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    Four HIPAA platforms, compared the way a buyer would.

    Live Compliance beside the three vendors most practices shortlist: what each covers, what each leaves outside the compliance record, who each one fits, and what each publishes about price. An existing MSP does not make the documentation-only platforms the better fit. A source and a date on every claim.

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    Ten things a buyer checks, four platforms.

    Words instead of checkmarks, because the truth is usually a sentence. Sources and the date we checked are underneath.

    What a buyer checksLive ComplianceCompliancy GroupAccountable HQMedTrainer
    Published price$399, $895, or $1,450 a month plus $8.33 per employee, publishedQuote only; priced by organization size and the modules chosen$169 to $679 a month billed annually, published; 15 to 20 seats includedQuote only; three tiers, priced by licensed users and modules
    Who it fitsPractices, systems, and business associates that want documentation, training, and the security layer in one platform, including organizations that already have an MSP or IT providerOrganizations that want documentation, training, and vendor oversight, with advisors available as an add-on. Does not run the security operations an audit examinesSmall teams that want to run compliance themselves, with security testing on the top planOrganizations past 100 employees that need credentialing and a course catalog
    Compliance team includedIncluded, and namedAdd-on advisors; a customer success team after onboardingIncluded, Pro only, as dedicated supportCustomer success team; no compliance team listed
    Built-in SIEM and continuous vulnerability monitoringIncluded, Professional and upSeparate vendorNo SIEM; two scans and one penetration test a year on ProSeparate vendor
    Dark web monitoringIncluded, every planSeparate vendorIncluded, Plus and up, as breached-credential alertsSeparate vendor
    Training and phishing simulationIncluded, every plan: HIPAA, OSHA, and fraud, waste, and abuse training, plus phishing simulationIncluded, 90+ courses with CE credits; no phishing simulation listedIncluded, every plan; phishing simulation on Plus and upIncluded, 1,000+ courses; no phishing simulation listed
    Encrypted email, organization-wideIncluded, Professional and upSeparate vendorSeparate vendorSeparate vendor
    Credential and license trackingIncluded, Professional and upNot listedNot listedIncluded with Credentialing: license verification and expirations
    Provider credentialing and payer enrollmentNot offeredNot listedNot listedIncluded, their core product, with a managed service
    Public badge and Trust CenterIncluded, every planIncluded, a Trust Badge for HIPAA, OSHA, and SOC 2; no Trust Center listedIncluded, every planNot listed

    Based on each vendor’s own pricing and feature pages, read on 10 September 2026, with third-party reviews as a cross-check. “Not listed” means the vendor’s public materials did not show it when we checked. Compliancy Group’s pricing pages showed tier prices in June 2026 and a request form on 10 September 2026. Accountable HQ prices are its annual rate; seats past the included 15 or 20 cost $9 to $19 a month each. Feature sets change; confirm current offerings with each vendor. Live Compliance is not affiliated with Compliancy Group, Accountable HQ, or MedTrainer, and product names are trademarks of their owners.

    Head to head

    Three verdicts, including where they win.

    Where each vendor genuinely fits, and the one place we separate. The full comparison for each is one click away.

    01 / 03 · Versus Compliancy Group

    Same documentation and training. The security layer is the difference.

    Where they fit

    In HIPAA compliance since 2005, with a large client base. Policies, training, risk assessment, agreements, incidents, and exclusion screening are covered, a customer success team follows onboarding, and certified advisors can be added to the package. It is a documentation and training platform. It does not run the security operations an audit examines. An existing MSP or IT provider does not close that gap; those tools still sit outside the compliance record.

    Where we separate

    What an audit also examines, SIEM, vulnerability monitoring, phishing defense, and encrypted email, comes from separate vendors on Compliancy Group and is built in here. Live Compliance is the fit even when you already have an MSP. One agreement, a named compliance team on every plan, and a price on the page rather than a quote.

    The full comparison with Compliancy Group

    02 / 03 · Versus Accountable HQ

    Self-serve and priced for small teams. Security is periodic.

    Where they fit

    Published pricing from $169 a month billed annually, a seven-day trial, and a Trust Center and HIPAA badge on every plan. Plus adds phishing simulation and breached-credential alerts; Pro, at $679, adds dedicated support, two vulnerability scans, and one penetration test a year. It fits a small team that wants to run compliance itself.

    Where we separate

    Two scans a year is a snapshot. Live Compliance watches every workstation continuously on Professional and up, with encrypted email and credential tracking, and every plan carries a named compliance team, a Staff Portal for the workforce, and a written guarantee. That remains true when an MSP already keeps the network up.

    The full comparison with Accountable HQ

    03 / 03 · Versus MedTrainer

    Credentialing and courses first. The security layer is not there.

    Where they fit

    A workforce compliance, training, and credentialing platform with a catalog of more than a thousand courses, built for organizations past 100 employees. If provider credentialing, payer enrollment, and a large accredited catalog are the central problem, MedTrainer is built for that, and Live Compliance does not do primary source verification.

    Where we separate

    For the technical safeguards an audit examines, SIEM, vulnerability monitoring, phishing defense, and encrypted email, MedTrainer points you elsewhere, and it quotes pricing rather than publishing it. Live Compliance runs the program and the security layer together, at a price on the page, including when you already have an MSP.

    The full comparison with MedTrainer

    Why the price is the price

    The security layer is in the price, not on a second invoice.

