TCSA vs Drata. Trust software, a services firm, or both.
Drata suits teams with an in-house compliance owner who want software that tests controls continuously, collects evidence and runs a trust center across 30+ frameworks, with the audit bought separately. Tranquility Cybersecurity (TCSA) suits teams that want specialists to do the work, for one SOC 2 fee, fixed up front, that includes the independent CPA attestation. Many use both.
Drata facts checked on Drata’s own pages, its AWS Marketplace listings and Vendr, October 2026
The difference in four lines.
- Drata is trust management software. It connects to your cloud, identity, HR and code tools, collects and maps evidence, tests controls continuously, and adds a Trust Center, risk tools and AI questionnaire answering.[1][2]
- TCSA is a services firm, with no software to license. Since 2017 our consultants and auditors have worked through 1,000+ audits, including 300+ SOC 2 engagements, writing the policies, building the evidence and answering the auditor’s questions with our clients.
- Neither one issues your SOC 2 report. With Drata an independent audit firm does, most often one its customers meet through Drata’s Audit Alliance, for a fee of its own.[3][4] With TCSA we source and pay the independent CPA firm, and its fee sits inside ours.
- Many companies use both. A platform keeps evidence and monitoring running between audits, and a services firm does the judgement work around it. We can work inside a Drata account you already run.
Sources: Drata homepage, Drata SOC 2 page, Drata Audit Alliance, Drata SOC 2 cost guide. Checked October 2026.
Drata and TCSA, row by row.
Every Drata cell comes from Drata’s own pages, its AWS Marketplace listings or Vendr’s purchase data, with the source numbered beside it. The TCSA column is our own published scope and pricing, which you can check on our pricing page.
| Question | Drata | Tranquility Cybersecurity (TCSA) |
|---|---|---|
| The work | ||
| What it is | Software. In its own words, “The Agentic Trust Management Platform”, covering compliance automation, risk, third-party risk, a Trust Center and AI questionnaire answering. Drata says it is trusted by 8,500+ global customers.[1] | A compliance and security services firm, at work since 2017, with 1,000+ audits and 300+ SOC 2 engagements across India, the US, the UK, Australia and the UAE. |
| Who does the work | Your team, with the software doing the collecting and testing. Drata connects to your cloud, identity, HR, code and ticketing tools to collect and map evidence.[2] Its terms describe its services and reports as “recommendations only”, with no guarantee of full compliance.[10] Guided onboarding and customer success managers help,[11] and implementation services are sold under a separate statement of work.[12] | Our consultants and auditors, alongside your team. We write your policies, prepare the evidence your auditor tests and answer their questions in the audit sessions. Your team approves the documents, grants access and makes the engineering changes. |
| What is included | On the entry Foundation plan: up to 50 full-time employees, one pre-mapped framework (SOC 2, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA or GDPR), pre-built integrations, a standard Trust Center, standard AI questionnaire assistance, risk management, Compliance as Code and API access. Audit Hub and policy templates are in every compliance plan.[5] | Scoping and gap assessment, control design, policies written for your environment, evidence preparation, remediation guidance and coordination with the auditor. For SOC 2 the independent CPA attestation is included. |
| The audit and testing | ||
| The auditor | A separate audit firm. Drata says its Audit Alliance is trusted by 175+ audit firms, whose members provide “a high-quality independent audit”, and that “Over 80% of our customers meet their auditor through Drata.”[3] You can also bring your own auditor into its Audit Hub.[13] | Included for SOC 2. We source and pay an independent, US-licensed CPA firm enrolled in AICPA peer review. Its name and licence appear on your report, and we name it before you sign with us, together with its licence number, the state board that issued it, and its current AICPA peer review enrolment. For ISO 27001 an accredited certification body issues the certificate. |
| Penetration testing | Not a Drata product. Its SOC 2 cost guide budgets “Penetration Testing ($5,000 - $15,000)” as a separate cost,[4] and its channel-partner directory lets you filter for partners who offer it.[14] | A core service. We run VAPT and retests, with 10,000+ vulnerabilities found to date. We deliver CERT-In audits, end to end, with our CERT-In empanelled partners. |
