Why this model exists
Your team needs SOC 2. Then it still needs GRC.
Growing SaaS teams usually face four choices: place the work on an already-busy technical leader, buy a compliance platform and operate it internally, hire a project consultant, or build a full internal GRC function. GetComply fills the gap between those options. You get a named advisor, a shared workspace, human evidence review, and a recurring operating rhythm without pretending the client has no responsibilities.
Hiring a full-time GRC lead
Provides dedicated internal capacity and company context. It also brings recruiting time, salary, benefits, onboarding, and more capacity than many smaller teams initially need.
Doing it internally
Can appear cheaper at first. It often becomes expensive in founder, CTO, engineering, security, or operations time when ownership and audit expectations remain unclear.
Using compliance software
Can automate monitoring, integrations, and evidence collection. Someone still has to interpret results, make decisions, chase owners, review evidence, and keep the program current.
Using GetComply
Provides a named advisor who runs the program with your team, reviews evidence, maintains the cadence, and stays involved after the first audit.
Launch Readiness starts the program. Managed GRC keeps it running.
SOC 2 is often the event that unlocks budget. It is not the end of the work. The long-term value comes from keeping access reviews, vendor reviews, policies, evidence, questionnaires, risk decisions, and audit preparation from drifting between cycles.
- Readiness Assessment: Optional diagnostic when scope, effort, or budget is still unclear
- Launch Readiness: Managed first push when SOC 2 is already a priority
- Managed GRC: Primary recurring service after the program is established
- Scale: Qualification-only service for higher-volume or broader programs
GetComply owns the operational work. The client retains business accountability and decision authority.
Start here
Start where you are
If SOC 2 is already blocking a deal, renewal, procurement review, or internal deadline, start with Launch Readiness. If you are still deciding scope, timing, and investment, start with the optional Readiness Assessment. If the first program already exists and the recurring work needs a clear owner, start with Managed GRC.
Launch Readiness
For SaaS teams that already know SOC 2 is required because a customer, prospect, renewal, or examination timeline created pressure. Launch Readiness turns the first push into a managed weekly process.
Estimated GetComply investment
Approximately $18,000 to $27,000 over a typical four-to-six-month engagement, plus the separate CPA audit fee.
Typical customer involvement
Plan for approximately 30 to 60 minutes per week from the internal sponsor, plus focused engineering or operations time when remediation is active. Actual involvement varies by scope, current maturity, and the changes required.
Included
- Shared workspace setup
- Scope confirmation
- Control and policy guidance
- Evidence request workflow
- Human evidence review
- Weekly readiness brief
- Remediation tracking
- Risk and decision tracking
- CPA package preparation
Best for
- First-time SOC 2 efforts
- Founder-led or CTO-led compliance
- Teams without a dedicated GRC owner
- Companies responding to active enterprise-customer pressure
Plan includes
- Named advisor
- Shared workspace
- Weekly readiness brief
- Human evidence review
- CPA package preparation
Price
$4,500 / month
Typical engagement: 4 to 6 months
Readiness Assessment is not required before Launch Readiness. Most teams continue into Managed GRC after the first push so the program does not have to be rebuilt later.
Readiness Assessment
$7,500
one-time
For teams that want a clear map before committing to an ongoing program. The assessment defines scope, reviews the current state, identifies gaps, and prioritizes the work based on actual architecture, risk, and external commitments.
Included
- Scope definition
- Trust Services Criteria selection guidance
- Review of controls, policies, governance, and current evidence
- Initial risk and evidence-quality review
- Prioritized readiness plan
- Advisor walkthrough of findings and recommended next steps
Deliverables
- Scope definition document
- Gap review report
- Prioritized readiness plan
- Findings walkthrough
Primary recurring service
Managed GRC
12-month initial term
For teams that want the recurring GRC function run with them after the first push. Managed GRC keeps the program active across the work that is commonly neglected between audit cycles.
$55,200 when the full year is paid upfront, reflecting an 8% annual prepayment discount.
Core operating scope
- Monthly program reporting and evidence review
- Quarterly governance, risk, and access review
- Annual policy, risk, tabletop, and audit-cycle coordination within scope
- Up to 12 vendor reviews per year, no more than 4 in a quarter
- Up to 24 standard customer-questionnaire units per year, no more than 4 in a month
- Up to 6 customer security calls per year, no more than 1 in a month
- One minor program improvement per quarter
One questionnaire unit generally means one standard customer security questionnaire. Very long, highly customized, duplicative, or multi-part requests may count as more than one unit based on the work required. The proposal defines the operating scope before the engagement begins.
Best for
- Teams that do not want the program to drift after the first report
- Companies with recurring customer assurance requests
- Founders and CTOs who need a clear operating owner
- Programs with one primary framework and one primary audit cycle
Work beyond the agreed operating scope is discussed and proposed separately rather than absorbed without limit. This keeps expectations clear and the service sustainable for both sides.
Larger programs · Qualification-only
Scale
For teams with higher assurance volume, multiple environments, broader reporting requirements, faster organizational change, or more complex program coordination.
Typical operating scope
- Up to 24 vendor reviews per year, no more than 8 in a quarter
- Up to 48 questionnaire units per year, no more than 8 in a month
- Up to 12 customer security calls per year, no more than 2 in a month
- Two facilitated exercises per year
- Named backup-advisor coverage
- Broader reporting or multi-environment coordination as defined in the proposal
Qualification factors
- Number of frameworks and examinations
- Number of entities or environments
- Assurance-request volume
- Vendor footprint
- Reporting cadence
- Internal change rate
- Required response times
Final scope and price are confirmed after qualification. Annual prepayment may receive an 8% discount after the monthly scope and price are agreed.
Tooling
Already using Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, Sprinto, or another platform?
That is not a problem. Compliance platforms can help with integrations, monitoring, and evidence collection. GetComply can work alongside the platform your team already uses. You are hiring GetComply to run the program, review the evidence, maintain ownership, and keep the work moving. You are not required to replace software that already fits your environment.
Internal DIY
- No outside operating owner
- Highest internal lift
- Depends on available staff time and experience
Compliance platform
- Useful automation and centralization
- Still needs someone to interpret, decide, coordinate, and follow through
- Does not remove management or technical responsibilities
GetComply
- Named advisor
- Recurring operating rhythm
- Human evidence review
- Shared workspace
- CPA preparation support
- Continued operation after the first audit
Billing
Clear pricing and clear boundaries
Readiness Assessment
A fixed-scope, one-time project. Scope, deliverables, and fee are agreed in writing before work begins.
Launch Readiness
Billed monthly for the agreed engagement period. Typical engagements run four to six months. Launch Readiness is not sold as a 12-month annual-prepay service.
Managed GRC
Runs on a 12-month initial term. Billed at $5,000 per month or $55,200 when the full year is paid upfront.
Scale
Runs on a 12-month initial term after scope is confirmed. Monthly pricing starts at $7,500. An 8% annual-prepayment discount may be applied to the final agreed annual amount.
Additional work
Work outside the agreed scope is discussed before it begins and may be proposed as an add-on, separate project, or change in service level.
Audit fees are separate
GetComply is not a CPA firm and does not issue SOC 2 reports. Audit fees are paid directly to the independent CPA firm.
GetComply does not mark up the audit fee or require the client to use a specific auditor. If the client has not selected a CPA firm, GetComply can explain practical selection considerations and coordinate the readiness schedule around the firm the client chooses.
Final scope, examination procedures, timing, and opinion remain with the independent CPA firm.
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