COMPETITOR PRICING · VERIFIED JULY 2026
Drata pricing: what Drata costs in 2026, and the two rules it does publish
Drata does not publish a price either, but it publishes two things Vanta hides: a hard 50-employee cap on its entry tier and a one-framework limit with paid add-ons. Here is what Drata actually costs, what those two rules mean for your bill, and how it compares to a product that just prints the number.
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What does Drata cost?
Drata does not publish pricing. Its plans page (drata.com/plans) names two products, a GRC Platform and an Assurance Platform, each with Foundation, Advanced, and Enterprise tiers, and attaches no dollar figures to any of them. Every button reads Get Started or Contact Sales, which means a demo and a personalized quote. So any specific Drata price you find online is a buyer report or a guess, and most of what circulates is the latter. The one credible benchmark is Vendr, which publishes anonymized data from contracts it has handled. As of February 2026 Vendr reports a median Drata contract of $24,868 a year, ranging from $9,649 to $60,000. Treat that as a third-party estimate of what companies paid, not a rate card. Drata does publish two structural rules that matter more than any leaked number. Its entry GRC tier, Foundation, is capped at up to 50 full-time employees and includes one pre-mapped framework, with additional frameworks sold as a paid add-on. Those are the two levers that move your bill: cross 50 people and you change tiers, and every framework past the first is a line item. That is the trade in quote-led pricing, because the day a customer asks for ISO 27001 on top of your SOC 2, or you hire past 50, you are back in a sales conversation. Complies takes the opposite approach and publishes the whole range, $79 to $499 a month, with all five frameworks cross-mapped from Growth and no headcount cap. Budget your auditor separately in every case, since the CPA firm is a different company and a different bill, typically $5,000 to $20,000 for a SOC 2 Type 1.
Complies assists with compliance workflows. It is not legal advice, and it does not certify you or guarantee audit outcomes. Your auditor decides; Complies gets you ready.
Last updated July 2026
Three things that decide what you actually pay
Headcount changes your tier
Drata publishes a hard ceiling of up to 50 full-time employees on its GRC Foundation tier. That is unusually transparent for this category, and it is worth reading closely: a company that signs at 45 people and hires past 50 has crossed a line the contract cares about. The number itself is fine, growing costs more everywhere. The point is that you can only plan for it because Drata printed it, and most vendors do not.
obligation tracking softwareFrameworks are sold one at a time
Drata Foundation includes one pre-mapped framework, and additional frameworks are a paid add-on. So the sticker you agree to at SOC 2 is not the sticker you pay once a customer requires ISO 27001. This is the lever nobody prices in at signature. Complies cross-maps SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS from Growth, so a control you map once counts everywhere and a new framework requirement never triggers a re-quote.
control mapping softwareThe auditor is a separate bill
No compliance platform can issue your SOC 2 report. A licensed CPA firm does that, it is a different company, and it invoices you separately from whatever you pay Drata. Any comparison that quietly folds the audit into the platform price is not comparing the same thing. A SOC 2 Type 1 typically runs $5,000 to $20,000 in CPA firm fees, independent of tooling.
audit readiness softwareDrata vs Vanta vs Complies: how each one prices
This table compares pricing models, not marketing. Everything in the Drata and Vanta columns is either published by the vendor or labeled as a third-party estimate, because we would rather be useful than flattering. Verified July 2026, and both vendors can change this at any time.
| Dimension | Drata | Vanta | Complies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price published? | No. Six tiers across two platforms, no figures | No. Four tiers named, no figures | Yes. Every tier and both billing terms |
| How you get a number | Contact sales for personalized pricing | Request a demo for personalized pricing | Read the pricing page, no sales call |
| Tier names | Foundation, Advanced, Enterprise (GRC and Assurance) | Essentials, Plus, Professional, Enterprise | Starter, Growth, Scale, Enterprise |
| Published list price | None | None | $79, $199, $499 per month billed yearly |
| Monthly billing | Not published | Not published | Yes: $95, $239, $599 per month |
| Entry tier frameworks | One pre-mapped framework, extras are an add-on (published) | One compliance framework (published) | All five cross-mapped from Growth |
| Entry tier headcount cap | Up to 50 FTEs on GRC Foundation (published) | Not published | No published headcount cap |
| Reported real contracts | Median $24,868/yr, $9,649 to $60,000 (Vendr, Feb 2026) | Median $20,000/yr, $7,500 to $56,781 (Vendr, Feb 2026) | Starter $948/yr, Growth $2,388/yr, Scale $5,988/yr |
Two honest notes on that table. The Vendr figures are third-party estimates from contracts Vendr handled, not vendor rate cards, and your quote may land well outside them. And a $24,868 median is not evidence that Drata is overpriced: it is a deeper product with a larger integration catalog, a dedicated onboarding team, and buyers who need that breadth. It is evidence that the two products are built for different companies. For a feature-level comparison rather than a pricing one, read Drata alternatives, Vanta alternatives and Secureframe alternatives.
