Enterprise Compliance Meets SMB Security Delivery
Cynomi helps service providers deliver security programs to SMBs through the MSP they already trust. Drata automates compliance for companies with dedicated security teams and enterprise budgets. Both drive better security outcomes, for different buyers solving different problems.
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The Quick Take
Cynomi is a Security Growth Platform that turns MSPs into the security authority their clients already think they are. When a client brings you a Drata link and asks “can you help us with SOC 2?”, Cynomi gives you the platform to say yes, own the conversation, and deliver. You do not need to compete with Drata’s feature set. You can actually scale security service revenue from this conversation and be the reason your client does not go direct.
Drata is an AI-native trust management platform for enterprises needing continuous compliance monitoring, automated evidence collection, and audit readiness across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR. 300+ integrations, 7,500+ customers, built for companies with their own security teams managing compliance in-house.
These platforms solve one of the same problems, but from opposite directions. Drata gives companies a platform to manage their own compliance. Cynomi gives you, the MSP, a platform to manage it for them and build recurring revenue across multiple security services. Your 50-to-200-employee clients are not going to hire a compliance manager and learn Drata’s interface. They are going to ask you. Cynomi makes sure you have the answer.
The Cynomi Difference
Side-by-side across key capabilities.
Feature |  |  |
|---|---|---|
Starting Point | Security program delivery and practice growth for service providers including MSPs, MSSPs, vCISO firms | Enterprise compliance automation and trust management for in-house teams |
Platform Experience | Visual, intuitive, context-driven, designed so any team member can deliver with confidence | Configurable and integration-rich, designed for GRC professionals managing internal programs |
AI Capabilities | Structured CISO methodology with AI agents for ease of use, advisory expertise, and GTM enablement | AI-native trust management with automated evidence collection, questionnaire acceleration, and control monitoring |
Time to Value | Days, streamlined onboarding, no setup required | Weeks to months, depending on frameworks and integration complexity |
Framework Coverage | 40+ compliance frameworks with automated cross-mapping across standards | 20+ frameworks with custom framework builder and deep integration mapping |
Revenue Insights | Portfolio-level revenue intelligence and gap-to-service mapping | Not applicable (designed for in-house compliance, not service delivery) |
Pricing Model | Tiered plans with predictable, transparent pricing for service providers | Custom enterprise pricing starting at $7,500/year, scaling to $100,000+ for multi-framework deployments |
Channel Model | 100% partner-focused, no channel conflict | Direct sales to enterprises, no MSP-specific delivery model |
Ease of Use | Visual, wizard-driven, any team member can deliver | Feature-rich with a learning curve, built for dedicated compliance professionals |
Best For | Service providers building and scaling security practices for SMB clients | Enterprises with internal security teams managing their own compliance programs |
What Customers Say
G2 + Capterra
"We've increased client capacity by 40% without adding more staff, thanks to Cynomi's automation."
— G2 Review, 2025
"I have used compliance platforms from other industry leaders. While those solutions were good, they often are prohibitively expensive and they often over complicate the task at hand."
— G2 Review, Mid-Market
"Cynomi allows you to focus on security, not on a framework."
— G2 Review, Director
Customer Feedback
"I use Drata for my GRC program including ISO27001, SOC2, GDPR, and Cyberessentials. I appreciate having better visibility of my controls and risks all in a single console." –Arther M., Head of Information Security, Mid-Market
"The interface actively guides me through compliance work by linking controls, policies, and integrations together. It lets me see what's wrong, what's missing, why it matters, and how to fix it." –Dave R., G2 Review
Cynomi Redefines
Compliance and Cybersecurity Management
Cynomi delivers security program management where compliance is an outcome, not the only goal.
Your Team Is the Compliance Team
Continuous Security Beyond Compliance Monitoring
Automate the Advisory Methodology
Strategic Direction for Your Practice
Scale Across Your Entire Client Base
Feature Deep Dives
Your Team Is the Compliance Team
Your client’s prospect needs SOC 2. They Google it, find Drata, send you the link. Drata’s onboarding assumes someone at the client will configure integrations, assign control owners, and manage the program. For a company with 50–200 employees and no security hire, that person does not exist. You are that person.
Cynomi is built for this moment. Wizard-driven workflows guide your team through assessments, generate policies tailored to the client’s environment, and produce deliverables that make you look like you have been doing this for years. Partners describe it as “putting us in the expert seat very quickly.”
- Visual dashboards with posture scoring and spider graphs clients actually understand
- Guided workflows that walk your team through each engagement step by step
- Context-aware recommendations that adapt without manual configuration
Continuous Security Beyond Compliance Monitoring
Drata’s continuous monitoring watches integrations in real time, flags control failures, keeps evidence current between audits. For a company with its own security team, exactly right.
Your SMB clients need something different. They need you to tell them posture improved since last quarter, where gaps remain, and what to prioritize. Cynomi tracks posture over time and surfaces that story, so every client conversation starts with progress and direction. That ongoing narrative turns a one-time SOC 2 project into a recurring security relationship.
