Comparison
A Drata alternative where your compliance data stays on your servers
Scorifya Controls is a self-hosted SOC 2 compliance tool — 33 automated checks across AWS, GitHub, GCP, and Azure, 20 manual controls with evidence tracking, and an auditor portal. Flat annual fee. No per-seat pricing. Deploy in three Docker commands.
Why teams look for a Drata alternative
Price
Drata's pricing scales with headcount and is sold through a sales process. For early-stage teams without a compliance budget, the cost structure isn't designed for where they are.
Data residency
Drata is a SaaS product. Your cloud credentials, attestation records, and evidence files are stored on Drata's infrastructure. Teams with customer data residency commitments or strict security policies need a different model.
Scope fit
Drata's breadth — endpoint agents, HR integrations, MDM, hundreds of integrations — adds complexity that early-stage teams don't need yet. The right tool at seed is narrower, not broader.
How Controls compares to Drata
| Dimension | Drata | Scorifya Controls |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | SaaS — managed by vendor | Self-hosted — runs on your server |
| Data location | Vendor's cloud infrastructure | Your own servers |
| Pricing model | Annual contract, scales with headcount | Flat annual fee, no per-seat charges |
| Pricing transparency | Requires a sales call | Published on product page |
| Automated cloud checks | Yes (AWS, GCP, Azure, + more) | Yes — 33 checks across AWS, GCP, Azure, GitHub |
| Manual controls | Yes | Yes — 20 controls with evidence tracking |
| Auditor portal | Yes | Yes — read-only link, no account required |
| Cryptographic timestamps | No | RFC 3161 tokens from DigiCert on every attestation |
| HR / MDM / endpoint integrations | Yes (broad integration catalog) | No — cloud and code platforms only |
| Setup time | Onboarding process, implementation timeline | Three Docker commands, first scan in under an hour |
| Target team size | Any (pricing reflects scale) | Seed to Series B — teams where per-seat pricing is premature |
Drata information based on publicly available documentation and common market knowledge. Controls information reflects the current shipped product.
What Controls delivers
- ✓33 automated checks across AWS (14), GCP (7), Azure (7), and GitHub (5) — all mapped to AICPA TSC 2017 criteria
- ✓20 manual controls with attestation, evidence file uploads, and next-review-date tracking
- ✓Posture score trend chart so you can demonstrate improvement over your observation window
- ✓Drift detection: Slack alerts when a passing control starts failing
- ✓Read-only auditor portal — share a time-limited link with your CPA firm, no account required
- ✓RFC 3161 cryptographic timestamps from DigiCert on every attestation, independently verifiable by auditors
- ✓Audit period tracking with progress bar
- ✓Print-to-PDF report generation for your auditor package
- ✓Custom TSA support for air-gapped environments with internal PKI
- ✓Self-hosted on any machine that runs Docker — cloud credentials and evidence files stay in your infrastructure
Your compliance evidence under the same controls being audited
When your SOC 2 evidence lives on a third-party SaaS platform, that platform becomes part of your security review scope. With Controls, your evidence is stored on the same infrastructure your controls govern — which simplifies the audit conversation and removes a vendor from your data-processing chain.
Read: How Controls uses RFC 3161 timestamps to build auditor trust →
Common questions
Does Scorifya Controls replace Drata completely?
It covers the cloud check, manual control, evidence collection, and auditor portal layers that matter most in early SOC 2 preparation. Drata has a broader integration catalog — endpoint agents, HR systems, MDM, and more SaaS tools. Controls is sized for teams where Drata's price doesn't fit the current stage but the compliance work is urgent.
What cloud providers does Controls check?
AWS (14 checks), GCP (7 checks), Azure (7 checks), and GitHub (5 checks) — 33 automated checks total, all mapped to AICPA TSC 2017 criteria.
Can my auditor access my evidence without Drata?
Yes. Controls generates a time-limited, read-only auditor portal link. Your CPA or audit firm can review all attestations, evidence files, and cryptographic timestamps without needing a Scorifya account.
How does Controls pricing differ from Drata?
Controls is a flat annual fee — no per-seat charges, no usage-based billing, price published publicly on the product page. Drata is typically sold through a sales process with pricing that scales with seat count and integration scope.
What makes self-hosting better for compliance evidence?
Your cloud credentials and attestation records never leave your infrastructure. This simplifies data residency conversations with customers, removes a third-party data processor from your security review scope, and means your compliance evidence is stored under the same controls you're being audited on.
How long does it take to set up Controls?
Three Docker commands. No onboarding call, no implementation timeline, no sales process. Most teams have their first scan results within an hour of purchasing the license.
See everything Controls includes
Full feature list, pricing, and a Docker quick-start on the product page.