SOC 3 for startups. From $2,000.

The public trust report you can post, with no non-disclosure agreement needed. A SOC 3 report is issued by an independent licensed U.S. CPA firm, never by us. We build the program, the policies and the evidence behind it.

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From $2,000
Platform onboarding
Attestation report
a SOC 3 report
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Issued by an independent licensed U.S. CPA firm

What you get for SOC 3.

The same platform every framework runs on, pointed at this one: your answers, your evidence, your documents.

Built on your SOC 2 Type 2SOC 3 reuses the same controls, evidence and testing as your SOC 2 Type 2, so the platform adds no second binder, only a second deliverable.
General use system descriptionA shorter description of your system and the criteria covered, written for prospects and the public rather than for a customer's auditor.
Ready for your trust pageThe report is meant to be posted on your website or trust center, so sales can link to it instead of routing every prospect through an NDA.

How SOC 3 runs here.

Four steps, in this order, with the handoff at the end.

  1. Step 1

    Answer the questionnaire

    The same afternoon of questions that drives your SOC 2. Nothing extra is asked for SOC 3, because it rests on the same controls.

  2. Step 2

    Confirm the Type 2 scope

    The gap analysis checks that every criterion you want named in the public report is covered by a control with evidence behind it.

  3. Step 3

    Build the Type 2 binder

    Policies and evidence are completed for the SOC 2 Type 2, and the platform prepares the shorter general use description alongside the full one.

  4. Step 4

    Add SOC 3 to the engagement

    The CPA firm issues the SOC 3 alongside the SOC 2 Type 2 opinion once the observation period and testing are complete. The engagement is arranged through partner firms.

What SOC 3 costs.

Published where it can be published, and arranged with the firm that signs it where it cannot.

$2,000 one time for platform onboarding.

That is the intake, the gap analysis, your policies, the evidence binder and the handoff package.

A SOC 3 report is arranged with an independent licensed U.S. CPA firm and quoted before it begins.

A SOC 3 is scoped together with a SOC 2 Type 2 and cannot be issued on its own. It covers the same period and opinion as the Type 2 it accompanies.

Polara Labs is not a CPA firm. SOC 2 examinations are performed by independent licensed U.S. CPA firms.

SOC 3 questions.

What buyers ask, and what the work actually involves.

SOC 3 is added to a SOC 2 Type 2 engagement, so platform onboarding starts at $2,000 and the added report is arranged through partner firms on top of that scope.
No. A SOC 3 is issued from the same examination as a SOC 2 Type 2, so you need the Type 2 first or at the same time. Ask for it when the Type 2 is scoped and the cost is settled before it begins.
Same controls, same CPA firm, same period. SOC 2 includes the detailed test results and is shared under NDA; SOC 3 leaves those details out so it can be published to anyone.
Usually not. Enterprise security teams still ask for the full SOC 2 during procurement. SOC 3 covers the earlier stage, when a prospect wants public proof before a conversation.

Unblock the deal.

Tell us where you are with SOC 3 and we will tell you what is left.

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Polara Labs builds both sides of the audit: the readiness platform startups use to earn a SOC 2 report, an ISO 27001 certificate or whatever their buyers ask for, and the practice OS audit firms use to run the examination. Every price is published on the page it belongs to.

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Polara Labs is not a CPA firm. SOC 2 examinations are performed by independent licensed U.S. CPA firms in our network; the audit opinion is theirs alone and is not regulated by Polara Labs. We generate custom policies, evidence checklists, and remediation guidance. You remain responsible for implementing controls and owning audit outcomes. Replace placeholders with your actual controls and have final documents reviewed by qualified professionals before your audit.