Compliance automation software that automates evidence and control mapping across frameworks

Compliance automation software connects to the systems where your controls live, collects the evidence proving each control, maps it to the frameworks in scope, and monitors for drift, so work that used to be manual becomes a scheduled job. It typically pairs automated evidence collection with a cross-mapped control library and a continuous readiness score. It does not replace your auditor; it prepares the evidence a licensed CPA firm then reviews.

It works by reading configuration from your cloud and identity systems on a schedule, rather than asking a person to gather it. Complies connects to AWS, GitHub, Google Workspace, and Okta, reads settings like access lists and encryption status, and attaches each result to the control it proves. Continuous checks then compare the current state against policy and flag anything that drifts, which is why the readiness score moves the day a control breaks instead of the week of the audit.

No, and any tool that says otherwise is overselling. Automation handles the repetitive, machine-readable parts: evidence collection, control mapping, and monitoring. It cannot make judgment calls, write your risk decisions, or certify you. Policies are AI-drafted for a human to approve, and a licensed CPA firm still runs the audit. The honest goal is to automate the busywork so people can spend time on the parts that actually need a person.

Complies publishes its prices: Starter is $79 a month, Growth $199, and Scale $499 at the yearly-billed rate, with monthly available at $95, $239, and $599. Most platforms in this category are quote-only and annual-first; the third-party broker Vendr reported 2026 medians clustering near $20,000 to $25,000 a year for the sales-led automation tools. Budget your auditor separately, since a SOC 2 Type 1 typically runs $5,000 to $20,000 in CPA firm fees.

Compliance automation software is a finished product that automates a defined job: getting and staying compliant with a fixed set of frameworks. A GRC platform is a configurable toolkit a dedicated risk team builds programs on. Automation software works out of the box for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and similar; a GRC platform bends to any process but has to be designed and maintained. Most companies under 200 people want the first one.

It does not replace the judgment, but it removes most of the manual work a small team would otherwise hire for. Automation collects evidence, maps controls, and tracks the calendar, which is the labor a growing company usually adds a person to handle. Someone still owns the program, makes risk decisions, and approves policies. The tool lets that be a part-time responsibility instead of a full-time hire.

Complies reads configuration, not your customer data. The integrations pull settings such as who has access, whether encryption is on, and whether MFA is enforced, which is the information an auditor needs to see, and store the result as evidence attached to a control. It does not read the contents of your databases or documents. That scope is deliberate, because compliance evidence is about how a system is configured, not what data flows through it.