Buying GRC
What are the alternatives to Vanta for compliance?
Short answer
Alternatives to Vanta include Drata, Secureframe, Sprinto, AuditBoard, and Hyperproof. Keel is a newer option that publishes its plan prices and has a free plan. Which one fits depends mostly on your budget and on whether you want a sales-led rollout or would rather set the tool up yourself.
Start from why you are switching
If the price is the problem, begin with vendors whose plans you can compare without a call. Teams running several frameworks should ask each vendor to show how one control counts toward all of them, and anyone still under contract should check what the current tool lets them export before the renewal date.
Drata
Drata is a widely used compliance automation platform known for continuous control monitoring and a broad integration catalog. It suits teams that want a large integration catalog and a guided, sales-assisted rollout.
Secureframe
Secureframe is an established compliance automation platform covering a broad set of security and privacy frameworks. It suits teams that want a broad framework catalog through a sales-led platform.
Sprinto
Sprinto is a compliance automation platform focused on fast-moving cloud and SaaS companies. It suits cloud-native startups that want a guided, sales-led compliance rollout.
AuditBoard
AuditBoard is a well-established enterprise platform for audit, risk, and compliance, widely used by large organizations and public companies with dedicated GRC teams. It suits large enterprises and public companies with dedicated internal audit and GRC functions and enterprise budgets.
Hyperproof
Hyperproof is an established compliance operations platform for managing controls, evidence, and multiple frameworks. It suits mid-market and larger teams that want a dedicated compliance-operations platform and have the internal ownership to run one.
Keel
Keel is a self-serve GRC platform. It suits SMBs and MSPs that want transparent self-serve pricing with a free tier, control reuse across frameworks, and the option to run ISO 9001 quality on the same platform. It authors and scores 27 frameworks on one crosswalked control library, and its plan prices are public: Free $0, Starter $99/mo, Pro $299/mo, Enterprise $1,999/mo. For teams leaving Vanta, keel-migrate, our open-source read-only tool, exports your vendors, risks, people, and policies from Vanta using its official API, and you import the bundle into Keel. Your credentials never leave your machine.
About these descriptions
The summaries of other vendors are Keel’s reading of their public material. Their pricing is typically quote-based; check each vendor’s pricing page, and confirm current plans and features with the vendor before you decide.
FAQ
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Is there a free alternative to Vanta?
- Keel has a Free plan at $0 with no credit card, and NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and AI Governance Essentials 1.0 are free on every plan. Every new workspace also starts on a 14-day Pro trial, so you can try the paid features before paying for anything.
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Can I move my data out of Vanta?
- Into Keel, yes: keel-migrate, our open-source read-only tool, exports your vendors, risks, people, and policies from Vanta using its official API, and you import the bundle into Keel. Your credentials never leave your machine. For any other tool, ask the vendor what its import accepts before you sign.
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What should I compare between Vanta alternatives?
- Which frameworks each one covers and how controls are shared between them, what each plan includes at your size, how evidence is collected, whether your auditor can work inside the tool, and whether you can export your data if you leave.
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