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Junglewise vs a virtual CISO
A virtual CISO is a part-time security advisor: good advice, a few days a month, and no hands on the keyboard. Junglewise pairs an agent that watches and fixes around the clock with engineers who make the judgment calls, and on the Advisor plan a named strategy lead as well.
| A vCISO | Junglewise | |
|---|---|---|
| Typical price | A vCISO: $1,500 to $5,000 a month for a part-time advisor. | Junglewise: Team $499 a month; Advisor $2,499 with a named strategy lead. |
| Day to day | A vCISO: Scheduled calls, policies and a roadmap. | Junglewise: An agent online around the clock, triaging every signal from your cloud and code as it arrives. |
| Hands-on fixes | A vCISO: Usually not. Your engineers do the work. | Junglewise: Fixes drafted for your code and cloud, applied when you approve. |
| Strategy and reporting | A vCISO: The core of the role. | Junglewise: On Advisor: a named strategy lead, monthly board and investor reporting, and help with questionnaires and audits. |
| Compliance evidence | A vCISO: Guidance on what auditors expect. | Junglewise: From Team up: evidence for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 reviews, drawn from what Junglewise already watches. |
Prices for the alternatives are from vendor pricing pages and a 2026 vCISO benchmark, September 2026, for a 6 to 10 person startup. Junglewise prices exclude VAT.
Which fits
The honest answer depends on your team
A vCISO is the better fit when
- You need an executive to sit on your leadership team and own security as a function.
- Your needs are mostly governance and policy, with little day-to-day engineering.
Junglewise is the better fit when
- You need the work done as well as the advice.
- You want someone watching between the monthly calls.
- You need board reporting and audit support without a full-time hire.
Questions
- Does the Advisor plan replace a CISO?
- For many startups, yes, until security needs a full-time executive. A named strategy lead owns your security strategy, board reporting and audits, with a security engineer on the hands-on work.
- What happens outside UK business hours?
- The agent is online and triaging on every plan, so nothing waits for the morning to be noticed. On Team and Advisor, an engineer picks it up at the start of the UK working day.
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