Drata

Drata is a compliance automation platform. It helps companies achieve and maintain security and privacy certifications such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and PCI DSS by continuously monitoring controls and collecting evidence automatically, rather than through manual spreadsheets and screenshots. The need comes from sales. For B2B software companies, a SOC 2 report or ISO certification is often required before larger customers will sign, and preparing for an audit manually takes months of gathering evidence from cloud accounts, HR systems, code repositories and devices. Drata connects to those systems through integrations - cloud providers, identity providers, HR platforms, version control, ticketing and device management - and tests controls continuously, flagging issues such as a server without encryption, an employee who has not completed security training or a laptop without disk encryption. The platform guides companies through the process: mapping controls to frameworks, providing policy templates, tracking employee onboarding and offboarding tasks, monitoring vendors, and managing risk registers. When an audit begins, auditors can access evidence directly in the platform, which shortens the audit itself. A trust centre lets companies share their security posture and documents with prospects, and tools help answer security questionnaires, increasingly with AI assistance. Drata supports a growing list of frameworks, and companies can reuse evidence across them, so adding ISO 27001 after SOC 2 involves far less incremental work. It is aimed at startups through large enterprises, with pricing based on frameworks and company size. The important caveat is that software makes compliance efficient but does not make a company secure by itself; controls still need to be implemented and followed, and an independent auditor still performs the audit. Alternatives include Vanta, the closest competitor and category leader; Secureframe and Sprinto for similar automation; Thoropass, which bundles software and audits; Hyperproof and AuditBoard for enterprise governance and risk; and compliance consultants for fully managed approaches. Choose Drata when you need SOC 2, ISO 27001 or similar certifications and want continuous, automated evidence collection.