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RealCISO
RealCISO's own marketing describes itself as 'compliance intelligence, not compliance software' and leads with vCISO/GRC platform positioning; SOC 2 is one of roughly ten supported frameworks rather than the product's organizing focus.
Continuous-compliance evidence automation covers only seven live integrations (Azure, AWS, GCP, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Okta, and its own platform) as of July 2026, and the vendor states this automates 57% of its assessment questions, leaving the remainder as manual evidence upload. We could not directly read RealCISO's G2 or Crunchbase pages (both blocked automated crawling with DataDome/Cloudflare challenges), so the 4.8-star/188-review figure comes from a search-engine snippet of the G2 page rather than a direct fetch.
Every figure below carries its source and the date we retrieved it.
What RealCISO 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 | Seven live cloud/identity integrations (Azure, AWS, GCP, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Okta, RealCISO Platform itself), 110 evidence collectors, 309 automated tests, pulling live configuration every 4-24 hours. Vendor states this covers up to 57% of its 289-question assessment library automatically as of July 2026; the rest is manual evidence upload. Source |
| Auditor workspace | Partial | Enterprise tier lists 'Trust Center + auditor access' as a line item, and the FAQ describes exporting a one-click report plus a ZIP of evidence to hand an auditor. We found no description of a live, scoped auditor portal with a request/response workflow comparable to dedicated SOC 2 platforms. Source |
| Trust center | Yes | Included on the published Essentials ($3,600/year), Professional ($15,000/year), and Enterprise ($50,000/year) plans. The reviewed pricing page does not list a separate $200/month Trust Center add-on. Source |
| Security questionnaire answering | Not established | No dedicated inbound-questionnaire-automation feature appears in RealCISO's feature list (Compliance Assessment, Continuous Compliance, Cleo AI Agent, AI Workflows, Risk Management, Evidence & Reporting, TPRM, Trust Center, Compliance Frameworks). The FAQ recommends substituting a RealCISO report or Trust Center page instead of answering questionnaires directly, which is not the same as an AI questionnaire-answering feature. |
| Enterprise admin (SSO, SCIM, RBAC) | Not established | No SSO, SCIM, or RBAC disclosure found on the pricing or feature pages we reviewed. |
| SCIM 2.0 provisioning | Not established | |
| Continuous control testing | Yes | 'Continuous Compliance' add-on runs scheduled, recurring control tests every 4-24 hours (not point-in-time); included by default on Enterprise and Enterprise Plus, priced $100-375/mo below that. Source |
| Native multi-framework support | Partial | RealCISO's model is a shared evidence graph cross-mapped across frameworks ('one evidence node has edges to all three controls — across all three frameworks'). The SOC 2 section states cross-mapping to ISO 27001/NIST CSF/HIPAA but, unlike the CMMC/NIST 800-171 entries, does not explicitly say SOC 2 has its own fully independent native control set distinct from the crosswalk. Source |
RealCISO 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, $3.6K–$50K/yr
- Sourced annual range
- USD 3,600–50,000 / year
- Basis
- Confirmed, 2026-08-12
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.
Who actually issues the report.
A licensed CPA firm, not RealCISO, issues the actual SOC 2 report. RealCISO's own FAQ says it 'does not provide consulting services' but points customers to an unspecified network of consulting partners; its role is readiness assessment, automated evidence collection, and a one-click export (report plus evidence ZIP) that a buyer hands to its independent auditor. We found no evidence of a formal, named auditor marketplace comparable to some SOC 2-focused platforms. Separately, SideChannel (a publicly traded vCISO services firm whose CEO, Brian Haugli, co-founded RealCISO) resells RealCISO bundled with its own human vCISO advisory.
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.
1 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 | One of roughly ten frameworks in RealCISO's supported list (alongside NIST CSF, CMMC 2.0, ISO 27001, HIPAA, CIS Controls, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP); vendor copy says RealCISO 'manages SOC 2 readiness — control implementation, evidence collection, audit preparation' and cross-maps SOC 2 controls to ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and HIPAA. Source |
Who RealCISO is for, and who it is not.
Good fit
A vCISO consultancy or MSP running SOC 2 plus other frameworks for a growing book of clients under one white-labeled, per-client-licensed platform, or an internal team that already needs more than one framework and wants shared evidence.
Poor fit
A single SaaS startup whose only requirement is a first SOC 2 Type II report and that wants a SOC-2-specialized tool with a deep, purpose-built auditor workflow and a large connector catalog; RealCISO's positioning (cross-framework maturity scoring, TPRM, multi-client partner tooling) and its comparatively small integration count (seven as of July 2026) are built for multi-framework, multi-client delivery rather than a single-framework fast track.
Typical buyer: MSPs, MSSPs, and independent vCISO consultants delivering compliance across many client organizations and frameworks, or an SMB-to-enterprise in-house team that needs SOC 2 covered alongside a second framework (HIPAA, ISO 27001, CMMC) from one evidence set..
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Where every figure on this page came from.
9 sources, each with what it establishes and when we read it. If a claim here is out of date, this is the list that tells you which one to re-check.
- Published Essentials ($3,600/year), Professional ($15,000/year), and Enterprise ($50,000/year) plan prices, with Trust Center listed as included on those plans; the reviewed page does not list a separate Trust Center add-on. https://www.realciso.io/pricing/
- Lists SOC 2 as one of roughly ten supported frameworks and describes the cross-framework evidence-mapping model. https://www.realciso.io/features/compliance-frameworks/
- Seven live integrations, 110 evidence collectors, 309 automated tests, and a 57% automated-assessment-coverage figure as of July 2026. https://www.realciso.io/features/integrations/
- Describes audit-prep workflow (evidence upload per control, one-click report/evidence ZIP export) and states RealCISO does not itself provide consulting services. https://www.realciso.io/faq/
- Confirms the RealCISO 2.0 relaunch (May 1, 2026), the legal entity name 'RealCISO Inc', founders Brian Haugli (CEO) and Nick Hnatiw (CTO), and the dual GRC-platform/vCISO-partner-path positioning. https://natlawreview.com/press-releases/realciso-launches-20-rebuilding-compliance-platform-around-program-maturity
- SideChannel (a publicly traded vCISO services firm whose CEO co-founded RealCISO) markets RealCISO as the platform paired with its own human vCISO services, evidencing a partner/reseller relationship distinct from RealCISO Inc as a standalone product company. https://sidechannel.com/realciso/
- G2 lists a 4.8-star rating from 188 verified reviews and states RealCISO has served customers since 2020 (read via search-engine snippet; direct page fetch was blocked by G2's bot protection). https://www.g2.com/sellers/realciso
- Confirms RealCISO as a SaaS platform for cybersecurity posture and risk management (direct page fetch was blocked by Cloudflare's bot challenge; no funding figures were visible in the indexed snippet). https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/realciso
- Independent trade-press coverage (dated July 14, 2026) of RealCISO's continuous-compliance/automated-checks launch, corroborating the vendor's own integrations claims. https://cioinfluence.com/cloud/realciso-launches-continuous-grc-compliance-300-automated-checks-across-cloud-identity-and-productivity-platforms/
3 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 RealCISO, send us the sources and we will fill them.
Verification is free and always will be. It does not change where RealCISO 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 ledger above alongside the date.