# AuditBadger

Aiolum story: https://aiolum.com/story/auditbadger/ · added 2026-11-12 · updated 2026-11-12

**In short.** AuditBadger (Compliance software for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 (formerly Humadroid), Poland): Crossed US$500 a month, December 2025. Evidence grade D: reported, not verified. Team: Founder and one more named person; headcount not published. The older company behind it had up to about 50 people before 2022. Launched February 2022; still running.

Compliance software for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 (formerly Humadroid) · Poland · AI-native · team of 2 to 10 · still running · group: Finance, risk and compliance

- Outcome: Crossed US$500 a month, December 2025 (evidence grade of the headline number: D; headline in US dollars: 6000)
- Launch: February 2022; months from launch to the outcome: 46
- Team: Founder and one more named person; headcount not published. The older company behind it had up to about 50 people before 2022
- Outside funding: None found
- Main factor: Own problem
- Meters, 1 to 4: evidence strength 1, copyable pattern 2, capital needed 1
- Tags: AI-native, Small team, Running, B2B, Compliance

Links:

- Visit auditbadger.com: https://auditbadger.com/

**The product.** Software that turns a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit into an ordered to-do list for small companies. AI drafts policies, control descriptions and evidence suggestions, and a person approves each one. The company's pricing page says that one flat plan includes unlimited users.

**Why it worked.** The founder built it from his own audit experience, and the company says it fits teams with no compliance department. The Hacker News user mlitwiniuk wrote in December 2025 that revenue had crossed US$500 a month after a pivot from HR software. That is one statement, so the figure is grade D.

Evidence grades: A = disclosed by a public company, a filing or a payment processor, or verified by one; B = two or more independent reports agree, or a journalist confirmed it; C = a founder claim that no one else verified; D = reported, not verified: one founder claim or a third-party estimate with no second source; E = no revenue figure found, so the headline is a non-money fact and the other facts carry their own grades; calc = computed on this page from graded facts.

## Summary

AuditBadger is software for small companies that need a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report to close deals with larger customers. Both are security standards: an independent auditor tests whether a company's controls work. The software keeps the controls, policies and audit evidence (the records an auditor asks to see) in one workspace. AI drafts the text, and a person approves it.

The product began as Humadroid, a human-resources suite from the Polish software house Prograils. The earliest dated copy of its home page is from 20 February 2022. The About page says AuditBadger was formerly known as Humadroid and that the rebrand is still in progress. Maciej Litwiniuk is named there as the founder.

The only money figure is a Hacker News comment of 18 December 2025. The user mlitwiniuk wrote that Humadroid had recently crossed US$500 a month after a pivot from HR software. No payment processor, press article or second source confirms it, and the comment gives a beta price of US$125 a month.

## Why did AuditBadger work?

### The founder took his own company through ISO 27001 in 2019

The About page says the founder took a previous software company through ISO 27001 in 2019. It calls the process slow, expensive and mostly spreadsheets. It says the product came out of that. The Hacker News comment gives the same origin.

### One flat price removes the per-user cost for small teams

The pricing page says there is one plan with no per-seat charge. It compares this with competitors that publish no price or use tiers. The page says that the price is the same for 5 people and for 50.

### The company runs its own audit on its own product

The home page and the About page say the company prepared for and completed its own SOC 2 examination inside AuditBadger. They state that no outside consultants were used. The company says the audit decision stays with an independent auditor.

## How it was built

These details come from the company's privacy policy, terms, home page and an archived blog post. They are grade C.

- The product first came from tools that Prograils built in-house for its own staff. The Humadroid blog post lists time-off, assets, benefits and one-to-one tools.
- AI drafts policies and control texts through Anthropic. The privacy policy says a person must review the output.
- Checks collect evidence from connected services on a monthly schedule and on demand. The home page names AWS, GitHub and Google Workspace.
- Payments run through Stripe checkout, and demos are booked through Cal.com. The privacy policy also names Mailgun, Mailjet, AppSignal and Plausible Analytics.
- Primary infrastructure is in the European Union, and generated policy PDFs are stored in Amazon S3 in an EU region, according to the privacy policy.
- The home page describes an interface for AI assistants such as Claude Code. An assistant proposes changes, and a person approves them.

