Conservative estimates. Every number is citable. See the math.
Your situation
$50,000 / yr
$0$200k
Estimated savings
Typical Big-4 audit cost
$110,000
2 × $55k median SOC 2 Type II
Internal hours saved / year
320 hrs
at $85/hr loaded = $27,200
Sturna Pilot cost (90 days)
$2,500
vs. your status quo above
Payback period
0.3 months
Total first-year savings: $134,700
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Benchmark sources:
[1] SOC 2 Type II audit cost $40k–$80k median: AICPA 2024 Audit Quality Report & Gartner GRC Benchmark 2024.
[2] HIPAA risk assessment cost $25k–$60k: HHS HIPAA Security Rule Guidance & Ponemon Institute 2024 Cost of Healthcare Compliance.
[3] EU AI Act compliance consulting $30k–$75k: EU Digital Strategy Impact Assessment 2024.
[4] Financial compliance consulting $50k–$150k: Deloitte Global Risk Advisory 2024 annual survey.
[5] Internal FTE compliance hours: $85/hr loaded cost per Radford Global Compensation survey 2024; 160–400 hrs/yr range per company size; conservative midpoint used.
All estimates use midpoints. Actual savings may be higher.
Competitive comparison
Sturna vs. the alternatives
Vanta, Drata, and Big-4 consultants compared across 6 dimensions that actually matter.
Sturna
Vanta
Drata
Big-4 Consultant
Annual cost
✓ $1,188 Pro / $2,500 Pilot
$6,000–$20,000 / yr
$10,000–$25,000 / yr
$40,000–$150,000 / engagement
Time to first findings
✓ Under 30 seconds
Days–weeks (onboarding)
Days–weeks (onboarding)
4–12 weeks
AI-specific coverage
✓ MARCH + EU AI Act Art. 9–15
None (generic GRC)
None (generic GRC)
Depends on team expertise
Audit log depth
✓ HMAC-signed, per-agent, per-claim
Evidence collection only
Evidence collection only
PDF reports, no live trail
Regulatory exceedance catches what standard doesn't
✓ HHS OCR Dec 2024, EU AI Act Nov 2025
Lags by quarters
Lags by quarters
Partner-dependent
Agent-architecture transparency
✓ Transparency Card: 16 fields per run
Black-box checks
Black-box checks
N/A
Frequently asked
Common questions
What payment methods do you accept?
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All major credit cards via Stripe. Annual Pro plans can be invoiced on request — email hello@sturna.ai. Enterprise contracts support PO + NET 30.
What is your refund policy?
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Pro plan: cancel any time from the billing portal; access continues through the paid period with no partial refunds.
Pilot: full refund within 7 days of purchase if no agent runs have been executed against your workspace.
Is a BAA available for HIPAA?
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Yes. Business Associate Agreements (BAA) are available on Pilot and Enterprise tiers. Contact hello@sturna.ai and we'll have one countersigned within 1 business day.
Where is my data stored? Is EU residency available?
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All data is stored in the US (AWS us-east-1). Documents are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and in transit via TLS 1.3.
EU residency (AWS eu-west-1 or eu-central-1) is available on Enterprise. On-prem deployment eliminates data egress entirely.
Who owns the compliance findings PDFs?
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You own all findings PDFs and compliance reports generated for your organization. Sturna retains no rights to your compliance data. PDFs are HMAC-SHA256 signed for tamper-evidence and verifiable at /trust.
How long are audit logs retained?
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Free: 30 days. Pro: 1 year. Pilot: 2 years. Enterprise: configurable, up to indefinite retention with your own data export.
All logs are append-only and HMAC-signed — no back-dating, no deletion.
Can we cancel at any time?
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Pro plan: cancel instantly from the billing portal at your dashboard. No penalty, no notice period.
Pilot: one-time 90-day engagement. No recurring charges. Nothing to cancel after purchase.
What happens after the pilot ends?
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Your workspace, findings, and audit trail are preserved for 90 days post-pilot. You can export all data at any time. At end-of-life you can:
• Continue on Pro ($99/mo) with full history
• Upgrade to Enterprise for persistent workspace + SSO
• Export and close — no hostage data
Does Sturna replace a Big-4 auditor?
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Sturna surfaces the gaps Big-4 auditors bill $40–80k to find — faster and at a fraction of the cost.
For formal certification (e.g., SOC 2 Type II attestation letter, ISO 27001 certificate), you still need a licensed auditor. But Sturna gets you there readier, cheaper, and with better documentation — turning a 10-week audit into a 2-week one.
What is MARCH adversarial check?
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MARCH stands for: Manipulation, Adversarial Robustness, Circumvention, Hallucination. It's Sturna's proprietary stress-test for AI systems — probing for jailbreaking, prompt injection, factual drift, and model circumvention.
Standard compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001) don't cover AI-specific attack vectors yet. MARCH fills that gap. Available on Pilot and Enterprise.
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