Compared honestly, with sources

Raize Orion vs Thoropass

A procurement-stage decision guide. Every cell below cites the Thoropass page it came from, and carries the date we last verified it. If a row looks out of date, email us at hello@raizehq.dev and we'll re-check.

When Raize Orion is the better fit

  • You already have an auditor (or want to choose one freely) and need the software, not a bundled attestation.
  • You need IASME Cyber Assurance or ISO 22301 (neither is on Thoropass's public frameworks list).
  • You need EU data residency by contract.
  • You want a single all-in price per tier that does not climb with team size or framework count.
  • You want a UK-based team and direct founder access, plus a documented NIS2 reporting clock.

When Thoropass may be the better fit

  • You want one vendor for both the compliance software and the audit — Thoropass Assurance is an AICPA-registered CPA firm, so there are no hand-offs to a separate auditor.
  • You need HITRUST or SOC 1 at the depth Thoropass invests (Raize does not ship these today).
  • Your buyer base is US-only and EU data residency is not a procurement gate.

Including this block is intentional — buyers spot one-sided comparisons instantly, and that costs more trust than it earns.

Capability-by-capability

Every row stamped with a per-row "Last verified" date and a source link.

Compliance software + the audit itself

Raize Orion

Compliance software. You bring your own auditor; Raize provides the auditor portal, evidence base and control map. Raize does not perform audits.

Thoropass

Bundles the actual audit delivery — Thoropass Assurance is an AICPA-registered CPA firm, so software + audit come "under one roof"

Note: This is Thoropass's genuine differentiator and may be the deciding factor — if you want one vendor for both the software and the attestation, Thoropass is purpose-built for that. Raize is deliberately auditor-agnostic.

Source Last verified: 2026-06-14

Framework catalogue

Raize Orion

14 frameworks incl. IASME Cyber Assurance, ISO 22301, NIS2, and a 4-framework AI-governance line (ISO 42001, EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, CBN AI/AML)

Thoropass

SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF 2.0, PCI DSS, HIPAA, HITRUST, GDPR, NIS2, Cyber Essentials, CMMC L1/L2, 23 NYCRR 500, CIS v8

Note: Thoropass leads on HITRUST and SOC 1 (which Raize does not ship). Raize leads on IASME, ISO 22301 and a documented NIS2 reporting clock.

Source Last verified: 2026-06-14

IASME Cyber Assurance

Raize Orion

Bundled — 61 requirements, 13 themes

Thoropass

Not listed on the public frameworks page (Cyber Essentials is listed; IASME Cyber Assurance is not)

Note: If you do not need the UK IASME standard, this row is not material.

Source Last verified: 2026-06-14

ISO 22301 (business continuity)

Raize Orion

Bundled — clauses 4–10 as auditable requirements + BIA / BC exercise tooling

Thoropass

Not listed on the public frameworks page

Source Last verified: 2026-06-14

NIS2

Raize Orion

Bundled, with a built-in 24h / 72h / 1-month reporting clock (per-source SLAs, anchored on upstream signal time)

Thoropass

NIS2 Directive listed as a supported framework; reporting-clock anchoring + per-source SLAs not documented on the public page

Source Last verified: 2026-06-14

Pricing model

Raize Orion

Sales-led, GBP-default. Three tiers, no per-employee scaling.

Thoropass

Not published on the public pricing page — quote-based / sales-led (software + audit bundled). No public figures on Thoropass-owned pages.

Note: Neither vendor publishes full pricing. Third-party dollar estimates exist for Thoropass but are not stated on their own site, so we do not assert them here.

Source Last verified: 2026-06-14

Trust Center

Raize Orion

Bundled at every tier (/trust/{slug})

Thoropass

Offered as a product ("a professional, public-facing portal"); bundled-vs-add-on terms not stated publicly

Source Last verified: 2026-06-14

EU data residency

Raize Orion

Native (eu-west-2, London) — data does not leave the EU

Thoropass

US-headquartered; no EU/UK data-residency commitment stated on reachable public pages

Note: We could not reach Thoropass's privacy notice at verification; confirm residency directly if it is a contractual gate.

Source Last verified: 2026-06-14

Team / support location

Raize Orion

UK-based engineering + support. Direct founder line during launch period.

Thoropass

US-headquartered (New York, NY, per public company directories).

Source Last verified: 2026-06-14

What changes after switching

  • Your evidence base + control catalogue migrates with you — we import existing evidence + policy adoption history under a structured engagement.
  • Auditor portal tokens get re-issued under Raize's scope-bounded model. Your existing auditor sees the same data with a new login URL.
  • Sub-processor list updates from Thoropass's to ours (Supabase, Vercel, Stripe, Resend, Anthropic, Voyage, Sentry, Cloudflare, GitHub). Customers must be informed under your DPA terms.
  • Billing moves to GBP-default, sales-led contract. MSA + DPA on request.
  • 30-day overlap window standard for migration of compliance-in-flight programmes.

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