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GRC platforms · November 2026 Edition

Vanta vs Drata

Three of fourteen models named Vanta first on the direct prompt; one named Drata. Vanta was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Drata by thirteen and Vanta carries 54 labels and Drata 43, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Vanta

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Drata

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share16%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%19%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 20; printed, not drawn.
Labels5443A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Vanta reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Hyperproof was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Hyperproof vs Vanta · Hyperproof vs Drata · Vanta vs LogicGate Risk Cloud

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the GRC platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
VantaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDrata
Direct311 against Vanta · 1 against Drata
Paraphrase321 against Vanta · 1 against Drata
Comparative10
Budget-constrained202 against Vanta · 3 against Drata
Scale-constrained101 against Vanta · 1 against Drata
Negative003 against Vanta · 2 against Drata
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Vanta and Drata were named in the same answer 374 times, of the 436 answers naming Vanta and the 428 naming Drata. In those answers Drata took the first choice twenty-one times and Vanta eighty-nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Vanta and Drata stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Vanta Drata first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Vanta on the left and Drata on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Vanta and Drata stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Gemini 3.5 FlashDrata, Vanta alternatives: AuditBoard, Hyperproof, LogicGate Risk Cloud

Vanta first, Drata an alternative

2 of 14 modelsDrata was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Hyperproof, LogicGate Risk Cloud, Vanta alternatives: AuditBoard, Onspring, RiskWatch
MiniMax M2.5Vanta alternatives: AuditBoard, Drata, LogicGate, Secureframe

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice alternatives: Compyl, Drata, Hyperproof, Korinza, Vanta
Perplexity SonarHyperproof alternatives: AuditBoard, Drata, LogicGate Risk Cloud, Scrut Automation, Vanta
DeepSeek V4 FlashHyperproof alternatives: AuditBoard, LogicGate Risk Cloud, Vanta
GPT-6 LunaHyperproof alternatives: Drata, Vanta
Muse Glimmer 30BCompyl, Hyperproof, LogicGate alternatives: Drata, LogicManager, OneTrust GRC, Resolver, Riskonnect, Secureframe, Vanta, ZenGRC

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniLogicGate, Onspring alternatives: Scrut Automation, Sprinto
Grok 4.20ZenGRC alternatives: AuditBoard, Hyperproof, LogicGate
Mistral SmallHyperproof alternatives: AuditBoard, LogicGate, Workiva
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashLogicGate Risk Cloud alternatives: Hyperproof, Optro, RiskWatch, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
GLM 4.7 FlashXHyperproof, LogicGate Risk Cloud alternatives: AuditBoard, Compyl

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Vanta leads by seventeen points.
Vanta30%#1 of 16
Drata13%#3 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Vanta leads by eleven points.
Vanta16%#2 of 20
Drata5%#5 of 20
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Vanta5%#6 of 15
Drata5%#7 of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Vanta

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“Avoid for most mid-market B2B: Enterprise-heavy like ServiceNow IRM, RSA Archer, or MetricStream (overkill/costly); pure startup tools like Vanta/Drata (under-scoped for broad GRC” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · hard negative
“When to Avoid: If you want deep control over customization and have a smaller team that needs flexible support.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Choose Vanta or Drata if your company is under ~500 employees, cloud-native, and needs a streamlined solution to pass security audits” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Drata

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“pure startup tools like Vanta/Drata (under-scoped for broad GRC beyond initial SOC 2)” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · hard negative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.