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Readyline GRC vs Cytellix

Two CMMC-focused platforms. Different design philosophies.

Cytellix is a CMMC-focused compliance platform with an established footprint in the DoD subcontractor market. Readyline is a newer entrant built around the latest Materialize design system, with a modern Laravel + MySQL stack, bilingual UI, on-premise + air-gapped deployment options, and the L1 Auto-Pilot Wizard. Both target the same customer; the question is which fits your team and budget.

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Where Readyline differentiates

Six design choices that distinguish Readyline. We make no specific claims about Cytellix's feature coverage. For accuracy, verify their current capabilities with them directly.

L1 Auto-Pilot Wizard

17 plain-English questions about your business. Walk away with all 17 CMMC L1 controls assessed and a finished SSP PDF in 20 minutes. No NIST jargon, no consultant.

NIST 800-171 R2 from official OSCAL

Direct ingestion from the official NIST OSCAL files. Not transcribed. Control IDs match the source exactly.

Hosted + self-hosted + air-gapped

Same platform, three deployment models. Hosted SaaS for L1/L2. Self-hosted for L3 primes. Air-gapped for environments with no outbound network.

Bilingual EN/ES UI

Per-user locale toggle. Spanish-speaking team members read CMMC controls in Spanish; bilingual teams unified in one tenant.

Modern stack

Laravel 11 + MySQL + Materialize (PixInvent Power Elite) front-end. Fast, opinionated, accessible. Vite-built bundle, type-module scripts.

Published pricing, no enterprise lock-in

Five fixed tiers from $599/yr up to a one-time $35k self-hosted license: published, not quote-gated. Unlimited users on every tier, so you pay for capability, not seats. Monthly or annual on the hosted tiers.

FAQ

Readyline vs Cytellix questions

What evaluators ask when shopping CMMC-focused platforms.

FAQ

In product category, yes, both are CMMC-focused GRC platforms. In design philosophy and tech stack, the two differ. For honest feature-by-feature comparison, request a demo from both and run a parallel evaluation against your specific contract requirements.

Hosted Readyline: same-day tenant setup after the demo call, L1 Auto-Pilot Wizard gets you to first SSP PDF in 20 minutes. Self-hosted: 1 to 2 weeks for environment standup. Onboarding pace is a fit-for-purpose question; ask each vendor for a specific timeline tied to your environment.

Readyline publishes fixed pricing for all five tiers: L1 Autopilot $599/yr, L2 Essentials $2,988/yr, Advanced $7,188/yr, Pro $9,588/yr, and a one-time $35k self-hosted Perpetual license. Every tier includes unlimited users, so team size never changes the rate. You see the numbers on the /plans page before the demo, not after.

In principle, yes, your underlying compliance data (control assessments, POA&M items, SSP narratives) is portable as long as you have it exported. We help with the migration on the onboarding side; you provide the data export from your current platform. Talk to us on the demo call for specifics tied to your current platform contract terms.

Three things: (1) Score on the must-haves listed on our /cmmc-software page: SSP generation, OSCAL ingestion, POA&M with evidence, SPRS scoring per DoD v1.2.1, C3PAO read-only assessor mode, deployment model match. (2) Schedule a demo from each, walking the same scenario (e.g., "show me how a new L2 control assessment closes"). (3) Validate references: talk to a customer of each in your industry.

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