Two US-headquartered, SOC 2-first platforms. Both sales-quoted, both priced on headcount plus a fee per framework, both landing between USD 10,000 and 80,000 a year. For a European program the useful question is a different one.
The short answer
Drata usually quotes lower at the entry tier and charges less per extra framework. Vanta has the bigger name, which shortens US security reviews on its own. On everything a European buyer is regulated against, the two are the same answer, and neither covers CyFun.
Sixteen criteria in three groups, including the three where CSFaaS is the weaker option.
The pricing model decides the long-run cost far more than the sticker does.
| Criterion | Drata | Vanta | CSFaaS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published price | No. Sales call required (No) | No. Sales call required (No) | Yes. EUR 79 per user per month (Yes) |
| What the price scales onThe single biggest cost difference between these tools. | Company headcount and frameworks (No) | Company headcount and frameworks (No) | People who actually log in (Yes) |
| Cost of the second framework | USD 3,000 to 10,000 a year (No) | USD 5,000 to 15,000 a year (No) | EUR 0. All 40+ included (Yes) |
| Free tier | No (No) | No (No) | 1 user, whole product, forever (Yes) |
Mapping a regulation is not the same as scoring against it.
| Criterion | Drata | Vanta | CSFaaS |
|---|---|---|---|
| CyFun (Belgian CCB CyberFundamentals)The NIS2 assurance route Belgian and Benelux organisations are actually asked for. | Not offered (No) | Not offered (No) | Basic, Important and Essential 2025, EN and FR, official workbook in and out (Yes) |
| NIS2 | Yes, through framework mapping (Yes) | Yes (Yes) | Yes, a gradable 220-element framework (Yes) |
| DORA | Yes (Yes) | Yes (Yes) | Yes, EN, FR and ES, 170 elements (Yes) |
| ISO 27001 and SOC 2 criteria | Yes, the core of the product (Yes) | Yes, the core of the product (Yes) | ISO 27001:2022 and AICPA TSC 2017 (Yes) |
| Framework content in French and Spanish | English-first (No) | English-first (No) | Interface and framework text in EN, FR and ES (Yes) |
Three of these rows go against us. They are the reasons to buy theirs.
| Criterion | Drata | Vanta | CSFaaS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automated evidence collection from cloud and SaaSVanta and Drata still have the larger libraries; ours is read-only by design. | Hundreds of integrations, every plan (Yes) | Hundreds of integrations, every plan (Yes) | Yes. 100+ read-only connectors, security checks per resource (Yes) |
| Endpoint agent and security awareness training | Yes (Yes) | Yes (Yes) | No (No) |
| Hosted public trust center | Yes (Yes) | Yes (Yes) | No. Policy share links only (No) |
| Full read and write REST API on every plan | Advanced tier and above (Partial) | Higher tiers (Partial) | Yes, every seat, free tier included (Yes) |
| MCP server, connect your own AI assistantBring Claude or ChatGPT to your own workspace, scoped by your own permissions. | No (No) | No (No) | Yes, included with every seat (Yes) |
| Audit and penetration test | Partner network, paid separately (Partial) | Partner network, paid separately (Partial) | Through DarkProtect, quoted separately (Partial) |
| Data portability | Export tooling (Partial) | Export tooling (Partial) | Total read coverage over the API, on every plan (Yes) |
The largest install base in the category. Auditors and enterprise security reviewers know it, and that familiarity is worth real money if your buyers are US enterprises. It also has the broadest integration library and the most polished trust center.
Typically quotes lower at the entry tier, around USD 7,500 against roughly USD 10,000, and charges less for each additional framework. Its risk register and vendor management are a little stronger.
Both quote by sales with no published price. Both band on company headcount. Both charge per framework. Both leave the audit and the penetration test outside the licence. If those four things bother you, choosing between them fixes none of them.
Both ship NIS2 and DORA mappings, which is genuine EU coverage. Neither grades you against the Belgian CCB CyberFundamentals framework. If a customer or regulator asks for a CyFun assurance level, this whole comparison is the wrong one.
Same axis, same scale. The width of every bar is the part you cannot learn without a sales cycle.
Negotiated quotes, not list prices. The width of each bar is what Drata will not tell you before a sales cycle.
Teams under 50 people starting their first framework.
Growing companies between 50 and 200 people.
Organisations above 200 people with a formal GRC program.
Negotiated quotes, not list prices. The width of each bar is what Vanta will not tell you before a sales cycle.
A first certification, usually SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
Scaling companies running more than one framework.
Large organisations with complex programs.
The same two-framework program costed on each platform, with auditor and pen-test fees kept out of every vendor column because they are the same number either way.
Paid to your auditor and your tester, never to a platform vendor. They are the same number whichever tool you pick, so any comparison that puts them in one column and not the other is selling you something.
Free for 1 user, then EUR 79 per user per month. Every framework, every module and the API included at every size.
The incumbents price on your whole headcount. CSFaaS prices on the people who open the platform: usually a compliance lead, a few control owners and an auditor.
People who need a seat
10 users minus 1 free seat is 9 billable at EUR 790 a year each. Every framework, every module, the API and the MCP server are included at every size. Past roughly 60 users, ask for an Enterprise quote.
Drata and Vanta both ship NIS2 and DORA mappings, and we will not pretend otherwise. What neither ships is Belgium's CyberFundamentals framework as a gradable assessment: the three assurance levels, the official CCB workbook in and out, and the documentation and implementation maturity scores an assessor reads.
CSFaaS ships all of it, in English and French, because CyFun is how most Belgian and Benelux organisations demonstrate NIS2 readiness.
See every frameworkIf any of these matter more than published pricing and native EU frameworks, buy theirs. Better you know now than after the contract.
Buy theirs if
Your buyers are US enterprises, SOC 2 is the only framework that matters, and you want the deepest integration library in the category.
Buy theirs if
You want Vanta-class automation at a slightly lower entry price and your obligations stop at SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
How these numbers were built
None of these vendors publish a price list. Every figure is a range from public procurement data and the vendors' own pages, last checked in September 2026. Budget with it; your own quote is the only number that counts.
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