CYNOMI VS NARMADA

Manage Security Programs. Not Just QBR Slides.

Narmada helps MSPs run better technology reviews and client meetings. Cynomi helps improve reporting and QBR execution but more importantly helps MSPs build, deliver, and scale full security programs that drive recurring revenue. Different problems, different platforms.

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The Quick Take

Cynomi is a Security Growth Platform powered by CISO Intelligence that picks up where assessment templates leave off. Narmada identifies security gaps during technology reviews. Cynomi closes those gaps, builds ongoing security programs around them, and turns remediation into recurring revenue. Assessments surfacing findings that sit in a PDF until the next QBR? Cynomi puts those findings into motion.

Narmada is a vCIO, QBR, and Asset Lifecycle Management platform for MSPs. Technology business reviews, hardware warranty tracking, IT roadmaps, assessment templates based on industry standards, and a lite GRC module for basic compliance tracking.

The platforms solve different problems. Narmada organizes technology reviews and IT asset management. Cynomi builds and delivers security programs from initial assessment through ongoing remediation, with compliance mapped along the way.

The Cynomi Difference

How the platforms compare across key capabilities.

Feature
Starting Point
Security program delivery and practice growth
vCIO management and QBR delivery
Platform Experience
Visual, intuitive, context-driven, designed so any team member can deliver with confidence
Straightforward interface for assessments, reports, and asset tracking
AI Capabilities
Structured CISO methodology with AI agents for ease of use, advisory expertise, and GTM enablement
Template-based assessments with manual review workflows
Time to Value
Days, streamlined onboarding, no setup required
Quick setup for QBR workflows; security depth requires additional tools
Framework Coverage
40+ compliance frameworks with automated cross-mapping across standards
Assessment templates based on CIS, NIST, ISO, PCI, and HIPAA standards
Revenue Insights
Portfolio-level revenue intelligence and gap-to-service mapping
Budget and roadmap tools for IT project planning
Pricing Model
Tiered plans with predictable, transparent pricing
Per-client tiers from $70/month (5 clients) to $2,400/month (1,000 clients)
Channel Model
100% partner-focused, no channel conflict
MSP-focused, built by an MSP
Ease of Use
Visual, wizard-driven, any team member can deliver security outcomes
Intuitive for QBR and asset management workflows
Best For
Service providers building and scaling security practices
MSPs focused on vCIO delivery, QBRs, and IT asset management

What Customers Say

G2 + Capterra

4.9 / 5

(31 reviews)

"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

4.5 / 5

"With its easy-to-use interface and a plethora of integration options, we were able to hit the ground running." –Josh Wisham, vCIO, IT Geeks

"The flexibility and comprehensive features of Narmada have greatly enhanced our operational efficiency." –Andrea Smith, Customer Success Manager

Cynomi Redefines
Compliance and Cybersecurity Management

Compliance is an outcome of stronger security, not a standalone goal. Cynomi delivers the program management to get there.

Assessments That Produce Action Plans

Narmada's templates generate findings and PDF reports for QBRs. Cynomi's assessments produce prioritized remediation plans your team follows between meetings. Tasks assigned, progress tracked, posture improving week over week.

Security Delivery That Continues Between QBRs

Security gaps do not pause until the next quarterly review. Cynomi enables your team to identify, prioritize, and remediate them continuously, with posture scoring that updates as tasks complete. Every client conversation reflects real progress, not stale findings. Simple reporting helps your client visualize what action you've taken on their behalf and how you've helped mature their program quarter over quarter.

Automate Security Delivery

Narmada automates the reporting cycle: assessments, dashboards, QBR presentations. Cynomi automates the visualization, reporting, and delivery cycle: policy generation, risk prioritization, remediation workflows, evidence collection. Less time preparing for meetings, more time doing the security work those meetings are supposed to drive.

From Assessment Scores to Strategic Direction

An assessment score tells you where a client stands today. CISO Intelligence tells you where to take them next. Risk-ranked remediation roadmaps, framework-aligned planning, and advisory logic that gives your team the confidence of an experienced security leader in every client conversation.

Scale a Security Practice Alongside Your vCIO Operations

Narmada scales your QBR process across more clients. Cynomi scales an entire security practice, including visualized reporting and QBR delivery. One analyst managing 20+ client security programs, standardized delivery, portfolio-level visibility into gaps and revenue, consistent results regardless of who runs the engagement.

Feature Deep Dives

Assessments That Produce Action Plans

Narmada’s templates are solid and the reports look professional. The challenge comes after the QBR: findings sit in a PDF, and your team is left figuring out what to do about them.

Cynomi develops simple, easy to understand executive reports and QBR content, then turns those findings into structured remediation plans with assigned tasks, timelines, and progress tracking. Partners describe it as “putting us in the expert seat very quickly.” The platform provides the methodology to act on findings with confidence.

  • Assessment outputs translate directly into prioritized task lists
  • Wizard-driven remediation workflows guide every step
  • Visual posture scoring shows clients measurable progress

Security Delivery That Continues Between QBRs

Between quarterly touchpoints, the gaps you identified need active management. Clients who see a red item in their assessment report expect it to turn green before the next meeting.

Cynomi provides continuous posture tracking. Scores update automatically as tasks complete. When the next QBR arrives, the conversation shifts from “here are your gaps” to “here is what we resolved and what is next.”

