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Screenata vs Scrut Automation
Scrut Automation is a risk-first GRC platform known for high configurability, custom risk formulas and workflows, and flat pricing that bundles 60+ frameworks with no per-framework surcharge. Screenata shares the flat-pricing instinct but is agent-first: rather than a configurable dashboard your team drives, Vera writes the policies from your infrastructure and runs the program continuously for $499/month.
Side by side
Screenata and Scrut Automation, line by line.
Where Screenata is different
Three things Scrut Automation doesn’t do.
Done for you, not configured by you
Scrut's strength is configurability, risk formulas and workflows you tune. Screenata's strength is that you don't have to: Vera generates the control matrix from your scans and runs the collection herself.
Policies grounded in infrastructure
Scrut is template-driven, even if highly configurable. Screenata writes policies from what your IdP, cloud, and repos actually show, and flags claims you can't prove.
Compliance where you work
Scrut lives in a dashboard. Screenata delivers in Slack, email, the terminal, and PR reviews, with scheduled agents doing the work on a cadence.
The operational layer
Scrut Automation detects. Vera does the work.
Detect
Scheduled agents scan your cloud, repos, and identity provider continuously, the same signals Scrut Automation reads.
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.
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.
Scrut Automation
Monitor 24/7 → flag risk → wait for a human
Screenata
Detect → collect & remediate → re-verify → sign
Scrut Automation, in detail
The questions people ask about Scrut Automation.
Scrut pricing
What Scrut costs
Scrut doesn't publish list pricing; it's sales-gated and reported as flat-rate, bundling 60+ frameworks with no per-framework surcharge, with third-party estimates around $15K/year at entry. That flat, no-framework-tax model is genuinely economical if you're pursuing several standards at once. Screenata is $499/month per framework, published, month to month.
- No per-framework fee, Scrut's edge for multi-framework programs
- Sales-gated; reported ~$15K/year entry (third-party estimate)
- Screenata: $499/month per framework, transparent and flat
Scrut's risk-first model
Configurability vs done-for-you
Scrut's strength is configurability, custom risk formulas, tailored workflows, and a risk-led program you shape yourself. Screenata's strength is that you don't have to configure it: Vera derives the control matrix and risks from your infrastructure and runs the collection herself. Pick Scrut to tune a risk-first program in depth; pick Screenata to have the program run for you.
The honest version
When Scrut Automation is the better fit.
- You want a highly configurable, risk-centric program with custom workflows
- You need 60+ frameworks bundled under one flat platform fee
- You have a compliance owner who wants to tune the system in depth
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 per framework
One plan, everything included. SOC 2 + HIPAA, all integrations, all agent operations. Cancel anytime.
Scrut Automation
Custom quote (not public), flat annual
Typical GRC platform model: annual commitment, with additional frameworks and headcount priced on top.
Questions
Screenata vs Scrut Automation, answered.
Is Screenata a good Scrut Automation alternative?
For small teams, yes. Scrut is a risk-first, highly configurable GRC dashboard that bundles 60+ frameworks under flat pricing. Screenata is an AI agent that writes policies from your real infrastructure and runs the program from Slack, email, and the CLI for $499/month per framework. If you want to configure a risk-centric program in depth, Scrut fits; if you want the program run for you, Screenata does the work.
How much does Scrut cost compared to Screenata?
Scrut doesn't publish list pricing; it's sales-gated and reported as flat-rate bundling all frameworks, with third-party estimates around $15K/year at entry. Screenata is $499/month per framework, month to month, with all integrations and agent operations included.
What can Screenata do that Scrut can't?
Screenata writes policies from infrastructure scans rather than configurable templates, flags unprovable claims, and traces every claim to a signed artifact verifiable outside the platform. It runs as an agent that collects evidence and drafts remediations, rather than a dashboard you configure and drive.
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