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Carbide SOC 2 compliance software
Carbide bundles a real advisory team into every plan, which differentiates it from pure self-serve platforms but also puts its published entry price ($7,500/year) above some budget SOC 2 tools.
Securicy (Sydney, Nova Scotia) rebranded to Carbide on 2022-02-01, per the company's own release and independent corroboration (Digital Nova Scotia member directory, PR Newswire/Yahoo Finance syndication). As of 2026-07-24 the vendor site (carbidesecure.com), G2 listing, and LinkedIn page are all live and current under the Carbide name; we found no evidence of a subsequent acquisition or further rename.
By Peter Korpak, Lead Editor · independently researched · Methodology
- Pricing
- Published, $7.5K–$22K/yr
- Source-checked frameworks
- 4
- Integrations
- 100+
- G2 (2026-07-24)
- 4.6 · 86 reviews
Its multi-framework model is built on a shared "universal blueprint" of controls crosswalked to each framework rather than fully separate native control sets, which can mean less framework-specific nuance for teams whose second or third framework diverges heavily from SOC 2. We could not find public documentation of enterprise access controls (SSO, SCIM, RBAC), an open question for larger buyers.
Raised roughly $5.5M total across seed rounds per Tracxn/CB Insights, most recently a $4.1M round (Jan 2022) led by Allos Ventures and Build Ventures; no funding disclosed since 2022.
Carbide publishes a price.
You can read the numbers without a sales call, which is uncommon in this category and worth weighing on its own.
- Disclosure model
- Published, $7.5K–$22K/yr
- Sourced annual range
- USD 7,500–22,000 / year
- Basis
- Confirmed, 2026-08-31
Software pricing alone does not establish the audit fee. A licensed CPA firm issues the SOC 2 report. A commercial offer may package coordination or the fee, so get the legal provider, deliverable, and amount in writing. See the SOC 2 audit cost guide for scope and budget context.
What Carbide does.
Seven capabilities, graded the same way for every platform in the directory. "Not established" means we looked and could not confirm it, not that the feature is missing.
| Capability | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Automated evidence collection | Yes | "Technical Integrations" automatically collect evidence from connected systems and map it to controls. Source |
| Auditor workspace | Yes | "Audit Manager" gives auditors a read-only view of the compliance dashboard; sold as "Audit Manager + Auditor Collaboration Tools" in every paid tier. Source |
| Trust center | Yes | Trust Center is included at every subscription tier, including the entry-level Foundation plan. Source |
| Security questionnaire answering | Partial | "Security Questionnaire Support" is included from the Advanced tier up; not in the entry-level Foundation plan. Also sold as an a-la-carte service. Source |
| Enterprise admin (SSO, SCIM, RBAC) | Not established | No SSO/SCIM/RBAC documentation found on the vendor site, pricing page, or platform page; not stated either way. |
| SCIM 2.0 provisioning | Not established | No positive evidence anywhere. Carbide's pricing table names more than thirty features down to the granularity of weekly vulnerability scans and never mentions SSO or SCIM, and Carbide appears in neither Okta's nor Microsoft's integration directory. A thin signal rather than a stated absence. |
| Continuous control testing | Yes | Continuous Cloud Monitoring runs across all tiers; Weekly Vulnerability Scans from the Advanced tier up. Source |
| Native multi-framework support | Partial | Vendor describes a shared "universal blueprint" of Domains and Organizational Controls that is crosswalk-mapped to each framework, rather than fully separate native control sets per framework. Source |
4 frameworks checked individually, and how well each is established.
A framework on a marketing page is a vendor claim, not a confirmed capability. We grade the difference rather than repeating the list.
| Framework | Evidence | Note |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Vendor-claimed | Carbide has a dedicated SOC 2 product page; support is vendor-stated, not independently certified. Source |
| ISO 27001 | Vendor-claimed | Source |
| HIPAA | Vendor-claimed | Vendor-claimed HIPAA workflow: advisors map requirements to the buyer's data flows and vendor relationships; the platform tracks controls/documentation continuously as vendors and BAAs change, with gap analysis, customized policies, evidence collection, and audit workspace. Source |
| PCI DSS | Vendor-claimed | Recorded during the PCI QSA verification pass; the vendor markets PCI DSS support but is not on the PCI SSC QSA company list. Source |
Who actually issues the report.