Sources: [5, 6, 4, 10]

## Who tried this before AuditBadger, and why did they fail?

Four companies in our database of failed startups sold software to small and mid-sized businesses in HR or accounting compliance. The values below come from that database and are not independently verified.

The failed startups come from our database of dead startups, retold here in our own words; Its entries are AI-assisted summaries of public sources, so they carry no evidence grade.

### BHRD (2018 to 2021; funding US$7.0M; cause: Competition)

- Promise: AI insights and automation for small and mid-sized businesses: bookkeeping, tax compliance and financial analysis.
- Why it died: The record says it could not stand apart from established accounting software and newer fintech companies, even with Y Combinator backing.
- Record: 

### Ansaro (2017 to 2022; funding US$15.0M; cause: No market need)

- Promise: An AI platform for the whole recruitment cycle: candidate tracking, resume parsing and interview scheduling.
- Why it died: The record says it did not find a market segment that needed its AI tools badly enough to pay.
- Record: 

### Team Voice (2017 to 2020; funding US$2.5M; cause: No market need)

- Promise: An HR platform for feedback and communication inside teams.
- Why it died: The record says that technology alone could not solve people problems, and demand and adoption stayed small.
- Record: 

### Teamometer (2015 to 2018; funding US$1.5M; cause: No market need)

- Promise: Team performance metrics and feedback that fit into existing workflows.
- Why it died: The record says the need was not proven at the time and that organizations resisted changing how they worked.
- Record: 

## What changed

The four failed companies sold HR or accounting software to small and mid-sized businesses. Their records say demand stayed small or that they could not stand apart from others. AuditBadger names a different trigger on its home page: a customer asks for SOC 2.

The company has also moved from an HR suite to this narrower job. The Hacker News user mlitwiniuk called the move a painful pivot. Whether the change brings lasting revenue is not shown by any source.

## Can one person copy AuditBadger now?

**Verdict: Partly. The niche is open, but the money is not proven.**

A founder who has been through an audit can sell a cheaper tool to small teams. The one revenue figure is a founder comment, so the size of the market is not shown. Copy the structure only after checking that customers pay.

1. Pick a compliance task that a customer's contract forces a small company to do.
2. Publish one flat price, so a buyer needs no sales call to know the cost.
3. Run your own compliance on the product, and publish the result.
4. Say plainly what the software does not do, such as replacing the auditor.

**What is still open.** Other frameworks for small teams: the company's own pages list NIS2, the EU AI Act and UK Cyber Essentials as early-access packs.

## How much revenue does AuditBadger make? The numbers, graded

One founder comment about US$500 a month in December 2025. A flat price of US$250 a month on the pricing page in November 2026

