Vanta vs Drata
Editor Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published November 14, 2026 · Updated November 14, 2026
Vanta sells four plans, Essentials to Enterprise, with questionnaire automation counted per year and a stated 400+ integrations. Drata splits into Compliance, Trust and Third-Party Risk tracks, each with its own tiers. Neither publishes a price, so the choice rests on how the packaging fits your audit scope, questionnaire volume and vendor-risk needs.
Side by side
 Vanta |  Drata | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Compliance platform with 400+ integrations and trust center | Compliance platform with API and compliance as code |
| Best for | US-selling companies wanting the widest integration list | Engineering-led teams wanting API control |
| Headquarters | United States | United States |
| Pricing model | Tiered, quote only | Tiered, quote only |
| Pricing | Essentials, Plus, Professional and Enterprise tiers; the pricing page publishes no price and asks for a demo | Foundation, Advanced and Enterprise tiers plus add-ons; no price shown and access through a demo |
| Free option | None | None |
| List price as listed on November 14, 2026 | Not published; every plan (Essentials, Plus, Professional, Enterprise) requires personalized pricing | Not published; Compliance, Trust and Third-Party Risk plans lead to a demo request |
| Place in our compliance automation software ranking | #12 of 12 | #11 of 12 |
| Website | vanta.com | drata.com |
Both are reviewed in full in Best Compliance Automation Software in 2026. Vendors can pay for more visibility, and commercial relationships can affect which products we feature and how prominently. Placement disclosure.
Which one to choose
Choose Vanta if
you want one plan ladder instead of separate products, you care about a stated integration breadth of 400+ tools, and you are ready to ask for a personalized quote.
Vanta, #12 in the ranking · Visit Vanta →
Choose Drata if
you want to buy compliance, a customer-facing trust center and third-party risk as separate tracks, and you want the first framework chosen from a named list of five.
Drata, #11 in the ranking · Visit Drata →
Where they differ
What the entry tier covers
Vanta Essentials includes one compliance framework with an agentic policy generator, but the pricing page does not say which frameworks can be picked or how many people are covered. Drata Compliance Foundation is more specific: up to 50 FTEs and one pre-mapped framework chosen from SOC 2, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA and GDPR, with more frameworks sold as an add-on. A small team can judge its fit from Drata's page alone.
Edge: Drata
Questionnaire automation volumes
Vanta puts AI questionnaire automation on Plus at 25 questionnaires per year and raises it to 144 on Professional. Drata gives its Trust Foundation tier up to 100 questionnaires, with Word, PDF and TXT files supported. The numbers are not like for like, because Drata sells this inside a separate Trust track while Vanta bundles it into the main ladder. Teams with heavy security reviews should ask both for the count that applies to them.
Edge: even
Integration breadth
Vanta states that it pulls data automatically from 400+ tools, which is the only integration count either vendor gives on the pages we opened. Drata's pricing page describes integrations by tier instead: pre-built ones at Foundation, standard Salesforce and HubSpot at Trust Advanced, and Microsoft Dynamics plus data warehouse sync at Trust Enterprise. Vanta's integrations page also shows an unfilled placeholder where the count should be, so confirm the exact number before relying on it.
Edge: Vanta
Third-party risk management
Drata lists Third-Party Risk Management as its own track next to Compliance and Trust, though it shows no tiers for it, only capabilities. Vanta's pricing page has no equivalent separate tier. For a company whose auditors or customers ask about vendor oversight, Drata makes the offer easier to find. It does not show what that track costs or how deep it goes, so the demo is where that gets answered.
Edge: Drata
Price visibility and trials
Neither vendor prints a price. Vanta sends every plan to a request for personalized pricing, and the only free offer on its page is a demo. Drata's Get Started buttons all lead to its demo page, and no free plan or trial is listed, although its Trust Center comparison does mention the first 25 approved domains as free. Expect a sales conversation with either, and ask for the quote in writing.
Edge: even
Who stands behind the product
Drata's company page states a 2020 founding and lists offices in San Francisco, New York, San Diego, London and Sydney, and its legal page names Drata Inc. as the entity. Its investors are shown as logos only. On the Vanta pages we opened, there was no headquarters, founding year, legal entity or ownership statement, and its company page returned a 404. Drata discloses a little more, though neither is thorough.
Edge: Drata
Tally: Vanta 1, Drata 3, even 2.
When neither fits
Neither is the right fit for a buyer who needs a published price, a free tier or a stated hosting region before talking to sales. Neither pricing page names a data hosting region, and neither shows a price. Strike Graph shows a free Launch plan with SOC 2 and a Scale plan starting at $21,500 a year on its pricing page.
See Strike Graph and Secureframe among the 12 products in Best Compliance Automation Software in 2026.
Questions and answers
Does Vanta or Drata publish prices?
Neither publishes prices. Vanta points every plan to a request for personalized pricing, and Drata's Get Started buttons lead to a demo request. Both sell through a sales conversation, so budget figures have to come from a quote rather than the pricing pages.
Does Vanta or Drata have a free trial?
Neither lists a free plan or trial on its pricing page. Vanta offers a demo, and Drata's buttons also lead to a demo. Drata's Trust Center comparison does mention that the first 25 approved domains are free, which is a limit inside a paid track and not a trial.
Which frameworks does the entry plan of each cover?
Both include one framework at the lowest compliance tier. Drata names the choices: SOC 2, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA and GDPR, with extra frameworks as an add-on. Vanta Essentials says only one compliance framework, without listing the options on its pricing page.
How many integrations do Vanta and Drata have?
Vanta says it pulls data automatically from 400+ tools. Drata does not state a total on its pricing page and lists integrations by tier instead, such as Salesforce and HubSpot at Trust Advanced and Microsoft Dynamics at Trust Enterprise.
Where are Vanta and Drata based?
The pages we opened do not state a headquarters for either. Drata's company page lists offices in San Francisco, New York, San Diego, London and Sydney and names Drata Inc. as the legal entity. Vanta's pages gave no headquarters or entity name.
Sources
Prices, plan limits and product facts on this page were checked against the vendors' own pages on November 14, 2026. Vendors change both without notice, so treat the figures as of that date.
- Vanta pricing page: Vanta plans, absence of prices, one framework on Essentials, questionnaire counts on Plus and Professional, demo as the only free offer
- Vanta home page: Absence of a headquarters, founding or ownership statement
- Vanta legal page: Absence of a legal entity name or registered address
- Vanta integrations page: The 400+ tools claim and the unfilled count placeholder
- Drata pricing page: Drata tracks and tiers, FTE and framework limits, questionnaire and domain limits, tier integrations, absence of prices, 25 free approved domains
- Drata company page: 2020 founding, offices, investors shown without names
- Drata legal page: Legal entity Drata Inc., no registered address or hosting region statement
- Strike Graph pricing page: Free Launch plan and Scale from $21,500 a year