01In plain English
SOC 2 is an audit, not a badge. An outside accounting firm checks how a software company keeps customer data secure, available and private, then writes a report. A Type I report looks at the controls on a single day. A Type II report watches them working over several months, which is the one most buyers ask for.
02Why it matters when you are choosing
If your team will put customer, financial or staff data into a tool, a SOC 2 report is the quickest proof that someone other than the vendor has checked their security. Many companies will not sign off on new software without one, so a tool without it can stall a purchase for weeks.
03What to check
Ask whether the report is Type I or Type II and how recent it is. Most vendors share it under an NDA from a trust or security page. "SOC 2 compliant" on a homepage with no report behind it means little.
04The tools
191 of the 296 tools we checked have a SOC 2 report. Each one is checked against the vendor's own pages. A tool missing from this list may not have been checked yet, which is not the same as a no.
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