Matproof vs Big 4 Consultancies (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG)
Get audit-ready in weeks, not quarters - at a fraction of the cost
Get audit-ready in weeks, not quarters - at a fraction of the cost
Big 4 firms provide deep advisory and audit services, but leave you with PDF reports and spreadsheets that go stale immediately. Matproof provides continuous automated compliance with real-time dashboards, AI-generated policies, and automated evidence collection - at 90% lower cost.
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Your compliance programme, on one screen.
Every framework mapped to one control set, evidenced continuously, audit-ready on demand.
- ✓Map controls once, reuse across every framework
- ✓Evidence collected and time-stamped automatically
- ✓Audit-ready packages generated on demand
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updated just nowThe key difference
Big 4 provide advisory and audit services but leave you with PDF reports and spreadsheets. Matproof provides continuous automated compliance with real-time dashboards, reducing compliance costs by 90% while maintaining audit readiness year-round.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Matproof | Big 4 Consultancies (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG) |
|---|---|---|
| Ongoing monitoring | Continuous real-time compliance monitoring | Point-in-time assessments, typically annual |
| Cost | EUR 500-2,000/mo depending on plan | not verified |
| Time to value | Weeks - self-serve onboarding | Quarters - lengthy engagement scoping and execution |
| Evidence collection | Automated with 100+ integrations | Manual collection by consultants and your team |
| Self-service | Full self-serve platform with AI guidance | Consultant-dependent - limited knowledge transfer |
| Regulatory updates | Automatic alerts and framework updates | Ad-hoc advisory on regulatory changes |
| Multi-framework | 11 frameworks with shared control mapping | Framework-by-framework advisory |
| Customization | Configurable workflows and policies | Fully custom advisory tailored to your organization |
| Audit preparation | Always audit-ready with one-click exports | Audit preparation is the engagement deliverable |
| Data residency | Germany (EU) - Hetzner/AWS Frankfurt | Varies - often global cloud or on-premise |
A cell marked “not verified” means we could not source the claim on Big 4 Consultancies (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG)’s own website. It is not a statement that the capability is missing. We only publish a claim about a named company when we have read it on that company’s own page. Where we could, the wording comes from our sourced vendor tables, which carry the source URL and the date they were read.
Why choose Matproof
- 90% lower cost than typical Big 4 compliance engagements
- Continuous compliance - not point-in-time assessments
- Self-service platform - no consultant dependency
- Weeks to deploy vs quarters for a Big 4 engagement
- EU data residency with German hosting
- AI-powered policy generation in 6 languages
Why choose Big 4 Consultancies (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG)
- Deep regulatory relationships and industry credibility
- Audit certification authority and signing power
- Decades of industry expertise and precedent knowledge
- Fully custom advisory tailored to complex organizations
Who should choose which?
Choose Matproof if...
Organizations wanting continuous, automated compliance at a fraction of Big 4 costs - especially mid-market firms that need DORA and NIS2 readiness without six-figure advisory fees.
Choose Big 4 Consultancies (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG) if...
Large enterprises needing bespoke advisory, audit certification, or regulatory relationship management in complex multi-jurisdiction environments.
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