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Compliance automation

Asked as “compliance automation platform”, and as “SOC 2 and ISO 27001 automation tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
37%
Contested · Vanta 23%
37Drata23Vanta08Sprinto33others

37% of first choices, contested.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Drata37%25%59criticized default
02Vanta23%25%59criticized challenger
03Sprinto8%11%38accepted challenger
04Secureframe4%17%53accepted challenger
05Scrut Automation4%13%15accepted challenger
Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
10OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance0%40%10criticized challenger
09AuditBoard0%18%11accepted challenger
06Hyperproof0%14%22accepted challenger
07Scytale0%8%13accepted challenger
08Thoropass0%8%13accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
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01Drata37%
02Vanta23%
03Sprinto8%
04Secureframe4%
05Scrut Automation4%
06Hyperproof0%
07Scytale0%
08Thoropass0%
09AuditBoard0%
10OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance0%

What they warned about

Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Drata
25%
15 of 59 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid: Enterprise tools like Vanta/Drata (higher cost, sales-led pricing).” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Vanta
25%
15 of 59 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid: Enterprise tools like Vanta/Drata (higher cost, sales-led pricing).” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Secureframe
17%
9 of 53 labels negative · 7 of 12 models
“frequently cited as platforms to be cautious about rather than outright avoid, specifically regarding long-term cost and vendor lock-in” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance
40%
4 of 10 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Verdict: Avoid unless you truly have thousands of employees and a dedicated GRC team.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt

What they cite

Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.

Sites the answers cite

66 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1047 links across 248 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

vendor site · Vanta32 answers · 46 citations · 12 models
32 answers · 41 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Optro27 answers · 27 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Netwrix25 answers · 26 citations · 11 models
23 answers · 30 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Sprinto21 answers · 33 citations · 8 models
vendor site · ComplyJet19 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
18 answers · 24 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cynomi18 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Consilien18 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 25 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Drata12 answers · 19 citations · 5 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

Search against answers

Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best compliance automation platform”, “compliance automation platform”, “compliance automation platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Company and productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsGoogle ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
Drata drata.com37%3689,90025736,413547
Vanta vanta.com23%38140,5001,21972,2601201
Sprinto sprinto.com8%2562,4007926,89643
CATAAM cataam.com6%
LowerPlane lowerplane.com6%820082
Secureframe secureframe.com4%2352,4003945,01427
Scrut Automation scrut.io4%1173901010,568349
SecureSlate getsecureslate.com4%3
OneTrust onetrust.com
OneTrust Certification Automation 2%
2%514,80062454,294 company58
Complies.ai complies.ai2%5072

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cynomi.com, drata.com, netwrix.com, optro.ai, vanta.com). The first result for “best compliance automation platform” is vanta.com.

