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Screenata vs Thoropass
Thoropass (formerly Laika) is unusual among GRC platforms: it runs an in-house, AICPA-registered CPA firm, so the software, the readiness work, and the audit itself can come from one vendor. Screenata is agent-first and audit-firm-neutral: Vera writes the policies from your infrastructure, collects signed evidence, and prepares an audit-ready package your auditor of choice can verify, for $499/month per framework.
Side by side
Screenata and Thoropass, line by line.
Where Screenata is different
Three things Thoropass doesn’t do.
Auditor-neutral, signed evidence
Thoropass bundles its own audit firm. Screenata prepares evidence any auditor can verify outside the platform, cryptographically signed, so you're never locked to one firm's process.
An agent that does the work
Thoropass is an audit-lifecycle dashboard your team works through. Screenata's agent collects the evidence, drafts remediations, and re-verifies on a schedule across Slack, email, and the CLI.
Policies from infrastructure, flat pricing
Screenata writes policies from your real stack and runs SOC 2 for $499/month per framework (HIPAA priced separately), versus a bundled quote that scales with audit scope.
The operational layer
Thoropass detects. Vera does the work.
Detect
Scheduled agents scan your cloud, repos, and identity provider continuously, the same signals Thoropass reads.
Do
Vera collects ~70% of evidence automatically across 500+ checks, chases the attestations a dashboard can't, and when she finds a gap she opens the remediation ticket and drafts the fix.
Verify & sign
After a human applies the change, Vera re-verifies and files a signed, traceable artifact. She escalates judgment calls rather than acting unattended, which is what keeps auditors comfortable.
Thoropass
Detect → flag → wait → in-house audit
Screenata
Detect → collect & remediate → re-verify → sign
Thoropass, in detail
The questions people ask about Thoropass.
Thoropass pricing
What Thoropass costs
Thoropass is quote-based, and because it runs its own in-house CPA firm, the audit is bundled into the price rather than a separate line item, third-party estimates put a typical bundle around $30K/year. Screenata is $499/month per framework and auditor-neutral, so the audit stays a separate engagement with the firm of your choice.
- Platform + audit in one bill (in-house CPA firm)
- Covers SOC 1/2, ISO, PCI, HIPAA, HITRUST
- Screenata: $499/month per framework; you pick and pay your auditor
Thoropass & auditor lock-in
One vendor, one auditor
Thoropass's convenience is buying the platform and the audit together through its own AICPA-registered firm. The flip side is that you use their firm, timeline, and methodology, and switching later can mean leaving historical data behind. Screenata is auditor-neutral: it prepares signed, externally-verifiable evidence any registered CPA firm can check, so you keep free choice of auditor.
The honest version
When Thoropass is the better fit.
- You want a single vendor to handle both the platform and the actual audit
- You'd rather not source a separate CPA firm
- You need SOC 1 or HITRUST alongside SOC 2
Screenata is built for the 5–50 person team that needs SOC 2 to close a deal, wants policies grounded in real infrastructure, and would rather operate compliance from Slack and the terminal than a dashboard. More on who we’re for.
Screenata
$499/month per framework
One plan, everything included. SOC 2 + HIPAA, all integrations, all agent operations. Cancel anytime.
Thoropass
Custom quote — audit bundled
Typical GRC platform model: annual commitment, with additional frameworks and headcount priced on top.
Questions
Screenata vs Thoropass, answered.
Is Screenata a good Thoropass alternative?
For teams that want to pick their own auditor, yes. Thoropass bundles compliance software with its own in-house CPA firm, so platform and audit come from one vendor. Screenata is an AI agent that writes policies from your infrastructure and prepares signed, auditor-neutral evidence for $499/month per framework. If you want a single-vendor bundle, Thoropass fits; if you want the work done for you and freedom to choose your auditor, Screenata does.
Does Screenata include the audit like Thoropass?
No, and that's deliberate. Thoropass runs an in-house CPA firm and bundles the audit. Screenata is auditor-neutral: it prepares a signed, audit-ready evidence package any registered CPA firm can verify outside the platform, so you're free to choose your auditor.
What can Screenata do that Thoropass can't?
Screenata writes policies from infrastructure scans, flags unprovable claims, traces every claim to a signed artifact, and runs the program as an agent from Slack, email, and the CLI, rather than as an audit-lifecycle dashboard your team drives.
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