Scrut Automation vs Thoropass

Scrut Automation is a cloud-based GRC platform that automates compliance management, risk assessment, and audit preparation for growth-stage SaaS and cloud-native companies. It differentiates through continuous monitoring of 230+ security controls, automated evidence collection from 75+ integrations, and support for 70+ frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001, enabling multi-framework compliance without redundancy. Typical buyers are CISOs and compliance teams at startups and mid-market firms seeking to accelerate audits, reduce manual work, and maintain real-time visibility into cloud, application, people, and third-party risks. Featured in Forrester's GRC Platforms Landscape, it has raised $20.5M total funding, with the latest $10M growth round in 2024 from Lightspeed, MassMutual Ventures, and Endiya Partners to enhance AI capabilities and expand in North America and Europe.

Thoropass, which started as Laika, combines a compliance platform with its own auditors, so one company can prepare a customer for an audit and then perform it. It was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, with Sam Li as CEO and co-founder. It has raised about $98 million, most recently a $50 million Series C led by Fin Capital in November 2022. Audits run through Laika Compliance, LLC, a licensed CPA firm doing business as Thoropass Assurance, and in September 2026 a subsidiary, Thoropass Certification LLC, was accredited to perform ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification audits. We found no acquisition or merger; its September 2026 announcement still names Thoropass, Inc. as the parent. Thoropass says it covers more than 30 frameworks, including SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HITRUST, PCI DSS, HIPAA and CMMC, and also sells penetration testing, including tests of AI tools. Its AI features include First Pass AI, which pre-screens evidence before an auditor reviews it, and generative AI for due diligence questionnaires. **AI compliance coverage** Thoropass supports ISO/IEC 42001 readiness with policies, control sets and guided AI system impact assessment workflows, and says its ISO-qualified auditors are kept separate from implementation support. It doesn't list the EU AI Act or the NIST AI RMF. **Who it's for** Companies that want readiness and the audit itself from one vendor. Named customers include Nord Security, AcuityMD, PhysicsX and Access Group.