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Probo's team handles the entire compliance journey from scoping through audit completion, including policy writing, control configuration, evidence collection setup, and auditor preparation. Not a self-serve dashboard that leaves you to interpret requirements.
Series A startup needs SOC 2 Type II for an enterprise deal closing in 90 days. No one on the team has compliance experience. Probo's team scopes the audit, writes policies, configures controls, collects evidence, and prepares the team for auditor interviews.
The full platform codebase is on GitHub (getprobo/probo) under an open-source license. Policy templates, control mappings, and evidence collection configurations are accessible and forkable. No vendor lock-in on compliance infrastructure.
Company completes SOC 2 certification with Probo, then decides to bring compliance management in-house. They fork the repository, continue using the framework and policy templates, and maintain their compliance program independently.
Single platform covers SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR. Control mappings across frameworks reduce duplicated effort for companies that need multiple certifications.
Healthcare SaaS company needs SOC 2 for enterprise customers, HIPAA for handling PHI, and GDPR for European users. Probo maps overlapping controls across all three frameworks so evidence collected once satisfies multiple requirements.
Founded by Antoine Bouchardy, a certified ISO 27001 auditor. The platform's control interpretations and evidence requirements reflect firsthand knowledge of what auditors actually examine versus theoretical framework coverage.
During audit prep, the platform flags that while a company has an access review policy, they lack evidence of quarterly execution. This is exactly the gap auditors probe for, caught because the platform was designed by someone who has conducted those examinations.
Claims half the timeline of traditional compliance methods by combining automated evidence collection with hands-on service that eliminates the back-and-forth between company, consultant, and auditor.
Traditional SOC 2 Type I takes 3-6 months with a consultant and audit firm. Probo targets completion in 6-12 weeks by handling policy creation, evidence setup, and auditor coordination simultaneously rather than sequentially.
Vanta and Drata are self-serve compliance platforms: they provide dashboards, automated evidence collection, and framework templates, but your team does the interpretation and preparation work. Probo includes a hands-on service where their team handles the entire compliance journey. Probo is also open-source with no vendor lock-in. The tradeoff is that Probo likely costs more and has less self-serve flexibility.
Probo has scaled to 100 clients but is still a Y Combinator-stage company. Large enterprises with existing GRC teams may find the hands-on service model redundant since they already have compliance expertise. The open-source framework could be valuable for enterprises wanting customizable tooling, but the service component is best suited for companies under 500 employees without dedicated compliance staff.
Yes. The platform is open-source on GitHub (getprobo/probo). You can deploy it self-hosted and use the policy templates, control mappings, and evidence collection features without engaging Probo's service team. You miss the hands-on guidance but retain the tooling.
Probo claims 50% faster than traditional methods, targeting 6-12 weeks for SOC 2 Type I versus the typical 3-6 months with a traditional consultant and audit firm. Actual timelines depend on your starting security posture, scope complexity, and how quickly your team responds to requirements.
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Tutorial updated March 2026