A Comp AI alternative, with the price on the page

What Comp AI publishes about its price

No dollar figure, but a fair amount about how the figure is built. These are the parts we could read without booking anything, each checked on the date shown.

• Comp AI lists whether you need the audit itself, penetration testing or a trust center as one of four factors that set its price. Source, checked 2026-09-28.
• Comp AI lists its base software cost as Talk to us on its SOC 2 cost page, and states there that audit costs are bundled into the subscription. Source, checked 2026-09-28.
• Comp AI lists SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, SOC 1, NIST, ISO 42001, ISO 9001, CCPA, NEN 7510 and FedRAMP among the frameworks it quotes. Source, checked 2026-09-28.
• Comp AI states on its homepage that it integrates with 580+ tools out of the box. Source, checked 2026-09-28.
• Comp AI lists a money-back guarantee beside the booking form on its pricing page. Source, checked 2026-09-28.

Read the first two together. One page says the audit is bundled into the subscription. The other lists the audit as a factor that changes what is included. Both can be true for different scopes. Ask which one applies to yours, in writing, before you sign.

The open source part, read closely

This is the real difference between the two products, and it deserves more than a checkbox. The repository says this about itself:

• The Comp AI repository describes the project as open core, with about 99 percent of the code under the AGPLv3 license and an Enterprise Edition directory under a commercial license. Source, checked 2026-09-28.
• The Comp AI repository README gives steps for running a local instance, and says that steps to deploy it on Docker and on Vercel are coming soon. Source, checked 2026-09-28.

Open core means most of the code is yours to read and run, and a small part is sold. The AGPLv3 license is a real license with real terms. If you plan to change the code and run it as a service, read those terms with counsel first.

Two limits apply to any open source compliance tool, this one included. First, a local instance is not a finished deployment. Somebody on your team runs the database, the upgrades and the integrations. Second, self hosting changes what you pay for software. It does not change who signs the report. A SOC 2 report is issued by a licensed CPA firm,¹ under the AICPA attestation standards,² whatever tool assembled the evidence.

Who does the audit

Here the two products agree more than they differ. Comp AI says so plainly:

• Comp AI states that it is auditor-agnostic, that customers can work with any accredited auditor of their choice, and that the auditor, not Comp AI, produces the audit report. Source, checked 2026-09-28.

Our examinations are performed by an independent partner auditor, a licensed U.S. CPA firm. We never sign the report. The firm is named before you sign the engagement letter, and you can look up its license with the state board.³ The difference is that the auditor sits inside our price, while Comp AI leaves you free to bring your own. Neither is wrong, and each one suits a different kind of buyer.

Where Comp AI is the better buy

A comparison that finds no reason to buy the other product is an advertisement. Here are four.

• You want to read or run the code. If your security review wants to inspect the agent on every laptop, or you want the platform inside your own cloud, open source is the only answer that works. Our code is closed.
• You need more than two frameworks. We sell SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and nothing else. If SOC 1, HIPAA, ISO 42001 or FedRAMP is on your list this year, one platform beats two.
• Your evidence lives in many tools. Our direct connectors are AWS, GitHub, Google Cloud and Google Workspace, listed on the integrations page. Everything else is an upload. A long connector list is worth money when your stack is wide.
• You already have an auditor. If a CPA firm already knows your company and you want to keep it, a tool that works with any auditor is the simpler path.

On speed, Comp AI publishes its own figure:

• Comp AI states that, on average, its customers become audit-ready for SOC 2 Type I in around 10 days. Source, checked 2026-09-28.

Ours is audit-ready starting at about a week. Neither number is a promise, and both depend on how fast your team answers the questions.

What we charge

It starts free. The free readiness assessment takes about 15 minutes, and returns your readiness score, every gap category counted with exact numbers, and your first findings written out in full. Free. No payment and no card.

To get audit-ready, onboarding is $2,000 one time. After that, SOC 2 Type 2 is $600 per month on a 12-month term, started when you are ready, or $6,600 up front for the first 12 months. Then your first SOC 2 Type 2 audit is included in the term, with no separate auditor invoice.

A first year on that path is $9,200 all in. The SOC 2 Type 1 examination is optional: $2,000 to add it later, or $4,000 in total with onboarding. That first year comes to $11,200.

Any audit after the included one is arranged on request.

You ask us for a quote, our team negotiates with independent audit firms on your behalf, and the engagement is priced before it starts. The full split between the software fee and the auditor fee is on the SOC 2 cost page.

Side by side, with the gaps left in

Every cell below is something one of us publishes, or says Not published. Nothing is filled in from a guess.

Four questions for the pricing call

If you book Comp AI’s call, take these with you. Ask us the same four. The answers make the two products comparable.

1. Is the audit inside this number? Get a yes or a no, and the name of the firm.
2. What does year two cost? Renewal is where the real price shows up.
3. What can I export if I leave? Ask for file formats, not reassurance.
4. Which parts are open source, and which are not? Open core has a line through it. Know where yours falls.

If the answers point to Comp AI, take it. If you are still weighing whether you need a platform at all, read SOC 2 without a platform. If you are unsure which report your buyer wants, start with Type 1 versus Type 2.