A fixed-price gap analysis, remediation through to your audit, and upkeep after it. All in a workspace you keep.
All compliance →Led by a published security researcher with five CVEs. One standard report, letters for your buyers, and retests of your fixes.
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Read the blog →PCI DSS v4.0.1 is the payment-card industry security standard that applies to any organization that stores, processes, or transmits cardholder data.
Scope is everything: the single biggest driver of PCI cost and pain is how much of your environment is in scope. We scope it tightly, close the gaps, and get you to the right Self-Assessment Questionnaire. The work runs in two phases: a Phase 1 scoping and gap assessment against the requirements that apply to you, then Phase 2 remediation scoped from the gap.
Go through Phase 1 and Phase 2 with us, the gap analysis and the remediation support, and if your audit or certification returns a qualified opinion, a major nonconformity (MNC), or the equivalent on a control we prepared, we provide the remediation support to resolve it at no charge.
You come out knowing exactly what is in your cardholder data environment, which SAQ you owe, and what to fix, usually with a smaller, cheaper scope than you started with. For most startups, the biggest win is descoping: keeping card data out of your systems so PCI stays manageable.
The price above covers the work. It also covers where the work lives, which most buyers are quoted separately as an annual platform subscription.
| traztech Workspace | Other GRC platforms | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence cost | $0. Free forever, no card, no paid tier | $7,500 to $50,000 a year, on an annual contract |
| Control library, evidence register, policy templates, risk register, vendor questionnaires, readiness scoring | Included | Included |
| What it costs inside an engagement with us | $0. You need a workspace either way | Unchanged. The subscription sits on top of the fee |
| What it does to your audit quote | A documented readiness position the audit firm can scope and price against | Nothing. The audit firm prices your readiness, not your tooling |
Platform pricing is a publicly reported range, since none of them publish a number. The fuller comparison, including when a paid platform is the better buy, is on the Workspace page.
PCI DSS is the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard maintained by the PCI Security Standards Council on behalf of the card brands. Version 4.0.1 is the current release and introduces updated requirements around authentication, monitoring, and customized implementation approaches. Its 51 future-dated requirements became mandatory on 31 March 2025.
It depends on how you accept payments and whether card data ever touches your systems. A fully outsourced e-commerce setup uses a much shorter SAQ than one that handles card data directly. Determining the right SAQ is one of the first things we do in scoping.
Usually, yes. Using a compliant payment processor, tokenization, or a hosted payment page keeps cardholder data out of your environment and dramatically shrinks what you have to assess. Descoping is often the most valuable move we make with a client.
It varies heavily by scope, SAQ type, and whether you need a Qualified Security Assessor. See our PCI DSS cost in CAD page for the drivers, or book a call for a scoped estimate. We do not quote a flat price before understanding your environment.
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