Compass is the entry tier for internal CISOs, AI-governance leads, and AI-product owners who need a defensible posture but don't have implementation budget yet. 17-question intake, personalized Control Map across ISO 42001 + NIST AI RMF + EU AI Act, SoA gap analysis, and a Cognita workspace you can keep for 90 days. At Day 30, if you want hands-on help going beyond DIY, we'll match you with a vCAIR Certified Partner.
Compass is designed to be enough on its own — most $497 buyers finish the 17-question intake, generate the Control Map, and ship. But if your AI footprint is more complex than the intake captures, or if you're staring at an external audit deadline, you can request a partner introduction starting Day 30 of your Compass window. We match you with a vCAIR Certified Partner who specializes in your industry + jurisdiction. The intro call is free; if you engage the partner for implementation, the engagement is between you and them — Cognita is not in the middle.
A Cognita workspace good for 90 days, the 17-question intake that maps your AI footprint, a personalized Control Map covering ISO 42001 + NIST AI RMF + EU AI Act (filtered to your jurisdictions), SoA gap analysis on a Statement of Applicability you upload, and an audit-grade evidence ledger as you generate artifacts. Day-30 onward, an optional partner intro if you want hands-on help. After Day 90, your workspace becomes read-only but you keep export access to everything you generated.
Honest answer: Compass gets you audit-ready. The Control Map + SoA gap analysis show you exactly what controls need evidence and which are missing. Whether you can self-implement the missing controls in 90 days depends on your AI complexity and internal bandwidth. If you can't, the Day-30 partner routing is the lowest-friction path to hands-on help. If your audit is in 6+ months and your AI footprint is straightforward, Compass alone is often enough.
Email [email protected] within 30 days of purchase and the refund posts to your original payment method within 5 business days. No questionnaire, no retention call, no clawback on anything you generated. Your workspace stays read-only export for the original 90-day window so you don't lose work.
No. The partner intro is opt-in inside the workspace. If you never request one, we never refer you. If you do request and decide not to engage after the intro call, no penalty — your Compass workspace continues normally through Day 90.
Yes — the ladder is credit-continuous. The $497 applies in full toward the Readiness Bundle ($10K, concierge), the Implementation engagement ($24K), or Certification ($72K) if you upgrade within 6 months of Compass purchase; the Readiness Bundle then credits in full toward Implementation. After 6 months a credit expires. There's no credit toward Founder Cohort — Founder is a separate track (channel partners), not a continuation of Compass.
Founder Cohort, not Compass. If you're a consultant / MSSP / fractional CISO firm who wants to sell vCAIR-grade services to your own clients, Compass doesn't give you certification rights or counter-signature support. See the partner ladder.
30-day money-back guarantee. If you finish the intake, generate the Control Map, and decide it's not for you — full refund, no questions. The longest, lowest-risk version of 'try before you commit' we know how to offer.