Last verified September 4, 2026

CertScope vs Compliance Gate

Both show up when a small importer searches for help with a CPSC certificate. Compliance Gate sells a standing subscription to the requirement corpus across five markets. CertScope sells one determination for one described SKU, done, no renewal. Here is what each actually hands back.

What each one is, in one line

Compliance Gate, read live on 4 September 2026, is a recurring subscription at three tiers: “$199 per year” (Startup), “$299 per year” (Premium) and “$499 per year” (Business), that finds requirements across the US, EU, UK, Canada and Australia and hands over certificate and label templates plus a route to book lab testing. It is organised around the category and the market. The requirement list is the starting corpus, and reading one described SKU against it is left to the buyer.

CertScope is one-time and per SKU: $29 for a single SKU, $99 for up to 10, $249 for up to 40. It determines which CPSC rules attach to the SKU described, shows the basis for each one, and builds the certificate carrying all seven elements of 16 CFR 1110.11(a). There is no multi-jurisdiction corpus and no template library, only the US CPSC rule set, answered for the product actually described.

What you compare on	CertScope	Compliance Gate
Price	$29 / $99 / $249, one-time	$199 / $299 / $499 per year, recurring
Jurisdictions	US CPSC only	US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia
What you receive	A per-SKU rule determination with basis shown, plus the built certificate	A requirement list per category and templates you fill in yourself
Renewal	None. The determination is delivered and the file is yours	Annual, to keep the subscription active
Testing	Not included, a separate bill to the accredited laboratory	“Book testing” through the platform, billed separately

Which one is the right buy

If the business sells into several of those five markets on an ongoing basis and wants one place to track requirements as they change, the subscription is a reasonable and published price for that. It is not built around one SKU at a time, so reading a specific product against the corpus, this coating, this magnet, this age grading, is still the buyer’s work either way.

If the question is narrower, which CPSC rules apply to this product, entered at a US border where certificate data has been filed with CBP since 8 July 2026, CertScope answers that directly and stops: no renewal, no second jurisdiction to maintain. The full roundup, against every category that sells into this gap covers inspection firms, laboratories, brokers and consultants alongside this one.

CertScope is not a multi-market compliance platform, does not sign or transmit on anyone’s behalf, and nothing here is legal advice. The Compliance Gate figures above are what its own pricing page stated on 4 September 2026 and are linked so they can be checked directly; they change without notice.