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What Is a Trust Centre? Vendor Evidence vs Office Settings
Solomon Amos · 28 Oct 2026 · 10 min read
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Vanta vs Drata
Frameworks, integrations, price, audit and pentest, as each platform states them on its own site (checked 21 Sep 2026), plus what the CertReports index sees in public.
Key differences
Each line traces to a quoted source below. No scores and no opinions.
- Price paid: Vendr's purchase data puts the median at $20,000 a year for Vanta and $25,000 for Drata.
- List price: Vanta starts at $14,000 a year (AWS Marketplace) and Drata at $15,000 (AWS Marketplace).
- Frameworks supported: Vanta states 35+; Drata does not state a number on the pages checked.
- Integrations: Vanta states 400+; Drata says "hundreds".
- Customers: Vanta states 16,000+ and Drata states 8,500+.
Price
List price: the cheapest published way in. Paid: what buyers paid per year in Vendr's purchase data, low to high with the median marked. US dollars.
Vanta- List price from
- $14,000
- AWS Marketplace
- Median paid
- $20,000
- Vendr, 373 purchases
$7,500$57,221
Drata- List price from
- $15,000
- AWS Marketplace
- Median paid
- $25,000
- Vendr, 233 purchases
$9,494$67,350
Side by side
- Frameworks supported
35+vanta.comVanta
Not statedDrata- Integrations
400+vanta.com/pricingVanta
Hundredsdrata.com/integrationsDrata- Price on their own site
No public pricevanta.com/pricingVanta
No public pricedrata.com/pricingDrata- Audit
Auditor network or your own auditorvanta.com/pricingVanta
Not statedDrata- Penetration testing
Not statedVanta
Not statedDrata- Trust centre
Trust Centervanta.com/pricingVanta
Trust Center (SafeBase)drata.com/pricingDrata- Security questionnaires
25 a year on Plus, 144 on Professionalvanta.com/pricingVanta
AI Questionnaire Assistancedrata.comDrata- AI features
Vanta Agentvanta.comVanta
Drata AI agentsdrata.com/pricingDrata- Human experts
Not statedVanta
Not statedDrata- Open source
Not statedVanta
Not statedDrata- Trust centres in the index
Vanta
625Drata
414
Frameworks named
Frameworks each platform names on the pages checked. 8 in common.
Only Vanta
- HITRUST
- NIST AI RMF
- NIS2
- Cyber Essentials
- CPS 234
- USDP
Only Drata
Absent from a list means not named on the pages checked; both platforms may support more on request.
Their own compliance evidence
What the CertReports index holds on each platform as a vendor, with dated states.
Vanta- SOC 2Vendor-stated
- GDPRVendor-stated
- FedRAMPVerified
- PCI DSSVendor-stated
- ISO/IEC 27001Vendor-stated
- CSA STARVerified
- ISO/IEC 27701Vendor-stated
- ISO/IEC 42001Vendor-stated
- ISO/IEC 27017Vendor-stated
- ISO/IEC 27018Vendor-stated
- EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified
- CCPA / CPRAVendor-stated
Drata- HIPAAVendor-stated
- SOC 2Vendor-stated
- GDPRVendor-stated
- FedRAMPVerified
- ISO/IEC 27001Vendor-stated
- CSA STARVerified
- ISO/IEC 42001Vendor-stated
- SOC 3Vendor-stated
- ISO/IEC 27017Vendor-stated
- ISO/IEC 27018Vendor-stated
- EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified
- CCPA / CPRAVendor-stated
Questions buyers ask
Is Vanta or Drata cheaper?
In Vendr's purchase data buyers paid a median $20,000 a year for Vanta and $25,000 for Drata, so Vanta was cheaper at the median. Published list prices start at $14,000 for Vanta and $15,000 for Drata. Compare quotes for the same frameworks, headcount and audit scope, and check whether the audit is included.
Do Vanta and Drata include the audit?
Vanta states "Access to Vanta's auditor network". The audit itself is performed by an independent firm. Drata does not say on the pages checked who performs the audit. Ask whether the price includes the auditor's fee.
Which supports more frameworks, Vanta or Drata?
Vanta states 35+; Drata does not state a count. Both name SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 42001, FedRAMP, CMMC and DORA on the pages checked.
Which has more integrations, Vanta or Drata?
Vanta: 400+. Drata: Hundreds. Check that your cloud, identity provider, HR system and code host are on both lists before comparing totals.
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All articlesEvery platform fact on this page is quoted from the platform’s own website, with a link to the page it came from, checked on 21 Sep 2026. “Not stated” means the pages checked do not say; it is not a finding that the platform lacks the feature. Prices come from the vendor’s own AWS Marketplace listing or site (list prices) and from Vendr’s purchase data (what buyers paid), each linked, checked on 21 Sep 2026; list prices are before negotiated discounts. Trust-centre counts and evidence come from the CertReports index and carry their own dates. Spotted something out of date? Write to [email protected].