Vanta

What Vanta does

Vanta Inc. is a privately held, venture-backed trust management platform founded in 2018 by Christina Cacioppo and headquartered in San Francisco. The company automates security compliance, vendor and third-party risk management, continuous controls monitoring, security questionnaire responses, and customer-facing trust posture across more than 30 frameworks — including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, HITRUST, USDP, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, FedRAMP, the EU AI Act, and custom frameworks. It serves 16,000+ organizations across 58 countries, ranging from AI-native startups to Fortune-tier enterprises such as Snowflake, GitHub, Ramp, Atlassian, Duolingo, Intercom, Samsara, and Icelandair.

The core product is the Agentic Trust Platform, introduced in November 2025 and built on the Vanta Trust Graph — a proprietary data layer spanning 400+ third-party integrations and running 1,400 continuous tests. An embedded AI layer (Vanta AI Agent 2.0 and specialized agents such as Vanta Agent for Risk and the Third-Party Risk Management Agent) drafts policies, completes security questionnaires, scores vendor risk, and detects control non-conformities. Adjacent modules include Personnel and Access, Questionnaire Automation, Trust Center, Streamlined Audits, Customer Commitments, and a public Vanta API plus Vanta MCP Server for custom workflows. Vanta operates with documented 99.96% uptime, 95.3% CSAT, and FedRAMP 20x Moderate Authorization for its Government Cloud offering.

Vanta's revenue model is primarily annual subscription SaaS billed per Order Form, with pricing scaling by employee count, frameworks, and integrations. Reseller-published tiers range from approximately $10,000 per year (Core) up to custom enterprise pricing above $80,000 per year, supplemented by a Premium Support tier, cloud marketplace resale (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure), authorized reseller revenue (notably Carahsoft for U.S. public sector), and audit-resale partner flows. The company crossed $300M in ARR with 63% year-over-year growth as of April 2026, backed by $504M of cumulative capital raised, most recently a $150M Series D at a $4.15B valuation led by Wellington Management in July 2025. Go-to-market is sales-led for enterprise and mid-market buyers, complemented by product-led free-trial onboarding for startups, a formal Partner Program, and channel resale via Carahsoft and cloud marketplaces.

Name

Vanta

Legal name

Vanta Inc.

Website

https://vanta.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Vanta is an AI-native trust management platform that automates security compliance, risk management, and vendor reviews across 30+ frameworks — including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and FedRAMP — for 16,000+ organizations globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Compliance Automation / Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise AI Governance, Risk & Compliance Platforms (Model Risk, Audit, Policies) (HDAEANAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Audit, Explainability & Accountability Tooling (traceability, reporting) (HDAAAKAL), Model Risk Management & AI Governance (validation, monitoring, explainability) (FSAGAFAL), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

Keywords

• Compliance automation software
• Governance risk compliance
• Trust management platform
• Vendor risk management
• Security questionnaire automation

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription SaaS (Annual Recurring Revenue): Vanta generates the vast majority of revenue via annual subscription contracts for its Agentic Trust Platform, billed in advance per Order Form with automatic one-year renewal terms. Pricing scales with employee count, frameworks managed, and integrations required, with tiered packages (Core ~$10K/yr, Plus $15K-$30K, Growth ~$30K, Scale up to $80K, Enterprise custom above $80K). The company crossed $300M in ARR with 63% year-over-year growth, tripling ARR in two years and serving 16,000+ organizations across 58 countries.
2. Cloud Marketplace Resale: Vanta makes its Services available through cloud service provider marketplaces (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure), where customers may purchase subscriptions via private offer or pricing pages, with Vanta receiving Fees billed through the customer's cloud account. AWS Marketplace is a confirmed channel where Vanta reviews are surfaced.
3. Authorized Reseller Channel: Customers can purchase the Services through Authorized Resellers such as Carahsoft Technology Corp (for the U.S. public sector) and other resellers; the Authorized Reseller enters an Order Form with Vanta and a separate agreement with the Customer, with fees determined between Reseller and Customer.
4. Professional Services / Premium Support (implied): While base pricing is subscription-based, the Support Metrics page references 'Premium Support with deeper guidance, tailored resources, and priority handling of requests' as a separately available tier, indicating a tiered support revenue stream in addition to core subscriptions. Vanta also enables Third Party Services (audits, penetration testing) through partner integrations which generate ancillary revenue flows.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion6 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Vanta sells an Agentic Trust Platform — a unified SaaS solution that automates compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, HITRUST, FedRAMP, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, EU AI Act, and others), continuous controls monitoring, risk management, third-party/vendor risk, security questionnaire automation, and customer-facing trust posture. The platform is built on the Vanta Trust Graph of 400+ integrations and 1,400 continuous tests, augmented by the Vanta AI Agent for policy drafting, questionnaire responses, and proactive risk remediation, sold via annual subscriptions to security and GRC teams at startups, mid-market firms, and enterprises.

