SOC 2 is the report American customers ask for before they trust a SaaS vendor with their data. An auditor watches your controls run for 3–12 months and writes a report your sales team uses to close enterprise deals.
SOC 2 focuses on proving that controls exist and operate over time. Companies need evidence collection, access reviews, change management, vulnerability management, incident response, vendor management and audit-ready reporting.
Each requirement of the chosen framework, scored against each tool. Coverage is editorial — based on public documentation, vendor demos and user reports.
| Requirement | 🇺🇸 from $59.99 / device / year | 🇺🇸 Personalized quote | 🇺🇸 from $3 / user / month | 🇵🇱 $200 / month | 🇺🇸 Free / $25+ dev | 🇺🇸 Personalized quote | Editor's note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous evidence collection Auditors expect controls operating over months, with proof. | Partial | Strong | Partial | Implemented | Partial | Strong | ›Evidence packs auto-generated and routed to your auditor portal. |
Quarterly access reviews Documented review of every user/role. | Partial | Strong | Partial | Implemented | Not included | Strong | ›Pulls IdP + SaaS roles, ships a signed PDF per quarter. |
Change management evidence Every prod change has a ticket, approver and link. | Not included | Implemented | Not included | Implemented | Partial | Implemented | ›Connects GitHub/GitLab/Jira and proves SDLC discipline. |
Vulnerability management Scans + remediation evidence on a schedule. | Strong | Partial | Implemented | Implemented | Strong | Partial | ›Routes Snyk/CrowdStrike/Defender findings into one tracked queue. |
Vendor management Vendor inventory + risk + reviews. | Not included | Strong | Not included | Implemented | Not included | Strong | ›Same coverage as Vanta — included in the $200 flat plan. |
Incident response drills Tabletop exercises with evidence. | Strong | Partial | Partial | Implemented | Not included | Partial | ›Built-in tabletop templates and signed exercise reports. |
Logging & monitoring Centralized logs with retention and review proof. | Strong | Partial | Strong | Via integration | Partial | Partial | ›Pulls log review evidence from Defender/CrowdStrike automatically. |
Methodology: public docs, vendor demos, practitioner interviews. Verify with each vendor before purchase.
SOC 2 is the report American customers ask for before they trust a SaaS vendor with their data. An auditor watches your controls run for 3–12 months and writes a report your sales team uses to close enterprise deals.
SaaS and service organizations selling to US enterprises.
Access reviews, change tickets, vuln scans, IR drills, vendor records.
Continuous evidence and access reviews.
Automated continuous evidence and access review proof.