Import intelligence, compared.
A small importer asking “does my product need a certificate, and is my supplier clean?” has two usual options: retype everything into a government questionnaire, or buy an enterprise platform built for companies with a compliance department. Here is how those stack up against a set of free, cited, self-serve tools built for the first group.
| Tiana & Co.Self-serve · free to start | CPSC Regulatory RobotThe government's free questionnaire | Enterprise platformsAltana, Assent, IntegrityNext … | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who it is for & what it costs | |||
| Built for | Small importers — FBA sellers, one-container businesses, first-timers. | Any maker of a consumer product doing a CPSC self-check. | Large enterprises, logistics providers, and governments. |
| Cost | Free tools; the paid products are one-time ($29–$149). No subscription. | Free. | Sales-led enterprise contracts (typically five to six figures a year). |
| Account / onboarding | NoneNo signup for the free tools; nothing stored. | NoneOpen questionnaire. | ProcurementContracting plus an implementation project. |
| What it actually answers | |||
| Agencies covered | CPSC + FCC + FDA, plus high-level pointers to USDA / EPA / DOT / TTB. | CPSC only. | Broad trade & ESG coverage; scope varies by platform. |
| Answer you get | A specific determination per agency — which certificate, and why — that downloads. | A guidance summary generated from the questions answered. | Dashboards, risk scores, and supply-chain analytics. |
| Every finding cited to its government source & date | YesEach result names the CFR rule or list, and when it was read. | It is the sourceAuthoritative, but not a portable per-finding citation. | VariesDepends on the platform and the module. |
| Beyond “does it need a certificate” | |||
| Supplier forced-labor & sanctions screening | YesScreens a supplier and its parent against the UFLPA, OFAC and CBP lists, cited. | NoOut of scope. | YesA core strength — multi-tier mapping at enterprise scale. |
| Held-shipment / CBP notice help | YesReads a detention notice for the hold type, deadline, and a cited checklist. | NoOut of scope. | AdvisoryRisk signals, not a notice-in-hand walkthrough. |
| Pre-broker document reconciliation | YesCross-checks the invoice, packing list and bill of lading, and flags what is missing. | NoOut of scope. | SometimesWhere a document module is licensed. |
| Time to an answer | Minutes, self-serve. | Minutes — but re-keyed each time, CPSC only. | An onboarding and integration project. |
The lookups a big importer's trade desk runs — without the trade desk.
The government's tool is free but CPSC-only and starts from a blank questionnaire every time. The enterprise platforms are powerful but priced and built for companies that already have a compliance team. In between sits the importer who has neither — and that is who these tools are for: one place to check what a product needs, screen a supplier, and read a customs notice, each answer cited to its government source, free to start.
Comparison current as of September 2026
How to read this. Comparison is by publicly documented capability and intended audience, not a feature audit of any one product. The CPSC Regulatory Robot is CPSC's free online tool for identifying which federal safety requirements may apply to a consumer product. Enterprise platforms describes the category of supply-chain and ESG-compliance software sold to large organizations (Altana, whose customers include UPS, Maersk, and U.S. government agencies, is representative); capabilities differ by vendor and contract. Nothing here is legal or customs advice, and using any tool does not by itself satisfy an importer's diligence obligations. Sources: cpsc.gov/eFiling, altana.ai.