| vCISO and vDPO | Not a Drata product. vCISO is one of the services you can filter for in its channel-partner directory.[14] Drata’s cost guide budgets “Consultant Support” at $5,000 to $25,000 or more for teams without SOC 2 experience.[4] | Offered as ongoing services, for companies that need a security or data protection lead without making a full-time hire. |
| Money and time | ||
| Pricing model | A custom quote for an annual subscription. drata.com/pricing redirects to the homepage, and the plans page shows no prices, only “Get Personalized Pricing”.[5][6] Contracts renew automatically unless either side gives 30 days’ notice, and fees paid are non-refundable.[10] | A fee per engagement, fixed before work starts, with no subscription. Indicative bands for every framework are on our pricing page. |
| Published prices | None on drata.com. The list prices we found are on Drata’s own AWS Marketplace listings, per 12 months: $15,000 for the Foundation package at 1–50 employees,[7] or a $25,000 platform fee sized for 100 employees plus $7,500 for each framework.[8] Vendr’s purchase data puts the median buyer at $25,000 a year.[9] All in USD, with the audit on top. | SOC 2 Type 1 USD 2,500–5,000 (₹2–3 Lakh) and Type 2 USD 3,000–10,000 (₹3–5 Lakh), CPA attestation included. ISO 27001 year one USD 3,000–6,000 (₹2–4 Lakh, £2,400–4,800), including the certification body’s fee, which the body charges directly. |
| Time to a report | No standard timeline is published. The SOC 2 page says “Scope with confidence and be ready in weeks.”[2] Drata’s Quick Start guide says the policy step alone “may take a few days to a few weeks”.[15] | 6–8 weeks to audit-ready for SOC 2, then the Type 1 report. A Type 2 report commonly follows a 3–12 month observation window, on any route. With us, Type 2 takes 14–16 weeks end to end, including the 12-week minimum observation window. |
| Fit | ||
| Frameworks | “30+ Pre-Built Frameworks”, from SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA and PCI DSS to FedRAMP, CMMC, Cyber Essentials, Essential Eight and CPS 230, with custom frameworks as an add-on.[5][17] India’s DPDP Act, CERT-In, RBI and SEBI frameworks, UAE frameworks and SOC 1 were not listed when we checked.[17][18] Firms in Drata’s auditor directory do list SOC 1 audits.[21] | 20+ frameworks, including SOC 2, SOC 1, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA, GDPR and India’s DPDP Act, delivered as services rather than tracked in software. |
| Where it works | Offices in San Francisco, New York, San Diego, London and Sydney.[19] Account regions are North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.[20] Its auditor directory lists India among the regions its audit firms cover.[21] Drata Inc. is a Delaware corporation, with terms under California law.[10] | Tranquility Cybersecurity, based in India, with clients in India, the US, the UK, Australia and the UAE. There is no software to host. We work in your systems, or inside the platform you already run. |
| Best for | Teams with an internal owner for compliance, a cloud stack Drata integrates with, several frameworks to run from one control set and a steady flow of security questionnaires. | Teams that want experienced people to do the work, one fee that includes the SOC 2 attestation, VAPT from the firm that prepares the audit, or vCISO and vDPO support alongside it. |
Sources: Drata homepage, Drata SOC 2 page, Drata Audit Alliance, Drata SOC 2 cost guide, Drata plans page, Drata /pricing address, Drata on AWS Marketplace, Foundation (Sold by: Drata), Drata on AWS Marketplace, platform and frameworks (Sold by: Drata), Vendr: Drata pricing data (last updated February 2026), Drata terms of service (effective June 2, 2026), Drata customer success page, Drata professional services terms, Drata Audit Hub page, Drata channel-partner directory, Drata help center: Quick Start guide, Drata frameworks page, Drata help center: Frameworks (dated August 27, 2026), Drata About page, Drata help center: multi-instance management, Drata Audit Alliance directory. Checked October 2026.
What Drata does well.
These strengths come straight from Drata’s own pages and listings, and they are real reasons to buy it. Where a figure is Drata’s, we say so.
Evidence that collects itself
Drata says it integrates with “hundreds of tools”, collecting evidence automatically and monitoring controls continuously,[22][23] and that it processes 15.7M evidence items a day.[19] Gaps surface between audits rather than in the audit itself.
