What Security Questionnaire Automation Actually Costs
Every vendor in this category hides contract pricing. This page collects the public price signals that do exist — published tiers, questionnaire allowances, marketplace listings, and free tiers — and explains how each pricing model behaves as your volume grows.
These are the only concrete public pricing facts we could verify across the market. Everything else is quote-based. Pricing pages change without notice — treat these as anchors for the sales conversation, not contract terms.
Lite from $5,000/year (5 users)
The only named dollar figure among the major response platforms. Emerging, Growth, and Enterprise editions sit above it with quote-based pricing and edition-gated AI features.
Source: vendor pricing materialVantaQuestionnaire allowances by plan: 25/yr, 144/yr, 288/yr
Vanta publishes annual Questionnaire Automation allowances — 25 per year in Plus, 144 in Professional, and Advanced packaging at 288 — an unusually concrete packaging signal even without dollar figures.
Source: vendor pricing materialDrata / SafeBaseFoundation tier includes assistance for 10 questionnaires
Drata’s plans page lists AI Questionnaire Assistance for 10 questionnaires in Assurance Foundation, with Advanced and Enterprise adding API/Salesforce upload, document sync, and webhooks. Volume above the allowance is the negotiation.
Source: vendor pricing materialConveyorFree trust-center tier; questionnaires billed in credits
Conveyor publishes a free tier for small-scale trust center use, with questionnaire and RFP processing measured in usage credits on paid plans. The free tier excludes questionnaire automation and integrations.
Source: vendor pricing materialHyperComplyAWS Marketplace publishes 12-month contract prices
HyperComply lists Respond AI and Full-Service tiers with contract pricing by organization size and service level on AWS Marketplace, plus a free trial — rare public reference points for a managed offering.
Source: vendor pricing materialCyberbaseFree Professional plan and free-forever trust center
Cyberbase references a free Professional plan (no credit card) including AI contract redlining, DDQ automation, and a free trust center, with paid tiers above. Confirm exactly what stays free at your volume.
Source: vendor pricing materialLoopioFoundations starts at 10 seats; quote-based
Loopio publishes Foundations, Enhanced, and Enterprise packaging with seat minimums and add-ons (multi-language library, confidential projects) but no dollar figures.
Source: vendor pricing materialWhisticCore packaging: unlimited users, 25 assessments, Smart Response increments
Whistic publishes package quantities — unlimited vendors/users in Core, 25 assessments, limited included Smart Responses sold in additional increments — without contract prices.
Source: vendor pricing materialSecurityPalBasecamp / Summit / Everest tiers with relative $ / $$ / $$$ positioning
SecurityPal shows package structure (self-serve AI, guided Concierge, fully managed) with relative price positioning. The under-12-hour turnaround claim is tied to package conditions.
Source: vendor pricing materialVendict14-day free trial; AWS Marketplace listing
Vendict references a free trial and lists on AWS Marketplace, including an optional full-service review tier. Contract pricing requires a quote.
Source: vendor pricing material1upFreemium signup with free trial
1up references freemium entry; paid tiers, seat model, and usage limits are not published.
Source: vendor pricing materialSecurityScorecardTiered offerings with a free trial
SecurityScorecard references tiers from Basic Diligence through Threat-Informed TPRM with a free trial; questionnaire automation packaging (TITAN Assess, HyperComply) is scoped per deal.
Source: vendor pricing materialThe five pricing models, and how each one behaves at volume
Cost scales with how many people touch response work. Watch seat minimums (Loopio Foundations starts at 10), collaborator versus full-seat definitions, and which AI features are edition-gated. Predictable for stable teams; penalizes wide collaboration.
Cost scales with annual questionnaire volume. The critical questions: what counts as one questionnaire, whether portal workflows count differently, what overage costs, and whether unused allowance rolls over. Budget against your real inbound volume, not the sales estimate.
Questionnaire, RFP, and trust-center work draws from a credit pool. Ask for the credit cost of your typical questionnaire, credit rollover rules, and what happens mid-quarter when credits run out.
You are buying capacity and turnaround, not just software. Price follows volume, SLA, language coverage, and analyst scope. The comparison that matters is against the loaded cost of the internal hours you are buying back.
Questionnaire automation arrives bundled with compliance/GRC platforms. Marginal cost can be near zero if you already run the suite — but confirm whether questionnaire features and trust center are included or add-ons before assuming they are free.
Implementation labor
Every tool needs a clean answer library, source cleanup, and reviewer workflow design. This internal labor routinely exceeds year-one license cost for teams with stale or conflicting content.
Paywalled enterprise controls
SSO, SCIM, audit logs, and API access frequently sit in higher tiers (Drata/SafeBase list SCIM in upper Assurance tiers; Loopio gates features by plan). Procurement requirements can force a tier jump that doubles the quote.
Overage and growth
Allowance and credit models get expensive exactly when the tool succeeds — more deals means more questionnaires. Negotiate overage rates and next-tier pricing before you sign, not at renewal.
Add-on integrations and languages
CRM connectors, premium integrations, multi-language libraries, and browser extensions are commonly add-ons. Map the integrations you actually need to the specific tier that includes them.
Exit costs
Ask what happens to your answer library, past questionnaires, and trust-center content at contract end. Rebuilding a knowledge base in a new tool is the real switching cost this category never talks about.
Pulled from our vendor profiles, each of which documents what to confirm before purchase. Follow the links for full pricing analysis, packaging caveats, and buyer questions per vendor.
