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Thoropass bundles compliance software with their own audit services. For companies that want both from one vendor, it can simplify the process. For most startups, it means paying $20,000–$31,000/year — audit firm pricing for software and support available at a fraction of the cost elsewhere.
Thoropass bundles compliance software with their own audit services. For companies that want both from one vendor, it can simplify the process. For most startups, it means paying $20,000–$31,000/year for audit firm pricing — for software and support that's available at a fraction of the cost with the flexibility to choose your own auditor.
Complete by default. Thoropass's platform is a delivery vehicle for their audit business. It's adequate, but not the core product. ComplyJet gives you the full compliance stack — automation, risk management, vendor management, Trust Center, access reviews, questionnaire automation — without audit firm billing wrapped around every feature.
Your auditor, your choice. Thoropass locks you to their own audit firm. You cannot bring your own CPA or switch auditors without leaving the platform entirely. ComplyJet matches you with a vetted, independent auditor from our network — and the relationship is yours to keep.
Flat pricing from $5,000/year. Thoropass's software starts at $8,700/year. Add the SOC 2 audit and support services most startups need, and the median contract reaches $30,728/year (Vendr data). ComplyJet charges $5,000/year for the platform and guidance — you pick your auditor separately, from a vetted network.
Thoropass's platform is adequate but not its core product — the audit firm relationship is. Integration depth is limited compared to pure-play compliance automation platforms. Users report that evidence uploads are restricted to PDF and images only, syncing with developer tools is inconsistent, and the platform lags behind dedicated compliance automation tools in test coverage and workflow automation.
For a startup that needs a compliance platform to run the day-to-day program — automated evidence collection, continuous monitoring, access reviews, vendor management — Thoropass's platform reflects its origins as an audit delivery system rather than a compliance automation product. ComplyJet gives you 350+ integrations, full automated evidence collection, continuous monitoring across cloud and identity providers, and a complete compliance stack designed around what startups actually need to get audit-ready fast.
The bundled audit model means you cannot bring your own auditor or switch CPA firms without leaving Thoropass entirely. G2 reviewers explicitly flag this as a risk. For a startup that may later prefer a regional auditor their enterprise customer already trusts, or a CPA firm with specific industry expertise, this is a structural constraint built into the vendor relationship from day one.
Buying compliance software should not also mean committing your auditor relationship to a single vendor indefinitely. The compliance platform and the audit are two separate things. A platform that conflates them is optimising for the vendor's interests, not yours.
For most startups, auditor lock-in only becomes visible once they've outgrown Thoropass or need to switch auditors for reasons Thoropass doesn't accommodate. By then, switching platforms also means finding a new auditor relationship from scratch. Separating the software from the audit avoids this problem entirely.
Thoropass's base software runs $8,700/year. Add the SOC 2 audit (~$5,800) and the typical support and advisory services most startups need, and the median contract reaches $30,728/year according to Vendr procurement data. The pitch is "save vs Big 4 audit firms" — which is true when compared to a standalone Big 4 engagement at $60,000+. But that's not the relevant comparison for most startups.
The relevant comparison is: compliance software and support from a platform built for startups, plus an independent audit from a vetted CPA network. Across those two, the typical cost is a fraction of Thoropass's bundled total — and you're not locked in.
For a startup that wants the flexibility to choose auditors, a platform built for automation rather than audit delivery, and a total cost that reflects software-company pricing rather than professional-services pricing — the structure matters as much as the headline number.
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