# Vanta

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Vanta and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Vanta for automating SOC 2 evidence and integrations; critics warn it pushes teams into unnecessary, performative work.

## Why people recommend it

- Eases the compliance process (3 comments): "Personally I'd recommend Vanta which will hold your hand through at least half the process." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165463)) "it's often a mechanical process that doesn't require too much thought." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48153191)) "it literally solved all my problems in a month or so" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152101))
- Saves time and solves problems (2 comments): "it literally solved all my problems in a month or so" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152101)) "getting SOC2 saved us time in the long run" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150833))

## What people warn about

- Time-consuming, performative compliance work (4 comments): "it's a huge pain grabbing screenshots for what feels like a very performative process" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49172683)) "spending your time on SOC 2 compliance with Vanta (or similar) is a waste of time if you consider the amount of time spent compared to security gained." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47612964)) "it was 95% policy inspections and 5% loooked at a GRC tool." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47462295))
- Pushes more work than needed (2 comments): "Most startups should be doing way, way less than automation platforms like these tell them they need to do to get a SOC2 attestation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47461687)) "you do a lot of engineering work that is absolutely not necessary for a SOC2 attestation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150981))
- Drives poor security engineering (2 comments): "evidence collection platforms like Vanta, because that drives a lot of terrible security engineering" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48268509)) "this is a big risk with the evidence-gathering platforms like Drata, Delve, and Vanta" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47482097))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Drata](https://hackerapproved.com/p/drata.md): 5 recommend
- [Delve](https://hackerapproved.com/p/delve.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.vanta.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Vanta", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vanta/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).