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The best Vanta alternatives in 2026
The main Vanta alternatives are Drata, Secureframe, Scrut Automation, Sprinto, Thoropass, Oneleet, Comp AI, Scytale, and Delve, plus Screenata, which we make. Drata is the closest like-for-like swap. Scrut's median contract in Vendr's data sits below Vanta's small-company band, Thoropass and Comp AI put the audit inside the price, and Oneleet adds its own penetration testers. Screenata is built for the evidence Vanta's integrations never reach: recorded while your team works, signed, and verifiable by the auditor you choose.
At a glance
10 Vanta alternatives, side by side.
| Tool | Best for | Price | Auditor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screenata | 5 to 50 person teams that need SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001 for customers who will actually read the report. | Request a scoped quote | Your choice. We sell no audit and take no referral fee |
| Drata | A dedicated GRC or security team standardizing a larger organization on one configurable platform. | Quote. | Your choice, via Drata's auditor network |
| Secureframe | CMMC or FedRAMP programs, or teams that want compliance experts on call. | Quote. | Your choice, via Secureframe's auditor network |
| Scrut Automation | Programs running many frameworks that want one flat price and a configurable risk register. | Quote, flat. | Your choice, via Scrut's auditor network |
| Sprinto | Teams comparing quote-based platforms on total contract value, with someone to work the task queue. | Quote. | Your choice, via Sprinto's auditor network |
| Thoropass | Companies that want one vendor for the platform and the audit, or need SOC 1 or HITRUST alongside SOC 2. | Quote, with the audit inside the price | Thoropass's own CPA firm |
| Oneleet | Teams that want penetration testing, code scanning, and MDM from one vendor with its own testers. | Quote. | Your choice; external CPA firms via Oneleet's auditor portal |
| Comp AI | Teams that want to self-host the platform, or want one price with the audit inside and need the certificate more than the report. | Self-host free (AGPL); managed by quote, audit typically inside | Bundled audit by default; optional in the quote |
| Scytale | Teams that want named advisors inside the subscription, or need SOX ITGC. | Not published; tiered bundles with advisory, quote only | Your choice, via Scytale's auditor network |
| Delve | Teams that want 24/7 concierge access or EU AI Act mappings, once they have checked how its evidence and auditor arrangements work today. | Not published; demo-gated quote | Referred through Delve's network |
Why teams look past Vanta
What usually starts the search.
The modules are priced on top
Vanta doesn't publish pricing.
A third of uploads are still screenshots
Vanta's own figure: of 650,000 images uploaded in six months, 36% were screenshots. That is the evidence outside any integration, and someone on your team still captures it. Vanta's screenshot agent is in preview, with one approval per capture.
It assumes a compliance owner
Vanta works best with a compliance owner who runs the platform daily. Without one, a founder or engineer ends up driving the dashboard, or the team pays someone to.
The alternatives
Each one, and who it suits.
- ( 01 / 10 )
Evidence platform run by an agent · ours
Screenata
An evidence platform run by an agent. Vera runs 650+ native checks nightly, records the evidence integrations can't reach while your team works, and signs every artifact so your auditor can verify it outside the platform.
- Best for
- 5 to 50 person teams that need SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001 for customers who will actually read the report.
- Price
- Request a scoped quote
- Auditor
- Your choice. We sell no audit and take no referral fee
- ( 02 / 10 )
GRC platform
Drata
An enterprise-leaning GRC platform: template libraries, hundreds of integrations, automated control tests, and agents for questionnaires and vendor risk.
- Best for
- A dedicated GRC or security team standardizing a larger organization on one configurable platform.
- The closest swap: the same dashboard model with an autopilot you can configure, in the same Vendr price band. It fits if the product is the reason you're leaving, not the upload work.
- Price
- Quote.
- Auditor
- Your choice, via Drata's auditor network
- ( 03 / 10 )
GRC platform
Secureframe
A GRC platform with in-house compliance experts, Comply AI remediation guidance, and real depth in federal frameworks like CMMC and FedRAMP.
- Best for
- CMMC or FedRAMP programs, or teams that want compliance experts on call.
- Price
- Quote.
- Auditor
- Your choice, via Secureframe's auditor network
- ( 04 / 10 )
GRC platform
Scrut Automation
A risk-first GRC platform with 60+ frameworks, 24/7 control monitoring, configurable templates, and one flat price regardless of framework count.
- Best for
- Programs running many frameworks that want one flat price and a configurable risk register.
- Vendr's median Scrut contract sits below Vanta's small-company band, and the price stays flat as you add frameworks.