Carbide does not issue the SOC 2 report itself. Per its own pricing-page FAQ, only a certified CPA firm can conduct the audit, and Carbide connects customers to independent audit partners once the program is audit-ready.
Software prepares you for the audit; a licensed CPA firm performs it and issues the report. If you have not picked a firm yet, we list independent SOC 2 auditors separately, and we are not one of them.
Who Carbide is for, and who it is not.
Good fit
A pre-Series-B SaaS company that wants a hands-on advisory team bundled into the subscription rather than a pure self-serve automation tool.
Poor fit
A larger or multi-framework enterprise that needs documented SSO/SCIM/RBAC administration or fully native (not crosswalk-mapped) control sets per framework, since Carbide has not published enterprise-admin details and its own platform page describes multi-framework support as a shared blueprint mapped across frameworks.
Typical buyer: Early-stage SaaS company (often Canadian) pursuing its first compliance framework with little or no in-house security headcount..
Compare Carbide with three alternatives.
- Comp AI Sponsored
A technical founder wants expert guidance and inspectable automation while implementing controls in-house.
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A lean first SOC 2 program needs a public platform price.
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Published tiers leave room to add frameworks without a first sales call.
Sources
If a claim on this page is out of date, this is the list to re-check.
| Establishes | Source | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| Securicy rebranded to Carbide on February 1, 2022, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. | Vendor docs Vendor docs | |
| Independent syndication confirming "Carbide, formerly known as Securicy" and describing the platform's positioning. | Yahoo Finance / PR Newswire Press | |
| Independent, non-vendor confirmation that Carbide was formerly Securicy, listed as a current member. | Digital Nova Scotia (industry association member directory) Editorial | |
| Carbide is rated 4.6 stars from 86 verified reviews, current as of this research date (also visible via G2's Carbide vs. Secureframe comparison page). | G2 Review platform | |
| Published pricing tiers ($7,500 / $12,500 / $22,000 per year) and per-tier feature matrix. | Vendor docs Vendor docs | |
| Platform capability detail: evidence automation, audit manager, multi-framework 'universal blueprint,' continuous cloud monitoring. | Vendor docs Vendor docs | |
| SOC 2-specific capability page; states 100+ technical integrations and that Carbide refers customers to independent CPA audit partners rather than issuing the report itself. | Vendor docs Vendor docs | |
| Total funding of $5.46M over 6 rounds; latest round a Seed round on 2021-12-21. | Tracxn Third-party estimate | |
| Founded 2016; total raised $5.58M; company status "Alive"; last raise $4.1M ~5 years ago. | CB Insights Third-party estimate | |
| Company profile: founded 2016, HQ Sydney Nova Scotia, 11-50 employees, last funding round Seed $4.1M (2022-01-21), investors Build Ventures and Allos Ventures. | LinkedIn Editorial | |
| HIPAA framework support recorded as vendor-claimed. | Carbide Vendor docs | |
| Vendor-claimed HIPAA workflow: advisors map requirements to the buyer's data flows and vendor relationships; the platform tracks controls/documentation continuously as vendors and BAAs change, with gap analysis, customized policies, evidence collection, and audit workspace. | Carbide Vendor docs | |
| Not established. The reviewed Carbide framework page describes HIPAA program support but does not establish the vendor's own PHI permission or customer BAA route. | SOC2Auditors.org Editorial | |
| Pricing page checked 2026-08-31: Foundation starts at $7,500/year for one framework; Advanced at $12,500/year for two; Insights at $22,000/year for three. Dedicated security advisor, Carbide-led gap/risk assessment and personalized audit guidance start at Insights. Hands-on implementation/remediation is in the quote-based Fractional CISO package. All plans list auditor collaboration tools; software pricing does not establish the CPA examination fee. | Carbide Vendor docs |
2 facts on this page we could not establish.
Everything above renders with its evidence state, so a gap is visible rather than quietly filled in. If you work at Carbide, send us the sources and we will fill them.
Verification is free and always will be. It does not change where Carbide appears in any list on this site, what our reviews conclude, or which platform we recommend to a buyer. We only accept a correction that comes with a source we can check ourselves, and the source is published in the sources list above alongside the date.