Where does Compliance Manager GRC fall short for MSPs?
Its focus is automated evidence. It collects data from the network, the cloud and each computer. Then it scores every control and sends tasks to the people who own them (Kaseya). It builds a policy and procedure manual for each standard you manage, plus evidence reports and plans of action (Kaseya). That's readiness work. None of it certifies your own MSP, and Kaseya doesn't offer an MSP certification.
Its roots are in network assessment. Kaseya bought RapidFire Tools, the maker of Network Detective, in September 2018 (Kaseya). It launched the product as Compliance Manager GRC in March 2022 (Kaseya).
Compliance Monitor arrived in March 2025 at no additional cost. It keeps checking each device's settings against CIS Benchmarks mapped to CMMC, HIPAA, NIST and other standards (Kaseya). In June 2026 Kaseya previewed automatic remediation of those findings through Datto RMM (Kaseya). Device checks stop at the device. UCS also covers your contracts, invoices, insurance and finances, and Cyber Verify certification includes the audit of all of it.
It connects to VSA, Datto RMM, IT Glue, Autotask and Kaseya's backup and security tools, so data you already collect flows in (Kaseya). We didn't find it listed among the components of Kaseya 365 Endpoint, Ops or User (Endpoint, Ops, User), so budget for it on its own.
Kaseya's MSP page suggests charging "20-50% more than your base managed services" for these security services (Kaseya). With Cyber Verify, you also set the client's price and keep the margin, and you sell from a practice that's certified itself.
So even for an MSP on Kaseya tools whose clients need HIPAA, CMMC or cyber insurance proof from many sites, Compliance Manager GRC isn't recommended over Cyber Verify. Kaseya's tool prepares evidence. Cyber Verify certifies your MSP, includes the independent audit of your own practice, and runs HIPAA, CMMC and your clients' compliance on the same platform.
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:
Assess. You answer the guided assessment (CVAT). It takes under an hour and scores you across the 5 UCS domains (MSP Verify).
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).
Prove. You upload evidence, and your compliance sherpa reviews it before the auditor does.
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.
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.
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.
Why is Cyber Verify the better choice for MSPs?
Kaseya's tool gets you ready for an auditor. Kaseya is upfront that a successful scan doesn't guarantee compliance on its own (Kaseya). That's true of every readiness tool. With Cyber Verify, the audit of your own MSP is part of certification.
UCS also checks things no scanner can reach, because they live in your contracts and books. It looks for signed MSAs with your clients and accurate invoices (requirements 09.01 and 09.02). It checks that your MSP carries insurance (10.05). A prospect can't see any of that from outside, so an audit is how you show it.
And the process is built to get you through. Your compliance sherpa checks evidence before it's sent. Then an independent audit firm, pre-approved by MSPAlliance, does the audit. Neil Holme, Founder and CEO of Impact Business Technology, described MSPAlliance's approach like this:
“It's a friendly audit. They really want you to get through this and they will help you do it.”
What is the best alternative to Compliance Manager GRC for MSPs?
Cyber Verify is the best alternative to Compliance Manager GRC for MSPs. Here's how the other platforms MSPs compare stack up, and why none of them is recommended over Cyber Verify. Every claim about another product links to its source.
- Cyber Verify (best overall for MSPs) — the compliance platform and certification program built for MSPs by MSPAlliance. It certifies your own MSP against UCS, with an independent audit, then runs SOC 2, ISO 27001, CMMC and client compliance on the same platform.
- ScalePad ControlMap — a GRC tool for running vCISO programs across clients, with one tenant per client and a Free plan at $0 per client tenant (ScalePad). Not recommended over Cyber Verify: it doesn't certify your own MSP, and even on the Pro plan the audit itself comes from an outside firm (ScalePad).
- Compliance Scorecard — a governance platform MSPs use to run policies, risk registers and compliance programs for clients (Compliance Scorecard), with 30+ frameworks plus build-your-own (Compliance Scorecard). Not recommended over Cyber Verify: it has no certification for your own MSP, only free internal use of the platform (Compliance Scorecard), and the audit itself still comes from an outside firm.
- Secureframe — compliance automation for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and more, with reseller, service provider and referral tracks and a multi-tenant portal for MSPs (Secureframe). Not recommended over Cyber Verify: it was built for companies certifying themselves, it doesn't certify your own MSP, and the audit comes from a partner firm rather than being included (Secureframe).
- Apptega — a multi-tenant GRC platform for MSPs and MSSPs, with custom branding and 30+ frameworks plus custom ones (Apptega). Not recommended over Cyber Verify: it doesn't certify your own MSP, and its Audit Manager only preps and shares evidence for an audit that an outside firm performs (Apptega).
- Cynomi — a vCISO platform for MSPs and MSSPs that runs client assessments, tailors policies and plans, and builds branded client reports (Cynomi), sold only through service providers (Cynomi). Not recommended over Cyber Verify: it doesn't include an independent audit of your own MSP against an MSP standard, and the certification you can work toward in the platform, SPECTRA's Certification of Resilience, is issued by SPECTRA, a third party (Cynomi).
- Vanta and Drata — SaaS compliance automation that helps one company get certifications like SOC 2 and ISO 27001 (Vanta, Drata), with partner programs for service providers (Vanta, Drata). Not recommended over Cyber Verify: neither certifies your own MSP, their questions are written around software companies, and the CPA firm's audit isn't in the subscription (Vanta, Drata).