Garde1 vs Delve for CMMC. Software, plus an RPO quoted to us at $75,000+.
Seventy-five thousand dollars, two firms to manage, and about forty yellow blanks a document.
We evaluated Delve in September 2026. It paired us with an RPO, quoted $75,000 and up, and delivered templates with about forty yellow blanks a document. Two firms to manage, one price nobody publishes.
“Seventy-five thousand dollars and up, with an RPO we would also have to manage. The software did not produce the CMMC documents.”
Garde1’s own evaluation of Delve for CMMC, September 2026
With Delve Still needs a consultantWith Garde1 No consultant needed
Who does the workDone for you: watch after you pass.Started for you: collect evidence. A firm you pay: scope the boundary, policies and SSP, fix the gaps, grade readiness.Done for you: scope the boundary, policies and SSP, collect evidence, grade readiness, watch after you pass.Started for you: fix the gaps.
First year, all in$75K+.Not published. Quoted to us with the paired RPO, September 2026.$23,988.Published: Starter $1,999 a month, Level 1 $1,800 a year. No readiness firm to pay, no seats resold; background checks are billed by Checkr at cost. Separate: the C3PAO, which DoD models at $31,234 for a small business (89 FR 83207), and the workspace licences you already pay for.
Firms you payThree.Delve, the paired RPO, then the C3PAO.One.Garde1, then the C3PAO.
What you typeAbout forty blanks per document, in our evaluation.Corrections to a draft.
Step by step
StepWith DelveWith Garde1
Onboard
Cost$75,000+ with the RPO, as quoted to us in September 2026.Not published.Published.Starter $1,999 a month, and the RPO’s work is in it.
Scope the CUI boundaryThe paired RPO, inside a $75,000+ package.The product’s scoping questions, cross-checked against your tenants, with the GCC High question answered up front.Boundary and asset list before any invoice.
Operate
Policies and SSPTemplates with yellow blanks you fill in by hand, about forty to a document, in our September 2026 evaluation.The RPO handles the rest.Written from your scope with the blanks already filled from your tenants.A fact Garde1 cannot find is marked for you, not left yellow.
EvidenceCollected from cloud infrastructure, with agents for screenshots.Collected from 23 connectors and filed under the objective it proves, so the assessor sees why it is there.
Measure and remediate
Fixing gapsYou execute the fixes; the RPO handles complex ones.Every gap comes with its fix, including the hard ones.Supported fixes applied in your tenant once you approve them (Professional and up). Subject to the vendor’s API availability.
Are we ready?AI gap analysis, plus the RPO for interview and assessment prep.A mock assessment of all 320 objectives, scored against evidence, as often as you want it.No override.
Prove
Firms to manageDelve, the paired RPO, then the C3PAO.Garde1, then the C3PAO.
Give us 30 minutes. We'll show you where you stand against all 110 requirements, what's missing, and what it costs to close the gap, using your own environment instead of a slide deck.