For a US company chasing SOC 2, Vanta is a reasonable default. For a European program it often is not. Seven options with real pricing, the buyer each suits, and the trade-off each asks for.
If your obligations are CyFun, NIS2 or DORA, the shortlist is short: CSFaaS is the only tool here that grades you against CyFun. If you need SOC 2 and the widest integration library, Vanta or Drata still win. If licence cost is the binding constraint, self-host Eramba.
Options compared
Seven, plus the incumbent
Cheapest licence
Eramba, free self-hosted
Only CyFun coverage
CSFaaS
Published pricing
CSFaaS and Eramba only
Reviewed September 2026
Seven Vanta alternatives
Ordered by how often they actually win against Vanta. Every entry names the buyer it suits and the trade-off it asks for.
01CSFaaS
EU-native GRC. 40+ frameworks in one seat price, CyFun, NIS2 and DORA included.
Our pick for EU teams
Pick it if
Your obligations are European, you want the price before the sales call, and you refuse to pay again for every framework you add.
Pricing
EUR 0 to EUR 79 per user per month, published
Best for
European teams running CyFun, NIS2, DORA or ISO 27001 who refuse to pay per framework.
Published price: free for 1 user, then EUR 79 per user per month, all 40+ frameworks included
CyFun 2025 at all three levels with the official CCB workbook; NIS2 and DORA as gradable frameworks
100+ read-only evidence connectors, a full REST API and an MCP server on every seat
×Smaller integration library than Vanta or Drata, and read-only by design
×No endpoint agent, no security awareness training, no hosted trust center
×Audits and penetration tests come through DarkProtect, quoted separately
Fast first-certification tooling aimed at startups.
Pick it if
You need one SOC 2 report as fast as humanly possible and nothing else.
Pricing
USD 6,000 to USD 25,000+ per year
Best for
Early-stage startups certifying for the first time.
Often the fastest route to a first SOC 2
Competitive pricing against Vanta and Drata
Good handholding for teams with no compliance function
×Less mature than the two leaders on complex programs
×Smaller integration library
×Audit fees still separate
05Thoropass
Formerly Laika. Platform and audit sold together.
Pick it if
You want one invoice covering both the platform and the audit opinion.
Pricing
USD 14,500 to USD 50,000 per year, audit included
Best for
Small businesses that want the platform and the audit from one supplier.
Audit included rather than brokered, so no surprise invoice
Streamlined process for small businesses
One vendor for the platform and the opinion
×Less automation than the leaders
×Smaller integration library
×Tooling and audit from one vendor is a governance question worth asking
06Eramba
Open-source GRC with a flat licence and no per-seat fee.
Pick it if
You have engineers to spare, you want the data on your own metal, and licence cost is the binding constraint.
Pricing
Free, or EUR 2,500 to EUR 5,000 per year flat
Best for
Teams with engineering capacity who would rather spend hours than euros.
By far the lowest licence cost of any tool here
Flat pricing with unlimited users and modules
Open source and self-hostable, so the data stays on your metal
×You run it: hosting, upgrades and backups are your problem
×Dated interface and a real learning curve
×No automated evidence collection, and framework content is yours to load
07OneTrust
The enterprise privacy and GRC suite, priced like one.
Pick it if
You are running a formal privacy program at enterprise scale and GRC is the smaller half of the problem.
Pricing
USD 50,000 to USD 300,000+ per year for a GRC program
Best for
Large enterprises running a formal privacy program alongside GRC.
The deepest privacy and data-governance feature set on the market
Very strong for GDPR programs at enterprise scale
Broad module catalogue: consent, privacy, ethics, ESG and GRC
×Expensive, and the number moves as you add modules
×Long, complex implementations
×Overkill for anyone below enterprise scale
Side by side
The whole shortlist, one table
Sixteen criteria in three groups, including the three where CSFaaS is the weaker option. Eight columns scroll sideways on desktop and stack on a phone.
What you pay, and what moves it
The pricing model decides the long-run cost far more than the sticker does.
Criterion
CSFaaS
Drata
Secureframe
Sprinto
Thoropass
Eramba
OneTrust
Published price
Yes. EUR 79 per user per month (Yes)
×No. Sales call required (No)
×No. Sales call required (No)
×No. Sales call required (No)
×No. Sales call required (No)
Yes. Flat licence, published (Yes)
×No. Sales call required (No)
What the price scales onThe single biggest cost difference between these tools.
People who actually log in (Yes)
×Company headcount and frameworks (No)
×Company headcount and frameworks (No)
×Company headcount and frameworks (No)
~Company size and audit scope (Partial)
Nothing. Flat fee (Yes)
×Modules, admins and data volume (No)
Cost of the second framework
EUR 0. All 40+ included (Yes)
×USD 3,000 to 10,000 a year (No)
×Around USD 7,500 a year (No)
×Quoted separately (No)
×Quoted separately (No)
~Free, if you build the content (Partial)
×Priced per module (No)
Free tier
1 user, whole product, forever (Yes)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
Community edition, self-hosted (Yes)
×No (No)
What you can be graded on
Mapping a regulation is not the same as scoring against it.
Criterion
CSFaaS
Drata
Secureframe
Sprinto
Thoropass
Eramba
OneTrust
CyFun (Belgian CCB CyberFundamentals)The NIS2 assurance route Belgian and Benelux organisations are actually asked for.
