# Top 7 Drata competitors and alternatives

Drata is a popular compliance platform, but it's not your only choice. Compare the best Drata alternatives based on pricing, features, and use cases.

## Compare the top Drata competitors

### Comp AI
**Recommended**  
The agentic compliance platform — AI agents collect evidence, flag risks, and continuously monitor  
**Pricing**  
Custom pricing (audit + pen test included)  
**Best for**  
Companies wanting agentic compliance automation with full transparency  
**Pros**  
- 100% open source — every agent and integration on GitHub  
- AI agents pull evidence from 500+ integrations continuously  
- Audit + pen test bundled in  
- Policies generated from your actual business context  
- 1:1 Slack support with real compliance experts  
**Cons**  
- Newer platform  
- Smaller community (growing)

### Vanta  
Market-leading compliance automation platform  
**Pricing**  
$20,000 - $80,000/year  
**Best for**  
Enterprise companies with big budgets  
**Pros**  
- Largest market share  
- Most integrations  
- Strong brand recognition  
**Cons**  
- Most expensive option  
- Audit costs extra ($10-30K)  
- Per-framework fees ($5K each)  
- Proprietary - vendor lock-in

### Secureframe  
Compliance automation for growing companies  
**Pricing**  
$15,000 - $70,000/year  
**Best for**  
Growing startups with budget  
**Pros**  
- User-friendly interface  
- Good customer support  
- Multiple frameworks  
**Cons**  
- Higher price point  
- Audit costs extra  
- Limited customization

### Sprinto  
Fast compliance for startups  
**Pricing**  
$10,000 - $40,000/year  
**Best for**  
Early-stage startups  
**Pros**  
- Quick implementation  
- Good for first-time compliance  
- Competitive pricing  
**Cons**  
- Less mature than leaders  
- Fewer integrations  
- Audit costs extra

### Thoropass  
Formerly Laika - compliance for SMBs  
**Pricing**  
$12,000 - $50,000/year  
**Best for**  
Small businesses needing guidance  
**Pros**  
- Good for small businesses  
- Streamlined process  
- Audit partnership  
**Cons**  
- Less automation  
- Smaller integration library  
- Brand transition confusion

### Scrut  
Compliance automation from India  
**Pricing**  
$8,000 - $30,000/year  
**Best for**  
Budget-conscious companies  
**Pros**  
- Competitive pricing  
- Good support  
- Growing feature set  
**Cons**  
- Less mature platform  
- Fewer US integrations  
- Smaller ecosystem

### Hyperproof  
GRC platform for mid-market  
**Pricing**  
$20,000 - $80,000/year  
**Best for**  
Mid-market with complex GRC needs  
**Pros**  
- Strong GRC capabilities  
- Good workflow automation  
- Risk management focus  
**Cons**  
- Complex setup  
- Expensive  
- Steeper learning curve

## Why look for Drata alternatives?

### Total cost of ownership
Drata's base price is just the start. Implementation ($15-25K), premium support ($8-12K), and audit costs add 20-35% to your total investment.

### Framework pricing
Adding frameworks like ISO 27001 or HIPAA costs $3-5K each. Some alternatives include all frameworks in one price.

### Audit costs
SOC 2 audits cost $10-30K extra with Drata. Some alternatives bundle audit costs into their pricing.

### Open source options
Proprietary platforms create vendor lock-in. Open source alternatives let you own your compliance data.

## Compliance that actually improves your security

Most platforms give you a checklist. We give you a security posture you can prove - continuously, automatically, and in the open.

01. **Evidence that's never stale** 
Most platforms rely on manual screenshots and spreadsheets. By the time you collect evidence, something has already regressed. We pull evidence continuously from 500+ integrations - every config, every screenshot, every log - so your compliance posture reflects reality, not last quarter.  
[Integration platform on GitHub ↗](https://github.com/trycompai/comp/tree/main/packages/integration-platform)

02. **Policies written for your business, not a template** 
Other platforms hand you generic policy documents and call it done. We generate every policy from the context you provide during onboarding - your stack, your processes, your risk tolerance. No two customers get the same boilerplate.

03. **A device agent that never sleeps**  
A checklist doesn't stop a misconfigured laptop at 2am. Our open-source device agent runs 24/7 on every employee machine - checking disk encryption, firewall status, screen lock, password length, and antivirus. Failures are flagged instantly, not discovered during the next audit cycle.  
[Device agent on GitHub ↗](https://github.com/trycompai/comp/tree/main/packages/device-agent)

04. **Automated tests you can write yourself**  
Say "show me that SSL is active on my domain" and it generates an automated test that runs daily. Or give it browser instructions - "go to our GitHub repo, click settings, verify branch protection rules" - and AI opens a browser, verifies the control, and screenshots the result. Every evidence piece is auditable and logged.

05. **Trust portals that reflect reality**  
Most trust centers are static marketing pages. Ours is live-monitored - only published policies appear, and only verified controls are shown. The moment a policy is marked as draft or a control fails, it's removed automatically. What your customers see is what you actually have.  
[View ours ↗](https://security.trycomp.ai/)

06. **Open source and verifiable**  
Most compliance platforms are black boxes - you trust them because you have to. We're fully open source. Every agent, every integration, every check is auditable on GitHub. You don't take our word for it, you verify it.  
[View the full source on GitHub ↗](https://github.com/trycompai/comp)

## Don't let compliance slow down your pipeline

AI agents automate the busywork - evidence collection, monitoring, audit prep - so your team can focus on closing deals.