Built from real SOC 2 experience, not a textbook
I led SOC 2 at a prior company. I spent $24K on a vCISO before realizing the work was still on me, then 8 weeks turning what I learned into the core product. I brought on 2 design partners to keep me honest, and self-funded years of runway. SimpleAudit is the tool I wished existed when I started.
SimpleAudit™ (simpleaudit.io) is SOC 2 compliance software for small teams from IgniteHub, LLC d/b/a SimpleAudit, Wisconsin. SimpleAudit is a trademark, and IgniteHub® a registered trademark, of IgniteHub, LLC. It is not related to the open-source SimpleAudit AI-testing framework from Simula Research Laboratory.
Why I built SimpleAudit
When the first enterprise prospect asked for a SOC 2 report, I had two options: hire a consultant or buy an enterprise platform built for 500-person companies with dedicated security teams.
Neither made sense. The platforms wanted me to connect dozens of integrations and install endpoint agents on every laptop before I could write a single policy. The consultants charged a large up-front fee just to tell me what I was missing.
So I did it the hard way: wrote the policies, filled the spreadsheets, pieced together a program from public guides. It worked, but it took months, cost $24K in vCISO time, and the company-specific knowledge lived in my head, not in a system.
SimpleAudit is the AI I wish I'd had. It generates policies from a conversation about your actual business, finds the risks an auditor will ask about, and tells you when you're ready. You review and approve. You don't need a compliance background to drive it.
What we believe
The principles behind how we build SimpleAudit.
AI does the work, you make the decisions
Enterprise tools automate monitoring. You still do the compliance work yourself. SimpleAudit flips that. The AI generates policies, identifies risks, discovers vendors, and builds your task plan. You review and approve.
SOC 2 depth over framework breadth
Competitors spread across many frameworks. We focus on making SOC 2 excellent first. Every feature, every AI prompt, every workflow is designed specifically for the SOC 2 journey.
Enterprise-grade security, no shortcuts
Your data is encrypted at rest and in transit. Database and file storage run in Azure US regions, and AI processing runs through Azure AI Foundry, which hosts the OpenAI and Anthropic models we use, on US Data Zone deployments: your data and AI inference stay in the United States, on every plan. We're transparent about exactly where your data goes.
Founded in Wisconsin, built for startups everywhere
We started SimpleAudit because the existing options were built for enterprise teams with dedicated compliance staff. Startups deserve a right-sized path to SOC 2. That means AI-native, not integration-heavy.
SimpleAudit at a glance
$24K
vCISO spend before building this
8 weeks
First commit to live product
2
Active design partners
0
outside capital raised
Questions? Email me directly: joe@simpleaudit.io
Who writes this
Every guide, comparison and post on this site is written by me, Joe. I led SOC 2 at a prior company, so what you read here comes from doing the work, not from a textbook. I also built SimpleAudit, the tool I wished I had when I started. If something looks wrong or unclear, email me.
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