COMPETITOR PRICING · VERIFIED JULY 2026
Vanta pricing: what Vanta costs in 2026, and what it does not publish
Vanta does not publish a price. It names four tiers and asks you to book a demo. Here is what is actually verifiable about what Vanta costs, what buyers report paying, and how that compares to a product that just prints the number on the page.
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What does Vanta cost?
Vanta does not publish pricing. Its pricing page lists four tiers (Essentials, Plus, Professional, and Enterprise) with no dollar figures attached, and every call to action asks you to request a demo to get personalized pricing. G2 records the same thing: Vanta has not provided pricing information for the product. So any specific Vanta price you find online is either a buyer report or a guess, and a great deal of what circulates is the latter. The one credible benchmark comes from Vendr, which publishes anonymized data from contracts it has handled. As of February 2026 Vendr reports a median Vanta contract of $20,000 a year, with a range from $7,500 to $56,781 across 369 purchases. Treat that as a third-party estimate of what companies paid, not a rate card. Drata prices the same way: its plans page names Foundation, Advanced, and Enterprise tiers with no figures, and Vendr reports a $24,868 median there. Two structural facts are published and worth knowing. Vanta Essentials includes one compliance framework, and Drata gates its entry tier at 50 full-time employees and one pre-mapped framework, with additional frameworks sold as an add-on. That is where quote-led pricing bites: a second framework or a headcount jump is a re-quote. Complies takes the opposite approach and publishes the whole range, $79 to $499 a month, with all five frameworks cross-mapped from Growth. Budget your auditor separately in every case, since the CPA firm is a different company and a different bill.
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
Framework count drives the quote
The published detail on Vanta Essentials is that it covers one compliance framework. Drata gates its Foundation tier the same way, at one pre-mapped framework, and lists additional frameworks as a paid add-on. That is the lever nobody prices in at signature: the day a customer asks for ISO 27001 on top of your SOC 2, you are back in a sales conversation. Complies cross-maps all five from Growth, so a new framework requirement never triggers a re-quote.
control mapping softwareHeadcount is the other lever
Drata publishes a hard 50 employee ceiling on its entry GRC tier. Vanta does not publish how it bands, and reports that it prices by headcount are third-party rather than official, so we will not state it as fact. The pattern across the category is that growing costs more, which is fine and normal, but you cannot plan for it when the number was never on the page in the first place.
obligation tracking 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 for software. 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 softwareVanta vs Drata vs Complies: how each one prices
This table compares pricing models, not marketing. Everything in the Vanta and Drata 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 | Vanta | Drata | Complies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price published? | No. Four tiers named, no figures | No. Three tiers per platform, no figures | Yes. Every tier and both billing terms |
| How you get a number | Request a demo for personalized pricing | Contact sales for personalized pricing | Read the pricing page, no sales call |
| Tier names | Essentials, Plus, Professional, Enterprise | Foundation, Advanced, Enterprise (GRC and Assurance) | 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 compliance framework (published) | One pre-mapped framework, extras are an add-on (published) | All five cross-mapped from Growth |
| Entry tier headcount cap | Not published | Up to 50 FTEs on GRC Foundation (published) | No published headcount cap |
| Reported real contracts | Median $20,000/yr, $7,500 to $56,781 (Vendr, Feb 2026, 369 purchases) | Median $24,868/yr, $9,649 to $60,000 (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 $20,000 median is not evidence that Vanta is overpriced: it is a deeper product with a bigger integration catalog, a larger team behind it, and buyers who need that. It is evidence that the two products are aimed at different companies. For a feature-level comparison rather than a pricing one, read Vanta alternatives, Drata 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 depends on how much your funding round was.
All five frameworks, no re-quote
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, not negotiate it. Finishing SOC 2 pre-fills roughly 60 percent of ISO 27001.
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 clause you signed in a hurry.
No headcount 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.
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
Work out what you are actually buying
Count the frameworks you need now and the ones a customer will ask for within a year. That number, more than headcount, is what moves a quote-led price and what makes a cross-mapped control library worth having.
Get the quote, then read the term
If you go the Vanta or Drata route, ask directly what happens at renewal, what a second framework costs, and what happens when you cross a headcount band. Get it in writing before signature, because that is when 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.
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 5 to 200 people and a five-figure annual contract is a real budget decision, not a rounding error.
- You expect a second framework later and refuse to pay twice for the same controls.
- You want monthly billing, or at least the option of it.
- You got a quote and want an honest read on what the alternatives actually cost.
LOOK ELSEWHERE WHEN
- You need Vanta's breadth: a very large integration catalog, deep trust-center tooling, and a dedicated onboarding team. Buy Vanta. It is a good product and this page is not going to 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 Vanta pricing
Vanta does not publish its prices, so there is no official answer. Its pricing page names four tiers (Essentials, Plus, Professional, Enterprise) and asks you to request a demo for personalized pricing. The most credible third-party benchmark is Vendr, which reported a median Vanta contract of $20,000 a year as of February 2026, ranging from $7,500 to $56,781.
No. As of July 2026, vanta.com/pricing lists four tiers with no dollar figures and directs you to request a demo to get personalized pricing. G2 records that Vanta has not provided pricing information for the product either. Every specific Vanta price circulating online is a buyer report or an estimate, not a published rate.
Vanta publishes four tier names: Essentials, Plus, Professional, and Enterprise. The only pricing-relevant detail it publishes is that Essentials covers one compliance framework. What separates the higher tiers, and what each costs, is not stated publicly and comes out during the sales conversation.
Neither publishes a price, so nobody can answer this honestly from public information. Vendr's February 2026 data suggests Vanta contracts run slightly lower on average: a $20,000 median versus $24,868 for Drata. Both ranges overlap heavily ($7,500 to $56,781 for Vanta, $9,649 to $60,000 for Drata), which means scope and negotiation matter far more than the logo.
Quote-led pricing is the standard motion in this category, and there are real reasons for it: scope varies by framework count, headcount, and integrations, and enterprise buyers expect to negotiate. The trade-off lands on the buyer. You cannot compare, budget, or plan without booking a call first, and the price depends partly on what the seller thinks you can pay.
No. Vanta 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. It is built for companies of 5 to 200 people where compliance is someone's second job. It is a smaller product than Vanta with a narrower integration catalog, and if you need Vanta's breadth, the cheaper tool is the wrong purchase.
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