  • Ongoing posture tracking between quarterly reviews
  • Automated scoring updates as remediation tasks progress
  • Proactive risk identification that does not wait for the next scheduled review

Automate Security Delivery

Narmada automates the reporting workflow: dashboards, reports, budgets, roadmaps. Cynomi automates security delivery itself: policies tailored to each client’s environment, evidence collection from cloud and on-prem systems, remediation prioritized by actual risk.

Partners report 75–80% less manual work on security program delivery, the effort between assessments and outcomes that reporting automation does not cover.

  • Pre-built policy templates generated from each client’s assessment context
  • Automated evidence collection from integrated systems
  • Risk-based prioritization so your team works on what matters first

From Assessment Scores to Strategic Direction

Narmada gives you a score and a list of gaps. Your team still needs to decide which gaps matter most, what order to address them, and how to explain the rationale to a non-technical client.

CISO Intelligence provides that strategic layer. Prioritize remediation by business impact, map findings across frameworks automatically, generate executive-ready reports that translate technical gaps into language leadership can act on. Advisory confidence of an experienced security leader, built into every workflow.

  • Prioritized roadmaps that rank remediation by business impact
  • Executive-ready reporting that translates technical findings into risk conversations
  • Cross-framework mapping so work done for one standard carries across to others

Scale a Security Practice Alongside Your vCIO Operations

Narmada scales vCIO operations: more clients, more QBRs, better-organized reviews. Security delivery is a different scaling challenge. Standardized methodology, consistent quality across engagements, visibility into revenue opportunities across your entire client base.

Cynomi is built for that problem. One analyst managing 20+ client security programs with consistent delivery. 40% increase in client capacity without adding staff. Portfolio-level dashboards surface gaps you can convert into service engagements, turning your security practice into a growth engine.

  • Multi-tenant architecture designed for service provider delivery models
  • Standardized workflows that maintain quality regardless of who runs the engagement
  • Portfolio-level gap and revenue visibility across your entire client base

Which Platform Is Right for You?

Different priorities, different tools.

Cynomi may be the better fit if:

  • Your current assessments surface security gaps that need a structured remediation process
  • You want to turn QBR findings into ongoing security engagements with recurring revenue
  • You are building or scaling a security practice alongside your existing vCIO or vCISO services
  • Your team needs guided methodology to deliver security outcomes, not present assessment reports
  • You want clients to see measurable security improvement between quarterly reviews
  • Growing security revenue and client capacity are priorities for the next 12 months.
  • Any team member should be able to deliver security programs, regardless of experience level

Narmada may be the better fit if:

  • vCIO delivery and QBR management are your primary operational challenges
  • You need hardware warranty tracking and asset lifecycle management
  • Your focus is on IT strategy presentations and technology roadmaps
  • You want budget and project planning tools for client-facing conversations.
  • Compliance and security are secondary to IT operations management

What Our Partners Say

"We've streamlined and standardized our entire vCISO engagement, from automated assessments to compliance mapping. The platform enables us to onboard clients faster, manage more accounts without expanding our team."

"Cynomi's guided workflows, centralized dashboards, and out-of-the-box connectors let my team spin up each engagement quickly, cutting manual effort by nearly 75%."

"When we started integrating Cynomi into the pitch, it was a game-changer. We were able to close deals in days or weeks instead of months."

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, and many partners do. Narmada manages vCIO operations, QBR scheduling, asset tracking, and roadmaps. Cynomi manages security program delivery, remediation, policy generation, and compliance mapping. Your Narmada assessments identify gaps; Cynomi closes them and shows clients measurable progress.

No. Cynomi does not handle QBR scheduling, hardware warranty tracking, or IT budget planning. If you rely on Narmada for those, you will keep using it. Cynomi adds the security delivery layer that Narmada’s assessment templates and lite GRC are not designed to provide. It turns assessment findings into ongoing, revenue-generating security programs.

Narmada’s templates are built for technology reviews: identify gaps, present findings at QBRs. Cynomi’s assessments are built for security program delivery: prioritized remediation plans, tailored policies, posture tracking over time, mapping across 40+ compliance frameworks. After the assessment, Narmada generates a report. Cynomi empowers you to generate a program.

Most partners are operational within days. If you already run Narmada assessments, you have a head start. You understand your clients’ security gaps. Cynomi’s onboarding and pre-built templates let your team start delivering structured remediation programs almost immediately. No lengthy configuration or professional services required.

CISO Intelligence embeds the decision-making logic of an experienced security leader into every workflow. Your team gets risk-ranked remediation roadmaps, context-aware policy recommendations, and executive-ready reports instead of manually deciding what to prioritize. Partners use it to guide client conversations with confidence, especially when questions go beyond what assessment templates can answer. Cynomi’s AI Agents also help with CISO-level workflows and GTM scale.

Yes. $60M+ raised and actively expanding intelligence, partner enablement, and revenue analytics capabilities. Partners consistently note how responsive the team is to feedback and how frequently new features ship. Innovating, not maintaining.

Yes. When tasks and controls connect to multiple frameworks, Cynomi maps them automatically. Work done for one carries across to others. NIST, HIPAA, SOC 2 needs from your Narmada assessments handled in a single workflow rather than duplicating effort per standard.

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