Drata vs Vanta: which SOC 2 platform fits your switch?
Vanta scores higher overall on our weights, 6.96 to 5.74. Drata leads on pricing transparency; Vanta leads on switching help, integrations, audit path, trust center tooling, and AI assistance. They tie on framework coverage.
What changes if you switch between Drata and Vanta?
Moving from Drata to Vanta
Drata
5.74/10 on this weighting
- HelpFrameworks0IntegrationsAuditPricingTrustAI
Gains on: switching help, integrations, audit path, trust center tooling, and AI assistance
Gives up: pricing transparency
| Rank | Platform | Total | Onboarding and switching help difference | Framework coverage and cross-mapping difference | Published integrations difference | Audit path difference | Pricing transparency difference | Questionnaires and trust center difference | AI assistance difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Vanta | 6.96 out of 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 1 |
You gain on switching help, integrations, audit path, trust center tooling, and AI assistance; you give up pricing transparency.
Moving from Vanta to Drata
Vanta
6.96/10 on this weighting
- HelpFrameworks0IntegrationsAuditPricingTrustAI
Gains on: pricing transparency
Gives up: switching help, integrations, audit path, trust center tooling, and AI assistance
| Rank | Platform | Total | Onboarding and switching help difference | Framework coverage and cross-mapping difference | Published integrations difference | Audit path difference | Pricing transparency difference | Questionnaires and trust center difference | AI assistance difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Drata | 5.74 out of 10 | -1 | 0 | -4 | -2 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
You gain on pricing transparency; you give up switching help, integrations, audit path, trust center tooling, and AI assistance.
How do Drata and Vanta score on each criterion?
| Criterion | Drata | Vanta | Leads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onboarding and switching help · 22 | Vanta | ||
ReasonsDrata: Services run through a partner network Drata says counts 1300+ partners, with vCISO partners for security leadership. Source: Drata partners · read 2026-09-29 Vanta: Expert services come through partners (vCISOs, MSPs, MSSPs); Essentials lists access to expert partners. Source: Vanta service providers · read 2026-09-29 | |||
| Framework coverage and cross-mapping · 16 | Tie | ||
ReasonsDrata: States 30+ pre-built frameworks plus custom frameworks, including TISAX, CSA CCM, NIS 2 and DORA. Source: Drata frameworks · read 2026-09-29 Vanta: States 35+ frameworks, including ISO 42001, NIS2, DORA, CPS 234, Essential Eight and custom frameworks. Source: Vanta additional frameworks · read 2026-09-29 | |||
| Published integrations · 16 | Vanta | ||
ReasonsDrata: Describes integrations with hundreds of tools; no count is published. Source: Drata integrations · read 2026-09-29 Vanta: States 400+ tools, with 40+ AWS, 30+ Azure and 25+ GCP resources. Source: Vanta integrations · read 2026-09-29 | |||
| Audit path · 14 | Vanta | ||
ReasonsDrata: Auditors are part of its partner network; a built-in audit is not described on pages reviewed. Source: Drata partners · read 2026-09-29 Vanta: Sells a Vanta Audit product; its startup page states 26k audits completed with AICPA peer-reviewed auditors. Source: Vanta for startups · read 2026-09-29 | |||
| Pricing transparency · 12 | Drata | ||
ReasonsDrata: No prices published, but plan limits are spelled out: Foundation covers up to 50 FTEs and 1 pre-mapped framework. Source: Drata plans · read 2026-09-29 Vanta: No prices published; plan names, contents and questionnaire allowances are listed. Source: Vanta pricing · read 2026-09-29 | |||
| Questionnaires and trust center · 10 | Vanta | ||
ReasonsDrata: Trust Center Standard and AI Questionnaire Assistance Standard on Foundation, plus a separate Assurance platform with Trust Center tiers. Source: Drata plans · read 2026-09-29 Vanta: Trust Center on every plan, with questionnaire allowances published per plan: 25 a year on Plus and 144 on Professional. Source: Vanta pricing · read 2026-09-29 | |||
| AI assistance · 10 | Vanta | ||
ReasonsDrata: AI Questionnaire Assistance on Foundation and Agentic TPRM Assessment on GRC Enterprise. Source: Drata plans · read 2026-09-29 Vanta: Vanta AI Agent drafts policies, suggests questionnaire answers, monitors vendor risk and writes remediation snippets for Terraform, AWS CLI and CloudFormation. Source: Vanta AI · read 2026-09-29 | |||
| Weighted total | 5.74/10 | 6.96/10 | Vanta |
What do Drata and Vanta publish about price and plans?
Drata
No prices published. Drata offers personalized pricing; plan limits are published.
Source: Drata plans · read 2026-09-29
- Compliance Automation Foundation
Up to 50 FTEs; 1 pre-mapped framework, limited to SOC 2, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA or GDPR; pre-built integrations; Trust Center Standard; AI Questionnaire Assistance Standard; add-ons for more frameworks and user access reviews
- GRC Advanced
Any framework, custom connections and custom tests
- GRC Enterprise
Risk Management Pro, Compliance as Code Pro, Agentic TPRM Assessment
- Assurance platform
Separate Trust Center tiers
Published plan limits
Drata's Foundation plan covers up to 50 FTEs. Above that, Drata's GRC plans apply; prices are not published.
Source: Drata plans · read 2026-09-29
Drata Foundation includes 1 pre-mapped framework, limited to SOC 2, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA or GDPR. More frameworks are add-ons or GRC Advanced.
Source: Drata plans · read 2026-09-29
Vanta
No prices published. Vanta asks buyers to request a demo for personalized pricing.
