Compliance reporting software and compliance dashboard software, with reporting tools for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and PCI DSS

Compliance reporting software produces reports on how well an organization meets its compliance obligations, drawn from the records of the program rather than typed by hand. A good one shows a readiness figure per framework, what is behind that figure and a ranked list of open gaps. Complies does this for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and PCI DSS from $119 a month billed yearly.

A compliance dashboard is a single view of where a compliance program stands: readiness per framework, what is overdue, which evidence has expired and which risks are untreated. It is only as reliable as the data under it. In Complies the readiness page is that dashboard, and every number on it comes from tasks, evidence and policies recorded in the workspace.

A compliance report should include the scope and date, a status or readiness figure for each framework, the measures that produced it, the open gaps ranked by severity with a reason for each, and the risks and vendor reviews that are outstanding. It should also say plainly that it is not an audit opinion. The Complies readiness report follows that structure.

Keep it to one page per framework: the readiness figure, the change since the last report, the three to five most serious open gaps with owners and dates, and any decision you need from the board, such as budget or risk acceptance. Directors want direction and exceptions, not control lists. A report generated from recorded work makes the change since last quarter easy to show.

It depends on what you report. For SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and PCI DSS program status at a company of 5 to 200 people, Complies publishes its price and reports from recorded work. Workiva fits financial and ESG disclosure reporting. MetricStream and VComply fit broad GRC suites. Log-based tools such as ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer fit system audit trails.

Published prices run from $119 a month billed yearly for Complies Growth, which includes readiness reporting, to $1,000 a month and up for VComply Pro GRC Suite modules. Most enterprise platforms are quote-only: Vendr reports a Workiva median of $49,420 a year, and Vanta and Drata medians near $20,000 to $25,000. Log reporting tools such as EventLog Analyzer start at $795 a year.

Yes, and for one framework with a disciplined owner it can work. The weakness is the input, not the chart: the dashboard shows whatever someone typed into the status column, with no link to proof. Once an auditor samples a full year, or a board asks why the number changed, you need the report to come from dated records of the work.

No. The readiness score shows where you stand on the evidence held in your workspace today. It is not legal advice and it does not certify you or guarantee an audit result; your auditor decides. What it does is tell you, before the auditor arrives, which obligations, evidence and policies would fail a sample so you can close them first.

Yes, on Scale. It adds a Viewer role, so a CFO, a board observer or your external auditor can read the readiness page and the records behind it without being able to change them, and a Manager role for people who run parts of the program. Growth has Admin and Member roles only, and any member can download the report to share it.

Compliance monitoring is the continuous work of checking that obligations are performed and evidence stays current. Compliance reporting is the output of that work for someone outside the program: a board, a customer or an auditor. In Complies they come from the same records, so the report never disagrees with what the program is actually doing.