Basic, Important and Essential 2025, EN and FR, official workbook in and out (Yes)
×Not offered (No)
×Not offered (No)
×Not offered (No)
×Not offered (No)
~Only if you build it yourself (Partial)
×Not offered (No)
NIS2
Yes, a gradable 220-element framework (Yes)
Yes, through framework mapping (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
~Limited (Partial)
~Bring your own content (Partial)
Yes (Yes)
DORA
Yes, EN, FR and ES, 170 elements (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
~Partial (Partial)
~Partial (Partial)
×Not offered (No)
~Bring your own content (Partial)
Yes (Yes)
ISO 27001 and SOC 2 criteria
ISO 27001:2022 and AICPA TSC 2017 (Yes)
Yes, the core of the product (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes, audit included (Yes)
~Yes, bring your own content (Partial)
Yes (Yes)
Framework content in French and Spanish
Interface and framework text in EN, FR and ES (Yes)
×English-first (No)
×English-first (No)
×English-first (No)
×English only (No)
~Partial (Partial)
Multilingual (Yes)
What the platform does day to day
Three of these rows go against us. They are the reasons to buy theirs.
Criterion
CSFaaS
Drata
Secureframe
Sprinto
Thoropass
Eramba
OneTrust
Automated evidence collection from cloud and SaaSVanta and Drata still have the larger libraries; ours is read-only by design.
Yes. 100+ read-only connectors, security checks per resource (Yes)
Hundreds of integrations, every plan (Yes)
Broad integration catalogue (Yes)
Good coverage (Yes)
~Smaller library (Partial)
×None built in (No)
Enterprise connectors (Yes)
Endpoint agent and security awareness training
×No (No)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
~Partial (Partial)
×No (No)
~Partial (Partial)
Hosted public trust center
×No. Policy share links only (No)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
Yes (Yes)
×No (No)
Yes (Yes)
Full read and write REST API on every plan
Yes, every seat, free tier included (Yes)
~Advanced tier and above (Partial)
~Higher tiers (Partial)
~Higher tiers (Partial)
~Limited (Partial)
Yes (Yes)
~Enterprise (Partial)
MCP server, connect your own AI assistantBring Claude or ChatGPT to your own workspace, scoped by your own permissions.
Yes, included with every seat (Yes)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
×No (No)
Audit and penetration test
~Through DarkProtect, quoted separately (Partial)
~Partner network, paid separately (Partial)
~Partner network, paid separately (Partial)
~Partner network, paid separately (Partial)
Audit included in the price (Yes)
×Not offered (No)
×Not offered (No)
Data portability
Total read coverage over the API, on every plan (Yes)
~Export tooling (Partial)
~Export tooling (Partial)
~Export tooling (Partial)
~Export tooling (Partial)
It is your database (Yes)
~Export tooling (Partial)
Why teams move
What sends people looking
The bill follows your hiring plan
Vanta bands its price on company headcount. Hire twenty engineers who never open the tool and the licence still moves up a band. CSFaaS charges for the people who log in.
Every framework is a new line item
A second framework runs USD 5,000 to 15,000 a year. Add ISO 27001, then NIS2, then DORA, and the add-ons outgrow the base licence. All 40+ CSFaaS frameworks are in the seat price.
CyFun is simply not there
If a Belgian or Benelux customer asks for a CyberFundamentals assurance level, no amount of SOC 2 automation answers it. CSFaaS ships CyFun 2025 at all three levels with the official CCB workbook.
No price without a sales cycle
Budgeting a compliance program should not take three calls and an NDA. CSFaaS publishes the number: free for one user, then EUR 79 per user per month.
The EU-native option, priced
You pay for seats, not headcount
Free for 1 user, then EUR 79 per user per month. Every framework, every module and the API included at every size.
Vanta prices 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.
Per monthEUR 711
Per yearEUR 7,110
FrameworksAll 40+
The European answer
The best Vanta alternative for EU teams
The SOC 2 platforms do not do CyFun.
Vanta ships NIS2 and DORA mappings, and we will not pretend otherwise. What it does not ship 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.
3 levelsCyFun 2025 Basic (79 elements), Important (224) and Essential (330)
220NIS2 elements, gradable rather than mapped
170DORA elements, in English, French and Spanish
EN FR ESInterface and framework content, not a translation layer
The counterpoint
When you should stay with Vanta
Written by us. A comparison that only flatters its author is worth nothing.
Vanta
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.
A larger integration library: hundreds of connectors, including HR and device systems, against our 100+.
An endpoint agent and security awareness training. CSFaaS ships neither.
A hosted trust center as a product. CSFaaS has policy share links.
An auditor and penetration-testing partner network wired into the platform.
If your buyers are US enterprises, the Vanta name shortens security reviews on its own.
Questions
What buyers actually ask
What are the best Vanta alternatives in 2026?
The realistic shortlist is CSFaaS for EU-native framework coverage and published seat pricing, Drata and Secureframe for like-for-like SOC 2 automation, Sprinto for a fast first certification, Thoropass if you want the audit bundled, Eramba if you would rather self-host for free, and OneTrust if you are running an enterprise privacy program alongside GRC.
Why do companies leave Vanta?
Four reasons dominate: the price bands on company headcount rather than platform users, each additional framework is a separate fee, the audit and penetration test are never included, and there is no published price to budget against.
What is the best Vanta alternative for European companies?
CSFaaS, on the specific grounds that it treats EU regulation as the main event rather than an add-on: CyFun 2025 at Basic, Important and Essential with the official CCB workbook, NIS2 as a 220-element gradable framework, DORA in three languages, and a product interface in English, French and Spanish.
Is there a free alternative to Vanta?
Two, in different senses. Eramba's Community edition is free if you self-host and maintain the framework content yourself. CSFaaS is free for the first user with the entire product unlocked, including the API and MCP server, and stays free at that size.
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.
