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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.

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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

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 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.

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Drata

$7–50K/year, annual contract

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

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