One control set, 30+ frameworks
Most of Drata’s frameworks are pre-mapped to a shared control set, so work done once counts across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and more.[18] The list reaches the UK’s Cyber Essentials and Australia’s Essential Eight and CPS 230.[17]
A large auditor network
Drata says its Audit Alliance is trusted by 175+ audit firms and that over 80% of its customers meet their auditor through Drata.[3] Auditors pick samples and request evidence inside Audit Hub, and you can bring your own firm instead.[13]
A Trust Center and questionnaire help
Drata agreed to acquire SafeBase in February 2025,[25] says it has created 3K+ Trust Centers,[19] and includes AI questionnaire assistance from its entry plan up.[5]
Sources: Drata homepage, Drata Audit Alliance, Drata plans page, Drata on AWS Marketplace, platform and frameworks (Sold by: Drata), Drata Audit Hub page, Drata frameworks page, Drata help center: Frameworks (dated August 27, 2026), Drata About page, Drata integrations page, Drata compliance automation page, Drata AI page, Drata announcement: acquiring SafeBase (February 11, 2025). Checked October 2026.
What a Drata subscription leaves to others.
Drata’s own guides and terms set these out plainly. They matter when you compare quotes and when you plan whose hours the work will take.
- The audit. Independent firms perform it.[3] Drata’s cost guide prices the audit fee on its own line and adds, under its Type 1 figures, “Remember, this price only covers the auditor’s fee.”[4] Vendr says its Drata price ranges “exclude third-party auditor fees”.[9]
- Penetration tests and a vCISO. Neither is on Drata’s product list.[1] Its cost guide budgets a pen test at $5,000 to $15,000,[4] and its channel-partner directory is where you find partners who offer penetration testing or vCISO services.[14]
- Fitting the policies to your company. Drata gives you a start: “Start from a Drata template, upload your own policy files, or import an existing document”.[16] Its Quick Start guide says the policy step “may take a few days to a few weeks depending on your organization’s needs”.[15]
- Responsibility for the outcome. Drata’s terms say its services and reports are “recommendations only” (in capitals in the original) and that “AI outputs do not constitute legal or compliance advice.”[10] Its cost guide calls internal team time “the largest hidden cost”.[4]
What our fee leaves out.
- Software. We don’t sell continuous control monitoring, a hosted trust center or questionnaire automation. If you want those, you want a platform, and Drata is one of the options.
- The report and the certificate. We don’t issue SOC 2 reports or ISO certificates. An independent CPA firm and an accredited certification body do, on every route. The difference is who arranges the audit, who pays for it and whose hours the preparation takes.
Our guide to what SOC 2 automation actually automates draws the line between the software’s work and your team’s in detail.
Sources: Drata homepage, Drata Audit Alliance, Drata SOC 2 cost guide, Vendr: Drata pricing data (last updated February 2026), Drata terms of service (effective June 2, 2026), Drata channel-partner directory, Drata help center: Quick Start guide, Drata help center: Policy Center overview. Checked October 2026.
What the money buys on each route.
Drata’s figures are its AWS Marketplace list prices, Vendr’s purchase data and Drata’s own estimates of the audit market. Ours are indicative bands, fixed before work starts. Read the rows, not just the totals.
