What Will SOC 2 Actually Cost You?
Estimate your real first-year cost — audit, tooling, pen test, and prep — plus a realistic timeline. Based on 2026 benchmarks.
Your Situation
Five quick inputs for a personalized estimate.
Company Size
Audit Type
Most common for enterprise deals
Cloud Scope
One AWS/cloud account
Your Estimate
Based on 2026 benchmarks and your inputs.
Cost Breakdown
The Hidden Line: Your Time
Doing readiness in-house typically takes 100–200 hours of senior team time — roughly $11K–$22K in loaded cost, pulled off product.
Readiness, three ways
The audit, GRC tool, and pen test are unavoidable. The sprint is the smart way to do the readiness line — fixed price, 30 days, first controls shipped.
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Get the readiness line done — fixed price
The Start-in-30 Sprint delivers your gap report and first controls in 30 days for $5,000 — so the rest of your SOC 2 budget goes further.
How We Estimate
Ranges are grounded in published 2026 SOC 2 cost data.
Audit Fee
Type II audits at specialist firms run $12K–$40K for a small team, more with size and scope; Type I runs $10K–$25K. Big Four firms charge more.
GRC Platform
Teams under 50 report paying $12K–$28K per year for Vanta, Drata, or Secureframe; 50–250 employees pay $25K–$50K. Compare them
Penetration Test
A credible manual pen test of your web app and external surface, usually expected by the auditor, runs $8K–$30K.
Readiness
Gap prep costs $5K–$25K via consultant, or 100–200 hours of internal time.
Important Disclaimer
This calculator provides estimates based on published industry benchmarks and the inputs you provide. Actual cost and timeline vary with your auditor, scope, and current security posture. For a precise picture of your gaps and a fixed-price path forward, see the Start-in-30 Sprint or book a scoping call.
Know the number. Now close the gap.
A fixed-scope, 30-day SOC 2 readiness sprint: honest gap assessment, first controls shipped, and an auditor-ready roadmap — for $5,000.
2 sprint slots per month · fixed scope · no annual contract