Security Engineering for B2B SaaS
Pricing & Services
What traditional firms take 2–4 weeks and $15K–$50K to deliver, Aceloking returns within 72 hours of each request: hands-on security engineering, senior engineer judgment, plain-English Blueprints your team can act on immediately.
Why Aceloking
Why a Security Engineer, Not an Auditor or Compliance Consultant
A compliance consultant reads a SOC 2 control list. An auditor signs the certificate. Aceloking does neither. Aceloking is a security engineer who reviews your actual code, your cloud configuration, and your pipeline, runs the penetration test, and shows you exactly what's broken and how to fix it.
Reads Your Code
Secure code review and AppSec experience mean every finding is grounded in your actual repository, not a generic checklist.
Tests Your Attack Surface
Network, web application, and API penetration testing the way an attacker would actually approach your stack, not a generic scanner export.
Hardens Your Cloud & Pipeline
IAM policies, secrets, storage exposure, and CI/CD configuration inspected directly, with the compliance mapping falling out of the same findings.
“This is not an audit firm and never claims to be one. It's a security engineering practice, built on code, cloud, and pentest work, that happens to produce the evidence your auditor and your enterprise buyers need to see.”
Subscription Plans
Tier 1
Advisory & On-Call
Custom Pricing
Direct async access to a security engineer for the questions that block deals: vendor questionnaires, architecture reviews, and the compliance conversations your team can't handle alone. Advisory only, no active testing at this tier.
- Daily async responses (Mon-Fri) via your preferred workspace
- Architecture & design reviews
- Vendor security questionnaire drafting & response support
- Vendor risk assessment guidance
- Audit report de-noising & gap translation
- DPDPA, SOC 2 & ISO 27001 advisory and Q&A
- Pre-sales security advisory for enterprise conversations
- 24-hour response SLA, Monday to Friday
Tier 2
Security Queue
Custom Pricing
Hands-on security engineering: secure code review, cloud configuration audits, and network, web application & API penetration testing, delivered as Remediation Blueprints. Compliance mapping falls out of the same findings, it isn't a separate audit product.
- Everything in Tier 1
- Secure code review (AppSec focused)
- Cloud & infrastructure posture review
- Network, web application & API penetration testing
- IAM & permissions review
- Secrets management & key exposure review
- CI/CD pipeline security hardening
- Container & IaC security scanning
- SAST/DAST toolchain setup & tuning
- Architecture-based threat modeling (STRIDE)
- Findings mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001 & DPDPA controls
- Starter security policy drafting
- Remediation Blueprint for every finding
- 2 structured assessments per month, 72-hour turnaround
This is technical security work, not a formal audit, and does not result in certification.
Get a QuoteTier 3
Security & Evidence Program
Custom Pricing
The deepest technical engagement: every system in scope gets reviewed, tested, and documented, with policy and evidence mapped across every framework you need (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, DPDPA).
Aceloking prepares the evidence. We do not issue certifications. Your accredited audit firm does.
- Everything in Tier 1 and Tier 2
- SOC 2 Type I and II readiness
- ISO 27001 gap assessment and roadmap
- GDPR compliance assessment
- DPDPA and DPDP Rules 2025 compliance assessment
- Multi-framework control mapping
- Full security policy library (10 to 15 core policies)
- Evidence collection guidance and documentation templates
- Audit report de-noising and gap translation
- Pre-audit preparation and auditor liaison support
- Board-ready compliance documentation
- 3 structured assessments per month
Add-on
A one-time add-on available to any subscriber: a half-day (4-hour) session scheduled at a time that works for your team.
Add-on
Security Training Sprint
A focused half-day workshop built around your stack. Choose any 2 modules: not a fixed curriculum, not generic compliance checkbox training.
