Drata vs. Vanta
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A Comprehensive Comparison
Welcome to The GRC Showdown
See how Drata’s audit experience, capability, scalability, and support stack up against Vanta.
Vanta | ||||
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Audit Experience | ||||
Auditing Exceptions Audits put your reputation on the line. | Customers reported zero major exceptions | Customers reported dozens of major exceptions | ||
Selecting Auditors Work with the right auditor, not any auditor. | Work with any auditor and pay when you’re ready | Pay upfront for a pre-selected auditor when you bundle | ||
Auditor Access Give auditors what they need and nothing more. | Separate audit hub with auditor-preferred raw JSON files | Auditors can access out-of-scope data but can’t download JSON files | ||
Compliance Capability | ||||
Control Options Different businesses require different controls. | Cover all requirements with more control options | Fewer control options | ||
Evidence Collection Integrations aren’t made equal. | Deeper integrations allow for granular evidence | Surface-level integrations | ||
Configurability Scale with a solution that fits you. | Tailored GRC with cross-mapped controls between frameworks | Combined, generalized frameworks | ||
Growth and Scale | ||||
Customer Growth Ride the right wave. | 6,000+ customers in 4 years | 8,000 customers in 8 years | ||
Funding Equal funding. Half the time. | $330M in funding | $353M in funding | ||
Support | ||||
Response Time Risk and compliance can’t wait. | Response in minutes | Response in hours | ||
CSAT Better support means happier customers. | 98% CSAT | 95.6% CSAT | ||
Support Type Do you want an expert or a robot? | Local, live support | Chat bots, outsourced email support |
Audit Experience
Auditing Exceptions
Audits put your reputation on the line.
Drata
Customers reported zero major exceptions
Vanta
Customers reported dozens of major exceptions
Selecting Auditors
Work with the right auditor, not any auditor.
Drata
Work with any auditor and pay when you’re ready
Vanta
Pay upfront for a pre-selected auditor when you bundle
Auditor Access
Give auditors what they need and nothing more.
Drata
Separate audit hub with auditor-preferred raw JSON files
Vanta
Auditors can access out-of-scope data but can’t download JSON files
Compliance Capability
Control Options
Different businesses require different controls.
Drata
Cover all requirements with more control options
Vanta
Fewer control options
Evidence Collection
Integrations aren’t made equal.
Drata
Deeper integrations allow for granular evidence
Vanta
Surface-level integrations
Configurability
Scale with a solution that fits you.
Drata
Tailored GRC with cross-mapped controls between frameworks
Vanta
Combined, generalized frameworks
Growth and Scale
Customer Growth
Ride the right wave.
Drata
6,000+ customers in 4 years
Vanta
8,000 customers in 8 years
Funding
Equal funding. Half the time.
Drata
$330M in funding
Vanta
$353M in funding
Support
Response Time
Risk and compliance can’t wait.
Drata
Response in minutes
Vanta
Response in hours
CSAT
Better support means happier customers.
Drata
98% CSAT
Vanta
95.6% CSAT
Support Type
Do you want an expert or a robot?
Drata
Local, live support
Vanta
Chat bots, outsourced email support
Key Differentiators
Here's What Makes Drata Different
Hundreds of Llamas Migrate to Drata Every Year
Always-On Support
Your Partner For Growth
See why Drata is the compliance platform built for the future.
Product Releases
You need compliance that keeps up. Using customer feedback, we’re constantly launching new features and updates so we stay ahead of regulatory changes and continuously improve our product.
More than Compliance
We’re no one-trick llama. With Drata, you can also manage risk, unblock sales with Trust Center, create and store security policies, and increase productivity with built-in task management.
Compliance for Any Stage
Whether it’s your first audit or 50th, we meet you where you’re at. Just need a clean SOC 2? We got you. Need to automate 8 frameworks for 5 different business units? We got you too.
Hear From Customers
Don’t Just Take it From Us
Check out our reviews on G2 to get the scoop on why customers and auditors love partnering with Drata when it comes to compliance and risk security.
VP of Marketing
Lauren P.
★★★★★
"The technology this team built for automating compliance goes beyond what's on the market today from the other providers claiming they make achieving compliance easy. Forget Vanta. Go with Drata."
We beat Vanta in every G2 category.
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