Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Joe - 20 years in SaaS, and a few years back I went through SOC 2 myself as a founder, not as a GRC consultant building a tool for other people's pain. I hit every wall this product now removes: $15-30k consultants, $7-25k/yr platforms that still need an infra team, or the DIY route that's free and overwhelming. So, I built SimpleAudit: an AI discovery interview figures out how your business actually works, then it right-sizes a plan and builds your policies, risk register, vendor reviews, and evidence vault as you go. No consultant or security hire needed, and nothing to integrate to get started. If you already push data through MCP or API, that's there too, it's optional, not a prerequisite. You stay the one making the judgment calls; the AI handles the busy work. It also facilitates tabletop exercises. SOC 2 typically requires them, and hiring someone to facilitate one can run around $8k a session. SimpleAudit includes AI-driven tabletops with the Pro subscription. Instead of a generic incident-response script, it reads your actual risk register, assets, and vendors, then writes scenarios specific to your business. Things like 'a former contractor's old key lets someone back in' or 'a code change quietly opens a back door.' Run it with your team, or solo if it's just you right now; either way it scores the decisions, and the write-up becomes your audit evidence automatically. There's also a Policy vs. Reality check built in for Pro subscribers as well. It reconciles what your policies say against what your evidence actually shows, so you catch the drift between documented process and what your team is really doing, instead of an auditor catching it for you. It's live with real companies already; and it was built lean, so I can pass on the savings to fellow founders! "Fantastic - really strong features and exactly what's needed to get organized for SOC 2." - Shana K., CEO, Amnis The new Starter plan ($25/mo, billed annually) is built specifically for a first audit and affordable enough even for pre-revenue startups. There's a 3-day free trial, no card required, and the plan is scoped to Security-criteria readiness which is the only required criteria for SOC 2. Would genuinely love your feedback... What's confusing, what's missing, what would make this an obvious yes for your team's first audit. Thanks for taking a look!

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SOC 2 feels impossible when you're pre-revenue. Here's what's actually true versus what's just fear.

I talk to a lot of early founders who need SOC 2 to close a deal or pass procurement, and almost all of them are stuck on the same two things: they assume it costs $15-30k minimum, and they don't know enough about the process to even start, so they freeze.

Both of those are more myth than reality, so let me break them down.

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Get SOC 2 ready through conversation, not integration.

Get SOC 2 ready through conversation, not integration.

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SOC 2 feels impossible when you're pre-revenue. Here's what's actually true versus what's just fear.

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SOC 2 feels impossible when you're pre-revenue. Here's what's actually true versus what's just fear.