| Line item | With Drata | With TCSA |
|---|---|---|
| Software | $15,000 a year for the Foundation package at 1–50 employees, Drata’s AWS Marketplace list price.[7] Its second listing prices a $25,000 platform fee for a 100-employee organisation plus $7,500 per framework, so SOC 2 alone lists at $32,500 a year (our sum of Drata’s list prices).[8] Vendr’s data from 235 purchases runs from $9,415 to $68,250, with a median of $25,000.[9] | None. If you already run a platform, we work inside it. |
| Readiness work | Your team, starting from Drata’s policy templates.[16] Drata’s cost guide calls internal team time “the largest hidden cost” and budgets consultant support at $5,000 to $25,000 or more.[4] Paid implementation services run under a separate statement of work.[12] | Included in our fee. Your team still gives time to approvals, access and fixes. |
| SOC 2 audit | Paid to the audit firm. Drata’s guide puts the audit fee alone at $7,500 to $15,000 for a Type 1 and $12,000 to $20,000 for a Type 2 at small to midsize companies.[4] Vendr says its ranges exclude auditor fees.[9] | Included. Type 1 USD 2,500–5,000 (₹2–3 Lakh), Type 2 USD 3,000–10,000 (₹3–5 Lakh), all-in. |
| Years two and three | Drata’s guide lists annual re-audit fees and the platform subscription as recurring costs.[4] Renewal prices can rise on 45 days’ notice unless your order form says otherwise, and frameworks cannot be removed mid-term.[10] | The SOC 2 re-audit is ₹2–3 Lakh (USD 3,500–4,000) a year, attestation included. |
| Extra modules | Listed separately on AWS Marketplace, per 12 months: a Trust Center module at $25,000, a Risk Management module at $50,000 and each further framework at $7,500.[8] | We don’t sell software modules. |
These are different cost structures, so a straight dollar comparison would mislead. Drata’s published prices are for the software, and its own cost guide budgets the audit, a pen test and any consultant on separate lines. Our SOC 2 fee covers the readiness work and the independent CPA attestation together, and it buys none of the monitoring, trust center or questionnaire tooling that the subscription does. Why platforms are priced the way they are is in why compliance platforms charge a platform fee, the three-year arithmetic is in SOC 2 total cost of ownership, and our bands for every framework are on the pricing page.
Sources: Drata SOC 2 cost guide, Drata on AWS Marketplace, Foundation (Sold by: Drata), Drata on AWS Marketplace, platform and frameworks (Sold by: Drata), Vendr: Drata pricing data (last updated February 2026), Drata terms of service (effective June 2, 2026), Drata professional services terms, Drata help center: Policy Center overview. Checked October 2026.
When each one fits.
When to choose Drata
- Someone at your company owns compliance and will work in the tool between audits.
- Most of your evidence lives in cloud, identity, HR and code tools that Drata integrates with.
- Several frameworks on your roadmap are on Drata’s list, and you want one control set behind them.
- Security questionnaires arrive every week, and your sales team would use a Trust Center.
- You would like to choose an auditor from a large network that already works inside the tool.
When to choose TCSA
- No one owns compliance yet, and you would rather have experienced people do the work than learn it on the job.
- You want one fee, fixed before work starts, with the SOC 2 attestation inside it and no subscription.
- You want VAPT from the firm that prepares your audit, or a vCISO or vDPO alongside it.
- India’s DPDP Act, RBI requirements or CERT-In work sit alongside your SOC 2 or ISO 27001. We deliver CERT-In audits, end to end, with our CERT-In empanelled partners.
- You already run Drata and want hands to close what it flags.
If the answer is still unclear, the deciding variables are set out in compliance platform vs consultant and do you need SOC 2 software. Our DPDP, testing and vCISO and vDPO pages cover the services in the right-hand list.
Drata and TCSA, working together.
Drata builds around partners itself. It says it is trusted by 1300+ partners, with channel partners “servicing customer needs”,[26] and its cost guide’s mid-size example “Includes a mid-tier audit, a platform, pen testing, and some consultant support.”[4]
- Drata does the watching. Integrations pull evidence, automated tests flag drift between audits, and the Trust Center answers buyers.
- We do the judgement work. Scoping, policies fitted to how you actually operate, help closing what the tests flag, VAPT and preparing your team for the auditor.
- Pick one route for the audit. Audit Hub lets you bring your own auditor,[13] and our SOC 2 fee already includes an independent CPA firm. Settle at scoping whether you keep a firm from Drata’s network or let us bring one, so you pay for the audit once.
- No second tool. If you already run Drata, we can work inside your account, so your evidence stays in one place and the firm that audits you is still not the one that prepared you.
This comparison is our own, written from Drata’s public pages and listings. Drata has not reviewed or endorsed it, and its name is used only to identify its product. If you spot an error, write to info@tcsa.in and we will check it and correct the page. Sources: Drata SOC 2 cost guide, Drata Audit Hub page, Drata partners page. Checked October 2026.
