Comp AI policy templates: what you get, and where Policyseed fits

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People search for Comp AI policy templates while they evaluate Comp AI or before they buy a compliance platform. This page sets out what Comp AI’s templates are and how you get them, what Policyseed offers by comparison, when Comp AI is the right choice, and how to use both. The two do different jobs: Comp AI runs a compliance program, and Policyseed writes the policy documents.

Every statement about Comp AI is taken from Comp AI’s own public pages, documentation and GitHub repository, with the source numbered in brackets. Policyseed is not affiliated with Comp AI.

At a glance

WhatComp AIPolicyseed
How you get policiesGenerated in the Comp AI platform from your onboarding answers[1]22 policies generated from your answers to 23 questions
PriceNot published; you get an exact price on a 20-minute call[2]Templates free (Apache-2.0); Audit Kit $59 one time
Source code and licenseCommunity Edition open source (AGPLv3); Comp AI Cloud proprietary[3]Open source (Apache-2.0); runs in your browser, nothing to host
Where you editComp AI's policy editor, with an AI assistant that proposes changes as a diff[4]Your own editor, Git repository or Word
Employee acknowledgmentRecorded per employee and required policy, with the date[5]Not tracked; the Audit Kit includes an acknowledgment form and roster you keep
Evidence and monitoringEvidence collected from connected systems; cloud scans and a device agent[1]None; you or your auditor gather evidence
AuditorsAuditor-agnostic: you choose the auditor, who writes the report[1]None; you engage a CPA firm directly
FilesAttach a policy PDF; its text is read into the editor[6]Markdown (free); Word (DOCX) and Markdown (Audit Kit)

Who Comp AI is for

  • Comp AI's home page addresses startups, mid-market companies and enterprises, for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and other frameworks.[1]

What Comp AI’s policy templates are

  • Comp AI generates each policy from what you tell it during onboarding about your stack, processes and risk tolerance, rather than handing out a fixed template.[1]
  • You review and approve every policy before it goes live.[1]
  • The AI Policy Editor takes plain-English requests, proposes a complete updated policy, and shows the change as a diff that you apply or dismiss.[4]
  • Policies are generated from framework templates, and Comp AI's API lists, for each policy, the content its template has gained since the policy was generated.[7]
  • Comp AI records which members acknowledged each required policy and when.[5]

How you get them

  • The generated policies are part of the Comp AI platform, alongside evidence collection and continuous monitoring.[1]
  • Comp AI does not publish prices. Its pricing page says the price depends on your frameworks, team size and deadline, and is given on a 20-minute call.[2]
  • Comp AI's README lists Community Edition as free and self-hosted, and Comp AI Cloud, the managed product, on paid plans.[3]
  • Separately, Comp AI's Tools and Policy Templates page lists 40 free policy templates.[8]
  • Each free template is a generator: you answer questions about your organization, generate the policy and download it, as on the access control policy page for SOC 2 and ISO 27001.[9]

For current pricing, see Comp AI’s pricing page. We do not quote third-party price estimates.

Open source and license

  • Comp AI's website describes the platform as open source, with its code on GitHub.[1]
  • The GitHub repository is Comp AI Community Edition: a free, open-source compliance platform you self-host, licensed under AGPLv3.[3]
  • Comp AI Cloud, the managed product, is built on a separate codebase and is listed as proprietary; the two are developed and released independently.[3]
  • Self-hosting with Docker Compose needs an external PostgreSQL database, a Resend account for email and a Trigger.dev account for background jobs.[10]

What Policyseed is, by comparison

Policyseed is a free, open-source (Apache-2.0) SOC 2 policy generator. You answer 23 questions and your browser renders 22 policies as Markdown, with no account and nothing stored on a server. The optional Audit Kit ($59, one time) rewrites sections 4 and 5 of each policy around the tools you named and adds Word files, a criteria crosswalk, starter registers, an acknowledgment form and a review calendar.

Policyseed does not connect to your systems, collect evidence, monitor controls, track approvals or acceptance, or introduce you to auditors. It produces documents that your team owns and maintains.

You can read every policy before you decide: the template index lists all 22, the sample shows the Audit Kit output for a fictional company, and the Audit Kit page lists every file in the ZIP.

