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Compliance management software for small business teams of 5 to 200
Obligations, controls, evidence and policies in one system with a readiness score, built for a company where compliance is somebody's second job and the price should be on the page.
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Built for teams of 5 to 200
What compliance management software does for a small business
Compliance management software for a small business is a system that lists every obligation you carry, maps your controls to the frameworks customers and auditors ask about, collects the evidence for each control, and shows what is late before an auditor or a customer does. For a company of 5 to 200 people the practical job is passing a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit, answering security questionnaires and keeping HIPAA, GDPR or PCI DSS duties on a calendar without hiring a compliance manager.
Most small companies shop for this after outside pressure arrives: an enterprise customer asks for a SOC 2 report, a cyber insurer sends a questionnaire, or a regulator contact changes what counts as reasonable security. Spreadsheets survive a few months of that. They fail when the person who built them leaves, a policy review date passes unnoticed, or the same evidence has to be pulled again for a second framework.
Complies is built for that buyer. Starter is $47 a month billed yearly for one framework and three seats. Growth is $119 a month billed yearly and adds all five frameworks cross-mapped, evidence collection, a risk register and user access reviews for 15 seats. Scale is $299 a month. Monthly billing is available at $95, $239 and $599, and you can sign up the same afternoon without a demo.
The honest limit: Complies covers security and privacy compliance. It does not run workplace safety, HR or employment-law compliance, tax or licence renewals for a specific trade, or a managed audit service. If your small business is mostly regulated by a trade board or OSHA, a vertical tool will fit better.
Complies assists with compliance workflows. It is not legal advice, and it does not certify you or guarantee audit outcomes. Your auditor decides; Complies gets you ready.
What a small business has to be able to show
Who owns each obligation and when it is due
Compliance fails quietly on dates: a policy review, an access review, a vendor re-check, a training record. Every obligation needs an owner, a due date and a reminder that fires early. A small team cannot rely on memory, and an auditor will ask for the second occurrence, not the first.
compliance obligation trackingControls that map to every framework you carry
The same access control often satisfies SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA at once. Mapping it once and counting it everywhere is what keeps a second framework from doubling the workload, and it is the main reason small teams outgrow a spreadsheet.
control mapping across frameworksEvidence that is collected, not hunted for
At audit time the pain is not the controls, it is finding the screenshot, export or signed policy that proves them. Evidence with an owner, a due date and a control attached turns the audit into a download instead of a scramble.
evidence collectionThree kinds of software sold as small business compliance
Search for compliance software for a small business and three unrelated categories share the results. Picking the wrong one is an expensive way to learn the difference, so here is the map, including where Complies is not the answer.
| Question | Security and privacy compliance | HR, safety and licensing | Industry regulatory suites |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it covers | SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA security, GDPR, PCI DSS evidence and controls | Employee handbooks, OSHA logs, training records, business licence renewals | Banking, insurance, healthcare or securities rules with exam preparation |
| Who buys it | Founders, IT and operations leads answering a customer or insurer | Office managers and HR leads at employers | Compliance officers at regulated firms |
| Typical trigger | An enterprise deal needs a SOC 2 report or a security questionnaire | An inspection, a claim or an employment audit | A regulator exam or a partner bank review |
| Example tools | Complies, Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, Sprinto, Hicomply | HR platforms and safety compliance suites | Ncontracts, NAVEX, Workiva and vertical vendors |
| Does Complies do it | Yes, this is what Complies is built for | No. Complies does not run safety or HR compliance | Partly. It tracks obligations and evidence but is not a vertical regulatory suite |
Most small companies searching this phrase need the first column, because the request came from a customer, an insurer or an auditor. If it came from an inspector or an employment lawyer, you need the second. If it came from a regulator, look at the third. If you are weighing the larger automation platforms against a smaller tool, see the detailed comparison on Vanta alternatives, Drata alternatives and Secureframe alternatives.
Compliance management software for small business compared by published price
Most platforms in this category are quote-led. The table shows what each vendor publishes on its own site, read in September and October 2026, plus a Vendr benchmark where one exists. Where nothing is published it says so rather than guessing.