How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
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ModelDirect“What is the best compliance automation platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which SOC 2 and ISO 27001 automation tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top compliance automation platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best compliance automation platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a compliance automation platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which compliance automation platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Drata, Vanta
Four alternativesHyperproof, Secureframe, Sprinto, Thoropass
DrataChanged
Two alternativesSecureframe, Sprinto
Vanta
Five alternativesCynomi, Drata, Optro, Orbiq, Secureframe
against: Hyperproof
Sprinto
Two alternativesScrut Automation, Secureframe
no first choiceagainst: Archer, ISMS.online, OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance
GPT-5.4 miniVanta
Two alternativesDrata, Secureframe
DrataChanged
Two alternativesSecureframe, Vanta
Drata, Vanta
Four alternativesAuditBoard, Hyperproof, OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance, Secureframe
Drata, Vanta
Two alternativesSecureframe, Sprinto
no first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashDrata
Three alternativesHyperproof, Secureframe, Vanta
DrataHeld
Three alternativesHyperproof, Secureframe, Vanta
Drata, Vanta
Five alternativesAuditBoard, Cynomi, LogicGate Risk Cloud, Secureframe, Sprinto
Scrut Automation
Two alternativesScytale, Sprinto
against: Drata, Vanta
Drata, Vanta
Two alternativesSecureframe, Thoropass
against: AuditBoard, LogicGate
against: Delve, Drata, Vanta
Perplexity SonarVanta
Four alternativesDrata, Hyperproof, Secureframe, SureCloud
DrataChanged
One alternativeVanta
no first choiceSprinto
Two alternativesCATAAM, LowerPlane
against: Drata, Vanta
no first choicenothing named
Grok 4.20Drata, Vanta
Three alternativesScrut Automation, Secureframe, Sprinto
DrataChanged
One alternativeVanta
against: Hyperproof, Secureframe, Sprinto
no first choiceLowerPlane
Three alternativesCATAAM, ComplyJet, Strike Graph
against: Drata, Vanta
no first choiceagainst: Drata, Hyperproof, Secureframe, Vanta
Mistral SmallDrata
Two alternativesSecureframe, Vanta
DrataHeld
Three alternativesSecureframe, Sprinto, Vanta
Scytale
Five alternativesDrata, Hyperproof, Mitratech Alyne, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Strike Graph
CATAAM
One alternativeLowerPlane
against: Drata, Secureframe, Vanta
no first choiceagainst: Drata, Scrut Automation, Scytale, Secureframe, Sprinto, Thoropass, Vanta
DeepSeek V4 FlashDrata
Two alternativesSecureframe, Vanta
against: Scrut Automation, Sprinto
SecureframeChanged
Two alternativesDrata, Vanta
Vanta
Five alternativesDrata, OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance, Secureframe, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Sprinto
against: Archer
OneTrust Certification Automation
Four alternativesComplyJet, SecureSlate, Secureframe, Sprinto
against: Drata, Vanta
Vanta
Three alternativesDrata, Orbiq, Secureframe
against: Archer, Drata, MetricStream, OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance, Secureframe, Sprinto, Vanta
Llama 4 MaverickVanta
Two alternativesDrata, Secureframe
SecureframeChanged
Four alternativesHyperproof, Mitratech Alyne, Optro, Vanta
no first choice
Six alternativesApptega, Archer Regulatory and Corporate Compliance, Drata, Hyperproof, Mitratech Alyne, OneTrust Certification Automation
CATAAM, Ciphrix, LowerPlane, Sprintono first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashDrata, Vanta
Four alternativesLogicGate, Orbiq, Secureframe, SureCloud
VantaChanged
One alternativeDrata
Drata, Vanta
Five alternativesAuditBoard, Hyperproof, OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance, Secureframe, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
CATAAM, Scrut Automation
One alternativeScytale
against: Drata, Vanta
no first choice
Eight alternativesAuditBoard, Diligent, Drata, LogicManager, OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance, Secureframe, Vanta, WardenAI
against: Archer, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
against: Compliance Quest, Complyance, Drata, Kaseya's Compliance Manager, MyComplianceOffice, Secureframe, Vanta
Kimi K2Drata
Three alternativesSecureframe, Sprinto, Vanta
DrataHeld
Three alternativesSecureframe, Sprinto, Vanta
Vanta
Seven alternativesAuditBoard, Drata, Hyperproof, LogicGate Risk Cloud, OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance, Secureframe, Sprinto
SecureSlate, Sprinto
Three alternativesComp AI, Scrut Automation, Scytale
against: Drata, Vanta
no first choiceagainst: Delve, Drata, Secureframe, Vanta
GLM 4.7 FlashXDrata, Vanta
Three alternativesHyperproof, Orbiq, Secureframe
against: AuditBoard, MetricStream, OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
DrataChanged
Three alternativesComplyJet, Sprinto, Vanta
no first choiceLowerPlane, RealCISO
Four alternativesBright Defense Sentry, Ethicontrol, SimpleRisk, Sprinto
Strac Comply
Four alternativesDrata, Hyperproof, Secureframe, Vanta
against: Drata, Secureframe, Vanta
MiniMax M2.5Drata
Two alternativesOrbiq, Vanta
VantaChanged
Three alternativesCentraleyes, Drata, Secureframe
Vanta
Four alternativesDrata, Hyperproof, OneTrust Certification Automation, Secureframe
Complies.ai, SecureSlate
Three alternativesHiComply, Sprinto, Strike Graph
against: Drata, OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance, Secureframe, Vanta
no first choicenothing named
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:33yes97 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:54yes46 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:42yes2023 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 09:03yes207 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 08:41yes3217 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:21yes56 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:22yes1514 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:55yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:36yes528 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:56yes1543 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 09:11yes1452 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:43yes926 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:38yes149 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:23yes44 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:42yes1423 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 09:12yes206 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 09:09yes4118 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:53yes55 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:31yes1012 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:53yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:40yes1049 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:22yes1525 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 08:21yes2051 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:19yes542 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 09:11yes1615 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:22yes69 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:32yes2722 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:17yes2010 s
ComparativeGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 08:51yes2514 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:43yes811 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:21yes2828 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:54yes54 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 09:11no044 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:45yes1875 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 08:27yes20109 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 09:04yes2340 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:54yes178 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:29no04 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:56yes1319 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:56yes2013 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 09:05yes3814 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:42yes53 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:26yes1314 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:47yes53 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:20yes2465 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:48yes13146 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 08:50yes35178 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:23yes825 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 09:05no06 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 09:01no09 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 09:11yes1326 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:57yes207 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 09:06yes189 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:57no02 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:52yes2525 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:42yes52 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:42no038 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:46yes1563 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 08:38yes1846 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:51yes516 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:44yes178 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:43yes27 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:22yes2529 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 09:11yes206 s
Negative framingGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 08:51yes4517 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 09:07yes58 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:58yes2929 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:51yes93 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:52yes1047 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:47yes2941 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 08:55yes2956 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:45yes519 s

Noise floor in this category

Flips between the edition run and its calibration repeat. Six prompts per model is a small sample; the index-wide floor is the number to trust.

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Claude Haiku 4.5
3 of 4 flipped
GPT-5.4 mini
3 of 4 flipped
Gemini 3.5 Flash
3 of 5 flipped
Perplexity Sonar
1 of 4 flipped
Grok 4.20
2 of 4 flipped
Mistral Small
3 of 5 flipped
DeepSeek V4 Flash
3 of 5 flipped
Llama 4 Maverick
2 of 3 flipped
Qwen 3.7 Flash
3 of 4 flipped
Kimi K2
4 of 6 flipped
GLM 4.7 FlashX
4 of 5 flipped
MiniMax M2.5
3 of 4 flipped

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
OneTrust read as OneTrust Tech Risk & Compliance
Scrut read as Scrut Automation
Unresolved, counted raw
Archer Regulatory and Corporate Compliance
Bright Defense Sentry
Compliance Quest
Kaseya's Compliance Manager
MyComplianceOffice
SAIGlobal
WardenAI
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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