Vanta and Drata are genuinely good products. We deploy them at most engagements. But the software gives you a dashboard of controls, not a person who runs the program, remediates the red items, writes the policies, and sits in the audit. Buying the tool alone leaves that work to you. Here is the honest comparison.
We would rather tell you the truth than win a bad-fit client. Here is when the alternative is genuinely the better choice.
If that is you, buy Vanta or Drata directly and run it yourself. We will even help you pick. Most teams buy the tool, then realize the dashboard does not do the work, which is when they call us.
| traztech | Tool alone | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | A person who runs the whole program plus the tooling | Software, integrations, and a control dashboard |
| Typical cost | Roughly $3K to $8K per month, tooling included or coordinated | Tool subscription, typically several thousand a year, plus your time |
| Who remediates findings | We do, hands-on | You do, the dashboard only shows you what is red |
| Who writes the policies | We write and tailor them to your environment | Templates you adapt and own yourself |
| Who answers the auditor | We sit in the audit and answer the controls | You, the tool collects evidence but does not speak |
| Offensive testing | Run with our partner Lorikeet Security | Not included, you source it separately |
A compliance dashboard tells you which controls are failing. It does not configure your cloud, write your policies, or fix your access reviews. We do that work.
When the auditor asks a control question, the tool cannot answer. We can, because we built the program and we sit in the room.
We are vendor-neutral on tooling. We deploy Vanta, Drata, or others based on fit, and we run them. Our incentive is your passed audit, not a software renewal.
A published CVE researcher behind the program means the controls reflect real threat models, not just boxes the tool wants checked. Offensive testing runs with Lorikeet Security.
Usually yes, and we deploy it for you. The tool is the automation and evidence-collection layer, and it is good at that. traztech is the person who configures it, runs the program on top of it, remediates what it flags, and gets you through the audit. Tool plus operator is the combination that passes.
Yes. If you already have Vanta or Drata, we take it over, clean up the configuration, close the open controls, and run it from there. You do not have to start over or switch tools.
Because SOC 2 is an audit of how your company actually operates, not a checklist a dashboard completes. Someone has to write policies, fix misconfigurations, run access reviews, gather evidence the tool cannot auto-collect, and answer the auditor. The tool supports that work. It does not do it.
The tool subscription is cheaper on paper. But the tool alone leaves the actual program work to your team, which is rarely free. traztech bundles the operator and the tooling for roughly $3K to $8K per month, and you get a passed audit instead of a dashboard.
We are transparent about this. We deploy whatever fits and disclose any reseller economics openly. We are not tied to one vendor, so the recommendation is based on your environment, not our margin.
The tool does not fill those out. We do. Answering customer security questionnaires and managing enterprise security reviews is part of running the program, and it is one of the things teams most underestimate when they buy the tool alone.
Get an operator who deploys the automation, closes the red controls, and gets you through the audit, instead of a dashboard you have to staff yourself.
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