We're a startup going through SOC 2 Type 2 and looking at compliance software to help manage everything. The options I've found are either super expensive enterprise platforms or bare bones checklists that don't actually help much. Vanta quoted us 20k annually, Drata was similar, Secureframe was a bit less. That's a lot of money for what seems like mostly automated evidence collection and some documentation templates.
Is compliance software actually worth it or should we just hire a consultant to help set everything up manually? We have about 30 employees and fairly standard SaaS tech stack. AWS, GitHub, Google Workspace, Slack, the usual stuff.