| Fact | Value | Grade | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue per month, December 2025 | crossed US$500 | D | The Hacker News user mlitwiniuk wrote on 18 December 2025: "Recently crossed the $500/month mark after a painful pivot from HR tech earlier this year." The profile of this user says: "Making compliance survivable for small teams at humadroid.io" and "built Prograils.com". The About page names Maciej Litwiniuk as the founder who previously owned Prograils, and its demo link uses the same handle. | [1, 2, 13] |
| Run rate from the December 2025 figure | US$6,000 a year | calc | Calculated: US$500 a month times 12. A floor taken from the founder's wording, not a measured figure. | [1] |
| Price in December 2025 | US$125 a month flat during beta; a later reply says US$250 a month | D | Both amounts are in the comments of the user mlitwiniuk on 18 December 2025. The first says "for now, during beta". | [1] |
| Price in November 2026 | US$250 a month, unlimited users | C | Company pricing page. The About page says "One flat price: $250 per month, unlimited users". Billing is monthly through Stripe checkout. | [2, 3, 6] |
| Company start of the product, as Humadroid | February 2022 (earliest dated page) | C | An Internet Archive copy of humadroid.io from 20 February 2022 shows an HR suite and a launch list for the beta. The footer reads "© 2022 Prograils.com". An earlier start is possible, because no earlier copy of the domain was found. | [8] |
| Founding year given by AuditBadger | 2024 | C | The About page says "Founded 2024, after five years of doing compliance the hard way at a software agency." The company's structured data repeats 2024. This differs from the 2022 copy of Humadroid. | [2, 4] |
| Older company that sells the product | Prograils Sp. z o.o., a software house since 2012, no client work since 2022 | C | The Prograils page lists 2012 to 2022 as the software-house years, with up to about 50 people. It lists AuditBadger as its flagship product, formerly Humadroid. | [7] |
| Legal entity of the service | Prograils Sp. z o.o., Poznan, Poland | C | The terms and the About page name it as the registered entity and owner of the service. | [2, 6] |
| Team | A founder and one more named person; headcount not published | C | The About page names two people. It says onboarding is run by the founding team "because there are not many of us". The Prograils page lists the same two people. | [2, 7] |
| Own SOC 2 examinations | Type I prep in under 2 weeks; Type II completed; 92-day observation window | C | Company statements on the home page and the security page. The report is available on request. No auditor's report was read. | [4, 11] |
| Customers shown on the home page | 4 logos and 2 testimonials | C | The logos link to Podigee, Blockstats, IP System 3 and Elixir NZ. Two testimonials are signed by the founders of IP System 3 and of MSPortal.ai. | [4] |
| AI provider | Anthropic | C | The privacy policy names Anthropic as the AI sub-processor and says data sent through the API is not used to train its models. | [5] |
| Outside funding | none found | D | None of the downloaded pages mentions a funding round. | [2, 7] |

How to read this table. Grade D is a single founder statement. Grade C is the company's own page. Grade X was computed on this page from rows above it.

## Pricing

AuditBadger price in November 2026, read from the company's pricing page (grade C)

| Plan | Per month, billed yearly (US$) | Per month, billed monthly (US$) | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| AuditBadger (single plan) |  | 250 | unlimited users; SOC 2 and ISO 27001; 12 integrations |

The page lists one plan. It says the price does not change with the number of users. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are in the same plan, and the contract is monthly. Audit, CPA and certification fees are not included. In December 2025 the user mlitwiniuk wrote of a beta price of US$125 a month.

## When did AuditBadger launch, and how did it grow? Timeline

From a human-resources suite with a launch list in February 2022 to a compliance product with one flat price in November 2026. Each entry carries its grade.

- **2012** (grade C [7]): Prograils is founded in Poznan as a software house, according to its own history page.
- **20 February 2022** (grade C [8]): Earliest dated copy of humadroid.io: an HR suite with time-off, benefits and one-to-one tools, and a launch list for the beta.
- **2022** (grade C [7]): Prograils says it stopped client work and now builds only its own products.
- **2024** (grade C [2, 10]): The About page gives 2024 as the founding year of AuditBadger. A Humadroid blog post, archived on 23 May 2024, tells how Humadroid began inside Prograils.
- **16 April 2025** (grade C [9]): An archived copy of humadroid.io now sells a compliance tool for ISO 27001, HIPAA and SOC 2.
- **18 December 2025** (grade D [1]): The user mlitwiniuk writes that revenue recently crossed US$500 a month and that SOC 2 Type I was passed earlier in 2025.
- **November 2026** (grade C [2, 3, 4]): The site is named AuditBadger, formerly Humadroid. It lists one price of US$250 a month and says its own SOC 2 Type II examination is complete.

