Vanta
The most recommended of 3 compliance automation platforms
People recommend Vanta for automating SOC 2 evidence and integrations; critics warn it pushes teams into unnecessary, performative work.
People recommend Vanta for automating SOC 2 evidence and integrations; critics warn it pushes teams into unnecessary, performative work.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 60%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Eases the compliance process
“Personally I'd recommend Vanta which will hold your hand through at least half the process.”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Ask HN: How to be SOC2 Type 2 compliant as a solo-entreprenuer?” “it's often a mechanical process that doesn't require too much thought.”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Ask HN: How to be SOC2 Type 2 compliant as a solo-entreprenuer?” “it literally solved all my problems in a month or so”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Ask HN: How to be SOC2 Type 2 compliant as a solo-entreprenuer?” Saves time and solves problems
“it literally solved all my problems in a month or so”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Ask HN: How to be SOC2 Type 2 compliant as a solo-entreprenuer?” “getting SOC2 saved us time in the long run”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Ask HN: How to be SOC2 Type 2 compliant as a solo-entreprenuer?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Time-consuming, performative compliance work
“it's a huge pain grabbing screenshots for what feels like a very performative process”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Ex-Deloitte auditor open-sourced the whole SOC 2 method for your AI” “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.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Mercor Hit by Cyberattack” “it was 95% policy inspections and 5% loooked at a GRC tool.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service” - Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Rippling launches Vanta/Delve competitor”
Pushes more work than needed
“Most startups should be doing way, way less than automation platforms like these tell them they need to do to get a SOC2 attestation.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service” “you do a lot of engineering work that is absolutely not necessary for a SOC2 attestation”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Ask HN: How to be SOC2 Type 2 compliant as a solo-entreprenuer?” Drives poor security engineering
“evidence collection platforms like Vanta, because that drives a lot of terrible security engineering”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “2026 HIPAA Security Rule Update” “this is a big risk with the evidence-gathering platforms like Drata, Delve, and Vanta”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “We indexed the Delve audit leak: 533 reports, 455 companies, 99.8% identical”
Other compliance automation platforms people recommend
The two most recommended other compliance automation platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 3 compliance automation platforms, rankedWhat people said
22 of the 24 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Once you have your systems in sparta and everything is connected, you can then move to vanta! before or after your first audit.”
“it's a huge pain grabbing screenshots for what feels like a very performative process”
“evidence collection platforms like Vanta, because that drives a lot of terrible security engineering”
“Personally I'd recommend Vanta which will hold your hand through at least half the process.”
“they're great if you know what you're doing, but dangerous if you don't”
“it's often a mechanical process that doesn't require too much thought.”
“it literally solved all my problems in a month or so”
“you do a lot of engineering work that is absolutely not necessary for a SOC2 attestation”
“getting SOC2 saved us time in the long run”
“It doesn’t do much to help you, just distractions.”
“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.”
“this is a big risk with the evidence-gathering platforms like Drata, Delve, and Vanta”
“access review information tells you who is an "admin", but ignores the various permissions levels”
“they said it was: too late to opt out, that it can't be canceled or postponed, and then kept emailing us endlessly”
“it was 95% policy inspections and 5% loooked at a GRC tool.”
“Most startups should be doing way, way less than automation platforms like these tell them they need to do to get a SOC2 attestation.”
“Vanta has all the integrations you would need as both a small startup and an enterprise-grade player.”
“I had a good experience with another YC company, Vanta.”
“screams bloody murder at CVEs in base images which we A) can't fix, and B) aren't relevant”
“make it much easier for companies to meet the compliance bullshit the large companies require”
“Vanta does not support Linux.”
“Vanta/Drata's auditor relationships are... let's say on the edge of conflicted?”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.