SOC 2 compliance software that gets you audit-ready without the compliance hire
Map every Trust Services Criterion to a control with an owner, collect evidence on a schedule, and walk into your SOC 2 audit with an organized export pack instead of a screenshot scramble.
SOC 2 compliance software maps your controls to the AICPA Trust Services Criteria, collects audit evidence on a schedule, and shows a live readiness score, so a 5 to 200 person company can reach a SOC 2 audit without a dedicated compliance hire. SOC 2 itself demands designed and operating controls for security, plus any of availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy you put in scope. A Type 1 report checks control design at a point in time; a Type 2 report checks operation over 3 to 12 months. Complies turns the CC-series common criteria into obligations with owners and due dates, pulls evidence like access reviews, change logs, and monitoring settings from AWS, GitHub, and Okta, and flags gaps in plain language before your auditor finds them. Evidence collection typically eats around 120 engineer-hours per audit cycle; Complies delegates and reuses that work. The Type 1 audit itself usually runs $5,000 to $20,000 in auditor fees, and teams with a reasonable baseline commonly reach readiness in 6 to 12 weeks part-time. Every SOC 2 control cross-maps to ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS, so your next framework starts roughly 60% pre-filled.
Complies handles it with compliance evidence collection and audit readiness software, with every control cross-mapped to the other frameworks you run.
What SOC 2 asks of you, in plain language
| Code | What it demands | How Complies helps |
|---|---|---|
| CC6.1 | Restrict logical access to systems and data to authorized users | Complies maps your SSO, IAM roles, and repo permissions to CC6.1, schedules quarterly access reviews, and flags accounts that should have been offboarded. |
| CC7.2 | Monitor systems and detect security events and anomalies | Pulls monitoring and alerting evidence from AWS and GitHub on a schedule, ties it to CC7.2, and flags coverage gaps before the auditor does. |
| CC8.1 | Put every infrastructure and software change through a controlled process | Collects pull request reviews, CI checks, and deploy logs from GitHub as recurring evidence, so change management proves itself without manual screenshots. |
| CC3.2 | Identify and assess the risks that threaten your objectives | The built-in risk register ties each risk to CC3.2 with an owner and a treatment decision, and feeds your live readiness score. |
| CC9.2 | Assess and manage the risks your vendors introduce | Tracks your vendor list with review dates, data access notes, and owners, and chases the annual vendor reviews before they go stale. |
Collect once, comply many times
SOC 2 shares most of its substance with the other frameworks: CC6.1 access control is ISO 27001 A.5.15, GDPR Art. 32, HIPAA 164.312(a), and PCI DSS Req. 7 wearing different labels, and the same is true for risk assessment, change management, and incident response. Complies maps each control once and marks it satisfied everywhere it applies, so finishing SOC 2 pre-fills roughly 60% of ISO 27001 and reuses your evidence wherever the second framework accepts it. Cross-mapping is included on every plan from Growth up.
| Control area | SOC 2 | Also satisfies |
|---|---|---|
| Access control | CC6.1 | ISO A.5.15 · GDPR Art. 32 · HIPAA 164.312(a) · PCI Req. 7 |
| Risk assessment | CC3.2 | ISO Clause 6.1.2 · HIPAA 164.308(a)(1) · PCI Req. 12.3 |
| Change management | CC8.1 | ISO A.8.32 · PCI Req. 6.5 |
| Incident response | CC7.4 | ISO A.5.24 · GDPR Art. 33 · HIPAA 164.308(a)(6) |
See the full crosswalk on the control mapping software page.
Getting SOC 2 ready with Complies
Connect your stack and scope the report
Point Complies at AWS, GitHub, Google Workspace, and Okta, choose Type 1 or Type 2, and pick which Trust Services Categories beyond security you actually need in scope.
Close the gaps the map exposes
Every CC-series criterion becomes an obligation with an owner and a due date. AI-drafted policies give you starting points your team edits and approves, and the gap list becomes your work plan.
Collect evidence and hand your auditor the pack
Evidence streams in on a schedule with named owners. When the readiness score says you are there, export the organized audit pack and bring in your CPA firm.
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.
SOC 2 questions, answered
No, and nothing can except an audit. Complies assists with compliance workflows: it is not legal advice, and it does not certify you or guarantee audit outcomes. A SOC 2 report is issued by an accredited CPA firm after an audit. Your auditor decides; Complies gets you ready, with controls mapped, evidence organized, and gaps closed before that audit starts.
Most startups do Type 1 first because a customer deal is waiting on it: it checks control design at a single point in time and is faster to reach. Type 2 observes the same controls operating over 3 to 12 months and carries more weight with security teams. In Complies the control set is the same, so a Type 1 flows into the Type 2 observation window without rework.
Budget the auditor separately: a Type 1 audit typically runs $5,000 to $20,000 in CPA firm fees, and Type 2 usually costs more because of the observation period. Complies Growth is $199 a month billed yearly, $2,388 a year, which covers the readiness side that incumbents like Vanta or Drata quote at roughly $7,500 to $25,000 or more per year.
Anyone quoting a fixed number before seeing your stack is guessing. Complies gives you a readiness score and a ranked gap list on day one, so the timeline becomes a plan you can staff. Teams starting from a reasonable security baseline, SSO in place and infrastructure in AWS, commonly reach Type 1 readiness in 6 to 12 weeks of part-time work.
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