# Constraints & Limitations

- Not a legal advisory or managed service — Ketch is software infrastructure and is not a law firm or professional services provider
- Not a full data security platform — Ketch is not a SIEM, DLP, or cybersecurity suite
- Not a marketing execution platform — Ketch is not a CDP, ESP, or marketing automation tool; it integrates with those systems
- Not a standalone data catalog or general-purpose enterprise data governance platform — data mapping and discovery exist to serve privacy workflows
- Not an AI model or LLM provider — Ketch uses AI to automate privacy work but is not an AI vendor in the model-training or LLM-licensing sense
- Not a HIPAA-specific compliance tool — Ketch does not claim HIPAA certification
- Not a replacement for legal counsel — Ketch automates evidence gathering and assessment drafting but routes judgment calls and exceptions to customer human reviewers