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cybee and Scytale. What each is built for.
Scytale pairs compliance software with human experts. cybee is software that protects the Macs your team works on, and that protection is free. A growing team may need help with an audit as well as protection for its Macs. Separate the two before you compare offers.
Some of the work needs software. Some of it needs a person.
When a new client asks for security evidence, the request often has parts: facts about your Macs, your company’s policies, sometimes an audit or a test. Different people answer different parts.
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before signing
A new client asks for security evidence.
“How are your laptops protected?”
Facts about the Macs. Software can collect them every day, with dates.
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in the contract
The client asks for an audit or a certification.
An independent auditor does the audit. A consultant can get you ready for it.
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on a review
Someone asks for a penetration test.
Specialists test your system within a scope you agree. No record about your Macs replaces that.
Who handles each job. As each product describes it.
The Scytale column repeats only what Scytale’s own pages say. Check the package you are offered before you decide: what is included differs from package to package.
| The job | Scytale | cybee |
|---|---|---|
| Built forthe job it exists to do | A platform for evidence collection, control monitoring and compliance work, supported by human experts. | Protecting the Macs a small team works on, and proving it when a client, an insurer or a partner asks. |
| Protectionstops bad software while it runs | The published offering centres on compliance and expert help, along with offensive security such as penetration tests. Protecting the computers you work on is not what it is built for. | Watches what programs do on supported Macs, checks files against known bad software and stops suspicious activity. |
| Safer settingsthe Mac’s own safety switches | Organises the control and evidence process within the programme you choose. | Checks 118 settings against a public list of the safest Mac settings. The Proof plan sets them and keeps them on. |
| Preparing a reviewpolicies, evidence, the audit | Compliance software with consulting and audit support, according to the package. | Technical evidence for the checked Macs. It does not lead a compliance programme. |
| Testing securitya penetration test | Penetration testing is part of the described services. | Does not replace a penetration test or an independent auditor. |
| What your client receiveswhen someone asks for proof | A Trust Center that shares security and compliance information with customers. | A dated Trust Passport: which Macs were checked and when, including gaps. Your client can check its seal against cybee’s copy. |
| How it is soldwhat you pay for | Startup packages that combine platform access, consulting and testing in different amounts. Some include a web application penetration test. | Protection is free for every Mac. The Proof plan costs CHFEURUSDGBP 9 per Mac per month, or 90 a year, excluding tax. |
What is Scytale?
Scytale, in plain words.
Scytale describes a platform for evidence collection, control monitoring and compliance work, supported by human experts. Its Trust Center shares security and compliance information with customers. The combination can support a team that needs help organising its programme.
Its startup packages combine different amounts of platform access, consulting and testing. Some bundles include a web application penetration test. The exact package matters when you compare the cost and the work included.
What is a penetration test?
A penetration test, in plain words.
Specialists test a system, such as your web application, the way an attacker would, within a scope you agree in advance. Then they report what they found.
It is a service with its own scope and its own report. A record of how your Macs are set up is a different thing, and it does not answer a request for a test.
What is a compliance programme?
A compliance programme, in plain words.
It is the work a company does to earn an ISO 27001 certificate or a SOC 2 report. You write policies, review risks, check your suppliers and who has access, train people, and then an outside auditor looks at all of it.
Part of that work depends on your Macs: encryption, safe settings and protection. cybee covers that part. It does not touch the rest, and it is not the audit.
What is a Trust Passport?
The Trust Passport.
The Trust Passport is a dated record of how your Macs are protected. Your client or insurer opens it through one link and sees what holds, since when, and what cybee could not see. It is not a certification or an audit, and it does not answer for your policies, your people or your cloud. It says so on the page.
Sealed means the record carries a fingerprint, a short code made from its content. Your client can compare it with the copy cybee sealed and see whether anything was changed afterwards. That shows the record was not edited. It does not check the facts a second time.
Make the decision on one task. The request before signing.
a new client asks
“Show us your security before we sign.” Three steps, before any offer.
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Clarify the request.