- Price
- Quote, flat.
- Auditor
- Your choice, via Scrut's auditor network
- ( 05 / 10 )
GRC platform
Sprinto
A compliance automation platform with continuous monitoring, a broad framework catalog, a task queue for evidence integrations don't reach, and an auditor network.
- Best for
- Teams comparing quote-based platforms on total contract value, with someone to work the task queue.
- Price
- Quote.
- Auditor
- Your choice, via Sprinto's auditor network
- ( 06 / 10 )
Audit firm + platform · formerly Laika
Thoropass
An audit firm with a platform: its own AICPA-registered CPA practice sells the software, the readiness work, and the audit together.
- Best for
- Companies that want one vendor for the platform and the audit, or need SOC 1 or HITRUST alongside SOC 2.
- Price
- Quote, with the audit inside the price
- Auditor
- Thoropass's own CPA firm
- ( 07 / 10 )
Security + compliance platform
Oneleet
A security platform with a human-run compliance program: in-house penetration testing, code scanning, MDM, and a Security Program Manager.
- Best for
- Teams that want penetration testing, code scanning, and MDM from one vendor with its own testers.
- Worth a look if what you want from Vanta's module list is security work itself: penetration testing and code scanning are part of Oneleet's package.
- Price
- Quote.
- Auditor
- Your choice; external CPA firms via Oneleet's auditor portal
- ( 08 / 10 )
Open-source compliance
Comp AI
An open-source (AGPL) compliance platform with a sales team. The managed quote typically includes the audit and a resold penetration test.
- Best for
- Teams that want to self-host the platform, or want one price with the audit inside and need the certificate more than the report.
- Price
- Self-host free (AGPL); managed by quote, audit typically inside
- Auditor
- Bundled audit by default; optional in the quote
- ( 09 / 10 )
GRC platform + advisory
Scytale
A compliance platform bundled with human advisors, across SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 42001, and SOX ITGC.
- Best for
- Teams that want named advisors inside the subscription, or need SOX ITGC.
- Price
- Not published; tiered bundles with advisory, quote only
- Auditor
- Your choice, via Scytale's auditor network
- ( 10 / 10 )
AI-native compliance
Delve
An AI-native compliance platform with concierge support and a wide catalog that includes AI governance. In March 2026 it was publicly accused of fabricated evidence and rubber-stamp audits, which it denies, and Y Combinator removed it from its directory in April 2026.
- Best for
- Teams that want 24/7 concierge access or EU AI Act mappings, once they have checked how its evidence and auditor arrangements work today.
- Price
- Not published; demo-gated quote
- Auditor
- Referred through Delve's network
Updated 2026-09-15. Vendr figures are anonymized transaction data (fetched 2026-09-03), not vendor list prices. All comparisons.
Screenata vs Vanta, in detail
Vanta tests and uploads. Vera records.
Where Screenata is different
Three things Vanta doesn’t do.
The evidence that survives Vanta's automation
Vanta published it themselves in August 2026: of 650,000 images uploaded in six months, 36% were screenshots, because the evidence sits outside any API. That residue is the part of the audit nobody automated. Screenata records it while your team does the task — deterministic, replayable, timestamped — instead of an agent re-navigating on request or a person uploading afterwards.
Evidence your auditor can verify outside the platform
Every artifact Vera files carries a signed manifest with an RFC 3161 timestamp and a trace from the policy sentence to the claim, the test, and the run. Your auditor checks it with a free CLI, without a Screenata login. Vanta links evidence to controls and exports it.
Every module in your proposal
Vanta does not publish pricing.
The operational layer
Where the evidence comes from.
Detect
Scheduled agents scan your cloud, repos, and identity provider continuously, the same signals Vanta reads.
Do
Vera runs 650+ native checks nightly, records the evidence integrations can't reach while your team does the task, chases the attestations a dashboard can't, and when she finds a gap she opens the finding 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.
Vanta
Test → flag → upload the rest (agent in preview)
Screenata
Detect → collect & remediate → re-verify → sign
Vanta, in detail
The questions people ask about Vanta.
Vanta pricing
What Vanta actually costs
Vanta does not publish list pricing. Additional frameworks are scoped separately and reuse the first one's evidence.
