Vanta is very good at one path: SOC 2, ISO 27001, and the frameworks a SaaS company meets on the way to an enterprise deal. Inside that path it is strong. The trouble is that this buyer is on more than that one path.
An Ontario medical-device company selling into Canada and the US
It handles health information and ships a connected device, so its obligations run from privacy through device cybersecurity, with a quality system alongside that is a separate program.
| Where it comes from | The instrument |
|---|---|
| Privacy | PIPEDA, Ontario PHIPA, the HIPAA Security Rule as a business associate, and the US state breach statutes |
| Device cybersecurity | FDA section 524B, Health Canada's guidance, and IEC 81001-5-1, ANSI/AAMI SW96:2023, and the HSCC Joint Security Plan |
| Enterprise security | SOC 2 or ISO 27001, because hospital IT will ask |
| Quality (Lavawall does not cover this) | FDA QMSR, Health Canada MDR, and an MDSAP audit, which are quality management systems and need a separate program |
Why Lavawall® fits here
It ships these frameworks pre-built. For healthcare that means HIPAA, HITRUST, and the medical-device cybersecurity set no other platform in this category ships: 524B, Health Canada, and the lifecycle standards. Vanta builds the unusual ones as custom frameworks; Lavawall carries them and includes every framework in its Complete tier rather than charging per framework.
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, with continuity as a working module in the same console.
Pricing, published
Almost nobody in this category publishes a number, and pricing opacity is the single most-cited complaint in Vanta’s aggregate reviews, ahead of missing features. So here is ours, beside theirs.
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.
Vanta
from US$14,000 /year
Essentials package, 1–20 employees, as published on Vanta’s own AWS Marketplace listing (accessed 28 August 2026). Marketplace and direct pricing can differ.
That floor covers one framework. The buyer this page is written for has four, five, or six.
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 |
For the 20-person band, Vanta’s published floor is US$14,000 for one framework. Lavawall®’s $2,240 covers every framework the buyer needs.
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 Vanta is the better choice
If your whole obligation is a single SOC 2 for a health-tech SaaS product with no device submission and no cross-border health privacy, Vanta will get you there quickly.
Frequently asked
- Does Lavawall cover FDA section 524B for medical devices?
- Yes, pre-built, along with Health Canada's pre-market cybersecurity guidance and the lifecycle standards IEC 81001-5-1, ANSI/AAMI SW96:2023, and the HSCC Joint Security Plan. FDA will not accept a submission for a cyber device without the 524B content.
- Does Lavawall replace our quality management system?
- No, and no security platform should claim to. QMSR and ISO 13485 are quality systems covering design controls, CAPA, and complaint handling, and MDSAP is an audit route. QMSR itself contains no cybersecurity requirements; it defers to section 524B, which is what Lavawall covers.
- What about HIPAA and Canadian health privacy together?
- Lavawall maps the HIPAA Security Rule and the Canadian health acts side by side, so a company that operates on both sides of the border builds one program and evidences it against each.