Express Comply for ISO 27001: Flat-Rate Certification Pricing

Express Comply for ISO 27001 costs a flat $7,500 for companies with 1–10 employees, $10,000 for companies with 11–20 employees, $15,000 for companies with 21–50 employees, and $20,000 for companies with 51–100 employees — each covering one full year, from building the ISMS through your Stage 1 and Stage 2 certification audits. Companies with 101 or more employees receive a custom quote. Agency runs the program with or without a GRC platform: in structured spreadsheets, in Vanta or Drata, or in the platform you already use. The certification audit is priced separately, adding from $2,500 for the two smallest bands and quoted above that.

Agency is a master reseller of Vanta and Drata, has served 1,000+ companies, is rated 4.9/5 on G2, and operates a U.S.-based team.

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifies an information security management system, not a point-in-time checklist — so the work is building an ISMS that actually runs. Agency does that work: it scopes the ISMS, runs the risk assessment, drafts the Statement of Applicability, writes the policies, implements and maintains the controls, and collects and validates the evidence. Your team answers questions and grants access.

The rate is flat. There is no hourly billing, no scope-creep invoicing, and no extra charge when a Stage 1 finding sends you back to fix something before Stage 2 — one price covers the year.

The certification audit adds from $2,500 for companies with up to 20 employees and is quoted for larger bands. It runs in two stages: Stage 1 reviews the ISMS documentation and your readiness, and Stage 2 tests that the ISMS is implemented and working.

Your certificate is issued by an independent accredited certification body — ISO develops the standard; accredited certification bodies certify against it. The certification body independently decides audit scope, findings, and whether the certificate is issued.

Express Comply for ISO 27001 does not require a GRC platform. Certification bodies audit your ISMS — the scope, the risk assessment, the Statement of Applicability, the policies, the controls, and the evidence — not your tooling. Agency runs the same done-for-you program in structured spreadsheets, in Vanta or Drata, or in the platform you already use, and the flat rate is set by your headcount band, not by your tooling.

If you want a platform, Vanta and Drata are both available through Agency at negotiated partner pricing (Drata purchases also carry Agency’s Drata Best Price Guarantee). If you would rather run the evidence yourself in Agency-provided workbooks, with the certification audit bundled in, see ISO 27001 without a platform.

Express Comply is the standardized flat-rate program: one framework — here ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — built, maintained, and carried through certification for a year. Managed Comply is the level above it — Agency’s full managed compliance and security platform with a complete virtual CISO, covering up to three standard frameworks from $5,000 per month. If you need security leadership, ISO 27001 alongside SOC 2 or another framework, or an operated program rather than a prepared one, start with Managed Comply pricing.

The flat rate is defined by headcount band — with or without a GRC platform — and covers one ISMS certified against ISO/IEC 27001:2022 for one year, through Stage 1 and Stage 2; the certification audit, the platform, and penetration testing are always stated separately so the flat rate never hides them. Published prices are standard published pricing through Agency — final price is confirmed in your Order Form/SOW, and per the published program terms, a fully executed MSA and Order Form/SOW are required before any benefit under the Program can be claimed.

Worked examples

Illustrative example, not a quote — 8-person company running in spreadsheets, with no GRC platform: $7,500 Express Comply flat rate + certification audit from $2,500 = from $10,000 for the first year, ISMS built and certified, with no platform subscription to add.

Illustrative example, not a quote — 15-person company on Vanta or Drata: Express Comply flat rate of $10,000 + certification audit from $2,500 = from $12,500 for the first year; the platform subscription is priced separately.

Illustrative example, not a quote — 35-person company: $15,000 Express Comply flat rate for the year, with the certification audit quoted for the band — one flat services number however many findings Stage 1 raises.

The usual alternatives are an hourly ISO consultant or your own engineers. Hourly consulting bills grow with every gap the risk assessment and Stage 1 turn up, and internal engineering time is the most expensive currency a small company has. Express Comply fixes the services cost in advance — $7,500 flat for companies with 1–10 employees — and holds it through Stage 2, which is exactly the stretch where hourly engagements balloon.