How is Secureframe's PCI pricing structured?

On AWS Marketplace, Secureframe prices a platform fee ($7,500 per year, up to 100 employees) plus a first framework ($7,500 per year, your choice of any framework), both on a 12-month contract. PCI DSS is available as that framework choice. The listing notes the pricing is valid for up to 100 employees, so larger headcounts are handled through Secureframe's sales team rather than the published dimensions. Secureframe positions itself toward managed onboarding rather than self-serve.

Does Secureframe replace the QSA and ASV for PCI?

No. Secureframe automates evidence collection, control monitoring, and the SAQ workflow for PCI DSS, but it is not a Qualified Security Assessor and it is not an Approved Scanning Vendor. A Level 1 merchant still engages a QSA for the Report on Compliance, and any merchant with internet-facing systems still contracts a separate ASV for the quarterly external scan. Secureframe reduces the manual hours those engagements consume; budget the QSA, ASV, and pen test as separate line items on top of the subscription.

Is Secureframe worth it for PCI compliance?

Secureframe pays back for tech companies that value managed onboarding and want a guided path to a first PCI attestation, and for multi-framework programs sharing one evidence base across SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS. For a Level 4 merchant whose entire obligation is a short SAQ A plus a quarterly ASV scan, the platform fee is hard to justify against a $300 to $1,000 bundled SAQ-plus-ASV product. As with every automation platform, the economics improve with scope and with the number of frameworks sharing evidence.

How does Secureframe compare with Vanta and Drata for PCI?

All three publish list prices on AWS Marketplace, but on different shapes. Secureframe prices a $7,500 platform fee (up to 100 employees) plus $7,500 for the first framework. Drata prices a $25,000 platform fee plus a flat $7,500 per framework, PCI DSS included. Vanta prices packages (Essentials from $14,000 per year for 1-20 employees) with no separate PCI line (all checked July 2026). Because the vendors publish on different dimensions, compare dimension by dimension for the scope you need. Secureframe also differentiates on managed onboarding rather than a self-serve model.

Does Secureframe cover PCI DSS v4.0.1?

Yes. Secureframe maps its controls and evidence automation to the current PCI DSS v4.0.1 requirement set, including the v4.0 additions that became mandatory in March 2025 such as the Requirement 6.4.3 payment-page script management obligation for e-commerce merchants. The platform tracks control drift against the live standard between assessment cycles. It still does not perform the script-monitoring function itself for Requirement 6.4.3 (that needs a dedicated tool), and the QSA still validates the evidence.

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Secureframe PCI compliance cost 2026: the published list prices

Secureframe publishes list prices on AWS Marketplace: a $7,500 platform fee and a $7,500 first-framework fee, both for up to 100 employees, with PCI DSS available as the framework choice. It leans toward managed onboarding and automates the evidence work around PCI, but does not replace the QSA, the ASV, or the pen test.

AWS Marketplace list prices checked July 2026

Platform fee

$7,500/yr

Listed as up to 100 employees

First framework

$7,500/yr

Choice of any framework, PCI DSS included

Contract

12-month, separate line items

What Secureframe actually does for PCI

Secureframe is a compliance-automation platform, not a QSA and not an ASV. For PCI DSS it connects to your cloud infrastructure, identity provider, code repositories, ticketing, and HR systems, then continuously collects the evidence that maps to PCI controls (access reviews, MFA enforcement, encryption state, change management, vendor inventory). It flags control drift, runs the SAQ workflow, and packages an auditor-ready evidence room. Secureframe differentiates on managed onboarding, pairing the automation with guided implementation support rather than a purely self-serve model.

What it does not do: it does not run the quarterly external ASV scan, it does not produce the Report on Compliance for a Level 1 merchant, and it does not perform the payment-page script monitoring that PCI DSS v4.0 Requirement 6.4.3 requires of e-commerce merchants. Secureframe feeds clean evidence into those engagements; it does not replace them.

What Secureframe publishes on AWS Marketplace

Secureframe lists its platform on AWS Marketplace with public list prices on named 12-month contract dimensions. Two of them determine the PCI bill. They are separate line items and AWS does not publish a combined total, so add the dimensions your scope needs.

Published dimension	List price	As described on the listing
Platform	$7,500/yr	Access the Secureframe platform up to 100 employees
First framework	$7,500/yr	Choice of any framework, which can be PCI DSS

Read off Secureframe's AWS Marketplace listing, checked July 2026. The listing states this pricing is valid for up to 100 employees. These are list prices on that surface, not a quote, and AWS shows no price-effective date. Larger headcounts, and anything bought through a private offer, are priced through Secureframe's sales team.

When Secureframe wins and when it does not

Secureframe wins for tech companies that want managed onboarding and a guided path to a first PCI attestation, and for multi-framework programs that benefit from one evidence base across SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS. For these buyers the combination of automation and implementation support shortens time-to-attestation materially.

Secureframe does not win for a PCI-only Level 4 merchant on hosted checkout (a bundled SAQ-plus-ASV product is an order of magnitude cheaper), or for anyone expecting the platform to replace the QSA or ASV. It makes you assessable faster; it does not perform the assessment.

Secureframe supports PCI DSS as its framework choice

Secureframe's AWS Marketplace listing prices a $7,500 platform fee and a $7,500 first framework, both for up to 100 employees, with PCI DSS available as the framework. Check the listing for the current dimensions, and budget the QSA, ASV, and pen test separately.

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Frequently asked

Secureframe publishes list prices on AWS Marketplace (checked July 2026). The platform fee lists at $7,500 per year, described on the listing as access to the Secureframe platform for up to 100 employees. The first framework, described as your choice of any framework and covering PCI DSS, lists at a further $7,500 per year. Both are 12-month contract dimensions and AWS publishes them separately, so add the dimensions your scope needs. The listing states that this pricing is valid for up to 100 employees. The platform fee is separate from the QSA, ASV, and pen test, none of which Secureframe provides.

Vanta PCI cost

Published package prices, no PCI line item.

Drata PCI cost

PCI DSS framework lists at $7,500/yr.

Sprinto PCI cost

Starter platform plus frameworks from $2,000.

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