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Compare interview-driven consulting with a platform-led model for cryptographic measurement, provider-aligned validation, independent scoring, and governed migration sequencing.
When a Big 4 firm takes on a PQC engagement, the pattern is predictable: a partner sells the deal, a manager scopes it, and a team of junior consultants executes it. The assessment relies on interviews with your engineering teams, manual documentation review, and spreadsheets that catalog what your staff tells them you have deployed.
This approach has three fundamental problems. First, it depends on institutional knowledge that is often incomplete — your teams may not know every cryptographic asset across every system. Second, it cannot provide provider-aligned forward-threat validation because Big 4 firms do not operate governed validation workflows. Third, the output is a static report that ages immediately, not a continuously updated remediation roadmap.
The result is an expensive engagement that tells you what you already suspected — you have quantum risk — without mapping the specific assets, prioritizing the remediation, or proving the findings with reviewable validation evidence.
| Capability | Qtonic Quantum | Big 4 Firm | Internal Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| PQC solution scoring (independently scored, 10 dimensions) | Labs | — | — |
| Provider-aligned validation | QStrike | — | — |
| Automated cryptographic discovery | QScout | — | Partial |
| Standards-mapped recommendations | QSolve | Conflicted | ✓ |
| Board-ready reporting | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| CISO-led execution | QSolve | Junior consultants | Depends |
| Time to first findings | 72 hours | 8–12 weeks | Varies |
| Engagement path | Contact us | Enterprise-only | Internal headcount |
| NIST / CNSA 2.0 compliance mapping | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Continuous monitoring | ✓ | Point-in-time | — |
| $2M Challenge terms | ✓ | — | — |
The Consumer Reports for PQC. Independently scores post-quantum solutions across 10 dimensions using dual-consensus evidence review. Know which replacements are proven before you commit.
90–120 days of continuous forward-threat validation using supported platform profiles. Not interviews and spreadsheets — reviewable evidence.
Automated cryptographic discovery with first findings in 72 hours. Maps your entire quantum attack surface without relying on what your team thinks is deployed.
CISO-led migration execution. 2–3 CISOs per engagement directing the best solutions at the best terms. Execution is governed against client requirements and published standards.
Qtonic Quantum is not a single product competing with a Big 4 engagement. It is a complete pipeline from discovery to remediation:
Independently scores PQC implementations so your team knows which replacements are proven and which are not.
QScout Free discovery in minutes. Scoped assessment delivers first findings in 72 hours. Enterprise assessment starts through contact/ticket intake and operator provisioning.
Maps every vulnerability through provider-aligned validation over 90–120 days. Governed by the $2M Challenge terms.
CISO-led migration team executes the migration to PQR by January 1, 2029.
Big 4 PQC engagements typically start at $500K or more with 12–18 month timelines. The first deliverable — usually a risk assessment report — arrives 8–12 weeks in. Remediation execution costs extra, often doubling or tripling the initial scope.
Qtonic Quantum starts with QScout Free QScout scan that delivers first findings in 72 hours. The enterprise assessment starts through contact/ticket intake and operator provisioning for a 7-day engagement. QStrike provides 90–120 days of continuous adversary demonstration. QSolve executes the full migration with transparent, milestone-based engagement terms.
Every step produces measurable output. No months of silence before the first deliverable. No surprise scope expansions. No generic consulting cycles standing in for governed execution.
QScout Free discovery in minutes. Scoped assessments deliver first findings in 72 hours — not 12 weeks. Run QScout Free discovery scan and get findings before a Big 4 firm finishes scoping the engagement.