TPRM for small business

A vendor-risk program sized for a small business.

You don't have a GRC analyst, a $16,000 budget, or a quarter to roll out an enterprise platform. You do have an auditor, an enterprise customer, or a regulator asking how you manage vendor risk. Covenant is third-party risk management built for exactly that gap.

The five parts of a TPRM program

Everything an auditor expects — nothing you won't use

1 · Vendor inventory

A single register of every vendor with owner, category, data sensitivity, and access. Bulk-import from CSV and dedupe by domain.

2 · Risk tiering

Auto-tier Critical → Low from sensitivity × access × criticality, with a PHI floor so a business associate is never under-rated.

3 · Assessments

Send SIG Lite, CAIQ Lite, a HIPAA attestation, or an SMB Lite questionnaire. Risky answers fold into the score with conditional follow-ups.

4 · Monitoring

External-posture checks — TLS, security headers, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, breach signals — on a weekly or daily schedule.

5 · Remediation & evidence

Track findings to closure, accept risk with an expiry, and export an auditor-ready inventory and PDF report.

+ HIPAA BAA tracking

If you handle PHI, the §164.504(e) BAA lifecycle is built in and free — see the BAA tracking page.

The cost question

What TPRM actually costs a small business

This market is famously opaque, so here are real numbers. Enterprise platforms start in the five figures and bill per vendor; Covenant publishes a flat price and never charges per vendor.

OptionEntry pricePer-vendor feeHIPAA BAA
Covenant Free$0noneYes
Covenant Pro$990/yrnoneYes
UpGuard~$19,200/yr~$79/mo eachNo
SecurityScorecard~$16,500/yr~$1,500+/vendorNo
OneTrust TPRM$10,000/yr floorAdd-on

Figures from public pricing and third-party quotes, 2025–2026. Compare in detail: vs UpGuard · vs SecurityScorecard · vs Vanta VRM.

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