- Vanta: quote-based, per framework and headcount, modules sold separately
- Request a scoped quote
- Neither Vanta nor Screenata sells the audit — you choose the firm either way
Vanta's own numbers
Screenshots and hours, from Vanta's data
Two figures Vanta published in 2025 and 2026 describe the problem Screenata is built for. First, 36% of the 650,000 images uploaded to Vanta over six months were screenshots — evidence outside an API, on the most integrated platform in the market. Second, Vanta's State of Trust survey of 3,500 leaders found teams spend about ten hours a week on compliance tasks, roughly twelve working weeks a year, and 64% say they spend more time proving security than improving it. Vanta's answer is an agent that captures screenshots on request, in preview, with an approval per capture. Screenata's is to record the evidence while the work happens, so it is produced rather than chased.
Vanta competition
Where Screenata sits among Vanta alternatives
Most Vanta alternatives are the same shape at a lower price: a dashboard, templates, integration tests, and uploads for the rest. Screenata is a different bet: the evidence integrations never finish is recorded while your team works, with provenance an auditor can check, and the agent does the hands work. If you are leaving Vanta on price alone, there are cheaper dashboards. If you are leaving because the screenshot pile never shrank, that is what Screenata is for.
The honest version
When Vanta is the better fit.
- You want the largest integration catalog and the most recognized brand with auditors and partners
- You have a compliance owner who will run the platform daily
- You need a long tail of frameworks beyond SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and GDPR
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
Request a scoped quote
Every module included, per framework. Published, not sales-gated. The audit is priced by the auditor you choose; we sell no audit and take no referral fee.
Vanta
Quote.
Third-party figure, not a vendor list price. Ranges scale with frameworks and headcount; see the pricing section above for the full breakdown.
Source: Vendr marketplace: Vanta pricing (anonymized transaction data), fetched 2026-09-03.
Year one, all in
What year one actually costs.
Sources: Vendr marketplace pages (anonymized transaction data, fetched 2026-09-03); vendors’ own pricing pages and documentation where published; Vanta’s August 2026 screenshot figure; Drata “SOC 2 By the Numbers” 2026. Ranges scale with headcount and framework count; none is a vendor list price unless the vendor publishes one.
Questions
Vanta alternatives, answered.
What is the best alternative to Vanta?
It depends on why you're leaving. For the same kind of platform with a configurable autopilot, Drata. For in-house experts or CMMC and FedRAMP, Secureframe. For one flat price across many frameworks, Scrut Automation. For the platform and the audit from one vendor, Thoropass. For a bundled pentest and security tooling, Oneleet. For evidence recorded while your team works and signed for the auditor you choose, Screenata, which we make.
Who are Vanta's main competitors?
Drata and Secureframe are the closest in shape: dashboards your team drives, with integration tests and uploads for the rest. Scrut Automation, Sprinto, and Scytale compete for the same buyers on price model or advisory. Thoropass and Comp AI bundle the audit, Oneleet bundles security services, and Delve and Screenata are AI-native.
How do Vanta alternatives compare on price?
Most don't publish a price. Thoropass and Comp AI's managed plan put the audit inside the quote, so compare those on a different question: does the vendor that prepares your evidence also provide your auditor?
Can I switch from Vanta and keep my auditor?
Yes, with any platform that leaves the audit to a firm you choose: Drata, Secureframe, Sprinto, Scrut Automation, Oneleet, Scytale, and Screenata. Thoropass audits through its own CPA firm, and Comp AI bundles an audit by default. Evidence from your current observation window belongs to that window, so plan the switch around your audit cycle.
Is Screenata a good Vanta alternative?
For a company whose customers will read the SOC 2 report, yes. Vanta is the broadest platform with the biggest catalog. Screenata is built for the evidence Vanta's own data says survives automation: a third of uploaded images are still screenshots.
How much does Vanta cost compared to Screenata?
Vanta does not publish pricing.
Can Screenata get me audit-ready faster than Vanta?
Screenata does not promise a timeline, and neither should anyone: the AICPA now treats quick-turn SOC 2 engagements as a quality concern. What shrinks with Screenata is the hand work — the screenshots, populations, and questionnaires that Vanta's own figures say remain after integrations — not the auditor's calendar.
Does Vanta's AI agent do what Screenata's recorder does?
Not the same thing. Vanta's agent, in preview, navigates an app and captures a screenshot for you to approve, re-deriving the path each time. Screenata records the evidence while your team does the real task, saves it as a procedure that replays the same way next quarter, and files it with a timestamp badge and a signed manifest. Deterministic and replayable is the difference an auditor asks about.
Does Screenata fix problems, or just flag them like Vanta?
Vera opens the finding, drafts the fix, and re-verifies once a human applies it. She does not change production settings on her own; that is a deliberate limit, and one auditors prefer.
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