Source: Vanta pricing · read 2026-09-29
- Essentials
One framework, Vanta AI Agent, automated evidence, Trust Center, access to expert partners for additional compliance services
- Plus
Adds Questionnaire Automation at 25 a year and Access Management
- Professional
Labelled Most popular: 144 questionnaires a year, risk management, advanced Trust Center, custom tests
- Enterprise
Custom
Published plan limits
Vanta Essentials covers one framework; Plus, Professional and Enterprise are the other plans. Prices are not published.
Source: Vanta pricing · read 2026-09-29
Questionnaire Automation is not listed on Essentials: Plus includes 25 a year and Professional 144 a year.
Source: Vanta pricing · read 2026-09-29
Neither Drata nor Vanta publishes a price, so a cost comparison needs a quote from each.
How do the published facts compare?
| Fact | Drata | Vanta |
|---|---|---|
| Customers stated | 8,500+ customers, stated on its homepage Source: Drata homepage · read 2026-09-29 | 16,000+ customers, stated on its homepage Source: Vanta homepage · read 2026-09-29 |
| Frameworks stated | 30+ pre-built frameworks plus custom frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, CMMC, PCI DSS, FedRAMP, HITRUST, TISAX, NIST AI RMF, NIS 2, CSA CCM, CIS, CCPA, ISO 42001 and DORA Source: Drata frameworks · read 2026-09-29 | 35+ compliance frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, US Data Privacy (19+ state laws), ISO 42001, PCI DSS, NIST CSF 2.0, HITRUST, FedRAMP, CMMC, CJIS, NIS2, DORA, CPS 234, EU AI Act, Essential Eight, NIST AI RMF and custom frameworks Source: Vanta additional frameworks · read 2026-09-29 |
| Integrations stated | Hundreds of tools; no count published Source: Drata integrations · read 2026-09-29 | 400+ tools; AWS 40+ resources, Azure 30+, GCP 25+ Source: Vanta integrations · read 2026-09-29 |
| Service model | Services through a partner network that Drata says counts 1300+ partners across channel, technology and auditors; vCISO partners provide security leadership. Source: Drata partners · read 2026-09-29 | Expert services through partners: vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs. Essentials lists access to expert partners. Its Essential Eight page also mentions a dedicated Customer Success team. Source: Vanta service providers · read 2026-09-29 |
| Audit path | Auditors are part of the partner network. Source: Drata partners · read 2026-09-29 | Sells a Vanta Audit product; its startup page states 26k audits completed with AICPA peer-reviewed auditors. Source: Vanta for startups · read 2026-09-29 |
| Pen testing | Not described on pages reviewed | Not described on pages reviewed |
| Trust center and questionnaires | Trust Center Standard on Foundation; A separate Assurance platform with Trust Center tiers Source: Drata plans · read 2026-09-29 | Trust Center on every plan; Questionnaire Automation: 25 a year on Plus, 144 a year on Professional Source: Vanta pricing · read 2026-09-29 |
| AI features | AI Questionnaire Assistance; Agentic TPRM Assessment on GRC Enterprise; A new third-party risk product Source: Drata plans · read 2026-09-29 Source: Drata homepage · read 2026-09-29 | Vanta AI Agent drafts policies; Questionnaire answer suggestions; Vendor risk monitoring; Remediation snippets in Terraform, AWS CLI and CloudFormation Source: Vanta AI · read 2026-09-29 |
Which frameworks do both name?
Named by both
- SOC 2
- ISO 27001
- ISO 42001
- HIPAA
- GDPR
- PCI DSS
- CMMC
- FedRAMP
- HITRUST
- NIS2
- DORA
Named by Drata only
- CCPA
- Cyber Essentials
- TISAX
Named by Vanta only
- EU AI Act
- Essential Eight
- NIST CSF 2.0
A framework missing from a list was not named on the pages we read. It does not mean the vendor cannot support it; ask the vendor.
Should you choose Drata or Vanta?
Choose Drata if
- you weight trust center tooling: Drata scores 8 (Trust Center Standard and AI Questionnaire Assistance Standard on Foundation, plus a separate Assurance platform with Trust Center tiers.)
- you weight framework coverage: Drata scores 7 (States 30+ pre-built frameworks plus custom frameworks, including TISAX, CSA CCM, NIS 2 and DORA.)
- Stay with Drata if you fit Foundation's limits or already run GRC Advanced, and you like choosing your own vCISO or auditor from a large partner network.
Choose Vanta if
- you weight integrations: Vanta scores 9 (States 400+ tools, with 40+ AWS, 30+ Azure and 25+ GCP resources.)
- you weight trust center tooling: Vanta scores 9 (Trust Center on every plan, with questionnaire allowances published per plan: 25 a year on Plus and 144 on Professional.)
- Stay with Vanta if your stack depends on its 400+ integrations or you answer enough questionnaires that the 144-a-year Professional allowance matters.
Before you move
Check the timing against your audit period and export your evidence history first.
Questions people ask
Is Drata better than Vanta?
On our weights Vanta scores higher (6.96 vs 5.74). Drata leads on pricing transparency and Vanta leads on switching help, integrations, audit path, trust center tooling, and AI assistance, so the better choice depends on which criteria matter to you.
Which is cheaper, Drata or Vanta?
Neither Drata nor Vanta publishes a price, so a cost comparison needs a quote from each.
Can I switch from Drata to Vanta during an audit?
You can, but plan it around the audit period: a Type II report covers a period of time, and your auditor will need evidence for all of it. Export evidence and policies before you leave and agree the approach with your auditor first. What your auditor needs when you change tools.