Product overview

Vanta's offering is a single unified platform — the Agentic Trust Platform — augmented by a portfolio of modular products. The Agentic Trust Platform, introduced in November 2025, is the connective layer that unifies compliance, risk, security, and proof. On top of it sit the core Compliance (Automated Compliance), Continuous GRC, Risk Management, and Third Party Risk Management modules, supported by adjacent modules including Personnel and Access, Questionnaire Automation, Trust Center, Streamlined Audits (Audit Hub), and Customer Commitments. The Vanta AI suite — encompassing Vanta AI Agent 2.0, the Vanta Agent for Risk, and the Third-Party Risk Management Agent — operates across these modules to draft policies and questionnaire responses, run continuous controls monitoring, and unify internal and third-party risk. The platform exposes its capabilities externally through the Vanta API and the Vanta MCP Server, and ingests data from 400+ integrations including AWS, BreachLock, LatticeFlow AI, and XBOW.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vanta Agentic Trust Platform Unified trust management platform that brings together compliance, risk, security, and proof on a single foundation; the connective layer for all Vanta products and integrations, sold to security and GRC teams at startups, mid-market firms, and enterprises.
• Vanta Automated Compliance Automated compliance module that gets organizations compliant quickly and maintains continuous monitoring across supported frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and HITRUST.
• Vanta Continuous GRC Modern governance, risk, and compliance product that unifies GRC workflows on the Agentic Trust Platform for enterprise teams.
• Vanta AI Suite of AI capabilities (including Vanta AI Agent 2.0 and the Vanta Agent) that automate compliance tasks, draft policies and questionnaire responses, and surface AI-driven insights across the platform.
• Vanta Third Party Risk Management Third-party risk management module that lets organizations stay on top of vendor risk with the Vanta Agent for TPRM, supporting vendor onboarding, security reviews, and continuous vendor monitoring.
• Vanta API Public API product that lets customers and developers build custom integrations and workflows on top of Vanta, documented at developer.vanta.com.
• Vanta Vendor Risk Management

Quantifiable outcome

• $300M ARR with 63% year-over-year growth (ARR tripled in 2 years)
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability10 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered mid-tier implementation partner, mid-tier standards partner, mid-tier healthcare-focused channel partner, mid-tier technology integration, core aws-focused channel partner, flagship cybersecurity services partner, mid-tier ai risk management integration, flagship public-sector channel, minor — single-customer partnership, core technology integration and mid-tier marketing partner.