| Platform | What it is | Published pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complies | Compliance management platform for 5 to 200 person teams | Starter $47 a month, Growth $119, Scale $299, billed yearly. Monthly $95, $239, $599 | Small teams that want a price they can read and an audit-ready workflow |
| Secureframe | Compliance automation with guided frameworks | Fundamentals starting at $7,000 a year for one framework. Higher tiers not published | Funded startups that want a guided rollout and broad integrations |
| Hicomply | ISO 27001 and SOC 2 platform from the UK | Essentials $6,995 a year, Professional $13,995 a year, Enterprise on request, with a 10% renewal uplift | ISO 27001 first companies that want published annual tiers |
| Sprinto | Compliance automation aimed at fast growing SaaS | No figures. Vendr median around $15,000 a year, February 2026 | SaaS teams that want a sales-led SOC 2 rollout |
| Vanta | Market leading compliance automation platform | No figures. Vendr median around $20,000 a year across 372 purchases, February 2026 | Funded startups with a security hire and the widest integration catalog |
| Drata | Compliance automation with continuous monitoring | No figures. Vendr median $24,868 a year, from $9,649 to $60,000, February 2026 | Teams that want deep automation and can budget for it |
| Scytale | Compliance automation bundled with consulting | No figures. Quote-only on every plan | Teams that want advisory support bundled into the contract |
Vendr medians come from a company that brokers real software contracts. They are budgeting anchors, not quotes. Every other figure was read off the vendor's own page. Re-check before you build a business case, because pricing in this category moves.
What a small team gets without a compliance hire
One register for every obligation
Framework requirements, customer commitments and regulator duties sit in a single obligation tracker with owners, due dates and a calendar, so nothing lives in one person's inbox.
Five frameworks, mapped once
From Growth, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA and PCI DSS are cross-mapped. Finishing a control counts everywhere it applies, which is where the time saving from a second framework comes from.
Policies that are drafted, approved and acknowledged
AI-drafted policy starting points, a named approver, version history and a record of who acknowledged which version, so the policy set holds up when an auditor samples it.
A readiness score instead of a guess
Gaps and overdue items show up in one score and one report, so the founder or ops lead can see where the audit stands without reading every control.
Vendor and access reviews included from Growth
The risk register, vendor risk and user access reviews live next to your controls, with a decision recorded on every account and vendor.
A price you can read first
Starter is $47 a month billed yearly. Growth is $119 and is the plan most small teams land on. There is no demo gate and no per-framework surprise on the invoice.
Getting a small business compliance program running in four steps
Pick the frameworks that customers ask for
Start with the one that is blocking revenue, usually SOC 2 or ISO 27001, then add HIPAA, GDPR or PCI DSS only if a contract or regulator requires it.
Load obligations, owners and dates
Add the requirements and give each one an owner and a due date. The calendar and reminders take over from there.
Attach controls and evidence
Map controls across frameworks, assign evidence requests, and let the readiness score show the gaps before the auditor does.
Export the pack for the audit
Policies, evidence and control status export in one pack, so the audit starts from a clean file rather than a hunt through shared drives.
Who this is for, and who it is not
A GOOD FIT WHEN
- An enterprise customer or insurer asked for a SOC 2 report, an ISO 27001 certificate or a completed security questionnaire.
- Compliance is one person's second job and a spreadsheet is starting to break.
- You carry two or more frameworks and want the work mapped once.
- You want to see the price before talking to anyone.
- You want controls, evidence, policies and vendor reviews in one system.
LOOK ELSEWHERE WHEN
- You need workplace safety, OSHA or HR compliance management.
- You need a managed audit service or an auditor network.
- You are a bank or insurer that needs a vertical regulatory suite.
- You need a FedRAMP environment or CMMC support.
- You need a broad catalog of hundreds of pre-built integrations on day one.
Questions small business buyers ask about compliance management software
It depends on what is forcing the purchase. For a small team preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA or GDPR that wants a published price, Complies is built for it. For a funded startup with a security hire, Vanta or Drata offer broader integrations at a much higher price.
Published prices are rare. Complies lists $47, $119 and $299 a month billed yearly. Secureframe starts at $7,000 a year, Hicomply Essentials is $6,995 a year, and Vendr medians for Vanta and Drata run about $20,000 and $24,868 a year. Budget the auditor separately.
Not always. With one framework, a handful of controls and a patient auditor, a well kept spreadsheet works. Software starts to pay for itself when you carry a second framework, when evidence has to be re-collected every cycle, or when customers keep sending questionnaires.
Yes. The two frameworks overlap heavily, so a tool that maps controls once and counts them for both saves most of the second framework. In Complies all five frameworks are cross-mapped from the Growth plan.
You can sign up and see a readiness score the same day. The audit itself still takes weeks or months, because the controls have to operate over time and the auditor sets the window. Software removes the scramble, not the calendar.
Close. Enterprise GRC suites cover risk, audit and policy for large organizations and are quote-only. Small business compliance software covers the same ground at smaller scale with published prices and a shorter setup.
No tool certifies you. Your auditor or regulator decides. Software keeps obligations on a calendar, ties controls to evidence and shows gaps early, which is what makes an audit pass more likely and less painful.
Yes. Complies bills monthly at $95, $239 and $599, or yearly at roughly half that rate. Many competitors sell annual contracts only, so a monthly option lets a small team cancel if the audit is done.
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