Secureframe is strong at the first audit. The trouble usually shows up in year two, when the evidence has quietly drifted from what the policies claim. A financial firm carries sector regulators on top of SOC 2 and PCI, often on both sides of the border. 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 BC brokerage operating cross-border
SOC 2 and PCI cover the basics, then GLBA and the FTC Safeguards Rule apply to US clients, NYDFS applies in New York, and CIRO and FINTRAC apply in Canada.
| Where it comes from | The instrument |
|---|---|
| Enterprise security | SOC 2, and PCI DSS wherever cards are handled |
| US financial rules | GLBA, the FTC Safeguards Rule, and NYDFS Part 500 |
| Canadian financial rules | CIRO and FINTRAC |
| Privacy | PIPEDA and state privacy laws, depending on where clients sit |
Why Lavawall® fits here
It ships these frameworks pre-built. For financial services that means GLBA, FTC Safeguards, NYDFS Part 500, CIRO, and FINTRAC alongside SOC 2 and PCI. Because Lavawall® collects evidence from the system that runs the control rather than from a questionnaire, the console keeps matching reality after the first audit, instead of drifting away from it.
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
Secureframe publishes its numbers on AWS Marketplace as two line items: a platform fee, and a fee for the first framework.
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.
Secureframe
US$7,500 + US$7,500 first framework / year
Platform fee up to 100 employees, plus US$7,500 for the first framework, as published on Secureframe’s own AWS Marketplace listing (accessed 28 August 2026). Marketplace and direct pricing can differ.
The first framework is already US$15,000 all in, and each one after it is another line item.
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 |
Secureframe’s published entry is US$15,000 for the platform and one framework. Lavawall®’s $2,240 floor includes every framework.
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 Secureframe is the better choice
If you want a guided push to a first SOC 2 and you have the staff to manage drift yourself afterward, Secureframe is good at that initial sprint.
Frequently asked
- Does Lavawall cover both US and Canadian financial rules?
- Yes. GLBA, the FTC Safeguards Rule, NYDFS Part 500, CIRO, and FINTRAC are all in the catalogue, so a firm operating on both sides of the border maps them together.
- How is Lavawall priced against Secureframe?
- Secureframe is built around getting you to a first report. Lavawall is built to keep the evidence true in year two and beyond, because it reads live posture rather than stored answers.
By region and industry
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