SOC 2, ISO 27001, CMMC 2.0, FedRAMP 20x, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, NIST CSF 2.0, NIST 800-171, 800-53, ISO 42001, TISAX, FTC Safeguards, NYDFS NYCRR 500, Cyber Essentials, Custom

Pre-audit: 2 weeks–9 months; Audit window: 3/6/9/12 months; Formal audit: 5 weeks–3 months; Some ready in “a few weeks”

Comply AI (Remediation, Risk, Policies), Questionnaire Automation using generative AI
Comply AI for remediation improves the ease and speed of fixing failing controls in your cloud environment to improve test pass rate and get audit ready. Leverage auto-generated fixes for infrastructure as code so you can easily copy, paste, and deploy fixes to your cloud environment.

AI reviews uploaded evidence files to catch missing documents, outdated timestamps, and mismatched submissions before audits begin. Identify issues early to avoid last-minute surprises, move through audits faster, and receive clean audit reports with fewer exceptions.

More detailed features: https://secureframe.com/features/ai

Pricing not mentioned clearly https://secureframe.com/pricing (should range 15k-30k for small scale) ,

customers - nasdaq, render .... (https://secureframe.com/customers )

Sprinto —

SOC 2 (all five TSC),ISO 27001,GDPR,HIPAA,PCI DSS,CMMC 2.0,NIST frameworks (e.g., controls implementation)

Additional frameworks such as ISO 27017, CIS, CSA STAR, FCRA, OFDSS, CCPA

Includes built-in security training modules and policy templates, integrated within the compliance flow.
No specific AI features mentioned, but as other platforms the automated evidence collection, policy templates and other services are available.

Pricing: $6k-25k

https://www.spendflo.com/blog/comprehensive-guide-to-vanta-pricing

Customers- rippl, nitorpack(uk)...

Scytale —

SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 42001, SOX ITGC, Custom Frameworks, SOC 1, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, Cyber Essentials Plus, Essential 8, CSA STAR, Bill 64/Law 25, POPI Act, NIST 800-53, NIST CSF 2.0, NIS 2 Directive, EU AI Act, CIS Controls

source: https://scytale.ai/all-frameworks/

Scytale doesn't list specific durations for SOC 2 compliance, several key points highlight their speed and effectiveness:

AI :
Security Questionnaires, AI Remidiations, AI Evidence Reviewers,, AI Policy Generation, Control Mappings,

Detailed about ai usage: http://scytale.ai/ai-agent/

Pricing unclear https://scytale.ai/pricing/

https://www.softwareadvice.com/compliance/scytale-profile/

customers : berlitz, agora... (http://scytale.ai/customers/ )

Drata

Community–Reported Pricing Insights

Community members on Reddit provide this context: https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/19495jz

A managed service provider using Drata shared for organizations with ~50 employees:

Sentry Plan: $1,000/month — Drata access + 24 consulting hours/year.

Guardian Plan: $2,000/month — adds gap analysis, policies, DR/BCP planning.

Defender Plan: $3,000/month — includes audit coordination and vulnerability scanning.

Total bundled cost: $12,000–$24,000 before audit; $36,000 annually including audit.

Startups mention paying Drata ~$8,000/year as a typical baseline.

Timeline : Require operational control observation over 3–12 months, followed by audit execution. Total timeline typically 6 months to 1 year

AI usage :

extracting key insights from vendor (thirdparty) SOC 2 reports, summarizing questionnaire responses, generating Trust Library search, and interpreting test failures.

Detailed : https://youtu.be/RgTTp9f9pwE

Customers - Calendly, Lemonade... https://drata.com/customers

Scrut

Almost all the frameworks, including SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001, NIST AI RMF (60+) https://www.scrut.io/solutions/all-frameworks

50+ SOC 2-compliant, expert-approved templates with in-platform editing, Monitors cloud risks, control reviews, policy attestations, and compliance gaps, all in one view. (like all other platforms out there.)

Pricing unclear.

Claims SOC2 compliance in < 6 weeks (source)

AI Usage; no specifics mentioned, provides all sort of automations for evidence collection which other vendors too provide us.

Customers - yellow.ai, groww, keka .... (source)

Thoropass - Thoropass embeds the audit process within its service, IN HOUSE AUDITORS (confusion on the aicpa process of having a independent firm conducting the audit) 11k-20k for statrtups , supports multi-framework action items

source: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/awsmarketplace/one-audit-multiple-frameworks-streamline-multi-framework-compliance-with-thoropass-on-aws/

Thoropass is AWS Partner :

OTHER

DuploCloud

Strike Graph

Tugboat Logic

Exabeam

AuditBoard

okay, all look very similar, how do I shortlist them out:
1. costs (will get exact numbers on contacting them, running demos)

2. Integrations with cloud platforms, ticketing platform.... etc (again mostly similar) -Weak integrations = more manual evidence uploads.

3. Policy templates, easy monitoring for non security ppl, customer support quality,

4. Audit partnerships : if we can bring in our auditor at lower costs, is that okay for the vendor platform? (as they bring up their )

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