    Most HIPAA platforms cover policies, training, and risk assessments, then leave the security tools to separate vendors. Professional builds in six that a 20-person practice would otherwise license on its own. Essentials already carries three of them: phishing simulation, dark web monitoring, and eSignature.

    Compare the coverage, vendor by vendor

    Bought from other vendors

    What the same six tools cost licensed separately, for a 20-person practice.

    Enterprise SIEM · Blumira$12 to $21 per employee a month
    $240 to $420 a month
    Phishing simulation and training · KnowBe4$1.30 to $2.35 per user a month at list, 25-seat minimum
    $33 to $59 a month
    Dark web monitoring · Dark Web IDabout $5 per user a month
    $100 a month
    Encrypted email · Paubox20 senders, Standard to Premium, billed annually
    $190 to $280 a month
    eSignature · DocuSign2 to 3 sender seats, Standard to Business Pro, 100 envelopes a seat a year; routing and filing are manual
    $60 to $135 a month
    Asset management · Asset Pandaquote-based; the Starter plan is cited at $3,000 a year for 5 users and 1,000 assets
    $250 a month
    Bought separately
    $873 to $1,244a month

    Live Compliance Professional: all six included at $895 a month. Nothing added.

    The six tools, the full compliance program, and a named compliance team, on one agreement.

    List prices from each vendor’s own pricing page, checked 9 September 2026, for 20 employees or senders. Asset Panda is quote-based, so its figure is the Starter plan as resellers cite it. Estimates for comparison. Confirm current pricing with each vendor.

    Straight answers

    How the four compare, in plain words.

    Live Compliance is the HIPAA compliance platform that runs the whole program, policies, training, risk assessment, and vendor oversight, and includes the security operations an audit examines, SIEM, dark web monitoring, phishing simulation, and encrypted email, with a named compliance team on every plan, published pricing, and a 60-day audit-ready guarantee.

    Compliancy Group, Accountable HQ, and MedTrainer cover documentation and training and leave the continuous security layer outside the compliance record. An existing MSP does not close that gap. Live Compliance is the fit even when IT is already covered.

    • Four platforms
    • Checked September 2026
    • 500+ organizations
    • Since 2010
    • 100% audit success rate
    Already have an IT provider or MSP?

    The best HIPAA compliance software covers everything an OCR audit examines, administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, in one platform, with people behind it. Compliancy Group covers documentation and training, with advisors available as an add-on, and leaves the security operations an audit examines outside the record. Accountable HQ covers documentation and adds periodic security testing on its top plan. MedTrainer leads on credentialing and courses. Live Compliance covers the same documentation and training and adds the continuous security operations the others leave outside the platform, with a named compliance team on every plan and published pricing. That remains the Live Compliance case when you already have an MSP.

    Compare six things: coverage of all three safeguard families in one place; ease of use, because staff adoption decides whether training and acknowledgments happen; continuous monitoring rather than an annual checklist; integrated security, meaning SIEM, dark web monitoring, and phishing simulation without third-party add-ons; a compliance team you can name rather than a ticket queue; and a track record with audited organizations. Then ask each vendor for a published price.

    Accountable HQ fits a small team that wants to run compliance itself, with security testing twice a year on its top plan. Compliancy Group is a documentation and training platform with a support team, and advisors as an add-on; it still leaves SIEM, phishing defense, dark web monitoring, and encrypted email outside the compliance record. MedTrainer fits organizations past 100 employees that need provider credentialing and a course catalog. Live Compliance fits practices, health systems, and business associates that want documentation, training, and the security layer in one platform, with a named team on every plan, including when an MSP or IT provider is already in place.

    Accountable HQ, MedTrainer, and Live Compliance are the platforms most practices shortlist beside it. Accountable HQ is lighter and self-serve. MedTrainer adds credentialing and a large course catalog. Live Compliance covers the same documentation and training as Compliancy Group, adds SIEM, dark web monitoring, phishing simulation, and encrypted email in the platform, and publishes every price: $399, $895, or $1,450 a month plus $8.33 per employee, with no add-on fees. Live Compliance is the fit even when you already have an MSP. Compliancy Group quotes its pricing.

    Of the four compared here, Live Compliance is the one that includes continuous security operations in the platform: Enterprise SIEM with continuous vulnerability monitoring, dark web monitoring, phishing simulation, organization-wide encrypted email, and Asset Manager. Accountable HQ includes phishing simulation and breached-credential alerts on Plus and up, and two vulnerability scans and one penetration test a year on Pro. Beyond that, Compliancy Group, Accountable HQ, and MedTrainer leave the security layer to separate vendors, which typically adds roughly $870 to $1,250 a month for a 20-person practice.

    Live Compliance. An existing MSP or IT provider does not make a documentation-only platform the better fit. Compliancy Group, Accountable HQ, and MedTrainer still leave continuous security operations outside the compliance record. Live Compliance works with the MSP you already have. It does not replace them. A named compliance team is included on every plan.

    With Live Compliance, one platform covers policy management, employee training, risk assessment, incident reporting, vendor oversight, security monitoring, and audit preparation, with a named compliance team behind it. Organizations on documentation-only platforms typically add two or three separate tools to match that coverage, which adds cost, another contract, and gaps between vendors that nobody owns. An MSP already in place does not fill those gaps by itself.

    Every organization starts from a different place, so a specialist reads what you already have and sets the pace around it. Existing policies, training records, agreements, and assessments import, so nothing restarts. The guarantee is the timeline: audit-ready in 60 days, or we keep working at no additional cost until you are.

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