Which claims do the vendors here make?
On the pages we read on 2026-09-29: Comp AI says 'SOC 2 Type I & II audit-ready in days' and that its experts respond on Slack 'in under 3 minutes'. Delve's tagline is 'Compliance in days, Security that lasts.' and it says its security experts respond in under 5 minutes. Scytale says completed security reviews can be shared '85% faster' and that its AI Evidence Reviewer reduces manual effort 'by up to 90%'. Vanta says its questionnaire suggestions have 'a 95% acceptance rate'. Drata and Sprinto lead with counts rather than speed.
What does 'ready' mean?
Readiness usually means controls are in place and evidence is collected, so an auditor can start. It is not the audit. A SOC 2 Type I report assesses design at a point in time and can follow soon after readiness. A Type II report covers an observation period, and no platform can shorten that period, because it is the span over which controls must be seen operating. An 'in days' claim can be accurate for readiness and still say nothing about when a Type II report is issued.
What do percentage claims measure?
A percentage needs a baseline. '85% faster' compared with what process? '95% acceptance' of which suggestions, by whom? '90% less manual effort' on which task? Vendors rarely publish the method on the same page. The claim may be true for the vendor's customers on average and still differ for your stack, your auditor and your questionnaire mix.
Why do we not score these claims?
Because we cannot check them from public pages, and because the outcome depends on more than the tool: your starting controls, your auditor's schedule, your team's time. Our criterion 'Audit path clarity' scores something a buyer can verify: whether the vendor explains who audits you and how the audit is run. The claims still appear on each platform page, labelled as vendor claims, so you can raise them with the vendor.
What should you ask instead?
Four questions turn a speed claim into something useful. What exactly starts and stops the clock? Which report type does the claim refer to, Type I or Type II? Which auditor performed the audits behind the claim, and is it a licensed CPA firm? And what did the customer have in place before day one? A vendor that answers all four has given you more than the claim did.
How do speed claims interact with framework two?
Most speed claims describe the first framework, because that is where buyers feel the pressure. The second framework is different: controls already exist, so readiness can be quicker, but the audit calendar may lengthen if a separate auditor or certification body is involved. A vendor that says a first SOC 2 can be ready in days may say nothing about how long ISO 27001 takes on top. Ask the vendor for its own description of a customer adding a second framework: which controls carried over, how long readiness took, and whether the audits ran in parallel or in sequence. That answer is more useful to a growing company than a headline number, and it is the kind of answer our criteria are designed to reward.