Comparison · SecurityScorecard alternative

Covenant vs SecurityScorecard

SecurityScorecard's letter-grade ratings are well known — and so is the price tag. For a small practice or MSP, five figures a year plus a per-vendor fee is hard to justify when you monitor a few dozen vendors. Covenant gives you flat pricing, scores you can actually explain, and free HIPAA BAA tracking.

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Where each tool fits

CapabilityCovenantSecurityScorecard
Entry price$0 free · $8149.80/yr Pro~$16,500/yr typical
Per-vendor monitoring feeNone~$1,500–$2,000/vendor/yr
Self-serve, no sales callYesQuote-only
Explainable / disputable scoreEvery finding shows the evidence that fired itLetter grade, hard to dispute
External scanningEmail-auth live; TLS/headers/breach via runnerLetter-grade ratings
No-account vendor portalSigned link + reminder cadenceAccount / Atlas required
HIPAA BAA lifecycleNative, freeNot offered
SIG / CAIQ questionnairesIncludedIncluded (Atlas)
Best forSMBs, clinics, MSPsEnterprise security teams

Competitor figures from public pricing pages and third-party quotes, 2025–2026. SecurityScorecard is a trademark of its owner; Covenant is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.

Why teams switch

Cheaper, clearer, and HIPAA-aware

Pay for what you use

No per-vendor monitoring fee. Register 12 vendors or 120 — at the Team tier the price doesn't move.

Scores you can defend

A letter grade that drops without explanation is useless in an audit. Every external finding carries the exact evidence that fired it — the DMARC record, the cert expiry, the header that was missing — plus the delta it moved, and you can dispute it.

Built for PHI obligations

Native §164.504(e) BAA tracking, clause gap-check, and subcontractor flow-down — the workflow ratings vendors leave to your spreadsheet.

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Free for 10 vendors with full BAA tracking. No card, no sales call.

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