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Thoropass vs Vanta vs Screenata
Thoropass (formerly Laika) bundles compliance software with its own in-house CPA firm, so platform and audit come from one vendor; Vanta is the broad, integration-rich GRC dashboard that leaves the audit to a marketplace. The trade is single-vendor convenience vs ecosystem breadth. Screenata is auditor-neutral and agent-first: it prepares signed evidence any auditor can verify and runs the program for $5,988/year per framework ($499/mo).
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Thoropass, Vanta, and Screenata, line by line.
The detail
How Thoropass and Vanta actually differ.
Thoropass and Vanta both automate SOC 2 evidence from a dashboard, but they draw the vendor boundary in different places. Thoropass (formerly Laika) runs its own in-house, AICPA-registered CPA firm, so the platform and the audit come from a single company, and it covers SOC 1/2, ISO, PCI, HIPAA, and HITRUST. Vanta is software-only: the broadest integration catalog and deep market presence, but the audit is left to a marketplace of independent firms. The axis is single-vendor, audit-bundled convenience versus ecosystem breadth with an auditor of your choosing.
Thoropass wins when you want one throat to choke: platform plus audit under one roof removes handoffs and can simplify budgeting, and its multi-framework audit coverage suits teams facing PCI or HITRUST alongside SOC 2. Vanta wins on reach and neutrality, the largest connector library automates more evidence, and marketplace auditors let you pick or keep a firm you trust. The tradeoff is bundled convenience versus flexibility and breadth; either way, your team still drives the dashboard and shepherds the evidence a human must supply.
Screenata is deliberately auditor-neutral and agent-first. Vera reads your infrastructure, writes grounded policies, and records evidence while your team works, filing it as cryptographically signed, RFC 3161-timestamped artifacts any auditor can verify outside the platform, so you keep free choice of firm without giving up automation. Pick Thoropass to buy platform and audit together, Vanta for the widest integrations with a marketplace auditor, and Screenata if you'd rather an agent run the program from Slack and the CLI and hand any auditor independently verifiable evidence, at $5,988/year per framework ($499/mo).
The honest version
When to pick which.
Screenata
Pick Screenata for an agent that runs the program and auditor-neutral, signed evidence.
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Thoropass vs Vanta, answered.
What's the difference between Thoropass and Vanta?
Thoropass runs an in-house CPA firm and bundles the audit with its platform; Vanta is a software-only GRC dashboard that leaves the audit to a marketplace. Screenata is auditor-neutral and agent-first: it prepares signed, externally-verifiable evidence any auditor can check and runs the program for you at $5,988/year per framework ($499/mo).
Does Thoropass include the audit, and does Vanta?
Thoropass bundles the audit through its own in-house, AICPA-registered CPA firm, so software and audit come from one vendor. Vanta is software-only and leaves the audit to a marketplace of independent firms. Screenata is auditor-neutral, it prepares signed, verifiable evidence any firm can check, at $5,988/year per framework ($499/mo).
Can I use my own auditor with Vanta or Thoropass?
With Vanta you choose an auditor from its marketplace or bring your own. Thoropass steers you toward its in-house CPA firm since the audit is bundled. Screenata is auditor-neutral and produces independently verifiable evidence, so you can keep whichever firm you trust.
Which frameworks does Thoropass cover versus Vanta?
Thoropass covers SOC 1 and 2, ISO, PCI, HIPAA, and HITRUST, with audits handled in-house. Vanta covers SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and many more, with audits via its marketplace. Screenata focuses on SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001, priced at $5,988/year per framework ($499/mo).
Is Thoropass or Vanta better for a startup's first SOC 2?
Thoropass suits teams that want platform and audit from one vendor to reduce coordination; Vanta suits teams that value the largest integration catalog and auditor choice. For a startup that wants the program actually run rather than configured, Screenata operates it and removes the hand work for $5,988/year per framework ($499/mo).
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