Cosmetica
Comparison

Cosmetica vs Regulatory Consultants

Regulatory consultants are individual experts or firms that handle compliance work on a project or hourly basis. They are deeply knowledgeable for complex situations but expensive at scale, slow to respond outside their working hours, and inconsistent across consultants. Typical work products include safety assessments, submission packages, and audit prep.

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Cosmetica

$199/mo

Starter plan, billed annually

AI-powered cosmetic compliance with verified citations, FDA ESG submissions, and flat-rate pricing across 15 markets.

Regulatory Consultants

$150-450/hour

Junior associates start around $150/hour; senior partners at established consultancies bill $300-450/hour. A single-product compliance review typically runs 10-20 hours, putting the per-product cost at $1,500-9,000.

Hourly regulatory experts who do compliance work by hand.

Feature comparison

Side-by-side feature comparison of Cosmetica and Regulatory Consultants
FeatureCosmeticaConsultants
Cost per product (annual basis)$24 — $60 (Pro plan, 100 products)$1,500 — $9,000
Turnaround timeMinutesDays to weeks
ConsistencyDeterministicVaries by consultant
Citation trailAutomatic + verifiableManual / varies
Available 24/7
Submission automationFDA ESG NextGenManual
Adverse event automationManual
Multi-market coverage15 markets, one systemVaries by consultant
Best for novel/unprecedented casesLimitedYes
Best for routine complianceYesOverkill

Which is right for you?

Choose Consultants if:

Use a consultant for unprecedented cases: a novel ingredient with no SCCS history, a contested regulatory action, or a high-stakes acquisition due-diligence audit. Their judgment under uncertainty is real value.

Best for

One-off complex situations: novel ingredients without an SCCS opinion, regulatory authority disputes, recall response, or pre-acquisition compliance audits.

Not best for

Routine work — facility registration, product listing, ingredient screening, label generation, adverse event reports. These are pattern-matching tasks where software wins on cost, consistency, and speed.

Choose Cosmetica if:

Use Cosmetica for the 90% of compliance work that is pattern-matching — facility registration, product listing, ingredient screening, label generation, MedWatch 3500A, biennial renewals. The cost difference compounds dramatically across a portfolio.

See Cosmetica in action

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