Vanta Pricing: Plans & Cost Calculator 2026
No free tier is offered for Vanta's custom-priced enterprise plans, which lead the market with over 300 integrations.
Vanta plans and pricing
Custom
Contact SalesBest for: Fully customizable, advanced GRC
- ✓Custom scope, SLAs & tests
Essentials
from $14,000/yrBest for: Companies building trust & credibility early
- ✓Strong compliance foundation + security
- ✓Annual, employee-banded
Vanta pricing: the quick answer
Vanta does not publish prices. All three tiers, Essentials, Plus, and Professional, are quote-only, so you contact sales for a figure. The quote moves on how many frameworks you need (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA), your company size, and how much audit support you want. Essentials covers one framework with the Vanta AI Agent; Plus adds access management and 25 AI-powered questionnaires a year; Professional adds risk management and 144 a year. One caveat worth keeping: Vanta prepares you for the audit, it does not replace the independent auditor.
- Essentials$14000/yr, annual
- Plus$21500/yr, annual
- Professional$23000/yr, annual
- CustomCustom
Vanta cost calculator
Pricing Expert Take
Independent analysis · Vanta
Value Analysis
Vanta is quote-only. There is no public price on any tier, so budgeting starts with a sales call, not a pricing table. What Vanta sells is audit readiness: automated evidence collection, the Vanta AI Agent, and continuous monitoring that shortens SOC 2 and ISO 27001 prep. Essentials handles a single framework; Plus adds access management and expert partners; Professional adds risk management and custom monitoring for teams scaling a trust program. The quote is driven by framework count, company size, test volume, and support level.
Hidden Costs
- Separate auditor: Vanta gets you ready, but an independent third-party auditor still runs the actual SOC 2 audit and bills separately.
- Penetration testing: a pen test is usually required for compliance and is a separate cost from Vanta.
- Partner services: the expert partners reachable on Plus work under their own external contracts, priced apart from Vanta.
Red Flags
Buyers regularly struggle to see where Vanta's software ends and hired professionals begin. There is also friction between Vanta's automated evidence and the independent auditors who verify it, which can surface as compliance roadblocks late in the process.
"our client places so much trust in Vanta that sometimes they're questioning our findings"
"I've received some questionable feedback about their audit services."
Based on analysis of recent Reddit and G2 discussions.
Green Wins
Vanta cuts SOC 2 prep from months to weeks.
- Reduces SOC 2 audit prep time from months to weeks
- 400+ integrations for continuous, automated evidence collection
- Market leader for startup SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance
User Voices
"Vanta seems way cheaper than a normal auditor."
"you can get Vanta/ Drata for around the same, plus a pen test on top"
"Vanta seems to be by far and away the better option based on user experience"
"automated solution seems well suited for small companies and has appeal."
Verdict
Startups chasing a first SOC 2 badge should ask about Essentials to automate evidence collection. Mid-market teams with complex security workflows will need Professional for custom monitoring and risk dashboards. Since every tier is quote-only, get a number before you commit. If you want an alternative with a more structured, framework-banded path, consider Drata, which is also quote-led but lists a public entry band on AWS Marketplace.
What Vanta really costs
List price covers the subscription. Total cost of ownership for Vanta typically includes additional line items that don't appear on the pricing page.
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Research Reports
Sources & Data Trail · Vanta
- 1.Official Pricing Page·Source of verified tiers(Checked: 2026-07-06)
- 2.Official Website·Official vendor website
- 3.G2·G2 verified user reviews · 4.6/5 · 2,433 reviews
- 4.Capterra·Capterra verified user reviews · 4.7/5
- 5.TrustRadius·TrustRadius verified reviews
- 6.PeerSpot·PeerSpot enterprise peer reviews