TCSA vs Drata, the questions buyers ask.
Is Tranquility Cybersecurity (TCSA) an alternative to Drata?
Does Drata include the SOC 2 audit?
How much does Drata cost?
Does Drata include penetration testing or a vCISO?
Does Drata cover India’s DPDP Act and UAE requirements?
Which route gets a SOC 2 report sooner?
Can TCSA work with a company that already uses Drata?
Sources: Drata homepage, Drata SOC 2 page, Drata Audit Alliance, Drata SOC 2 cost guide, Drata plans page, Drata /pricing address, Drata on AWS Marketplace, Foundation (Sold by: Drata), Drata on AWS Marketplace, platform and frameworks (Sold by: Drata), Vendr: Drata pricing data (last updated February 2026), Drata Audit Hub page, Drata channel-partner directory, Drata help center: Quick Start guide, Drata frameworks page, Drata help center: Frameworks (dated August 27, 2026), Drata blog: GRC custom workspaces (November 26, 2025). Checked October 2026.
Where every Drata fact comes from.
We read each page below on 6 October 2026 (IST) in a browser and checked it again in a second, independent pass. Drata updates its pages and prices, so check the live page before you rely on a figure. G2 and Capterra blocked automated reading, so no figure here comes from them directly. Figures about TCSA come from our pricing and proof pages.
About Drata, from its own pages. Drata says its co-founders Adam Markowitz, Daniel Marashlian and Troy Markowitz launched it in 2020.[19] Drata Inc. is a Delaware corporation.[10] In February 2025 it announced a definitive agreement to acquire SafeBase.[25] It lists offices in San Francisco, New York, San Diego, London and Sydney,[19] and its homepage says it is trusted by 8,500+ global customers.[1]
- 01Drata homepage
“The Agentic Trust Management Platform”, “TRUSTED BY 8,500+ GLOBAL CUSTOMERS”, and a product list with no audit, penetration-testing or vCISO product.
drata.com/ · checked 6 October 2026 - 02Drata SOC 2 page
Connects to cloud, identity, HR, code and ticketing tools to collect and map evidence to SOC 2 controls. “Scope with confidence and be ready in weeks.”
drata.com/frameworks/soc-2 · checked 6 October 2026 - 03Drata Audit Alliance
“TRUSTED BY 175+ AUDIT FIRMS”, an invitation to audit firms to provide “a high-quality independent audit” as members, and “Over 80% of our customers meet their auditor through Drata.”
drata.com/partners/audit-alliance · checked 6 October 2026 - 04Drata SOC 2 cost guide
The audit fee alone at $7,500–$15,000 (Type 1) and $12,000–$20,000 (Type 2) for small to midsize companies, penetration testing $5,000–$15,000, consultant support $5,000–$25,000+, internal team time as “the largest hidden cost”, re-audit fees and the platform as recurring costs.
drata.com/learn/soc-2/cost · checked 6 October 2026 - 05Drata plans page
Plans and features with no prices and a “Get Personalized Pricing” button. The Foundation plan’s limits, the add-ons, and Audit Hub and policy templates in every compliance plan.
drata.com/plans · checked 6 October 2026 - 06Drata /pricing address
Redirected to the homepage when we checked. Drata has no public price list.
drata.com/pricing · checked 6 October 2026 - 07Drata on AWS Marketplace, Foundation (Sold by: Drata)
“Foundation Package for 1-50 FTE Companies” at $15,000 for 12 months. Orders are non-cancellable and non-refundable.
aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-3xw4sjqv2pb22 · checked 6 October 2026 - 08Drata on AWS Marketplace, platform and frameworks (Sold by: Drata)
Per 12 months: a $25,000 platform fee sized for a 100 FTE organisation, $7,500 for each of 13 framework control sets, a Trust Center module at $25,000 and a Risk Management module at $50,000. Rated 4.7 from 1,410 ratings (11 AWS reviews and 1,399 external reviews from G2 and PeerSpot).
aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-3ubrmmqkovucy · checked 6 October 2026 - 09Vendr: Drata pricing data (last updated February 2026)
Third-party procurement data. Median $25,000 a year from 235 purchases, range $9,415 to $68,250, platform subscription only and excluding auditor fees.
