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What is compliance really costing you?

Most small businesses spend 10-20x more on compliance than they realize — between time, fines, and legal fees. Use these assumptions to model a rough range, not a guaranteed outcome.

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15 employees100
11 state50

Filing, renewals, license tracking, reporting, research

$/hour

SMBRegs currently has four distinct runtime tiers: Free, Starter, Pro, and Business. Growth and Enterprise are higher-priced checkout labels that currently unlock the same in-app access as Business.

Current annual cost
$8,020
Time + risk + legal
With SMBRegs
$2,098
Pro plan + reduced costs
You save
$5,922
per year
658%
Return on investment
55
Days to pay for itself
85%
Modeled time reduction assumption

Cost breakdown

⏱️ Time spent on compliance
Assumes 85% time reduction
Without
$4,320
With
$648
⚖️ Fine & penalty risk
Assumes 90% lower modeled risk
Without
$2,500
With
$250
👨‍⚖️ Legal & consulting fees
Assumes 75% less outside spend
Without
$1,200
With
$300
💻 SMBRegs subscription
Pro
Without
$0
With
$900
Total annual cost
$8,020
$2,098

⚠️ Real fines small businesses face

OSHA$15,625 per violation
IRS$50 per W-2 (up to $280/ea late)
State AG$1,000–$10,000 per privacy violation
ADA$75,000+ first violation
EPA$25,000–$50,000 per day
FTC$50,120 per violation

Source: Federal agency fine schedules, 2024-2025. Actual fines vary by violation severity.

Save $5,922/year

Pro plan could pay for itself in about 55 days under these assumptions.

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The math is simple

$7,000+
Illustrative annual fine exposure used in SMBRegs modeling
12 hrs
Illustrative monthly compliance workload
$25/mo
Current Starter plan price for SMBRegs
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