Vanta is excellent at continuous evidence collection for SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA — and it costs $15K–$45K/year with annual contracts and an implementation engagement. If you mostly need defensible policies, a clause-by-clause gap audit, and framework guidance, ComplianceIQ does that in the browser for free.
Vanta = continuous compliance automation platform (agent-based evidence collection, auditor workflow). ComplianceIQ = AI document generator + auditor that grades existing policies against any of 10+ frameworks. Different jobs. Many teams need both — many teams that bought Vanta only needed us.
Post-Series-A startups going through their first SOC 2 Type 2 audit with a dedicated security hire who will live in the tool every day for 6+ months.
Solo founders, agencies, SMBs, and security-curious operators who need a defensible policy stack + a real audit of what they already have — without a $15K cheque and a 4-week implementation.
Vanta is priced for companies with a CISO or full-time security engineer. If you're a 12-person SaaS being asked for a SOC 2 to close one deal, you can probably ship policies + a Type 1 prep package for under $500 here and save automation for next year.
Vanta wants to install agents and collect evidence. If you already have a privacy policy, security policy, and IR plan, you don't need agents — you need a clause-by-clause audit that tells you what's missing. That's our free /audit.
Vanta's per-framework pricing adds up fast (SOC 2 + HIPAA + GDPR can be 3 SKUs). Every ComplianceIQ audit and document covers any of GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, NIST, SOX, CMMC, OSHA — same flat price.
Try the actual product on the homepage. Run a real audit against a real framework with your real policy. No 'book a demo' wall.
We're honest: there are jobs where a full automation platform is the right answer.
Look at your last 90 days of Vanta activity. If it's mostly policy edits + auditor exports, your renewal money is going to features you don't touch. Generate policies here, export, hand to the auditor.
Common pattern: bought Vanta for the audit, passed, now staring at year-2 renewal with no clear ROI. Drop down to documents + audits here, scale back up to a platform when you have a real security team.
ComplianceIQ treats privacy frameworks as first-class — full GDPR Art. 30 ROPA prompts, CCPA categories disclosure, HIPAA BAA-ready language — not bolted on.
For documents, audits, framework guidance, and lead-up to SOC 2 / ISO 27001 Type 1 — yes. For continuous evidence collection during a SOC 2 Type 2 observation window with a large engineering org — Vanta is still the right tool. Many customers run both: ComplianceIQ for policies + Type 1 prep + secondary frameworks, Vanta for SOC 2 Type 2 evidence.
Yes. Output is framework-specific (named clauses, citations, jurisdiction notes) and editable. We recommend an internal review pass and counsel review for material legal terms — same as any template-based tool, including Vanta.
Yes — PDF and DOCX on every paid generation. No lock-in.
Vanta typical entry: ~$15K/year for SOC 2 module + implementation. ComplianceIQ: $0 for audits, $9/document, $79 for a 10-doc pack, $39/mo Pro for unlimited generation + history. A full year of Pro is ~$470 — roughly 3% of a Vanta SOC 2 contract.
Paste a policy → get a clause-by-clause graded audit in 20 seconds. Or generate a tailored compliance doc. No signup. No demo. 3 free audits/day.
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