Kaiso

Kaiso's pitch cuts cleanly against the two usual ways of getting ISO certified. A compliance tool hands you a licence and leaves the work with you. A consultant bills hours and leaves the accountability with you in practice — the vendor's comparison table puts $15,000–$30,000+ AUD against a consulting engagement versus $2,999 or $4,999 fixed for Kaiso. What Kaiso actually sells is audit-readiness as a deliverable, with a written guarantee that it keeps working free until you're ready if it misses. The engine is Kobi, which reads your existing documents and drafts the management system — policies, procedures and records — mapped to the standard, at an average of 38 seconds per document by the vendor's own claim. From there, gap analysis checks every clause and drafts a fix for each gap: the homepage example shows six gaps flagged at Clause 8 Operations and a drafted fix for each added to a to-do list. Coverage tracking shows readiness by clause, so you know where you stand before the audit room rather than in it. The part that matters more than the drafting is what happens after certification. ISO runs on a three-year cycle with surveillance audits in between, and this is where most small businesses quietly fall out of conformance: someone changes role, a document ages out, evidence expires. Kaiso links people and competency (role changes automatically update every assigned competency and the policies behind them), evidence tracking with reminders and ageing flags, and a conformance dashboard that shows exactly where a lapse dents your standing. That's a real structural answer to the year-two problem. Where it's narrower: each engagement covers one standard, and multi-standard pricing is still being finalised — enterprises needing several frameworks on day one will need a quote and a conversation. Template-bound workflows mean deep customisation beyond what Kaiso provides isn't the offer. And the guarantee is conditional: give Kaiso the access and evidence it asks for, complete the actions assigned to you, and certify through an accredited certification body. Organisations that can't meet those conditions shouldn't lean on the guarantee in their planning. Who it fits: an SME with no dedicated compliance staff should take Managed and let the Kaiso expert chase evidence and face the auditor. A business with an internal owner who genuinely has the hours should take DIY — the drafting and expert sign-off are the same either way, so DIY's saving is real only if those hours actually exist. ISO consultants can use the drafting and gap-analysis engine as leverage on their own engagements. It's web-based, so internet access is required.