www.vendr.com/marketplace/drata · checked 6 October 2026 - 10Drata terms of service (effective June 2, 2026)
Section 11.3.4 (services and reports are “recommendations only”), 2.4.4 (AI outputs are not legal or compliance advice), 3.2 (auto-renewal unless 30 days’ notice), 4.2 (non-refundable fees, 45 days’ notice of a renewal price rise), 4.4 (no mid-term downgrade), Delaware corporation under California law.
drata.com/terms · checked 6 October 2026 - 11Drata customer success page
“Guided Onboarding”, “Strategic Customer Success Managers”, technical support “available 24/5”.
drata.com/customers/success · checked 6 October 2026 - 12Drata professional services terms
Training and implementation services under a statement of work, for the fees set out in it.
drata.com/proserv · checked 6 October 2026 - 13Drata Audit Hub page
Auditor collaboration inside the platform. “Prefer your own auditor? They’ll have everything they need within the Audit Hub too.”
drata.com/products/compliance/audit-hub · checked 6 October 2026 - 14Drata channel-partner directory
The “Services Offered” filter includes Penetration Testing and vCISO. The region filter includes India and the Middle East.
drata.com/partners/channel/directory · checked 6 October 2026 - 15Drata help center: Quick Start guide
The policy step “may take a few days to a few weeks depending on your organization’s needs”.
help.drata.com/en/articles/13265650-quick-start-guide · checked 6 October 2026 - 16Drata help center: Policy Center overview
“Start from a Drata template, upload your own policy files, or import an existing document”.
help.drata.com/en/articles/13541243-policy-center-overview · checked 6 October 2026 - 17Drata frameworks page
“30+ Pre-Built Frameworks”: 33 named frameworks plus Custom Framework. DPDP, CERT-In, RBI, SEBI, UAE frameworks and SOC 1 were not listed when we checked.
drata.com/frameworks · checked 6 October 2026 - 18Drata help center: Frameworks (dated August 27, 2026)
Which frameworks are pre-mapped to Drata’s control set and which are requirements only (COBIT, FFIEC, Microsoft SSPA, SOX ITGC).
help.drata.com/en/articles/5329593-frameworks · checked 6 October 2026 - 19Drata About page
Launched in 2020 by three co-founders, offices in San Francisco, New York, San Diego, London and Sydney, “30+ FRAMEWORKS SUPPORTED”, “3K+ TRUST CENTERS CREATED”, “15.7M EVIDENCE ITEMS PROCESSED DAILY”.
drata.com/about · checked 6 October 2026 - 20Drata help center: multi-instance management
Account regions: North America, Europe or Asia-Pacific.
help.drata.com/en/articles/7204940-multi-instance-management · checked 6 October 2026 - 21Drata Audit Alliance directory
Regions covered by member firms include India, with no Middle East option. Framework filters include SOC 1 Type 1 and Type 2.
drata.com/partners/audit-alliance/directory · checked 6 October 2026 - 22Drata integrations page
“Integrate Drata with hundreds of tools across your tech stack”.
drata.com/products/integrations · checked 6 October 2026 - 23Drata compliance automation page
“Automate evidence collection, continuously monitor controls, and track remediation in one platform”, and a partner ecosystem of technology partners and audit firms.
drata.com/products/compliance-automation · checked 6 October 2026 - 24Drata AI page
AI-generated cloud tests for AWS, Azure and GCP, and an MCP integration for AI tools and IDEs.
drata.com/products/ai · checked 6 October 2026 - 25Drata announcement: acquiring SafeBase (February 11, 2025)
A definitive agreement to acquire SafeBase. No deal value is given.
drata.com/blog/acquiring-safebase · checked 6 October 2026 - 26Drata partners page
“TRUSTED BY 1300+ PARTNERS”, with channel partners “servicing customer needs”.
drata.com/partners · checked 6 October 2026 - 27Drata blog: GRC custom workspaces (November 26, 2025)
The DPDP mention we found, a line on compliance layers for companies expanding into regions such as India.
drata.com/blog/introducing-grc-custom-workspaces · checked 6 October 2026
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