No. Klaay supplies the policy templates, the control framework, the evidence workflow and AI guidance, and automates about 90% of the compliance work. Your team puts the controls in place, and an independent CPA firm issues the report, not Klaay.
SOC 2 Compliance Software for Startups
Klaay helps SaaS startups with 2 to 150 people get SOC 2 audit-ready in about 2 to 3 months without a consultant: policies written for your company, evidence collected automatically from your tools, a risk register and an audit hub, from $149 a month. Klaay covers the SOC 2 Security criterion, which is the scope most reports use; your team puts the controls in place and an independent CPA firm issues the report.
Move Faster on SOC 2 with Klaay
Klaay automates about 90% of the compliance work. Your team stays in charge of the controls.
Evidence That Collects Itself
Connect AWS, GitHub, Google Workspace and the rest of your stack once. Klaay collects SOC 2 evidence in the background and flags anything that fails, so nobody is taking screenshots the week before the audit.
Integrate in seconds
An Audit Hub Your Auditor Works From
When the audit starts, your evidence, policies and controls are already organized in one place for the auditor. An independent CPA firm issues your SOC 2 report; Klaay gets you ready for it.
Policies Written for How You Work
Klaay's AI writes your policies from how your company actually operates, not from a generic template, and answers compliance questions from your own program as you go.
What’s Included with SOC 2
Our products are all designed to get you in compliance the fastest and easiest
Risk Management
Spot issues before they become problems. Klaay’s AI monitors risks in real time so you can act fast and stay ahead.
Policy Center
No cookie-cutter templates. Get policies that adapt to your workflows, tools, and risks, compliance that actually fits.
Integrations
Connect your tools in minutes with simple, AI-guided integrations
AI Compliance
Klaay’s AI does the heavy lifting, from collecting evidence to spotting risks and suggesting fixes. Smarter compliance, less manual grind.
Controls library
A ready-to-use library of SOC 2 controls mapped to the Security criterion, kept up to date and easy to implement.
Audit hub
Breeze through audits with automated evidence, smart checklists, and everything your auditor needs in one place.
Trust Page
Show customers you’ve got their back. Share certifications, security details, and policies in a clear, branded portal.
Incident Reporting
When things go wrong, be ready. Klaay makes it easy to log, track, and resolve incidents, with transparency built in.
Vendor Library
Stay in control of your supply chain. Track vendor compliance and risks without the endless spreadsheets.
About 2 to 3 months for most startups, with roughly 30 to 50 hours of founder time. A Type 2 report then needs an observation window of 3 to 6 months before the auditor signs off.
For a 5-person startup: about $1,800 a year for the Klaay platform, $6,000 to $8,000 for a Type 2 audit paid to a CPA firm (about $4,000 for a Type 1), and $2,500 to $3,500 for a penetration test. That is $10,000 to $13,000 in real money, plus roughly 30 to 50 hours of founder time over 2 to 3 months.
Startups and SMBs with 2 to 150 people that need SOC 2 for a customer and have no compliance team. Vanta and Drata are built for larger companies, cover more frameworks and typically cost $10,000 to $30,000 a year. Klaay publishes every price, starts at $149 a month, and from the Professional plan includes Slack support with direct access to our team and a dedicated customer success manager.
The Security criterion. Most SOC 2 reports are Security-only, and that clears the majority of vendor reviews. Confidentiality and availability are on the roadmap for later this year.
Yes, and many startups do. A Type 1 is a point-in-time report at about $4,000 that gives you something to show a blocked deal now, while the Type 2 observation window runs.
No auditor requires one; you can pass with a spreadsheet and a shared drive. Auditors do ask how you manage controls and evidence, and a platform makes that answer short.
No. Klaay's AI answers compliance questions from your own program, and Klaay's partner audit firms handle the audit. From $149 a month.
