Firmis vs Policyflow

Firmis is a web-based Governance, Risk, and Compliance platform for managing internal policies and employee attestations. It records policy versions with timestamps and approvals, and tracks who signed a policy, when they did so, and which version they acknowledged. Drafting, approval, publication, and deletion are among the actions captured in its automatic audit trail. Teams can upload.txt,.docx, or.pdf policies or generate documents from compliance templates. Listed frameworks include HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA, and SOX; the templates are informational and not legal advice. Firmis describes encryption at rest, TLS encryption in transit, and database-level Row Level Security to separate organization data. After account closure, data is held for 90 days before deletion, although audit logs and attestations may be kept as legal evidence. The free Starter plan covers up to five policies, one framework, and ten team members. Growth is $299 a month and Scale is $799 a month, both at founding-member pricing locked for 12 months.

Policyflow is a web service for distributing policies, recording confirmations for each document version and exporting auditor evidence. Its builder uses a clause library and tracks clause coverage during drafting. Uploaded PDFs become editable requirement passages while retaining their original wording. Reviewers can approve drafts in sequence, with sign-offs and later confirmations tied to specific versions. Campaigns send personal, single-use email links, so recipients need no account or installation. Evidence exports include PDF certificates and CSV logs with version and timestamp details. Policyflow lists Azure AD and Google Workspace directory synchronization, plus Microsoft and Google single sign-on. Its acknowledgement-evidence use cases include ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, NIS2, DORA and HIPAA. The free plan costs nothing, has no time limit and supports up to 15 employees. Core costs €155 a month when billed annually for up to 250 covered people. The Trust Center says its controls are self-assessed or aligned, and that Policyflow is not ISO 27001 certified and has no SOC 2 Type II report.