Answer a few rough questions about your team and stack to get an honest engineering-hours range, the real stage-by-stage readiness journey, and how that compares to what other tools publicly report. No fabricated numbers — every figure here traces to something already documented in this site.
A rough, directional estimate from a simple heuristic — base hours for your team size, adjusted for cloud footprint and Type I vs. Type II, minus hours saved per existing control checked above. This is not a quoteand does not include CPA/auditor fees, which we don't estimate here.
A Type I report attests control design at a point in time and is often pursued first. A Type II report covers operating effectiveness over an observation window that is commonly three to twelve months, so most teams plan around the length of that window rather than a fixed deadline.
Decide which Trust Services Criteria apply beyond the required Security category, and define the systems in scope.
Connect the Common Criteria to automated tests and the evidence that proves each control is operating.
Pull configuration and activity evidence on a schedule so your Type II window stays clean instead of scrambling at the end.
Organize evidence the way CPA firms expect to receive it, with owners and history attached to every control.
This is the stage-by-stage path, not a fixed week/month schedule — SOC 2 timelines depend on your chosen deadline (3–6 months) and audit type.
Against those reported figures, our own model starts at $99/mo for the first framework (unlimited seats included), with each additional framework at +$49/mo — no implementation fee, published up front. See the full pricing breakdown.
As of 2026-06, compiled from public sources; these figures are not a live feed and change. Verify current pricing directly with each vendor before comparing.