Running an ISO consultancy means juggling 5–50 client engagements simultaneously. The right platform pays for itself within a single client; the wrong one becomes another spreadsheet to maintain. This is the buyer's checklist.
A compliance platform sold to end-clients rarely fits a consultancy practice. Workspaces, branding, billing model, and data segregation all matter differently when you're managing many clients at once.
Multi-tenancy isn't optional. Each client's data — risks, documents, audits, incidents — must live in a strictly separated workspace. Cross-client data leakage is a confidentiality breach that ends consulting relationships. Look for explicit organisation-scoped data architecture, not "we filter on user".
Some consultants prefer their own brand visible to the client; others want the client to see the platform as their own branded compliance system. Top-tier platforms support both — your logo on YOUR consultant dashboard, the client's logo (or yours) on the client workspace.
Per-user pricing penalises consultants — you have one consultant accessing 30 client workspaces. Per-workspace or per-client pricing aligns better. Calculate cost per client engagement, not cost per user, when comparing platforms.
"How many of my clients are within 30 days of cert expiry?" "Which client engagements are flagging overdue CAPAs?" Cross-client analytics from your consultant dashboard turn day-to-day fire-fighting into proactive practice management.
9001/14001/45001 are baseline. Look beyond — does the platform handle 27001 (Annex A 93 controls + SoA), 42001 (AI management, the newest standard), 22301 (BCP), 13485 (medical devices), CDM 2015 (construction), DWR 1997 (diving)? Specialist consultants need specialist coverage.
"AI compliance" is the 2026 hype. The real test: does it draft RAMS that need light supervisor edit rather than rewrites? Does it map evidence to clauses with auditor-credible reasoning? Does it flag bias in risk assessments? An auditor's eye on output quality beats a marketing video.
You start solo, add a junior consultant in year two, an associate in year three. The platform should handle the consultant team growing across the same client portfolio without force-migrating workspaces or charging per-seat at full rate.
Compliance software written by software engineers who've never sat across the desk from an HSE inspector or IRCA lead auditor optimises for the wrong things. Software written by an actual auditor optimises for what auditors actually check. Read founder bios.
PICMS Consultant tier was built around the multi-client model from day one — not retrofitted from a single-tenant compliance tool. Each checklist item above is a deliberate product decision.
Strict org_id-scoped data architecture. Cross-client queries impossible by design. Defence-in-depth on every API endpoint.
Consultant logo on your dashboard. Per-client logo on each client workspace. Custom domain on the white-label add-on.
£599/month Consultant Starter includes a fixed client allocation. Extra workspaces add at £150/month each. No per-user surprise.
Cross-client KPIs from your consultant view: cert expiry, CAPA overdue, audit cycles, agent learning patterns shared across the practice.
9001/14001/45001/27001/42001/22301/13485/14064/26000/31000/20400/22000 + UK industry packs (CDM, DWR, IMCA, CHAS, CQC).
RAMS generator, risk guardian, gap analysis, evidence mapping. Trained against IRCA and IMCA audit experience, not generic compliance prompts.
Add team members to your consultant org. Each gets per-client access controlled by you. No re-licensing as the team grows.
PICMS is designed by an IRCA Registered Principal Auditor. Founder bio on /about.
An interactive ROI calculator on the partner page models the break-even point for your specific practice size.
14 days free, full Consultant tier features, no credit card surprise. Built by an IRCA Registered Principal Auditor — someone who's stood in your shoes.