Transfer to Verdict
Move your existing FedRAMP or CMMC engagement to Verdict, where your compliance is streamlined, automated, and delivered at a lower cost in less time.
Calculate the cost to switch
Enter what you are contracted for, what you have paid, and how far the work has got. The figure updates as you type, and the arithmetic behind it is shown in full rather than summarised: the 30% guarantee applied to what is left on your contract, our own published rate for the work that remains, and whichever of the two is lower.
Total cost to switch to Verdict
$48,000
Our own rate for the work that remains sets this figure, and it already sits below the guarantee.
An estimate from the figures you entered, not a quote. The review step establishes what is actually complete and what your remaining contracted fee is, and the 30% guarantee is set against that figure either way.
Three steps, and the first one has no commitment in it
Review
Verdict collects your current progress and compliance status from your original provider.
Transfer
Verdict handles the full transfer and migration of your existing work.
Complete
Verdict finishes your deliverables and prepares you for your assessor, at a lower cost and on a faster timeline.
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What the guarantees measure
The fee guarantee is set against your current provider’s remaining contracted fee for the same scope of work, never against an industry average. The time guarantee is set against the schedule that provider has committed to for the work that remains, measured from the day the transfer completes to the day your package reaches your assessor. Both figures are established during the review step, confirmed in writing before you sign, and written into the engagement letter.
Cutting a timeline in half is only credible if you can say which hours disappear. On a transfer they come from four places, and none of them is working faster.
Sound work is inherited, not redone
The review step establishes what is complete, what is partial, and what has to be rebuilt, before any commitment is made. A boundary that is already defined is verified rather than renegotiated, and documentation that holds up is carried across. Rebuilding work that was fine is the single largest avoidable cost on a transfer.
Documentation is generated, not typed
Control documentation, System Security Plan assembly, and POA&M generation run on our platform, operated by our people. Assembly and formatting are where a preparation timeline usually goes, and they are the part of the work that does not need a person to sit through it.
Evidence is collected once, in one place
Every deliverable, request, and draft lives in the portal from the day it is produced. Nothing is assembled at the end out of email threads and shared drives, which is the step that turns a finished package into another six weeks.
The schedule is a term, not an estimate
The timeline is set against your current provider’s committed schedule during the review and written into the engagement letter. A date that is contractual is planned to differently by both sides than a date that is aspirational.
What neither guarantee covers, and cannot: the assessment itself, and the decision at the end of it. A C3PAO sets its own schedule, an independent assessor sets its own, and an agency authorizing official decides when they decide. Our commitment runs to the assessor’s door, because that is the stretch the work is ours.
What advisory work is published at
For scale, not as the measure: the advisory fee for a Moderate authorization, compared like with like, from our FedRAMP cost and time page. The published midpoint is $200K against our Class C fee of $60K.
| Figure | Published as | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Consulting and advisory, Moderate | $100K to $300K$100,000 - $300,000 | Knox Systems |
| Consulting / advisory line item | $120K to $300KConsulting / Advisory $120k - $300k | FedRAMP Cost |
| External consulting | $100K to $500KExternal Consulting can add $100,000 - $500,000, depending on the scope and hourly rates ($150-$210/hour) | Paramify |
| Verdict, Class C (Moderate) | $60,000One-time engagement fee, with your 3PAO billed separately by your 3PAO. | Verdict, published |
What CMMC Level 2 preparation is published at
Published fees for the preparation half of Level 2, and the same band with the 30% guarantee applied to it, which is arithmetic rather than a price list. What you would be quoted is measured against your own provider’s remaining fee.
| Figure | Published as | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation and System Security Plan | $12K to $60KDocumentation and System Security Plan (SSP): $12,000-60,000 | Workstreet |
| Implementation consulting | $15K to $50KCMMC RPO guidance: $15,000-$50,000 | CISPOINT |
| Outsourced documentation, Level 2 | $10K to $25KLevel 2: $10,000 to $25,000 | Paramify |
| Preparation work, billed hourly | $250 to $400 per hourHiring external consultants to help with preparation tasks such as gap and readiness assessments, policy development, and control implementation can cost $250-$400 per billable hour. | Secureframe |
How long preparation is published as taking
The published window for the preparation half, and the same window with the 50% guarantee applied. Nothing here is a claim about how long a C3PAO takes.
| Figure | Published as | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation window, Level 2 | 6 to 18 months6 to 18 months depending on current maturity | Knox Systems |
| Time to full Level 2 readiness | Months to more than a yearthe timeline varies based on an organization’s current security posture, but many businesses require several months to more than a year to achieve full CMMC Level 2 readiness | Red River |
The published Department of Defense estimate for a Level 2 third-party assessment. Your C3PAO bills that, not us, and no transfer makes it smaller.
According to the published DoD estimates, a Level 2 third-party assessment will cost between $105,000-$118,000.
Secureframe
Total Level 2 cost most commonly reported for defense contractors, across assessment, remediation, tooling and advisory together.
CMMC Level 2: $75,000-$300,000 (most common for defense contractors)
CISPOINT
What a gap assessment alone is priced at. On a transfer, the review that replaces it is part of the engagement.
An average gap assessment can range between $5,000 and $20,000, depending on specific factors.
Red River
The Department of Defense estimate for a Level 2 self-assessment, per entity, before any third party is involved at all.
$37,000 to $49,000 per entity
Knox Systems
Nor does a transfer change who assesses. Verdict prepares, and does not assess, audit, or certify: a CMMC Level 2 certification assessment belongs to a C3PAO, a FedRAMP package is evaluated independently, and an Authorization to Operate is the decision of an agency’s own authorizing official.
Every CMMC source above was read on 20 September 2026. Published figures move, so check them against the source rather than against this page if anything here matters to a decision.
Before you start a transfer
- What happens to the work my current provider has already done?
- It transfers. The review step exists to establish what is complete, what is partial, and what has to be rebuilt, before any commitment is made. Work that is sound is carried across rather than redone, which is most of where the time saving on a transfer comes from.
- Does Verdict assess or certify the result?
- No. Verdict prepares, and does not assess, audit, or certify. A CMMC Level 2 certification assessment is performed by a C3PAO, a FedRAMP package is evaluated independently, and an Authorization to Operate is the decision of an agency’s own authorizing official. Those parties are independent of us by design.
Start your transfer
For companies already in a FedRAMP or CMMC engagement that are unsatisfied with the cost, pace, or service of their current provider. Continuous monitoring engagements can transfer at any renewal point.