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Screenata vs Drata

Drata is a GRC automation platform with a template-first model and an autopilot for continuous checks. Screenata takes a different starting point: it generates policies from your real infrastructure, traces every claim to signed evidence, and runs as an agent across Slack, email, the CLI, and your PRs. The difference is operational: where Drata's autopilot flags a gap and waits, Vera collects the evidence, drafts the fix, and re-verifies once it's applied.

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Screenata and Drata, line by line.

Dimension
Screenata
Drata
What it is
AI compliance operations platform
GRC platform (dashboard)
Policy generation
Written from infrastructure scans
Templates with post-hoc AI
Policy-to-reality check
Overpromise detector flags unprovable claims
No verification step
Evidence collection
70% fully automated, 500+ checks
Semi-automated
Claim traceability
Policy → claim → test → signed evidence
Evidence → control
Evidence integrity
RSA/ECDSA + RFC 3161 + BYOK, open spec
PDF export
Primary interface
Slack + email + CLI + PRs + web
Dashboard
Continuous monitoring
Scheduled agents (daily → annual)
Autopilot checks
When a control fails
Collects evidence, drafts the fix, re-verifies
Flags a task, waits for a human
Multi-framework
SOC 2 + HIPAA share one evidence set
Multi-framework, priced per framework
Pricing model
$499/month, flat
$7–50K/year
Time to audit-ready
4–6 weeks
2–3 months

Where Screenata is different

Three things Drata doesn’t do.

( 01 / 03 )

Grounded policies, kept in sync

Drata is template-first with AI applied after the fact. Screenata writes from infrastructure scans, so the policy and the proof come from the same source and stay aligned as your systems change.

( 02 / 03 )

Traceability all the way to the artifact

Drata links evidence to controls. Screenata links a specific policy sentence to a testable claim, to the control test, to a signed artifact your auditor can verify outside the platform.

( 03 / 03 )

Compliance in your workflow

Instead of a dashboard to visit, Screenata delivers in Slack, email, the terminal, and PR reviews — with daily, weekly, quarterly, and annual agents doing the work on schedule.

The operational layer

Drata detects. Vera does the work.

Drata monitors your stack and flags what's failing — then waits for a person to collect the evidence or apply the fix. Screenata's agent, Vera, is the layer that does that work: she collects the evidence automatically, drafts the remediation, and re-verifies once it's applied.
( 01 / 03 )

Detect

Scheduled agents scan your cloud, repos, and identity provider continuously — the same signals Drata reads.

( 02 / 03 )

Do

Vera collects ~70% of evidence automatically across 500+ checks, chases the attestations a dashboard can't, and when she finds a gap she opens the remediation ticket and drafts the fix.

( 03 / 03 )

Verify & sign

After a human applies the change, Vera re-verifies and files a signed, traceable artifact. She escalates judgment calls rather than acting unattended — which is what keeps auditors comfortable.

Drata

Detect → flag → wait for a human

Screenata

Detect → collect & remediate → re-verify → sign

The honest version

When Drata is the better fit.

We're not for everyone. Drata is a strong choice in these cases — and we'd rather you pick the right tool than the wrong one.
  • You prefer a mature dashboard-centric workflow your team already knows
  • You're standardizing a larger org on a single GRC vendor
  • Your compliance program is run by a dedicated owner, not a founder on the side

Screenata is built for the 5–50 person team that needs SOC 2 to close a deal, wants policies grounded in real infrastructure, and would rather operate compliance from Slack and the terminal than a dashboard. More on who we’re for.

Screenata

$499/month, flat

One plan, everything included. SOC 2 + HIPAA, all integrations, all agent operations. Cancel anytime.

Drata

$7–50K/year, annual contract

Typical GRC platform model: annual commitment, with additional frameworks and headcount priced on top.

Questions

Screenata vs Drata, answered.

Is Screenata a good Drata alternative?

For small teams, yes. Screenata is an AI agent that generates SOC 2 policies from your real infrastructure, automates about 70% of evidence across 500+ checks, and runs the program from Slack, email, and the CLI — for $499/month flat, month to month. Drata is a GRC automation platform with a template-first model and an autopilot for continuous checks, typically on a $7–50K/year annual contract. If you want a mature dashboard your team drives, Drata fits; if you're a 5–50 person team that needs SOC 2 to close a deal, Screenata does the work for you.

How much does Drata cost compared to Screenata?

Screenata is $499/month flat, month to month, with SOC 2 and HIPAA, all integrations, and all agent operations included. Drata is typically a $7–50K/year annual contract, with additional frameworks and headcount priced on top.

What can Screenata do that Drata can't?

Drata is template-first with AI applied after the fact and links evidence to controls. Screenata writes policies from infrastructure scans so the policy and the proof come from the same source, and it traces a specific policy sentence to a testable claim, to a control test, to a signed artifact your auditor can verify outside the platform.

How is Screenata different from Drata's autopilot?

Drata's autopilot runs continuous checks inside a dashboard you visit. Screenata runs scheduled agents — daily, weekly, quarterly, and annual — that scan, collect evidence, and brief you in Slack, email, the terminal, and PR reviews, so the daily work happens without anyone opening a tab.

Does Screenata remediate issues, or just monitor like Drata?

Drata's autopilot monitors and flags failing controls for a human to fix. Screenata's agent, Vera, collects the evidence automatically and, when she finds a gap, opens the remediation ticket, drafts the fix, and re-verifies once a human applies it. She escalates judgment calls rather than acting on them unattended, so production changes stay under your team's control — an operational layer that does the work, not just a monitor that reports it.

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Connect GitHub and cloud read-only. Vera generates policies and a control matrix from your real infrastructure in minutes — and we ship new capabilities every week.