CertStack uses AI to automate evidence collection, monitor controls, and get your startup audit-ready in days. Not months. Not a small fortune.
Vanta averages $18K/year. Drata starts at $15K. For a 10-person startup, that's a full engineering salary going to compliance software.
Spreadsheets, screenshots, policy docs, evidence folders. Traditional compliance is a part-time job for your CTO that never ends.
Compliance tools assume you already know what controls are. Most startup teams don't have a CISO. They need guidance, not another dashboard.
Link your cloud provider, identity tools, and code repos. CertStack maps your infrastructure automatically.
Our AI generates policies, maps evidence to controls, and identifies gaps. It does in hours what consultants charge thousands for.
Continuous monitoring catches drift before auditors do. When renewal comes, your evidence is already collected.
| Incumbents | CertStack | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual cost | $8,000 - $18,000 | From $1,188/yr |
| Time to audit-ready | 4-12 weeks | Days |
| Compliance expertise needed | Yes, or hire a consultant | AI guides you through it |
| Policy generation | Templates you customize | AI writes them for your stack |
| Built for | Mid-market & enterprise | Startups & small teams |
CertStack is building the compliance tool we wish existed when we needed SOC 2 yesterday and had a startup budget to work with.