- Posture scoring that tracks improvement across the full engagement lifecycle
- Automated progress tracking as tasks and remediations complete
- Proactive risk surfacing that gives you something actionable for every client meeting
Automate the Advisory Methodology
Drata’s 300+ integrations are a genuine strength. Connecting every tool in the stack removes hundreds of hours of manual evidence collection. Designed for one company’s internal program.
Cynomi supports evidence collection but adds a different layer: what to assess first, which policies to generate based on industry and size, how to prioritize by business impact, what the executive summary should say. Partners report 70–80% less manual effort, with consistent quality across every client. When you are managing 20+ clients, you need a methodology that scales, not a new evidence platform to configure for each one.
- Policy templates generated from each client’s context and industry
- Automated evidence collection from cloud and on-prem systems
- Prioritization logic that focuses your team on highest-impact actions first
Strategic Direction for Your Practice
Drata produces excellent compliance dashboards. A GRC professional can look at control monitoring and know what needs attention. Comprehensive data, clear visualizations, thorough framework mapping.
Your clients are not GRC professionals. The person who needs direction is you: what to recommend, which risk to address first, how to explain progress in business terms. Cynomi’s CISO Intelligence tells you what matters most for this client, what gaps represent service opportunities, and how to communicate the security story to an executive who does not speak in controls and frameworks.
- Executive-ready reports translating technical findings into business risk language
- Prioritized remediation roadmaps built around business impact, not framework order
- Gap-to-service mapping that identifies revenue opportunities across your portfolio
Scale Across Your Entire Client Base
Drata scales compliance within a single organization: multiple frameworks, business units, auditors in one workspace. Meaningful for enterprises growing their compliance footprint.
Your challenge is different. Dozens of companies, each with a different tech stack, compliance needs, and starting maturity. Cynomi’s multi-tenant architecture treats that as the primary design problem. One analyst managing 20+ clients, portfolio-level visibility into which clients need attention, clear view of where the next service opportunity lives. Partners have increased client capacity by 40% without adding staff.
What you offer through Cynomi is something Drata cannot: ongoing security leadership delivered by a partner who knows their business.
- Multi-tenant architecture with consistent methodology, no per-client configuration
- Portfolio-level dashboards showing risk, posture, and opportunity across every account
- Standardized delivery that lets junior team members produce senior-level results
Which Platform Is Right for You?
The right choice depends on what you need most right now.
Cynomi may be the better fit if:
- Your clients are finding platforms like Drata and you want to own the compliance conversation before they go direct
- You need to deliver SOC 2, HIPAA, or other frameworks through your practice, not hand the client a self-serve tool
- Your team does not have dedicated GRC specialists but needs to deliver at that level
- You want to turn a one-time compliance project into a recurring security relationship
- You are looking for a platform that scales across your entire client base, not a single account
- You need to get started in days, not weeks of configuration and integration mapping
- Security posture improvement matters as much as passing the audit
Drata may be the better fit if:
- Your clients have internal security teams managing their own compliance
- You're working with enterprises that need SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit automation
- The organization manages its own integrations across 300+ tools
- Budget supports enterprise pricing ($7,500–$100,000+/year)
- The primary need is continuous compliance monitoring for in-house programs
What Our Partners Say
Frequently Asked Questions
Most partners deliver client assessments within days. No integration mapping, no multi-week configuration, no professional services required. Designed for service providers who need to respond to a client’s compliance request quickly.
Both, but security comes first. 40+ frameworks including SOC 2, HIPAA, CMMC, NIST, and ISO 27001. But the platform builds real security programs where compliance is an outcome. Drata starts with compliance and monitors it. Cynomi starts with security posture and delivers compliance as proof of progress.
Different question than you might think. Drata has 7,500+ customers, $100M+ ARR, well-earned reputation in enterprise compliance. Cynomi is not trying to be Drata. Drata serves companies managing their own compliance. Cynomi has over 500 partners, and serves MSPs delivering security programs to companies that do not have those teams. Your client probably cannot use Drata effectively without hiring a compliance manager. They get the same outcome through your practice with Cynomi, and you keep the relationship.
Tiered plans with transparent, predictable pricing. Assessments, policies, remediation guidance, reporting, and integrations included. For context, Drata starts at $7,500/year for a single framework, averages ~$34,000/year, with enterprise deployments reaching $100,000+. Cynomi’s model is built for providers managing multiple clients.
CISO Intelligence is the decision-making logic of an experienced security leader embedded into the platform. It analyzes each client’s environment, generates prioritized recommendations, and guides your team through advisory conversations. When your client asks “what should we do first?”, the platform has already answered that for you. Cynomi’s AI Agents also help with CISO-level workflows and GTM scale.
Most common scenario. Client needs SOC 2, Googles compliance automation, Drata shows up. The conversation: Drata is built for companies with internal security teams and enterprise budgets. Your client does not have that. They have you. Reinforce that you can take on this assessment or managed service for them, then choose to leverage Cynomi. Cynomi lets you deliver the same compliance outcome through your services, at a mid-market price point, with the ongoing security relationship Drata’s self-serve model does not provide.
$60M+ raised, actively expanding intelligence, partner enablement, and revenue analytics. Partners consistently note how responsive the team is to feedback. For MSPs evaluating long-term bets: a company building specifically for your delivery model, not an enterprise platform that might add an MSP tier later.