Is it a question about your devices, your company’s policy or an independent audit?
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Assign the work.
Put routine protection and settings on your Macs next to the wider compliance tasks.
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Agree the deliverable.
Ask who supplies each answer, who checks it and who keeps it up to date afterwards.
A tool and an expert may answer different parts of the same review.
A new client wants security evidence before they sign. What can we show about our Macs?
Used cybee
Protected. One setting is off.
- Macs
- 4 of 4
- Checks
- 117 of 118
- Alerts
- 0 open
Screen lock is off on Mira’s MacBook Air.
Off since Thu 14:02
dated record r-0926-0941Show the record
Keep what works. Add only what is missing.
Choose by the job that is still open. One of these four will sound like your team.
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Scytale’s experts already help with your programme and your audit.
Keep that. cybee does not take over the leadership of a compliance programme, and it does not replace consultants or independent auditors.
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Your programme runs, but nobody looks after the Macs day to day.
Check what your package covers on devices. If routine protection and settings are still open, cybee can do that part and record it with dates.
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A client asked about your laptops, and nobody runs security for you.
Protection is free for every Mac, and you run it by asking your AI assistant. Add the Proof plan when someone asks you for proof.
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The request needs a penetration test or an independent audit.
No record about your Macs answers that. You need a tester or an auditor, and cybee can supply the facts about your Macs that they ask for.
Free for every Mac. You pay when you need to prove it.
The protection is free because we want every Mac in a small company protected. We earn money when a company has to prove it.
Free
Free
Forever. Unlimited Macs and people.
- Stops bad software while it runs
- Alerts in macOS, Slack, Teams and SMS
- 118 safety checks on each Mac
- Apps, extensions and AI agents listed
- “Am I safe?” answers in your AI assistant
- Google Workspace account activity
- Email support within one working day
Proof plan
CHFEURUSDGBP9per Mac per month, or 90 a year
Everything in Free, plus:
- Weak settings fixed and kept fixed
- The sealed Trust Passport
- Security training, completion recorded
- Incident response plan
- Chat support
The 14 day trial starts in your AI assistant, after cybee is installed. Ask for a Proof plan feature, such as the Trust Passport. The link arrives in the chat and leads to Stripe, the payment service.
Per Mac, excluding tax. The same number in CHF, EUR, USD and GBP. Runs on Macs with an Apple chip, M1 or newer. Macs with an Intel chip are not supported. To check a Mac, open the Apple menu and choose About This Mac.All plan details
Before you choose.
Is cybee an alternative to Scytale’s consulting?
No. cybee protects your Macs, keeps their settings safe and provides dated technical evidence. It does not take over the leadership of a compliance programme or the role of consultants and independent auditors.
Does a Trust Passport satisfy a penetration test request?
No. The Trust Passport describes the controls observed on the checked Macs. A penetration test is a different service with its own agreed testing scope.
What is free, and what does the Proof plan add?
Protection, the settings checks, the list of AI tools on each Mac and Google Workspace visibility are free. The Proof plan adds safer settings kept on, the sealed Trust Passport and security training, with a 14 day trial. It costs CHFEURUSDGBP 9 per Mac per month, or 90 a year, excluding tax. To try it, ask your AI assistant for the Trust Passport and use the Stripe link it sends.
What does the Trust Passport show?
Which Macs were checked and when, including gaps. Its seal can be checked against cybee’s copy. It is not an independent audit or a certification. Google Workspace accounts have a separate record.
What leaves my Mac?
Detection, checks and fixes run on the Mac. What leaves it is security information: events, which settings are on, which apps, browser extensions and AI agents are installed, what the agents are connected to and what cybee recorded them doing. Never the contents of your files, and never passwords or tokens. cybee AG is a Swiss company, hosted in Europe. Security and privacy details
Check what you buy. Packages change.
This comparison rests on Scytale’s own pages, checked on 18.09.2026. Confirm the package, Mac support and your quote before you decide.
Where to go next.
Your next client will ask. Be ready.
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