Drata publishes its pricing, and the shape of it is the catch: a platform fee, then another charge for every framework you add. Public-sector buyers carry frameworks the commercial GRC tools treat as custom work, and usually several at once. The buyer this page is written for is on more than one path at once, and that is where a single-track tool starts to strain.
A US city government
Police systems fall under CJIS, the assessor’s office handles federal tax information under IRS 1075, a cloud service needs GovRAMP, and every public-facing system owes ADA Title II.
| Where it comes from | The instrument |
|---|---|
| Law enforcement | the FBI CJIS Security Policy |
| Tax information | IRS Publication 1075 |
| Cloud services | GovRAMP, formerly StateRAMP |
| Accessibility | ADA Title II for public-facing systems |
Why Lavawall® fits here
It ships these frameworks pre-built. For public-sector buyers that means CJIS, IRS 1075, GovRAMP, ADA Title II, and state public-sector programs, with FIPS 140-3 where the rules require it. Where Drata bills each framework as a separate line, Lavawall® includes the whole catalogue in Complete, so a growing obligation set does not become a growing invoice.
It is the platform, not a connector to one. Lavawall runs its own agent on your endpoints and its own connectors into Microsoft 365, Entra, Intune, and Google Workspace, so the evidence comes from the same system that runs the control.
Pricing, published
Drata publishes its numbers on AWS Marketplace, and the structure is the story: a platform fee, and then a charge for every framework you add.
Lavawall® Complete
$89.50 /seat/year
Annual, two months free. A seat is the greater of your managed devices or your Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace licensed users, never both.
Starts at $2,240/year for the first 25 seats, and every compliance framework in the catalogue is included, along with the business-continuity module, your policies, and a Trust Centre.
No per-framework fee: the whole catalogue is in Complete. Volume discounts start at 51 seats.
Drata
US$25,000 + US$7,500 / framework / year
Platform fee at 100 FTE capacity, plus US$7,500 per framework, as published on Drata’s own AWS Marketplace listing (accessed 28 August 2026). Marketplace and direct pricing can differ.
Every framework you add is another US$7,500. The buyer this page is written for has six or seven.
Volume discount, by seat
| 1–50 seats | list price |
| 51–250 seats | 5% off |
| 251–1,000 seats | 10% off |
| 1,001–5,000 seats | 15% off |
| 5,001+ seats | 20% off |
A few scenarios
| Organization | Assumptions | Lavawall / year |
|---|---|---|
| 20-person BC health-tech | 25 seats (the minimum), every framework it needs included | $2,240 |
| 50-person services firm | 50 seats, every framework included | $4,475 |
| 250-seat organization | 250 seats at the 5% volume tier, every framework included | $21,256 |
A seven-framework program on Drata’s published rates is the US$25,000 platform plus seven times US$7,500, about US$77,500 a year. Lavawall® includes every framework in Complete.
For most of these buyers, though, the real alternative to Lavawall is not another compliance platform at all. It is a consultant at $15,000 to $40,000 and a spreadsheet, repeated every year, with nothing left behind between engagements. See the full pricing page for the calculator.
When Drata is the better choice
If your obligation genuinely is one or two frameworks and you want Drata’s auditor marketplace, it is built for that path, and the network is worth paying for.
Frequently asked
- Does Lavawall handle FIPS 140-3 for CJIS and IRS 1075?
- For the authenticators, yes: the console can require FIPS 140-3 validated security keys for sign-in, checked against the NIST CMVP list. That is the advanced-authentication control, not a claim that data-in-transit encryption (CJIS control SC-13) is FIPS-validated, which is a property of your infrastructure. See the FIPS 140-3 support page.
- How is Lavawall priced against Drata?
- Drata charges a platform fee plus a fee for each framework you add. Lavawall includes every framework in its Complete tier, which is the difference that matters once you carry more than one or two.
By region and industry
- Drata alternative for US organizations
- Drata alternative for Canadian organizations
- Drata alternative for healthcare and medical devices
- Drata alternative for financial services