Peko

A rejected iOS or Android build costs a mobile agency roughly two weeks of rework and resubmission, and that delay lands on the client relationship, not the vendor. Peko's free CLI lint (46 mechanical rules, unlimited runs, nothing leaves your machine) catches the cheap violations before submission, while the Pro tier at $20 a month adds 10 interpretive audits a month against 326 rules that map policy prose to actual code locations. The strategic shift is that compliance stops being unpaid firefighting and becomes a productized retainer, with Peko's own blueprint pricing a readiness engagement at $1,500 for 12 hours of setup.

Peko's pricing splits cleanly into a free tier (unlimited CLI and GitHub Action lint runs, 46 mechanical rules compiled into the binary, nothing leaves the machine) and a paid tier (Pro at $20 monthly for 10 interpretive audits and 326 rules read against code, plus privacy form answers). For agencies, that split is a margin map. Run the free lint on every client build as a loss leader: it costs nothing per run and surfaces findings you can quote on. Reserve the $20 Pro audits for builds where a rejection would cost the client two weeks of delay, then bill the remediation work at your own rate. A single client with three apps under active release can absorb one Pro seat across all three, so the $20 sits inside a retainer rather than on top of it. The trap is selling the lint as the deliverable; the lint is the door, the interpretive audit is the product.

Compliance workflows are not just back-office necessities; they are a sales lever. Agencies that embed automated compliance monitoring into their delivery process can shorten sales cycles and command premium rates. Clients increasingly demand proof of compliance before signing contracts, and manual audits are slow and error-prone. Tools like Vanta, Drata, and Secureframe automate control mapping and evidence collection, turning compliance into a repeatable, demonstrable asset. For example, a marketing agency handling client data can use these platforms to generate auditor-ready reports in days, not months, and present them during pitches to differentiate from competitors. This framework argues that compliance maturity directly correlates with pricing power and win rates, making it a strategic investment rather than a cost center.

The Compliance Automation Payback Curve frames the decision to invest in compliance workflow tools as a function of audit frequency and manual effort. Agencies serving clients that undergo annual SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audits face recurring costs: evidence collection, control monitoring, and report preparation. Automating these steps, as platforms like Vanta, Drata, and Secureframe do, shifts the cost curve downward, but the payback depends on audit cadence and the number of frameworks managed. For a single annual audit, manual spreadsheets may suffice; for continuous monitoring across multiple frameworks, automation pays for itself within one cycle. The curve also highlights the risk of framework lock-in: deep automation in one vendor's ecosystem raises switching costs, so agencies should evaluate exportability and multi-framework support before committing. A recent Forrester report notes that 88% of B2B marketers face foundational gaps as AI reshapes buyer discovery, underscoring that compliance readiness is now a client expectation, not a differentiator.

Adopt Peko's free CLI lint on every client build first, then upgrade to the $20/month Pro tier only when a client needs interpretive audits or privacy form answers.

Choose a compliance workflow tool that automates evidence collection and monitoring, but keep your control mapping and policy templates portable across vendors.

IF your agency ships frequent iOS/Android client builds and app store rejections cost two-week delays, THEN start on Peko's Free tier ($0, unlimited lint runs, 46 mechanical rules, nothing leaves your machine) and validate findings on a real client .ipa or .aab before paying. IF the free lint surfaces actionable violations and you want interpretive coverage, THEN move to Pro at $20/month for 10 interpretive audits and 326 rules read against code, or Max for higher volume. IF you only ship one or two apps a year with no rejection history, THEN defer: the paid interpretive tier is wasted spend when the free CLI already covers mechanical checks.

A fixed-scope mobile compliance offer that runs Peko's 46-rule CLI lint and 326-rule interpretive audits against a client's iOS and Android builds, then hands back a prioritized remediation report mapped to App Store and Google Play policy.