Included with every session
- Custom-tailored to your specific tech stack
- Live Q&A with your engineering team
- Session recording included
Pick any 2 modules
- AppSec Deep Dive: OWASP Top 10 applied to your codebase
- Cloud Security Walkthrough: AWS/GCP/Azure misconfigurations & IAM pitfalls
- Threat Modeling Workshop: STRIDE against your actual architecture
- Secure Code Review Patterns: what to flag, what to fix
- Pentest Fundamentals: how an attacker approaches your attack surface
- DPDPA & Compliance for Engineers: data handling obligations that matter
Add-on Pricing
Custom Pricing
one-time per session, half-day (4 hours)
Compare All Tiers
| Feature | T1: Advisory | T2: Security Queue | T3: Security & Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| INCLUDED IN ALL TIERS | |||
| Daily Async Responses | Mon-Fri | Mon-Fri | Mon-Fri |
| Architecture & design reviews | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vendor risk assessments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 24-hour response SLA (Mon–Fri) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pause or cancel anytime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DEAL SUPPORT | |||
| Audit report de-noising & gap translation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vendor security questionnaire drafting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DPDPA, SOC 2 & ISO 27001 advisory & Q&A | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pre-sales security advisory | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| APPSEC & CLOUD SECURITY | |||
| Secure code review (AppSec) | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud & Infrastructure Posture Review | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IAM & permissions review | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Secrets management & key exposure review | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PENETRATION TESTING | |||
| Network penetration testing | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web application penetration testing | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API penetration testing | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile application (iOS/Android) penetration testing | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DEVSECOPS | |||
| CI/CD pipeline security hardening | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Container & IaC security scanning | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SAST toolchain setup & tuning | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| THREAT MODELING | |||
| Architecture-based threat model (STRIDE) | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Threat model Remediation Blueprint | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ASSESSMENTS & DELIVERY | |||
| Structured assessments per month | Advisory only | 2 | 3 |
| Remediation Blueprints for every finding | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Starter security policy drafting | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DPDPA compliance gap assessment | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SECURITY & EVIDENCE PROGRAM (TIER 3) | |||
| SOC 2 Type I and II readiness | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| ISO 27001 gap assessment & roadmap | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| GDPR compliance assessment | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| DPDPA & DPDP Rules 2025 full assessment | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi-framework control mapping | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full security policy library (10–15 policies) | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Evidence collection guidance | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pre-audit preparation & auditor liaison | ✗ | ✗ | Advisory |
| Board-ready compliance documentation | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| PRICING | |||
| Monthly price | Custom | Custom | Custom |
| Per-request turnaround | 24h response | 72h per request | Scoped per request |
What's In (and Out of) Scope
Always In Scope
- Network penetration testing
- Web application penetration testing
- API penetration testing
- Secure code review
- REST and GraphQL API security
- Network security configuration review
- IAM policy and permissions review
- Authentication and session management
- DevSecOps pipeline implementation
- Vendor security questionnaire assistance
- Compliance gap assessment mapped from technical findings (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, DPDPA, and other global frameworks)
- DPDPA compliance assessment and readiness (Section 9, DPDP Rules 2025)
- Pre-sales security posture advisory
- Security policy drafting and documentation
- Threat modelling
- Secrets management & key exposure review
- Third-party & supply chain security review
Always Out of Scope
- Writing or committing code to client repos
- Mobile application penetration testing (iOS & Android)
- Physical security assessments
- 24/7 monitoring or incident response
- Issuing compliance certifications
- Communicating with external bug bounty researchers
- Full red team engagements
- Hardware or firmware security
- Social engineering, phishing simulations, or employee security testing
- Legal, regulatory, or compliance certification advice
- Active breach response or emergency incident retainer
- Testing systems without documented client ownership or written authorisation
Commercial Terms
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Aceloking?
Aceloking is a subscription-based security engineering practice for B2B SaaS startups, founded by Manish Sharma. It provides secure code review, cloud security posture audits, and network/web/API penetration testing from a hands-on practitioner, not an audit firm. Every request is returned as a structured Remediation Blueprint within 72 business hours, and compliance evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and DPDPA falls out of that same technical work.
How is Aceloking different from hiring a full-time security engineer?
A full-time security engineer costs roughly $180,000 a year before benefits, and most early-stage B2B SaaS startups don't have enough continuous security work to justify that headcount. Aceloking gives you senior-engineer-level secure code review, cloud security, and penetration testing on a subscription, with pricing tailored to your team and firm size, no recruiting, no onboarding, and no long-term commitment. You get the expertise exactly when a deal or audit requires it.
Can I hire Aceloking as a long-term or monthly security engineer instead of a one-off project?
Yes. That is exactly how Aceloking is structured. Rather than a one-time audit or a single project engagement, you subscribe on a monthly basis and get ongoing access to a senior security engineer for as long as you need it: continuous secure code review, cloud security posture checks, recurring penetration testing, and compliance maintenance, billed monthly with no long-term lock-in contract. Most clients stay on long-term because security and compliance are ongoing needs, not one-time checkboxes, and Aceloking is built to function as your recurring, on-demand security engineer rather than a single-engagement consultant.
Does Aceloking work with startups outside the United States, including India?
Yes. Aceloking serves B2B SaaS startups across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, with both USD and INR billing supported. Aceloking has direct, hands-on experience with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) and DPDP Rules 2025, in addition to SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR.
Are you an auditor? Can Aceloking issue our SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certificate?
No. Aceloking is a security engineering practice, not an accredited audit firm. We review your code, cloud configuration, and pipeline, find what's broken, fix the gaps, and map the findings to the controls your framework requires. The certification itself is always issued by an independent accredited auditor. We get you ready for that audit; we don't replace it.
