Luna vs StarCompliance
StarCompliance covers employee conduct. Luna covers the whole program.
StarCompliance is built for enterprise compliance departments and covers what employees do. Luna does that too, and runs the rest of an adviser's program: the calendar, your policies, Marketing Rule review, Form U4 and ADV amendments, the exam workspace and the email archive.
Why advisers choose Luna over StarCompliance
The whole program, not one slice
Calendar fitted to your registration, policies drafted for you, Marketing Rule review, an SEC exam workspace and an email archive, alongside the code of ethics and trading. StarCompliance's site shows none of the first five.
Built for the Advisers Act
Rule 204A-1 reporting, the Marketing Rule, Form ADV and your states' rules. StarCompliance's registrations module pushes to FINRA; Luna dates every U4, U5 and ADV amendment by your strictest state.
A price, and a start, today
StarCompliance offers "Request Pricing" and a demo. Luna's prices are on the page and the calendar plan is free.
AI that answers, not only explains
StarAssist explains preclearance outcomes. Ask Luna answers questions from your own policies, and Luna's review reads your advertisements against the Marketing Rule.
The scorecard
11 things Luna does that StarCompliance's website does not show. Luna's column is what ships today.
| Capability | Luna | StarCompliance |
|---|---|---|
| Price on the website | Yes. Every price, free to $1,499/mo | Not shown on their website. "Request Pricing" |
| Start without a demo | Yes. Free plan; 14-day trials, no card | Not shown on their website. Demo first |
| No annual contract | Yes. Month to month; cancel in the product | Not shown on their website. Not shown on their site |
| Compliance calendar | Yes. Fitted to SEC, state or ERA registration | Not shown on their website. Not shown on their site |
| Your states' deadlines and rules | Yes. Reviewed deadlines, IARD dates, cited rules | Not shown on their website. Not shown on their site |
| Policies drafted for your firm | Yes. 17 policies drafted from your answers | Not shown on their website. Distribution and attestation only |
| AI Marketing Rule review | Yes. Cites the rule and the page; a person approves | Not shown on their website. Review workflow; no AI shown |
| Code of ethics: gifts, OBAs, political | Yes. Gift limits measured for you | Yes. |
| Personal trading preclearance | Yes. Linked brokerage accounts; every trade checked daily | Yes. |
| MNPI register and insider lists | Yes. Daily SEC filing check; insiders auto-denied | Yes. Insider lists, control room |
| Form U4, U5 and ADV amendment tracking | Yes. Each one dated by your strictest state | Not shown on their website. FINRA registrations; no ADV shown |
| IAR continuing education | Yes. Per IAR, against each of their states' rules | Yes. FINRA CE due dates |
| SEC exam workspace | Yes. Request letter split into owned, dated items | Not shown on their website. Not shown on their site |
| Email archive and review | Yes. Included on Firm Plus | Not shown on their website. Not shown on their site |
| Anonymous whistleblower reporting | Yes. No account, IP or time stored | Yes. Whistleblower hotline |
| AI answers from your own policies | Yes. Ask Luna, on every paid plan | Not shown on their website. StarAssist explains preclearance only |
| Separate deployment per firm | Yes. Its own app and database | Yes. Single-tenancy |
✓ yes ✕ no – not shown on StarCompliance's website when we read it, which is a statement about the website, not about what they may offer privately.
In detail
| Topic | Luna | StarCompliance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Calendar free, Solo $199/mo, Firm $699/mo, Firm Plus $1,499/mo. On the page, the same for every firm. No setup fee, no per-account fee. | Not shown on starcompliance.com; it offers "Request Pricing." |
| How you start | Sign up and use it today. Calendar is free with no card; paid plans start with a 14-day trial, no card. Nobody has to talk to sales. | "Book a Demo." |
| Built for | SEC- and state-registered advisers, exempt reporting advisers and private fund managers. | "Overworked compliance departments around the globe." |
| Marketing review | On every paid plan. Each finding cites the rule and points to the page or slide, with sample disclosure language filled in for your firm. Your own confirmed rules apply too. A person approves; Firm Plus can require two. | A review workflow for promotional materials; no AI described. |
| Trade surveillance | Preclearance and reports; no surveillance of firm trading. | Trade surveillance. |
| Security | Each firm gets its own deployment and database, in the United States, with multi-factor sign-in for every user. SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 audit work underway since October 6, 2026. | "StarCompliance is ISO 27001, and SOC2 Type II compliant." Single-tenant. |
About StarCompliance: StarCompliance sells employee compliance software: personal account dealing, gifts and hospitality, outside activities, political donations, MNPI and control room, registrations, training, and an ethics hotline. It reports 1.35 million users and more than 500 clients. Sources, each read October 11, 2026: starcompliance.com, StarCompliance registrations, StarCompliance incident and policy management, StarAssist, StarCompliance security. If something here is out of date, tell us at sales@lunacompliance.io and we will correct it.
Coming next in Luna
Luna ships every week. This is what is underway or next, so you are comparing against where it is going, not only where it is.
- UnderwaySOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001. Audit work began October 6, 2026.
- NextNet worth and bond monitor for state-registered advisers.
- NextState-aware marketing review and advisory contract review.
- ComingAnnual review workspace and mock exam prep, on Firm Plus.
Questions
- Does StarCompliance publish pricing?
- Not on starcompliance.com when we checked; it offers "Request Pricing" and a demo.
- How long does it take to move from StarCompliance to Luna?
- Sign up and your calendar is set up for your registration type and your states the same day. Luna drafts your policies from your answers about how the firm runs, and can read your filed Part 2A to propose your firm's rules, so there is no manual to rebuild by hand. Keep your old system's records as long as the books and records rules require.
Employee compliance and everything around it. One login.
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