst and Practice Director, Omdia.

“Autonomous investigation runs at machine speed. The actions you can’t take back are validated by a named practitioner before they execute. That is the difference between an agent you can govern and one you are simply told to trust,” said Jeremy Hehl, Chief Evangelist at Foresite.

Foresite delivers fully managed security operations on Google SecOps, enabling customers to detect and respond to threats in seconds, reduce investigation fatigue, and maintain continuous audit readiness without expanding internal teams. As a Google Cloud Premier Partner with Security and MSSP specializations, the company delivers managed services through its Catalyst platform, extending Google SecOps with operational governance, automation, and continuous compliance.

The market update follows Foresite being named the 2026 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year for North America, presented at Google Cloud Next ’26, and builds on Omdia’s original technical validation of the Catalyst platform commissioned by Google in 2025. Across its managed services, and validated in the Omdia update, Foresite reduced mean time to investigate by roughly 60 percent while sustaining 96 percent customer retention and sub-15-second automated threat response.

Foresite representatives will be at Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas, including a happy hour co-hosted with Google and Jeremy Hehl’s appearance on the EC-Council podcast with Jay Bavisi..

About Foresite Cybersecurity

Foresite Cybersecurity is a Google Cloud Premier Partner, and a Wiz Premier Partner providing managed security operations, compliance automation, and threat intelligence services. Through its Catalyst platform, Foresite helps organizations operationalize agentic AI security with practitioner-led governance and measurable risk reduction. Learn more at foresite.com.

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Claire Simpson, Director of Brand and Marketing

Tim Suwandhaputra, VP, Go-to-Market

press@foresite.com

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Cogeco Communications Announces $200 Million Reopening of Senior Secured Notes due 2033

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MONTRÉAL, Aug. 6, 2026 /CNW/ — Cogeco Communications Inc. (TSX: CCA) (“Cogeco Communications” or the “Corporation”) announced today that it has priced an offering of an additional $200 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.299% senior secured notes due February 16, 2033 (the “Notes”).

The Notes will have identical terms (except for their date of issue, issue price, matters relating to the resale restriction and temporary security identifiers) and be fully fungible with and form a single series with the $300 million aggregate principal amount of 5.299% senior secured notes issued by the Corporation on February 16, 2023. The Notes will be issued at a price of 103.966% of their face value (plus accrued interest from February 16, 2026), for a reopening yield of 4.565%.

The Notes are being offered through an agency syndicate consisting of BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc., as joint bookrunners and co-lead managers, and including Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd., TD Securities Inc. and Casgrain & Company Limited, as co-managers.

The offering is expected to close on or about August 10, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Cogeco Communications intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay existing indebtedness and for other general corporate purposes.

The Notes will be direct and unsubordinated secured debt obligations of Cogeco Communications and will rank equally and pari passu, with all other secured senior indebtedness of Cogeco Communications.

The Notes have been assigned a provisional rating of “BBB (low)” from DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) with a “Stable” trend and a provisional rating of “BBB-” from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. The Notes are being offered in Canada on a private placement basis in reliance upon exemptions from the prospectus requirements under applicable securities legislation.

The Notes have not been and will not be qualified for sale to the public under applicable securities laws in Canada and, accordingly, any offer and sale of the Notes in Canada will be made on a basis which is exempt from the prospectus requirements of such securities laws. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under, or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of, the U.S. Securities Act. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful to do so.

ABOUT COGECO COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Cogeco Communications Inc. is a leading telecommunications provider committed to bringing people together through powerful communications and entertainment experiences. We provide world-class Internet, wireless, video and wireline phone services to 1.6 million residential and business subscribers in Canada and thirteen states in the United States. Our services are marketed under the Cogeco and oxio brands in Canada, and under the Breezeline and welo brands in the U.S. We take pride in our strong presence in the communities we serve and in our commitment to a sustainable future. Cogeco Communications Inc.’s subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: CCA).

