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“Let’s just buy Vanta and do it ourselves”... Every startup hears this line at least once.

It sounds scrappy, it sounds smart, it also feels like you’re saving money.

But here’s what founders rarely say out loud:

DIY SOC 2 is one of the most expensive “cheap” decisions a startup can make.

While you’re busy:
• Your CTO is burning 100+ hours on controls and evidence
• Engineers are pulled away from shipping features
• Enterprise deals stall because compliance isn’t ready

Six months later, you’re still not certified. And the deal that needed SOC 2? It quietly went to a competitor.

The real cost of SOC 2 isn’t the tool or the auditor. It’s the time, delay, and lost revenue nobody budgets for.

We broke down the actual math behind DIY SOC 2, including internal hours, timeline drag, and opportunity cost and why “doing it yourself” often becomes a $40K–$100K mistake.

Read the full article here 👇

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden-cost-diy-soc-2-why-cheap-becomes-expensive-xdxhe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via