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Cyber Verify vs Cynomi: which fits your MSP?

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Cynomi is an AI platform for MSPs and MSSPs that deliver vCISO services. It runs client assessments, writes policies and builds fix plans across many clients. Cyber Verify starts with your own MSP: you get it certified against UCS, and an independent audit firm, pre-approved by MSPAlliance, does the audit. Then you sell that process to clients.

Both are built for service providers. The real question is what you're selling first: ongoing security leadership for clients, or proof that your own shop is well run.

How do Cyber Verify and Cynomi compare?

Cyber Verify compared with Cynomi
AreaCyber VerifyCynomi
Built forMSPs certifying their own practice, then selling compliance to clients.MSPs, MSSPs and vCISO firms running security and compliance programs for clients (Cynomi).
Sales modelSold to MSPs, who set the price and bill their own clients.Sold only through service providers, never direct (Cynomi).
Multi-clientAn isolated tenant per client, with white-labeled reports.Multi-tenant and white-label (Cynomi), with custom-branded client reports (Cynomi).
Your own certificationCyber Verify Certified against UCS, audited by an independent firm pre-approved by MSPAlliance. Renewed annually.Not from Cynomi itself. Partners get an internal self-assessment license (Cynomi) and, since August 2026, an in-platform path to SPECTRA's Certification of Resilience for MSPs (Cynomi).
FrameworksUCS, plus SOC 2, ISO 27001, CMMC, HIPAA and more (see all frameworks).40+ (Cynomi), including NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, CMMC, PCI DSS, NIS2 and DORA (Cynomi).
AuditThe UCS audit is part of certification. Client audits are done by CPA firms, ISO registrars or C3PAOs under their own engagement with you or your client.Readiness and vCISO work that keeps clients audit ready (Cynomi). An outside firm does any audit.
PriceNot published. Talk to us for a quote. A fixed fee for the platform and our team, with no billable hours, billed per client tenant.Not published. Priced per account, with one-time assessments, Core, Pro and third-party risk licenses (Cynomi).

When is Cynomi the better pick?

Cynomi now calls itself "the Security Growth Platform for Service Providers" (Cynomi), and it's built to make vCISO work repeatable. Cynomi says its assessments can start proving value in under an hour. It tailors policies and plans for each client, and clients get custom-branded, board-ready reports (Cynomi).

It also plugs into the security tools you already run. It pulls findings from Microsoft Secure Score, AWS Security Hub, Tenable, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Qualys and others. Tasks sync to HaloPSA, and to other PSAs through its public API (Cynomi).

The channel model is clean. Cynomi sells only through service providers, so it won't compete with you for a client (Cynomi). Its vCISO Academy is free for your team, too (Cynomi).

It's also well funded: Cynomi raised a $37 million Series B in April 2025, co-led by Insight Partners and Entrée Capital (Cynomi).

Say your service is a vCISO program for many SMB clients. If you want the platform to draft the policies, plans and reports, Cynomi's a strong fit.

What does using Cyber Verify look like?

UCS (the Unified Certification Standard) is the standard: 72 requirements across 5 domains, with the full text free at mspalliance.com/ucs. UCS has been around since 2004. Cyber Verify launched in 2023 and uses it as the framework for its certification program.

Cyber Verify is the certification you earn against UCS, and the platform where you do the work, first for your own MSP and then for your clients. MSPAlliance runs the program. An independent audit firm, pre-approved by MSPAlliance, performs the audit.

Here's what you'll do, step by step:

  1. Assess. You answer the guided assessment (CVAT). It takes under an hour and scores you across the 5 UCS domains (MSP Verify).

  2. Fix. You get a gap list sorted by impact and effort, plus templates for missing policies. Most MSPs close their critical gaps in 60 to 120 days (MSP Verify).

  3. Prove. You upload evidence, and your compliance sherpa reviews it before the auditor does.

  4. Get certified. The audit is part of certification. You get a written report signed by the audit firm, plus a seal to use in marketing and sales. Most MSPs finish in three to six months, and you renew each year.

  5. Add frameworks. Certification is the foundation for this step. SOC 2, ISO 27001, CMMC and others sit on the same platform and reuse the evidence you've collected. Each framework's auditor still decides what they'll accept.

  6. Sell it to clients. Each client gets its own tenant and white-labeled reports. We bill you per client, and you set the client's price and bill them yourself. For client audits, we connect you to CPA firms, ISO registrars and C3PAOs, and that firm works under its own engagement with you or your client.

When is Cyber Verify the better pick?

A vCISO program looks at your client's security. UCS looks at your MSP as a business, because that's what a prospect is betting on when they hand you their IT.

So it asks things a security assessment won't. Do you have a written plan for handing a client to a new provider (requirement 02.08)? Has your MSP made a profit in 6 of the last 12 months, or does it have a year of funding (10.01)? Does your largest client stay under 20% of managed services revenue, and your top five under 50% (10.02)?

Those answers tell a client whether you'll still be around, and whether you'll let them go cleanly if they leave. Neil Holme, Founder and CEO of Impact Business Technology, put it this way:

“MSPAlliance helps you prove you're well-run, making your company stronger, more efficient, and profitable.”
Neil Holme, Founder and CEO, Impact Business Technology

UCS isn't the only MSP certification. SPECTRA launched its Certification of Resilience for MSPs in June 2025 (SPECTRA), and Cynomi partners can prepare for it in the platform (Cynomi). If MSP certification is your goal, compare what each standard checks. The full UCS text is free to read, so you can do that before you talk to anyone.

Frequently asked questions

Is Cynomi built for MSPs?

Yes. Cynomi sells only through MSPs, MSSPs and vCISO firms, never direct to end clients (Cynomi). It's multi-tenant and white-label (Cynomi).

Does Cynomi include an audit?

No. It gets clients audit ready and runs their security program (Cynomi), and an outside firm does any audit. Cyber Verify certification includes the UCS audit of your MSP, done by an independent audit firm pre-approved by MSPAlliance. Client audits are done by a CPA firm, ISO registrar or C3PAO under its own engagement with you or your client.

Does Cynomi certify my MSP?

Not by itself. Since August 2026, Cynomi partners get an in-platform path to SPECTRA Certification, which SPECTRA issues (Cynomi). Cyber Verify certification includes the UCS audit, done by an independent audit firm pre-approved by MSPAlliance.

How much does Cynomi cost?

Cynomi doesn't publish prices. It prices per account, with one-time assessments, Core, Pro and third-party risk licenses, and it offers partners a Pricing & Packaging Studio to plan their own offers (Cynomi).

Can I run vCISO work in Cynomi and get UCS certified?

Yes. You get UCS certified through Cyber Verify, and it certifies your own MSP, so it doesn't replace the tool you run client programs in. Just watch that you aren't collecting the same evidence twice.

See your UCS assessment next to a client tenant

Book a 30-minute Cyber Verify demo with a compliance specialist. Bring one vCISO client you'd run in Cynomi today, and we'll show you your own UCS assessment next to that client's tenant in Cyber Verify.

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