## What could go wrong for AuditBadger?

- **What is not verified.** The only money figure is one comment by the user mlitwiniuk on Hacker News, dated 18 December 2025. No payment-processor profile, press article or second interview was found. A reader could look for a Stripe-verified profile or a founder interview with dates. The profile of the user mlitwiniuk names humadroid.io and Prograils, and the About page uses the same handle in its demo link. No page gives the handle and the founder's full name together.
- **Older company, earlier start.** The service is sold by Prograils Sp. z o.o., a software house that its own page dates to 2012. The Humadroid product has a dated page from 20 February 2022, and an earlier start is possible. The About page gives 2024 as the founding year of AuditBadger. The Hacker News profile of mlitwiniuk says Prograils was sold to Jobandtalent. The terms still name Prograils Sp. z o.o. as owner of the service. No page explains this.
- **Logo wall and testimonials.** The home page shows four company logos and two testimonials signed by founders. No page outside the company's own site confirms that these companies use the product or pay for it. Neither testimonial has a photo. The quotations could not be searched on other sites.
- **Price and trial wording.** In December 2025 the founder's comment gave a beta price of US$125 a month, and a later reply gave US$250 a month. The terms say there is no free trial, while the home page offers "Start free" for a free policy generator.
- **Software with a service next to it.** Every plan includes a shared Slack channel and founder-led onboarding. The company also prepares ISO 27001 with customers as a separate engagement, quoted after a scoping call. Its SOC 2 Type II report was not read here.
- **Team size.** The About page names two people and says the company is small. No page states a headcount. The older company had up to about 50 people before it stopped client work in 2022. In December 2025 the user mlitwiniuk described the business as "early and solo".

## Sources

1. Hacker News, 18 December 2025: comments by mlitwiniuk in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects" — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46310212 (grade D). Read in full. A founder-style comment by the user mlitwiniuk. Source for the US$500 figure, the beta price and the pivot from HR.
2. AuditBadger: About us (read 12 November 2026) — https://auditbadger.com/about/ (grade C). Read in full. Source for the rename, the registered entity, the 2024 founding year, the two named people and the SOC 2 claims.
3. AuditBadger pricing (read 12 November 2026) — https://auditbadger.com/pricing/ (grade C). Read in full. Source for the single plan at US$250 a month, what is included and what is not.
4. AuditBadger home page (read 12 November 2026) — https://auditbadger.com/ (grade C). Read in full. Source for the logo wall, the two testimonials, the FAQ on Humadroid and the SOC 2 statements.
5. AuditBadger privacy policy (read 12 November 2026) — https://auditbadger.com/privacy/ (grade C). Read in full. Source for the formerly-Humadroid note, the AI provider and the service providers.
6. AuditBadger terms of service (read 12 November 2026) — https://auditbadger.com/terms/ (grade C). Read the sections on the service, the owner, subscriptions and checkout. Source for Prograils as owner and for Stripe checkout.
7. Prograils home page (read 12 November 2026) — https://prograils.com/ (grade C). Read in full. Source for the 2012 start, the up to about 50 people, the end of client work in 2022 and the product list.
8. Internet Archive copy of humadroid.io, 20 February 2022 — https://web.archive.org/web/20220220223911/https://humadroid.io/ (grade C). Read in full. The earliest dated copy of the Humadroid home page: an HR suite and a launch list.
9. Internet Archive copy of humadroid.io, 16 April 2025 — https://web.archive.org/web/20250416130403/https://humadroid.io/ (grade C). Read the home page text. Shows the compliance positioning in April 2025.
10. Humadroid blog post "Born from Need: The Real Story Behind Creating Humadroid", Internet Archive copy of 23 May 2024 — https://web.archive.org/web/20240523070811/https://humadroid.io/posts/born-from-need-the-real-story-behind-creating-humadroid (grade C). Read in full. Source for how the HR tools were first built in-house at Prograils. The post itself carries no date.
11. AuditBadger security page (read 12 November 2026) — https://auditbadger.com/security/ (grade C). Read in full. Source for the company's own SOC 2 Type II statement and the offer of the report.
12. IP System 3 home page (read 12 November 2026) — https://www.ipsys-3.com/ (grade C). Read in part. Shows that the company behind one testimonial exists. It does not mention AuditBadger.
13. Hacker News profile of the user mlitwiniuk (read 12 November 2026) — https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mlitwiniuk (grade D). Read in full. The profile names humadroid.io and Prograils. Source for the link between the handle and the business.
14. Database of failed startups, local export — /method/#dead (grade C). Record pages read on the website on the day of writing. AI-assisted summaries, not independently verified. Source for the failed predecessors.

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