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Tool vs consultant vs hire vs Packets

A compliance tool leaves the work with you. A consultant hands over a gap report and leaves. A hire takes months and costs ₹30–35 lakh a year. Packets is a named Compliance Lead, the platform, and the implementation work at one fixed price.

Who this is for

Teams that have a questionnaire to answer and are choosing between buying a tool, hiring a consultant, hiring a compliance lead, or running the program with Packets.

  • Accountability from week one
  • Work done for you, not a checklist
  • Same system in year two: nothing restarts

Who is accountable

A tool makes your engineer accountable. A consultant is gone after the engagement. A hire is accountable once they've ramped. Packets assigns a named Compliance Lead from week one.

  • Tool: your engineer
  • Consultant: nobody after handover
  • Hire: the person, after ramp
  • Packets: a named Compliance Lead from week one

Who does the work

The tool is a checklist. The consultant advises; you implement. The hire is one person, part-time across everything. Packets uses agents at volume and specialists where judgement is needed; you approve.

  • Policies drafted and evidence collected for you
  • Continuous monitoring in the same system
  • Adding a framework reuses controls already in place

What it costs

A tool is a licence plus the work still sitting with you. A consultant is a project fee with no system left behind. A hire is ₹30–35 lakh a year plus two to three months to find them. Packets is one fixed price covering the platform, the implementation work, and your Compliance Lead.

  • Quoted against your framework set
  • No hourly billing, no statement of work
  • GST invoiced in INR

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