Compliance Budget Planner
Estimate your compliance investment across multiple frameworks. See how shared controls and Top Floor's boutique approach reduce your total cost.
Define Your Compliance Scope
Select the frameworks you need and tell us about your organization.
How to budget for a compliance program
A realistic compliance budget covers four cost categories, from the initial gap assessment through ongoing maintenance after certification. The ranges below are mid-market baselines for a 51 to 200 person company; the interactive planner above adjusts them for your size, current maturity, timeline, automation tooling, in-house staffing, and cloud footprint, then estimates the savings from overlapping controls when you pursue multiple frameworks at once.
The four cost categories
Gap Assessment
A structured review of your current controls against the target framework to identify what is missing before remediation begins. This is typically a one-time, up-front cost.
Remediation
The work to close identified gaps, implementing policies, technical controls, and evidence collection. This is usually the largest line item and the area where shared controls across frameworks reduce cost the most.
Audit Fees
Fees paid to the independent assessor, auditor, or certification body to examine your controls and issue the report or certificate. These recur on the framework’s audit cycle.
Ongoing Maintenance
The annual cost of keeping the program in good standing: continuous monitoring, evidence refresh, control reviews, and preparation for the next audit period.
Typical framework cost ranges
Representative annual cost ranges by framework and category, before adjustments for your specific environment. Pursuing more than one framework usually costs less than the sum of each because many controls overlap.
| Which frameworks do you need? | Gap Assessment | Remediation | Audit Fees | Ongoing Maintenance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | $30K - $50K | $40K - $80K | $25K - $50K | $15K - $30K |
| ISO 27001 | $35K - $60K | $50K - $100K | $30K - $55K | $20K - $40K |
| CMMC | $40K - $70K | $60K - $120K | $35K - $65K | $25K - $45K |
| HITRUST | $45K - $75K | $55K - $110K | $40K - $80K | $25K - $50K |
| PCI DSS | $30K - $55K | $45K - $90K | $25K - $60K | $15K - $35K |
| HIPAA | $25K - $45K | $35K - $70K | $20K - $40K | $12K - $25K |
| ISO 42001 | $15K - $25K | $25K - $45K | $20K - $35K | $15K - $25K |
| NIST AI RMF | $10K - $20K | $15K - $30K | $10K - $20K | $10K - $15K |
| FDA Cybersecurity | $20K - $35K | $35K - $65K | $25K - $45K | $20K - $35K |
| SOX IT Controls | $15K - $25K | $25K - $45K | $20K - $40K | $15K - $25K |
| India DPDP | $8K - $15K | $12K - $25K | $8K - $15K | $8K - $12K |
| IRAP | $18K - $30K | $30K - $50K | $20K - $35K | $15K - $25K |
| ISMAP | $15K - $25K | $25K - $45K | $18K - $30K | $12K - $20K |
| ENS | $12K - $22K | $20K - $38K | $15K - $28K | $10K - $18K |
Ranges are mid-market planning estimates, not quotes. Actual costs depend on scope, existing controls, and regulatory requirements assessed during a formal scoping engagement.