When Comp AI is the right choice

A compliance platform earns its cost through what happens after the policies are written. From Comp AI’s own pages:

  • Comp AI says its agents collect evidence through integrations with cloud providers, HR systems, payment processors and engineering tools.[1]
  • It runs daily cloud scans and an open-source device agent that checks disk encryption, firewall, screen lock, password length and antivirus on employee machines.[1]
  • It also offers penetration testing run by its agents, a live trust center that shows only published policies, and Slack support from in-house compliance experts.[1]
  • Comp AI is auditor-agnostic: you work with the accredited auditor of your choice, who conducts the audit and writes the report.[1]

If you expect to repeat the examination every year, have many systems to pull evidence from, plan to add frameworks, or have customers asking for ongoing assurance, Comp AI can save more time than any template. In that case starting from Comp AI’s own templates is reasonable, because they are already mapped to its controls. Policyseed does none of that work; it is a document generator.

How to use both

A common pattern is to write the policies first, with an owner for each, and bring them into the platform when you adopt one. Comp AI’s help center describes how:

  • Comp AI's API reference describes uploading a PDF to a policy's draft version.[11]
  • Comp AI reads an attached policy PDF and stores its text as that version's editor content.[6]

Comp AI's documentation describes bringing a policy in as a PDF. Export the Audit Kit's ($59) Word files to PDF, or open the free generator's Markdown in a word processor and save it as PDF, then check the text Comp AI reads into the editor, because headings and tables can shift. Comp AI also generates its own version of each policy, so decide for each one whether you keep Comp AI's draft, replace it with yours, or merge the two in its editor.

Whichever route you take, management approves the policies and a licensed CPA firm performs the SOC 2 examination. Neither tool replaces either step.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get Comp AI's policy templates?
Inside the platform, Comp AI generates your policies from your onboarding answers and you review and approve each one. Separately, its website lists 40 free policy templates, each a short questionnaire that generates a policy you download.
How much does Comp AI cost?
Comp AI does not publish prices; its pricing page gives an exact price on a 20-minute call. Its README lists the self-hosted Community Edition as free and Comp AI Cloud on paid plans. We do not quote third-party estimates. For comparison, Policyseed's 22 policies are free under Apache-2.0, the Audit Kit is $59 one time, and the Agency license is $199 one time for five companies.
Is Comp AI open source like Policyseed?
Comp AI Community Edition is open source under AGPLv3 and you host it yourself; Comp AI Cloud, the managed product, is proprietary and built on a separate codebase. Policyseed's generator and templates are open source under Apache-2.0 and run in your browser, with nothing to host.
Can I bring Policyseed policies into Comp AI?
Comp AI's API reference describes attaching a PDF to a policy version and reading its text into the policy editor. Save the policies as PDF first. Policyseed has no integration with Comp AI, so you attach each file yourself.
Should I use Comp AI or Policyseed?
They do different jobs. Comp AI is a compliance automation platform: integrations, automated evidence collection, cloud and device monitoring, penetration testing and a trust center, with AI-generated policies as one part. Policyseed produces the policy documents and nothing else. If you need the platform, use its policies or bring ours; if you only need the documents, Policyseed is enough.

Related comparisons

Sources (checked 25 Oct 2026)

  1. Comp AI: Home page and FAQ, checked 25 Oct 2026
  2. Comp AI: Pricing, checked 25 Oct 2026
  3. Comp AI Community Edition on GitHub (README), checked 25 Oct 2026
  4. Comp AI Docs: AI Policy Editor, checked 25 Oct 2026
  5. Comp AI API: List policy acknowledgments, checked 25 Oct 2026
  6. Comp AI API: Re-read an attached policy document into the editor, checked 25 Oct 2026
  7. Comp AI API: List policies with framework template updates, checked 25 Oct 2026
  8. Comp AI: Tools and policy templates, checked 25 Oct 2026
  9. Comp AI: Access control policy template generator, checked 25 Oct 2026
  10. Comp AI Docs: Docker self-hosting, checked 25 Oct 2026
  11. Comp AI API: Upload a PDF to a policy version, checked 25 Oct 2026

Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, Sprinto, Comp AI and Probo are trademarks of their respective owners, used here for identification only. Policyseed is an independent open-source project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of them. Products change; confirm details on Comp AI’s site before you decide. If you spot an error, open an issue on the Policyseed repository and we will correct the page.

Policyseed provides governance policy templates and AI tailoring. It is not legal advice and not a compliance guarantee. Management adopts the policies; the CPA firm performs the SOC 2 examination.