What Compliancy Group is
A HIPAA, OSHA and SOC 2 program platform called The Guard, sold mostly to small and mid-sized healthcare organizations and their vendors, with a strong channel through dental and practice-management associations. The product bundles policy templates, training, guided assessments across the Security, Privacy and Breach rules, vendor tracking, and an AI assistant, with coaching and paid advisory services on top. G2 reviewers rate it 4.8 from 123 reviews, and Capterra reviewers 4.9 from 32, praising the training and support.
Two things have changed recently that matter if you're comparing. The HIPAA Seal of Compliance, long the product's signature, has been retired; its page says it's no longer offered, and a Trust Badge tied to activating the program has replaced it. And the Audit Response Program has published terms that are worth reading before relying on it.
Why practices look for alternatives
- Price isn't on its own site. The site asks for a quote; the tiers G2 lists start at $99 a month with the risk assessment and audit response as add-ons.
- The risk analysis is yours to do. The platform guides a self-assessment. A written, enterprise-wide risk analysis in the form OCR expects is advisory-services territory.
- No device agent described. Device audits are one of the self-audits the platform guides you through, not an installed agent checking that workstations are encrypted and locking.
- Hands-on remediation isn't a listed service. A coach helps you build the remediation plan; your team or your IT company carries it out.
- The audit promise has limits. The Audit Response Program covers documents stored in The Guard, applies to OCR investigations and corrective action plans, requires a current, paid subscription, asks for at least six business days' notice with a possible rush fee for less, excludes remediation, and says in terms that it doesn't guarantee an outcome and isn't insurance.
What Compliancy Group does better than most alternatives, us included
- Coaching and familiarity. A practice manager who's never done this gets walked through it, and the brand is one their peers know.
- Breadth of templates. Policies, training, OSHA, and SOC 2 in one subscription.
- Review volume. One of the largest public review counts among healthcare-specific products, and they're positive.
What's pushing you to look?
What is pushing you to look
Look at vendors that publish a number. Accountable and Abyde show prices before a call; Secureframe publishes a starting point; our fee is fixed and quoted within 24 hours of your intake form.
Coaching tells you what to do. Some practices need someone to do it.Your engineer
Six alternatives compared
| Alternative | Why practices pick it | Pricing signal |
|---|---|---|
| AccuSights | Risk analysis written with you, fixes and device agent included, named engineer | Fixed fee, quoted in writing |
| Accountable | Published monthly plans, quick start, AI-guided assessment | $169 to $679 a month, billed annually |
| Abyde | Practice-focused, experts on call | Capterra lists from about $115 a month |
| HIPAA One | Managed risk analysis following the OCR audit protocol | Not public |
| Secureframe | HIPAA plus SOC 2 with a published starting price and a device agent | From $7,500 a year |
| Vanta | HIPAA plus SOC 2 with a large integration catalogue | Not public; Vendr median about $20,000 a year |
Prices checked in October 2026 from vendor pages, Capterra, G2 and Vendr (Vendr data last updated February 2026). "Why practices pick it" is our reading of each vendor's own positioning.
Compliancy Group vs AccuSights
| Aspect | Compliancy Group | AccuSights |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Quote-based on its site; G2 lists tiers from $99 a month | Fixed fee, in writing within 24 hours |
| Risk analysis | Guided self-assessment; advisory services extra | Written with you by a named engineer |
| Fixing gaps | Coach helps plan it; your team or IT company does it | In-house remediation included |
| Devices | Guided device self-audit; no agent described | Endpoint agent reports encryption and lock status |
| Human help | Coaches, AI assistant, paid advisory | Named engineer and in-house CISO review |
| Badge | Trust Badge on program activation | None. Nobody certifies HIPAA, and we don't pretend to |
| Other frameworks | OSHA, SOC 2 | SOC 2, NIST, ISO 27001 and more, cross-mapped |
| Our view: best for | Practices that want coaching and will do the work | Practices and vendors that want the work done with them |
When you should stay
- Your office manager likes the coaching and is keeping the program current.
- You also need OSHA in the same tool.
- You're mid-way through a corrective action plan built on The Guard's documents.
- The complaint is only price. Ask for the renewal terms in writing, and about the association discount.
How to switch without losing your history
- Export every policy, training record, assessment and BAA. Six-year retention applies to the old records whoever holds them.
- Check your contract's renewal date and notice period.
- Keep the old badge off your site once you've left; a monitoring date that stops updating looks worse than no badge.
- Start the new program with a fresh risk analysis, which you were due for anyway.
With AccuSights: you get the written risk analysis, the fixes, the device evidence and a named engineer that a coaching-and-templates product leaves to you. You give up the familiar name and the badge. For a practice with no IT department, we think that's the right trade.