If you're a startup trying to close an enterprise deal, you've probably heard "we need to see your SOC 2 report" and felt your stomach drop. Drata and Sprinto exist to make that process survivable: both connect to your actual infrastructure, continuously pull the evidence an auditor needs, and prep you for the audit itself instead of leaving you screenshotting AWS settings in a spreadsheet. They're similar enough that each one lists the other as its own direct alternative. So which one actually fits your team?
What they have in common
Both platforms cover the same core frameworks — SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and Sprinto adds GDPR explicitly. Both do continuous, automated evidence collection rather than a one-time snapshot before the audit. Both are aimed at the same buyer: a startup or scale-up that needs a compliance report to sign enterprise customers, not a company that's already deep into a mature GRC program. And both keep pricing off their public sites — you're talking to sales either way.
Where they diverge
Pricing transparency
Neither publishes a price list, but Sprinto's market position is easier to research from the outside: independent sources put SOC 2 alone around $8,000–$10,000/year, and a multi-framework program (SOC 2 + ISO 27001 + HIPAA) between $9,000–$15,000/year, up to $30,000/year for complex cases. Drata gives you nothing to go on beyond "contact sales." If you want a ballpark before you take a sales call, Sprinto's public reputation gives you one; Drata doesn't.
Scale and track record
Drata reports 8,500+ global customers, including recognizable names like Brex and Okta — a bigger number than Sprinto's reported 3,000+ customers across 75 countries. If social proof and "who else uses this" matters to your buying committee, Drata has the larger reference base. Sprinto counters with something Drata doesn't emphasize as much: direct partnerships with audit firms, which can smooth the handoff from "evidence collected" to "report signed."
The AI-agent angle
Drata's most distinctive recent feature is "agent governance" — extending continuous compliance monitoring specifically to AI agents operating inside your systems, plus autonomous third-party vendor risk assessment. If your company is already running AI agents in production and expects auditors to start asking about that, Drata is explicitly building for that question. Sprinto's public positioning doesn't highlight an equivalent feature.
Side-by-side
| Drata | Sprinto | |
|---|---|---|
| Frameworks | SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA + more | SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR |
| Reported customers | 8,500+ | 3,000+ in 75 countries |
| Pricing | Fully private, no external benchmarks cited | Private, but ~$8K–$30K/year range is publicly estimated |
| Standout feature | AI-agent-specific compliance monitoring | Direct audit-firm partnerships |
| Founded / presence | Not publicly detailed | Since 2020, Bengaluru + San Francisco |
Verdict
Pick Drata if: you want the bigger reference customer base for a skeptical buying committee, or you're already running AI agents in production and want a compliance platform that treats that as a first-class monitoring target.
Pick Sprinto if: you want to walk into the sales call with a realistic price range already in hand, or a smooth, pre-negotiated path to an actual audit firm matters more to you than logo count.
Realistically, the honest answer for most early-stage teams is: request quotes from both, because on paper the core product — continuous, automated evidence collection for SOC 2 — is close enough that the deciding factor is often just which sales team responds faster and which price your finance team signs off on.