1up
Confirm paid tiers, seat model, source/usage limits, and enterprise terms directly with 1up.
Arphie
Confirm tiers, seat model, and usage limits directly with Arphie.
AutoRFP.ai
Confirm tiers, seat model (unlimited users referenced), usage limits, and data-region terms directly.
Conveyor
Conveyor publishes a Free tier for small-scale trust center use and states that questionnaire and RFP processing use credits. Public pricing should be treated as packaging guidance; confirm annual contract pricing, credit volume, overages, and feature gates directly with Conveyor.
Cyberbase
Confirm what the free Professional plan and free trust center include versus paid tiers, volume limits, and enterprise terms.
Drata
Drata publishes plan packaging but not final contract prices. Confirm Assurance tier, AIQA questionnaire allowance, add-on questionnaire pricing, API/webhook access, Salesforce upload, Drata/SafeBase data flow, migration, and support terms.
HyperComply
Confirm questionnaire volume, human review level, Trust Page, data rooms, users, support SLAs, AWS Marketplace versus direct-contract route, and SecurityScorecard TITAN Assess packaging.
Hyperproof
Confirm pricing by frameworks, modules, and users, and whether trust operations/questionnaires are included.
Inventive AI
Confirm tiers, seat model, and usage limits directly with Inventive AI.
Iris
Confirm tiers, seat model, and usage limits directly with Iris.
Loopio
Loopio publishes Foundations, Enhanced, and Enterprise plan names plus add-ons, but final pricing is custom quote-based. Foundations publicly starts with 10 seats; confirm seats, user access levels, AI features, integrations, translations, onboarding, portal support, and usage limits directly.
OneTrust
Confirm pricing by module (TPRM, AI governance, privacy) and scope; not publicly disclosed.
ResponseHub
Tiers by monthly answer credits from 50/month, adjustable, plus one-off credit packs; 14-day trial includes 100 credits. Confirm what consumes a credit.
Responsive
Responsive publishes edition packaging and a Lite starting price of $5,000/year for 5 users, but buyers should still confirm final pricing, AI, TRACE Score, Agent Studio, Trust Center/Profile Center, integrations, API, and security questionnaire feature gates.
SafeBase
Evaluate SafeBase through Drata Assurance plans. Confirm AIQA questionnaire allowance, add-on questionnaire pricing, API/webhook access, CRM integration tier, document sync, Chrome extension access, and exact contract pricing.
Scrut Automation
Confirm pricing by frameworks, modules, and scope, and whether questionnaire auto-fill and trust center are included.
Secureframe
Confirm pricing by framework scope and company size, and whether questionnaire automation and trust center are included or add-ons.
SecurityPal
Confirm Basecamp, Summit, and Everest package limits, task coverage, questionnaire volume, analyst capacity, Trust Center, SLAs, languages, products/business units, and support model.
SecurityScorecard
Confirm tier scope, free trial, and how TITAN Assess and HyperComply are licensed.
Skypher
Confirm seat model, questionnaire volume, Trust Center, integration scope, and support SLAs directly with Skypher.
Sprinto
Confirm pricing by frameworks, company size, and whether trust center/questionnaire features are included.
Thoropass
Confirm pricing by frameworks, audit scope, company size, and services.
Tribble
No published pricing; confirm platform versus module packaging, seats, and usage limits.
TrustCloud
Confirm TrustShare packaging, required modules, proposal pricing, implementation services, API limits, data-room/NDA features, product/business-unit scoping, and support.
Vanta
Vanta publishes packaging signals but not final contract pricing. Confirm plan, included questionnaire volume, overage policy, Trust Center level, and Vanta AI feature access.
Vendict
Confirm tiers, seat model, questionnaire volume, full-service review pricing, and AWS Marketplace versus direct contracting.
Whistic
Confirm package, AI features, Trust Center Exchange access, monitoring, integration access, user limits, and support model.
Workstreet
Packages flex from seed through hyper-scale; confirm questionnaire volume, turnaround tier, bundled services, and contract structure.
Almost every vendor uses quote-based pricing, but public signals exist: Responsive publishes a $5,000/year starting price for its Lite edition, Vanta publishes annual questionnaire allowances by plan (25 to 288), Drata lists 10 questionnaires in its Foundation tier, HyperComply publishes contract prices on AWS Marketplace, and Conveyor, Cyberbase, 1up, and Vendict offer free tiers or trials. Mid-market annual contracts for dedicated tools typically land in the low-to-mid five figures once volume, seats, and enterprise controls are scoped — treat that as directional and validate with quotes.
Pricing depends on variables buyers cannot see up front: questionnaire volume, seat counts, AI usage, integration tiers, human-review scope, and enterprise controls like SSO and SCIM. Quote-based pricing also lets vendors price against the deal. The public signals collected on this page are the exceptions worth anchoring on.
Teams processing 20+ questionnaires per month usually do better on seat- or credit-based models than per-questionnaire allowances, because allowance models get expensive as volume grows. Managed services price on volume too but replace internal labor. Model your realistic annual volume against overage rates before choosing.
Free tiers exist but are gated: Conveyor’s free tier covers small-scale trust center use without questionnaire automation, Cyberbase references a free Professional plan and free trust center, and 1up and Vendict offer freemium or trial entry. Free tiers are useful for evaluating fit, not for running production questionnaire volume.