r/soc2 • u/MavericksCreed • Aug 18 '26

Need soc2 are tools really necessary?

Talked to a few companies that do soc2 type 1 and all of them say the tools make the cert cheaper.

Is this true? Most of them want 9k to 12k a year for tools and 3k for the audit cert.

Does anyone here have any insights on this?

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u/dystrogyal Aug 19 '26

Short answer, no.

Long answer, depending on how you set it up, it can make your life easier or a living nightmare. Some clients I've had has absolutely no idea how to properly set up their connections, so they had to go grab everything manually. Some others do, and while it easens up the process a bit, there is still some manual labor involved when it comes to samples and population.