• Workstreetmid-tier implementation partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 June 2026Kled announced a partnership with Vanta and Workstreet to build automated compliance infrastructure covering SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR frameworks. Workstreet acts as the implementation partner alongside Vanta's automation platform to support enterprise contracts and AI labs / institutional buyers.
• Cloud Security Alliance (CSAI Foundation)mid-tier standards partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026The Cloud Security Alliance's CSAI Foundation acquired the Autonomous Action Runtime Management specification from Vanta, contributing to the launch of the STAR for AI Catastrophic Risk Annex. CSAI Foundation also took stewardship of the Agentic Trust Framework from MassiveScale.AI founder Josh Woodruff, with a four-phase rollout from June 2026 to December 2027 supported by Coefficient Giving.
• Vital Edge IT Incmid-tier healthcare-focused channel partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 15 March 2026Vital Edge IT Inc (managed services provider for Healthcare and Bio-Tech companies) joined Vanta's Partner Program to deliver automated compliance, continuous security monitoring, and risk management solutions. The partnership integrates Vanta's compliance automation platform (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001) into Vital Edge IT's service offerings to help clients streamline audit readiness.
• Sweepmid-tier technology integrationTechnology or Integration · 12 March 2026Vanta (along with SailPoint, Varonis, and Wiz) adopted Sweep's agentic platform to manage their Salesforce environments. Sweep's Multi-Org Mode for Salesforce and planned support for Snowflake and ServiceNow reflect the depth of integration. At SailPoint, the implementation reduced impact analysis time from ~30 minutes to two minutes and reclaimed 750+ hours of Salesforce capacity annually.
• Automat-itcore aws-focused channel partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 5 March 2026Automat-it (AWS Premier Tier Partner and Managed Service Provider) joined Vanta's partner program, integrating Vanta's trust management platform into its Compliance Guard Suite. The partnership helps AWS-based startups automate compliance for HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI DSS 4.0, and other frameworks, combining automated evidence collection, continuous monitoring, and real-time vulnerability tracking.
• BreachLockmid-tier technology integrationTechnology or Integration · 13 November 2025BreachLock announced a new integration with Vanta to streamline security evidence transfer into compliance workflows, supporting frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001. The integration reduces manual effort and helps organizations maintain continuous security and compliance across attack surfaces by combining BreachLock's automated security testing with Vanta's audit-ready evidence collection.
• Coalfireflagship cybersecurity services partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 4 November 2025Coalfire (cybersecurity services) and Vanta (AI-powered trust management platform) announced an AI-powered partnership combining Coalfire's expertise in assessments and penetration testing with Vanta's automation platform to reduce manual work, streamline audits, and improve risk visibility and audit communications.
• LatticeFlow AImid-tier ai risk management integrationTechnology or Integration · 15 October 2025LatticeFlow AI (Swiss deep-tech company) announced an integration with Vanta to streamline AI risk management and compliance efforts. The partnership helps enterprises meet regulatory obligations like the EU AI Act by providing technical evaluations and compliance artifacts that flow into Vanta's trust management platform.
• Carahsoft Technology Corp.flagship public-sector channelChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 September 2025Vanta and Carahsoft announced a partnership to distribute Vanta's trust management solutions to the U.S. public sector via Carahsoft's reseller network and specific government contracts. Carahsoft helps government agencies access commercial cloud services, and Vanta's AI-powered platform supports multiple compliance frameworks including FedRAMP. Partnership expands with Vanta's FedRAMP 20x Moderate Authorization in April 2026.
• NexQloudminor — single-customer partnershipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 12 August 2025NexQloud partnered with Vanta to achieve SOC 2 compliance, laying the foundation for FedRAMP authorization with unified security controls. The partnership is positioned as NexQloud's compliance foundation rather than a broad reseller arrangement.
• XBOWcore technology integrationTechnology or Integration · 5 August 2025Vanta partnered with XBOW to integrate autonomous penetration testing into the Vanta platform, launching a new security testing feature targeted at startups. The integration offers fast, high-quality pen testing directly within Vanta, making advanced security assessments more accessible and cost-effective for smaller companies.
• Spotify Creative Labmid-tier marketing partnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2019Security and compliance startup Vanta is cited as an early adopter of podcast advertising since late 2019, leveraging the highly engaged podcast audience to drive brand awareness and demand generation.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Drata: Direct competitor in automated compliance and continuous controls monitoring, with comparable framework coverage (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, etc.) and a similar integration-centric GTM. Drata is the closest pure-play rival and publicly reported at ~$98M ARR.
• Secureframe: Direct competitor in compliance automation for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI. Targets the same startup and mid-market buyer, with public pricing and a fast-growing customer base. Closely comparable in product scope and buyer persona.
• Sprinto: Compliance automation platform focused on cloud-native SaaS companies, with comparable framework coverage and aggressive pricing in the mid-market. Direct rival for Vanta's startup-to-mid-market segment.
• Hyperproof: GRC and compliance operations platform offering continuous control monitoring, evidence collection, and multi-framework management. Competes with Vanta in the mid-market and enterprise tier.
• AuditBoard: Risk and compliance platform focused on audit, SOX, and enterprise GRC workflows. Sells to larger enterprise GRC buyers than Vanta's core, but increasingly overlaps in the enterprise GRC tier.

Broad incumbents

• OneTrust: Broad privacy, security, and GRC platform that absorbed Tugboat Logic. Operates a wider portfolio of trust, consent, and ethics products than Vanta, and frequently competes for the same CISO budget in large enterprises.
• ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management (IRM): Enterprise GRC suite within the ServiceNow platform, increasingly augmented with NowAssist AI agents. Bundles GRC with ITSM, HR, and security operations, creating high replacement risk for Vanta at the enterprise tier.
• Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager: Compliance and risk management capability embedded in the Microsoft ecosystem (M365, Azure, Entra). Bundled into enterprise agreements and a structural threat to standalone GRC vendors for Microsoft-centric customers.

Emerging players

• Thoropass (formerly Laika): Compliance automation plus expert-led audit services, combining SaaS and managed services. Targets the same SOC 2 / ISO 27001 buyer and increasingly overlaps with Vanta's questionnaire and audit modules.
• Anecdotes: AI-native GRC platform competing with Vanta at the enterprise tier on continuous controls monitoring, evidence collection, and risk management. Smaller scale but technically aggressive and a credible emerging alternative.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TrustVanta
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCv7rZFtuFoeqx7IGbim9eMw
• Facebookfacebook.com/TrustVanta
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vanta-security

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors23 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A2 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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