# ISO 27001 Consultants: Who Shows a Fee **URL:** https://theauditrail.com/best/iso-27001-consultants/ **Published:** 2026-11-12 **Modified:** 2026-11-13 **Author:** The Audit Trail editorial desk > One of seven ISO 27001 consultancies shows a fee on its ISO 27001 page: High Table, £5,000 to £12,000 fixed-fee coaching. --- Firm list # ISO 27001 Consultants (2026): 1 of 7 Shows a Fee One of seven ISO 27001 consultancies puts a fee on its ISO 27001 page: High Table, with £5,000 to £12,000 for fixed-fee coaching. The other six show none. The Audit Trail editorial desk Updated Nov 13, 2026 · First published Nov 12, 2026 [Some vendors pay us to be assessed or listed. Payment never changes a score, a rank or a verdict.](https://theauditrail.com/how-we-make-money/) In brief - 1 of 7 ISO 27001 consultancies shows a fee on its ISO 27001 page (12 November 2026). - High Table shows fixed-fee coaching at £5,000 to £12,000 and day rates at £800 to £1,500 and up. - GRSee promises one fixed quote up front but prints no figure, and Fractional CISO routes the question to a pricing request. - The consultant who builds the management system cannot be the firm that certifies it. - A certification audit is a separate bill, quoted by High Table at £4,000 to £8,000 for a small business. One of the seven ISO 27001 consultancies below puts a fee on its ISO 27001 page on 12 November 2026. High Table shows fixed-fee coaching at £5,000 to £12,000, a documentation toolkit at £300 to £800 and day-rate consultancy at £800 to £1,500 and up, and says a certification audit adds £4,000 to £8,000 for a small business. The other six show no figure. GRSee promises one fixed quote before work starts, and Fractional CISO sends a price question to a pricing request. A consultant builds the management system and does not certify it, so a second firm, an accredited certification body, issues the certificate. ## The firms Firm Fee on its ISO 27001 page Price wording [High Table](https://hightable.io/iso-27001-consultancy/) Yes Fixed-fee coaching £5,000 to £12,000, toolkit £300 to £800, day rates £800 to £1,500 and up [BerryDunn](https://www.berrydunn.com/services/iso-27001-consulting) No None [Elevate Consult](https://elevateconsult.com/solutions/cyber-security-compliance/iso-27001/) No None [Fractional CISO](https://fractionalciso.com/services/compliance/iso-27001/) No Get Pricing request [GRSee](https://grsee.com/iso-27001/) No Fixed scope, fixed price, one clear quote up front [Pivot Point Security](https://www.pivotpointsecurity.com/iso-27001-consulting/) No Names three cost types: internal, consulting and certification [URM Consulting](https://www.urmconsulting.com/information-security/iso-27001/consultancy-services) No Free consultation This is a list, not a ranking. A firm is in the table when its own ISO 27001 consulting page was readable on 12 November 2026, and it counts as showing a fee when that page, or a fee page one click from it, carries a currency figure for consulting. Firms that show a fee come first and the rest follow in alphabetical order. The table is not every ISO 27001 consultancy. Fees change, so the figures carry the date 12 November 2026. ## What each firm lists **High Table** describes three models. A day-rate consultancy bills £800 to £1,500 and up a day, with total projects at £15,000 to £30,000 and up. Fixed-fee coaching with a Lead Auditor or fractional vCISO runs £5,000 to £12,000. A documentation toolkit costs £300 to £800. It also issues UKAS-accredited ISO 27001 certification, and says the consultant who helps build the system cannot be the one who audits it. Its consultancy page puts the separate certification audit at £4,000 to £6,500 for 1 to 10 employees, £5,000 to £8,750 for 11 to 25 and £6,000 to £11,000 for 26 to 50. Its own certification cost page prices the same audit higher, at £11,250 for 26 to 45 employees. **GRSee** pairs consultants with professionals from Lead Auditor backgrounds and puts the typical timeline from assessment to certification at 3 to 6 months. An accredited certification body issues the certificate. **Fractional CISO** sells ISO 27001 support through a CISSP-certified virtual CISO. It says many virtual CISO providers and ISO 27001 consultants take commissions or finders’ fees for recommending tools, and that it takes none. **Pivot Point Security** lists ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, Lead Implementer, CISSP, CISA and CRISC holders on its team and claims a 100% certification success rate. It says surveillance audits generally cost 60 to 80% of the certification audit. Secureframe’s cost guide cites Pivot Point at $1,400 to $1,800 a day. **URM Consulting** says it has helped more than 500 organisations implement an ISMS and certify to ISO 27001, and sells ISO 27001 audit services alongside consulting. **BerryDunn** offers readiness assessments and internal audit services, and partners with an outside ISO 27001 certifying body that conducts the certification audit. **Elevate Consult** lists gap remediation, Statement of Applicability builds and surveillance audit support. ## Consultant, certification body and software Three parties touch an ISO 27001 project. The consultant builds the system. An accredited certification body audits it and issues the certificate, as the [ISO 