Audit Ready AI | SOC 2 Automation for AI Startups & B2B SaaS

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No SOC 2, no enterprise deal.

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Category Breakdown

Logical & Physical Access

45%

Top Gaps to Fix

CC6.4

Access reviews not documented

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CC7.3

No incident response plan

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CC9.5

Cyber liability insurance missing

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The Reality

"Do you have SOC 2?" shouldn't
kill the deal

An enterprise prospect shows up, then their security questionnaire stalls the deal. Without SOC 2, that means a smaller contract, worse terms, or no deal.

01

You don't know where you stand

SOC 2 has dozens of controls covering your policies, access, and infrastructure. Without a baseline, "how long until we're ready?" is a guess, and buyers can tell.

02

Evidence everywhere

Policies, screenshots, and configs end up scattered across inboxes and shared drives. Working out what's complete, and what an auditor will actually accept, is a job in itself.

03

The tooling assumes you're big

Vanta and Drata want an annual contract and a sales call before you've seen a single number. They're built for companies with a compliance team. You're a handful of people who'd rather be shipping.

04

Meanwhile, the deal waits

Every week you spend figuring out compliance is a week your champion has to keep defending you to their security team.

How It Works

From scattered evidence to
audit-ready in three steps

There is no implementation project. Connect your sources and the AI assembles the rest.

1

Connect your sources

Upload documents or connect the tools you already use, like GitHub and Google Drive. Everything lands in one workspace.

2

AI maps the framework

It checks your evidence against the controls and flags what's missing, so nobody has to cross-reference a spreadsheet by hand.

3

Export audit-ready docs

Get organized, framework-aligned documentation you can review and hand straight to your auditor, or share a live Trust Page with prospects who are mid security review.

Why AI-Native Founders Choose It

Compliance that keeps up
with how you build

See where you stand, fix what matters first, and show buyers the proof. None of it requires a compliance hire.

Reclaim weeks

Turn hours of prep into minutes with evidence collection that runs itself.

Always review-ready

See your readiness at a glance and walk into every audit fully prepared.

Founder pricing

Month-to-month, with no annual lock-in.

Prove it to buyers

Share a live Trust Page with your score and controls. It answers most security questionnaires before anyone sends one.

The Honest Comparison

Vanta is built for 100 people.
You're five and shipping.

Vanta and Drata are enterprise platforms: annual contracts, a sales call, and pricing built for companies with a compliance team. You just need to clear one security review, fast.

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Enterprise annual contracts, and the third-party audit that certifies you is still a separate cost on top

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Sales call, demo, and procurement before you see your own data

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Annual contracts that keep billing even if the deal that triggered all this falls through

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Weeks of onboarding and integration setup before your first score

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Policy templates you still have to adapt and maintain yourself

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Priced per employee and per framework, so the bill grows with you

VS

✓

Run the assessment first and see where you stand on all 49 controls before you commit

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Deployed the day you sign in, with your first readiness score the same afternoon

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Pricing is published on this page, so there is nothing to negotiate

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AI drafts the policy documents auditors ask for in minutes

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A prioritized next-steps list, so you always know what to fix first

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Flat pricing that stays the same as your team grows

No Black Box

What the assessment
actually verifies

AR AI reads real signals from your GitHub org and repos, read-only, and maps each one to a SOC 2 control. It's the same GitHub your team already ships from. Here's what it looks at:

CC8.2 · CHANGE MGMT

Branch protection with required PR reviews, plus CODEOWNERS files

CC6.2 · ACCESS

Org-wide two-factor authentication enforcement and secret scanning

CC8.5 · SECURITY TESTING

Dependabot, CodeQL / code scanning, and security workflows in CI

CC8.1 · CHANGE MGMT

Pull-request workflow in active use across your repos

CC8.3 · ENVIRONMENTS

Separate dev / staging / production environments and deploy pipelines

CC6.1 · ACCESS

Collaborator access provisioning and org audit-log availability

CC1.1 · POLICIES

SECURITY.md and security policy documentation signals

+ GOOGLE DRIVE

Connect a Drive folder and it maps your existing policy docs to controls

Every auto-filled control shows what was detected and why, so you can defend it to an auditor. Weaker signals get marked as in progress instead of being counted as done.

"Aren't we too early for SOC 2?"

Chasing a full audit before anyone asks is a waste of time. But once a real prospect sends that questionnaire, you have weeks to answer, not months. See where you stand today, so you can move fast when a deal is actually on the line.

60-Second Readiness Check

Where does your company
actually stand?

Six quick taps and tell us where to send it. We'll review where you stand and reach out with what to fix first. No spam, no sales calls.

Begin Your Assessment

Clear your next security review

Connect your GitHub and get your SOC 2 readiness score today. The fix list comes with it.

Evaluation tier available · Deployed same day · No implementation fees

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SOC 2 Readiness

Run a scan to get your score

ℹ️ Self-reported readiness, not a certified audit. What is SOC 2? →

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Close the gap to audit-ready

Your assessment found the gaps. Unlock the tools to close them and prove it to your customers:

✓ Full AI audit-readiness report & exportable PDF

✓ Personalized 30 / 60 / 90-day fix plan

✓ Shareable auditor & customer Trust Page

✓ Evidence renewal & expiry due-date alerts

Plans from $500/mo

GETTING STARTED

Welcome to Audit Ready AI. Three steps and you'll have your compliance score:

1

Run your first scan

Click ⚡ Scan Now. It checks your connected tools for compliance signals and auto-fills controls it can verify automatically.

2

Add evidence for your top gaps

Go to Controls and click any control to add a policy link, file name, or screenshot reference. Each piece of evidence raises your score.

3

Generate your AI readiness report

On a paid plan, generate an AI report and share it with your auditor or customers via your Trust Page.

READY FOR THE REAL AUDIT?

Your score is strong. The next step is engaging a licensed CPA firm for your official SOC 2 Type 1 attestation. Popular auditors for SaaS companies: Schellman, Johanson Group, A-LIGN, Prescient Assurance (independent firms, not affiliated with Audit Ready AI).

💡 Export your AR AI evidence package to share with your chosen auditor.

Control Checklist

49-control SOC 2 Type 1 readiness checklist, organized around the AICPA Trust Services Criteria

All

Not Started

In Progress

Evidence Added

Auto-Detected

Connected Tools

Connect your tools to auto-detect compliance controls

Evidence Locker

All your compliance evidence in one place: organized, tracked, expiry-aware

Trust Page

Your public-facing compliance profile. Share with prospects and customers to accelerate deals

COMPANY PROFILE

AR AI currently assesses SOC 2 Type 1. More frameworks coming soon.

LIVE PREVIEW

Save your profile to see the preview

SHARE YOUR TRUST PAGE

Generate a shareable link that shows your compliance score, category breakdown, and company profile. Perfect for security questionnaires and vendor reviews.

Vendors & Alerts

Track third-party vendor risk and stay on top of upcoming compliance renewals

UPCOMING RENEWALS & EXPIRIES

Admin Panel

User management, subscriptions, and platform logs

User Auth Plan Status Last Active Scans / Reports Actions