What you get on every Complies plan from Growth
The price is on the page
Starter $79 a month, Growth $199, Scale $499 at the yearly rate, or $95, $239, and $599 billed monthly. No demo gate, no discovery call, no personalized pricing that quietly depends on your last funding round.
All five frameworks, no add-on
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS are cross-mapped from Growth. When a prospect asks for a framework you did not plan on, you add it, you do not buy it. Finishing SOC 2 pre-fills roughly 60 percent of ISO 27001.
No 50-employee cliff
Growing from 45 to 55 people does not trigger a conversation about your tier. We do not publish a headcount cap because we do not price against one.
Monthly billing exists
You can pay monthly and leave. That is a real constraint on us, and it is the point: the product has to earn its seat every cycle instead of coasting on an annual renewal you signed in a hurry.
Evidence that collects itself
Access reviews, change logs, and monitoring settings stream in from AWS, GitHub, Google Workspace, and Okta on a schedule, attached to the control they prove and the human who owns them.
A readiness score that will not flatter you
One number, plus a ranked gap list naming what is missing and who owns it. It never reads 100, because no tool can promise an audit outcome, and a score that always shows green is decoration.
How to buy compliance software without overpaying
Count your frameworks and your headcount
The two levers on a Drata quote are the number of frameworks you need and whether you are above or below 50 employees. Work both out before the call, because they decide your tier and your add-ons more than anything the demo shows you.
Get the quote, then read the term
Ask directly what a second framework costs, what happens when you cross 50 FTEs, and what renewal looks like. Get it in writing before signature, because that is the one moment you have leverage.
Price the auditor separately
The CPA firm is a different company and a different invoice. A SOC 2 Type 1 typically runs $5,000 to $20,000 in audit fees. Compare platforms against platforms, not platform-plus-audit against platform.
Or skip the sales cycle
Complies publishes the number, so you can sign up, connect AWS, GitHub, Google Workspace, and Okta, and see a readiness score today. If it is not the right fit, you cancel, and you have lost a month at $199 rather than a year at five figures.
Who this is for, and who it is not
A GOOD FIT WHEN
- You want to know what compliance software costs before you sit through a discovery call.
- You are near or past 50 employees and Drata Foundation would push you up a tier.
- You expect a second framework later and refuse to pay for it as an add-on.
- You want monthly billing, or at least the option of it.
- You got a Drata quote and want an honest read on what the alternatives actually cost.
LOOK ELSEWHERE WHEN
- You need Drata's breadth: a very large integration catalog, a separate trust-center product, and a dedicated onboarding team. Buy Drata. It is a strong product and this page will not pretend otherwise.
- You have a dedicated GRC team and multi-entity governance, where an enterprise suite earns its price.
- You need CMMC, consent management, cookie banners, DSAR automation, or data mapping. Complies does not do any of those.
- Your procurement process requires an annual contract and a named account team.
Common questions about Drata pricing
Drata does not publish its prices, so there is no official answer. Its plans page names two products (a GRC Platform and an Assurance Platform) with three tiers each and no dollar figures, and directs you to contact sales for a quote. The most credible third-party benchmark is Vendr, which reported a median Drata contract of $24,868 a year as of February 2026, ranging from $9,649 to $60,000.
No. As of July 2026, drata.com/plans lists Foundation, Advanced, and Enterprise tiers across two platforms with no dollar figures, and every button asks you to get started or contact sales. It does publish two structural facts: the entry GRC tier caps at up to 50 employees and includes one pre-mapped framework, with additional frameworks as a paid add-on.
Drata publishes an up to 50 full-time employee ceiling on its GRC Foundation tier. If you are above 50 people, or expect to cross it during the contract, you are looking at a higher tier. This is unusually transparent for the category, and it is one of the few Drata pricing facts you can plan around before a sales call.
Neither publishes a price, so nobody can answer this honestly from public information. Vendr's February 2026 data suggests Drata contracts run slightly higher on average: a $24,868 median versus $20,000 for Vanta. Both ranges overlap heavily, which means your framework count, headcount, and negotiation matter far more than the logo on the login page.
Yes, on the entry tier. Drata Foundation includes one pre-mapped framework, and additional frameworks are a published paid add-on. So a SOC 2 quote is not an ISO 27001 quote. If you expect to carry two or more frameworks, ask what each add-on costs before you sign, because that is where the number grows after signature.
No. Drata is software; it cannot issue your SOC 2 report. A licensed CPA firm performs the audit and bills you separately, typically $5,000 to $20,000 for a SOC 2 Type 1. This is true of every platform in the category, including Complies, so when you compare tools, compare the software line only.
Complies publishes its prices: $79 a month for Starter, $199 for Growth, and $499 for Scale at the yearly rate, with all five frameworks cross-mapped from Growth and no headcount cap. It is built for companies of 5 to 200 people where compliance is someone's second job. It is a smaller product than Drata with a narrower integration catalog, and if you need Drata's breadth, the cheaper tool is the wrong purchase.
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