SOP Studio
SOP Studio is a web workflow for drafting, reviewing, approving, acknowledging, and evidencing standard operating procedures.
What SOP Studio is
SOP Studio is a web workflow for drafting, reviewing, approving, acknowledging, and evidencing standard operating procedures. Users can describe a procedure in plain English or upload a document to create a structured draft. Defined approval chains, timestamped records, one canonical current version, and scheduled owner alerts support governance. Publishing a new version invalidates earlier acknowledgments, while reports show who acknowledged each version and when. An evidence packet can combine the current SOP, approval record, acknowledgment list, last review, and control mapping. SOP Studio includes 34 compliance frameworks for linking SOPs to controls and tracking evidence coverage. Its HIPAA safeguards include a BAA click-wrap flow, PHI-aware access controls, restricted AI processing, and HIPAA-scoped audit logging.
Good
- Structured drafts from descriptions or documents
- Defined approval chains and timestamped records
- Invalidates acknowledgments after new versions
- 34 compliance frameworks
- HIPAA-focused controls and logging
Watch out
- No free plan
- Starter limits authors, SOPs, drafts, and frameworks
- SOC 2 Type II remains in progress
Who it suits
SOP Studio is intended for teams of 50 to 500 people that need governed procedures and audit evidence without a heavyweight QMS. It also suits organizations mapping SOPs to compliance controls.
Verdict
SOP Studio combines procedure authoring with approvals, acknowledgments, version control, and evidence packets. Its plans scale governance features from small author groups to unlimited authors and SOPs.
Plans and prices
From SOP Studio's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Reader add-on | $2 a month | First 50 reader seats free on Growth and Enterprise · $2/month per seat |
| Starter | $99 a month | Up to 5 authors · 25 SOPs · 5 AI drafts total · 1 compliance framework · 10 reader seats · $99/month |
| Growth | $499 a month | Up to 15 authors · Unlimited SOPs · 25 AI drafts/month · All 34 frameworks · 50 reader seats · $499/month |
| Enterprise | $1,499 a month | Unlimited authors · Unlimited SOPs · Unlimited AI drafts · All 34 frameworks · 50 reader seats · $1499/month |
The facts
Each one read from SOP Studio's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Acknowledgments
- When a new SOP version is published, prior acknowledgments are automatically invalidated, and users can report who acknowledged which version and when.checked 7 Oct 2026
- AI drafting
- Users can describe a procedure in plain English or upload an existing document to generate a structured SOP draft.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Audit evidence
- An SOP evidence packet can include the current version, approval record, acknowledgment list, last review, and control mapping.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- The security page states that requests use TLS 1.2 or higher, Supabase Postgres encrypts data at rest, and row-level security enforces tenant isolation.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Frameworks
- SOP Studio says it includes 34 compliance frameworks for mapping SOPs to controls and tracking evidence coverage.checked 7 Oct 2026
- HIPAA safeguards
- The maker describes a BAA click-wrap flow, HIPAA Mode with PHI-aware access controls, restricted AI processing, and HIPAA-scoped audit logging.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The Enterprise plan includes custom integrations for HRIS and GRC systems; the maker does not name specific integrations on the pricing page.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- SOP Studio says it is purpose-built for teams of 50 to 500 people that need SOP governance and audit evidence without a heavyweight QMS.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SOP Studio provides a governed workflow for drafting, reviewing, approving, acknowledging, and producing evidence for standard operating procedures.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Review controls
- The product supports defined approval chains, timestamped records, one canonical current version, and scheduled reviews with owner alerts.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security roadmap
- SOC 2 Type II, annual third-party penetration testing, and SCIM 2.0 provisioning are listed as in progress, not completed attestations or features.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The plans include email support on Starter, priority email support on Growth, and dedicated support with SLAs on Enterprise.checked 7 Oct 2026
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