Secureframe is built to get you to a first certification quickly, with a heavy service component to push you across the line. For a single SOC 2 on a deadline, that works, and Lavawall® will not pretend otherwise.
The trouble is year two. The certificate exists, and now somebody has to keep it true: access reviews that go stale, evidence that expires, questionnaires that were answered once and never applied again, and a policy that says every endpoint is encrypted while the console can see six that are not.
Lavawall is built for the keeping-true part, and for the organizations that have more than one thing to keep true. It collects the evidence continuously from your own systems, tells you what it could not check instead of scoring it a pass, and includes every framework rather than charging for each one.
What drifts in year two
A first certification is a snapshot. The audit that renews it is not, and the gap between them is where programs quietly fall apart. The specific failure that Lavawall is built to catch is the one everybody recognizes:
| The policy says | The console sees |
|---|---|
| Every endpoint is encrypted | Six machines are not, two of them belong to administrators |
| Access is reviewed quarterly | The last review was eight months ago |
| MFA is enforced for everyone | Five accounts have no second factor |
| Offboarding removes access same day | Three departed staff still have live tokens |
A document that says the control is met is not evidence the control is met. Lavawall reads the second column continuously, so the drift is a finding this week rather than a scramble the week before the audit.
What Lavawall® does that Secureframe does not
Evidence that keeps checking itself
Secureframe pushes hard to collect the evidence for the first certification, often with people doing part of the work for you. Lavawall collects it continuously from the systems that hold it, so between audits the picture stays current on its own. When a source is not connected, Lavawall reports that the check could not run and names what it needed, rather than scoring it as a pass. A check that names its subjects, not "MFA coverage 94%" but these five accounts have no second factor, is the difference between a report you can act on and one you can only file.
Every framework included, not $7,500 each
Secureframe's published pricing is a platform fee plus a per-framework fee, so the first framework is already $15,000 all in and each one after it is another line item. Lavawall Complete includes every framework in the catalogue, with a 25-seat floor and no per-framework charge. If year two means adding a privacy law or a second customer-driven standard, that is included, not a change order.
Guided wizards, not blank templates
Lavawall walks each framework through a guided wizard that asks about your actual systems, data, and jurisdictions, and builds the assessment and the policies around your answers, so the policy that says "every endpoint is encrypted" is one the platform can also verify. A template can promise anything. A control the console runs is either true or flagged.
The security platform that keeps controls true
Most of a control set is technical work you have to keep doing: patching, configuration hardening, access review, breach detection, backups. Secureframe documents whether you did them. Lavawall does them. The same console patches Windows, macOS, and Linux, hardens their configuration, detects breaches across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, runs security and attack-surface scans, and gives your team remote support and a help desk, so the evidence is a by-product of the work rather than a separate project each renewal.
Multi-tenant for MSPs, and for anyone keeping several frameworks
Lavawall is multi-tenant from the start, so an MSP keeps a whole book of clients true from one console, and the same design serves a single organization holding several frameworks in one place. You are not buying an MSP feature you will not use; you are buying a console built to keep more than one thing current.
Capability comparison
| Capability | Lavawall® | Secureframe |
|---|---|---|
| Speed to a first certification | Fast, wizard-driven | Fast, service-driven |
| Continuous evidence between audits | From your own systems | Via integrations |
| Reports a check as unknown when a source is not connected | Yes | Not documented |
| Additional frameworks | All included | $7,500 each, published |
| Patching, breach detection, remote support, help desk | Included, same console | Out of scope |
| Business continuity (BIA with RTO, RPO, MTD) | Working module | Not a core feature |
| Multi-tenant for MSPs (parent and child scoping) | Designed in | Limited |
| Published price | On the pricing page | $7,500 + $7,500/framework, AWS Marketplace |
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 have a single framework, a hard deadline for a first certification, and you want a hands-on service team to get you there, Secureframe is built for exactly that push and does it well. Lavawall is the better fit once the certificate exists and has to stay true, and once you are keeping more than one of them.
Frequently asked
- Isn't Secureframe faster to a first SOC 2?
- Often, yes, with its service component pushing you across the line on a deadline. The question this page asks is about year two, when the certificate exists and somebody has to keep it true without a launch team on it.
- What actually happens in year two?
- Access reviews go stale, evidence expires, questionnaires answered once are never applied again, and a policy that says every endpoint is encrypted keeps saying so while six machines quietly are not. Lavawall collects the evidence continuously from your own systems, so drift shows up as a finding instead of a surprise at the next audit.
- How does the pricing compare?
- Secureframe's published entry is a $7,500 platform fee plus $7,500 for the first framework, and each framework after it is another line item. Lavawall Complete includes every framework in the catalogue at no per-framework charge, with a 25-seat floor.
- When is Secureframe the better choice?
- If you have a single framework, a hard deadline for a first certification, and you want a hands-on service team to get you there, Secureframe is built for exactly that push.
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