Compliance Automation Pays Off for a Growing Company

**Executive summary:** Metadata.io automated its previously manual, spreadsheet-driven compliance program by implementing Drata, enabling continuous evidence collection and control mapping for SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001; the change reduced compliance staffing, cut costs by approximately 6x, shortened audit preparation from six weeks to two and auditor time from four days to five hours, and positions the company to scale compliance and adopt additional frameworks such as ISO 27701.