27001 vs SOC 2 comparison](https://theauditrail.com/frameworks/iso-27001/vs-soc-2/) explains. Software collects the evidence, and the [ISMS software ranking](https://theauditrail.com/best/isms-software/) scores the platforms. [Sprinto](https://theauditrail.com/vendors/sprinto/), [Vanta](https://theauditrail.com/vendors/vanta/) and [Scrut](https://theauditrail.com/vendors/scrut/) each put a consultant cost in their ISO 27001 cost guides. The [ISO 27001 cost guide](https://theauditrail.com/frameworks/iso-27001/cost/) puts the consultant at $15,000 to $60,000 across the platform sources that quote one and shows the other lines. A company that wants to compare a consultant with a platform can read the [compliance software pricing study](https://theauditrail.com/research/compliance-software-pricing-2026/). ## Questions to ask before signing - Which people will do the work, and do they hold ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor credentials? - Who certifies the result, and is that body accredited? - Is the scope and the quote fixed before work starts? - How many hours does the project leave with the internal team? High Table, which also issues certificates, says the consultant who builds a system cannot be the one who audits it. For a company that already holds SOC 2, the [SOC 2 audit firm list](https://theauditrail.com/best/soc-2-audit-firms/) covers the CPA side, and the [CMMC consultant list](https://theauditrail.com/best/cmmc-rpo-consultants/) covers a different standard. ## Frequently asked questions - How many ISO 27001 consultants show their fee? 1 of the 7 consultancies in this list shows a fee on its ISO 27001 page on 12 November 2026. High Table shows fixed-fee coaching at £5,000 to £12,000, day rates at traditional consultancies of £800 to £1,500 and up, and a documentation toolkit at £300 to £800. GRSee promises one fixed quote up front, and the other five show no figure. - What does an ISO 27001 consultant do? A consultant builds the information security management system: gap analysis, risk assessment, policies, the Statement of Applicability, internal audit and preparation for the certification audit. It does not issue the certificate. An accredited certification body does. - Can my ISO 27001 consultant also certify me? No. High Table says the consultant who helps build the system cannot be the one who audits it, and BerryDunn partners with a separate certifying body for the certification audit to meet ISO independence requirements. - How much does an ISO 27001 consultant cost? Scrut puts a consultant-assisted route at $15,000 to $40,000, Vanta at about $30,000, Secureframe at about $38,000 and Sprinto at $15,000 to $60,000. High Table shows £5,000 to £12,000 for fixed-fee coaching on a small technology company. The ISO 27001 cost guide breaks the bill into lines. - Do I need a consultant, or can software do it? Software collects evidence and tracks controls, and a consultant supplies judgment on scope and risk. A team can pair them. Sprinto says a consultant still leaves the team 300 to 500 hours of evidence and fixes. - How do I check an ISO 27001 consultant? Ask for the credentials of the people doing the work, such as ISO 27001 Lead Auditor or Lead Implementer, ask who certifies the result, and ask for a fixed scope and quote before any work starts. ## Related rankings and guides - [Platforms that automate SOC 2 evidence](https://theauditrail.com/best/soc-2-compliance-software/) - [The CPA firms that issue SOC 2 reports](https://theauditrail.com/best/soc-2-audit-firms/) - [Compliance management platforms, ranked](https://theauditrail.com/best/compliance-management-software/) - [ISMS platforms for running ISO 27001](https://theauditrail.com/best/isms-software/) - [Trust center platforms and who hosts them](https://theauditrail.com/best/trust-center-software/) - [Tools that run internal and external audits](https://theauditrail.com/best/audit-management-software/) - [GRC platforms for risk, policy and audit](https://theauditrail.com/best/grc-software/) - [Risk registers and risk management tools](https://theauditrail.com/best/risk-management-software/) - [CMMC compliance platforms, ranked](https://theauditrail.com/best/cmmc-compliance-software/) - [Registered CMMC consultants and RPOs](https://theauditrail.com/best/cmmc-rpo-consultants/) - [Options for teams leaving Drata](https://theauditrail.com/best/drata-alternatives/) - [Options for teams leaving Vanta](https://theauditrail.com/best/vanta-alternatives/) - [Options for teams leaving OneTrust](https://theauditrail.com/best/onetrust-alternatives/) - [What GRC covers, from governance to risk](https://theauditrail.com/blog/grc/what-is-grc/) - [Compliance automation, explained](https://theauditrail.com/blog/grc/compliance-automation/) - [Who may sign a SOC 2 report](https://theauditrail.com/frameworks/soc-2/who-performs-a-soc-2-audit/) - [What a SOC 2 pen test costs by test type](https://theauditrail.com/frameworks/soc-2/penetration-test-cost/) - [How to choose a C3PAO assessor](https://theauditrail.com/frameworks/cmmc/c3pao/) - [What cloud companies show on their trust centers](https://theauditrail.com/research/trust-centers/) - [Compliance software pricing, platform by platform](https://theauditrail.com/research/compliance-software-pricing-2026/)