How can Aceloking help with vendor security questionnaires?
Aceloking provides automated and expert-reviewed responses to complex enterprise vendor security questionnaires. We help B2B SaaS startups pass vendor risk assessments, fill out lengthy spreadsheets, and provide necessary compliance evidence quickly, so your deals don't stall.
Do you do penetration testing? What about mobile apps?
Yes. Network, web application, and API penetration testing are core to Tier 2 and Tier 3, performed by a practitioner, not a scanner export. The one exception is mobile application penetration testing (iOS and Android), which is outside scope for all tiers. Full red team engagements and social engineering are also out of scope.
Isn't this too affordable for security advisory? What's the catch?
There's no catch. The affordability is made possible by two things: a solo practice structure (no junior staff to bill, no management overhead, no office) and AI delivery tools that compress analysis from weeks into hours. Traditional firms charge $15Kâ$50K per engagement because they staff teams of 2-4 people and run multi-week projects. Aceloking runs a different model, and pricing is tailored to your team and firm size rather than a one-size-fits-all rate. The savings go to you.
What does the '72-hour turnaround' actually mean?
It means each individual, bounded request you submit is returned as a Remediation Blueprint within 72 business hours of submission. Not that a full security engagement is completed in 72 hours. A complete SOC 2 compliance program spans months of monthly requests. The 72-hour SLA applies to each discrete task: 'Review our GitHub Actions pipeline for secrets leakage,' 'Audit our S3 bucket policies,' 'Draft responses for sections 3-7 of this vendor questionnaire.' If a request is too broad to complete in 72 hours, you receive a scoping response within 24 hours.
Why does Tier 2 include 2 assessments and Tier 3 include 3? Why not more?
Each structured assessment is a focused, bounded piece of work: a cloud posture review, a penetration test, a CI/CD pipeline audit. Doing it well takes real analysis time, even with AI acceleration. Two or three assessments per month is the number that allows for thorough, senior-engineer-reviewed output rather than rushed, volume-driven reports. The goal is a Blueprint your engineers can actually act on, not a queue of half-finished work. If you need higher throughput, contact us to discuss a custom arrangement.
Can you handle both SOC 2 and ISO 27001 at the same time?
Yes, and it is more efficient than running two separate engagements. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 share roughly 70% of their underlying controls. As part of the Security & Evidence Program (Tier 3), Aceloking maps both frameworks simultaneously: one gap assessment, one policy library, and cross-framework control mapping that identifies where a single control satisfies both programs. The remaining 30% of ISO 27001-specific controls are addressed as a targeted gap.
What is a Remediation Blueprint?
A Remediation Blueprint is a structured markdown document delivered to your async workspace. It contains: the vulnerability or gap identified, the risk and business impact in plain English, the exact fix logic your developer needs to implement, validation steps to confirm the fix works, and relevant references. It is not a 300-page scanner report. It is exactly what you need to act on, nothing more.
How do the structured assessments per month work?
Security Queue (Tier 2) subscribers receive 2 structured assessments per month, and Security & Evidence Program (Tier 3) subscribers receive 3. Tier 1 is advisory only and does not include active assessments. Once an assessment is delivered, you can submit the next one. This keeps the work focused and ensures fast turnaround. Requests must be specific and bounded: not 'audit our entire application' but 'review the CI/CD pipeline in this repo for hardcoded secrets and misconfigured permissions.'
Can I switch tiers?
Yes. You can upgrade or downgrade at the start of any billing cycle. Downgrade requests take effect at the next renewal. Upgrades take effect immediately and are prorated for the remainder of the billing period.
Do you write or commit code for us?
No. Aceloking analyzes, identifies, and prescribes. Your engineering team implements. Blueprints contain the exact fix logic your developer needs, but the implementation and deployment is always on your side. This is a deliberate boundary that keeps accountability clear.
What counts as one request?
One request is a specific, bounded security task that can be completed within approximately 72 business hours. Examples: 'Review the authentication logic in auth.js for session fixation vulnerabilities,' 'Audit our S3 bucket policies for public exposure risks,' 'Review this vendor security questionnaire and draft responses for sections 3-7,' 'Map our current AWS setup against SOC 2 CC6 controls and identify gaps.' If a request is too broad, clarifying questions come back within 24 hours.
What if my request is too complex for 72 hours?
Within 24 hours of receiving a request that cannot be completed in the standard window, Aceloking will send a revised timeline and optionally a scoping suggestion to split the work into actionable chunks. You are never left waiting without communication.
Can I pause my subscription?
Yes. You can pause once per calendar quarter for up to 4 weeks. All active requests must be completed or explicitly cancelled before the pause activates. Unused billing days are frozen and applied when you resume. To pause, send a message via your preferred channel.
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