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of securities laws. Forward-looking information may relate to Cogeco Communications, future outlook and anticipated events, business, operations, financial performance, financial condition or results and, in some cases, can be identified by terminology such as “may”; “will”; “should”; “expect”; “plan”; “anticipate”; “believe”; “intend”; “estimate”; “predict”; “potential”; “continue”; “foresee”; “ensure” or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Particularly, statements with respect to the offering of Notes and the intended timing and completion thereof, and the expected use of the net proceeds of the offering of Notes, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on certain factors and assumptions including expected satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to closing the offering of Notes on the expected timeline, which Cogeco Communications believes are reasonable as of the current date. While management considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to the Corporation, they may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking information is also subject to certain factors, including risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from what Cogeco Communications currently expects. These factors include risks such as the failure to satisfy the conditions to the completion of the offering of Notes, as well as general market conditions, competitive risks (including changing competitive and technology ecosystems and disruptive competitive strategies adopted by our competitors), business risks, regulatory risks (including changes in laws or government policies and the impact of regulatory decisions, such as those of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in Canada or of the Federal Communications Commission in the U.S.), tax risks, technology risks (including the evolution of technology and the threat of cybersecurity), financial risks (including variations in currency and interest rates), economic conditions (including inflation, trade tariffs, reduced consumer spending and increasing costs), talent management risks (including the highly competitive market for a limited pool of digitally skilled employees), human-caused and natural threats to the Corporation’s network (including increased frequency of extreme weather events with the potential to disrupt operations), infrastructure and systems, sustainability and sustainability reporting risks, ethical behavior risks, ownership risks, litigation risks and public health and safety, many of which are beyond the Corporation’s control. For more exhaustive information on these risks and uncertainties, the reader should refer to the “Uncertainties and main risk factors” section of the Corporation’s fiscal 2025 annual Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) and of the fiscal 2026 third-quarter MD&A. The closing of the offering is subject to general market and other conditions and there can be no assurance that the offering will be completed or that the terms of the offering will not be modified. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect Cogeco Communications and future events and results may vary significantly from what management currently foresees. The reader should not place undue importance on forward-looking information contained in this press release and the forward-looking statements contained in this press release represent Cogeco Communications’ expectations as of the date of this press release (or as of the date they are otherwise stated to be made) and are subject to change after such date. While management may elect to do so, the Corporation is under no obligation (and expressly disclaims any such obligation) and does not undertake to update or alter this information at any particular time, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. All amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.

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Troy Crandall

Chief Financial Officer

Head, Investor Relations

Cogeco Communications Inc.

Cogeco Communications Inc.

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New Study Ranks 68 Third-Party Risk Management Platforms

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New research maps 68 third-party risk management platforms in one ranked, source-linked comparison: what compliance really costs in 2026, who publishes prices, who actually scans vendors and what the first Gartner Magic Quadrant for TPRM left out. The full ranking and all 911 sources are free to read.

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Research agency SocialActive today announced The TPRM Platform Landscape 2026, a 78-page ranked comparison of 68 third-party risk management (TPRM) platforms, compiled from 911 publicly archived sources and free to read.

“Only 17 of the 68 platforms publish a price, and 43 never technically examine the vendors they assess. Buyers have been building shortlists in the dark.”

Third-party risk management became a regulated obligation for hundreds of thousands of European organisations when the EU’s DORA regulation began applying in January 2025 and as NIS2 transposition reached 22 of 27 member states by May 2026. The study examines the software market that serves that obligation, from free open-source tools to enterprise suites estimated at more than USD 1 million per year, and ranks all 68 platforms through a stated buyer lens: nine criteria, listed in descending order of weight and drawn from a 20-criterion evaluation framework, so a reader whose priorities differ can rebuild the shortlist from the same evidence. The report’s reference buyer is a European organisation of roughly 20 to 1,000 employees managing 10 to 150 vendors without a dedicated risk team; a separate shortlist covers enterprises above that range.

Key findings include:

Pricing opacity is the market norm. Only 17 of the 68 platforms publish a real price anywhere public; the remaining 51 quote prices only after a sales process. Published annual entry prices alone span EUR 1,020 to USD 125,000.The cost spread for the same need remains wide. Published prices for TPRM tooling alone span EUR 1,500 to USD 125,000 per year, and for a 120-employee manufacturer needing NIS2 and ISO 27001 coverage with vendor oversight, documented three-year totals range from roughly EUR 20,000 on published EU pricing to USD 150,000 and above on estimated enterprise deployments.External verification is rare. Roughly 43 of the 68 platforms offer no external technical scanning of the vendors they assess, 14 license partner ratings feeds, and 11 operate something native. Exactly one, the EU platform StartComply, bundles active scanning of each vendor’s domain into an SMB-priced TPRM subscription, published at EUR 1,500 per year.The 2026 analyst landscape has blind spots. Gartner’s first Magic Quadrant for TPRM Tools (April 2026) and Forrester’s Q1 2026 Wave exclude the security-ratings vendors and the entire affordable EU segment, so smaller European buyers cannot outsource their shortlist to either report.Ownership is unstable. The study documents twelve acquisitions, rebrands and funding events between 2023 and 2026 that changed vendors’ names, owners or sovereignty status, including one platform whose Dutch-ownership story ended overnight with a US acquisition, and one vendor whose operating company could not be independently verified at all.

Every material claim in the report carries a source link or an explicit label (public price, estimate, vendor-claimed, or not found), conflicts between sources are stated rather than smoothed over, and the report publishes a standing corrections policy: any vendor that believes a fact is wrong is invited to submit the primary source, and corrections are applied with a dated note.

“We wrote the study we could not find anywhere: every platform, every price we could document, and every claim labelled for what it is. We state the lens and the weighting openly, so a reader who ranks the criteria differently can rebuild the shortlist from the same evidence,” said Andreas Kougentakos, Founder at SocialActive.

The full report, the 68-platform master registry, the comparison tables and the full set of charts are available free of charge at https://socialactivecom.substack.com/p/tprm-platform-comparison.

About SocialActive

SocialActive is an award-winning B2B marketing and research agency based in Greece. Its research publications use public sources only, label every figure by evidence type, and publish their criteria and sources in full.

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