Delve vs Vanta: Which Compliance Platform Wins in 2025? (Full Comparison Guide)

If you’re here, you’ve likely narrowed your options to Delve and Vanta, two of the most talked-about platforms in the compliance automation space. Both promise faster audits. Both tout automation. Both are built for fast-moving tech companies.

But behind the marketing, they offer radically different paths to compliance, including how they onboard you, automate controls, support your team, scale with your business.

And choosing the wrong one not only just wastes money, but also drags engineering into months of manual work, along with putting your audit at risk.

In this breakdown, we’ll compare Vanta and Delve across features, support, evidence handling, integrations, audit readiness, and pricing. Whether you’re a compliance lead, CTO, or founder looking to move fast with minimal friction, you’ll walk away knowing exactly which tool fits your stage, your team, and your goals.

TL;DR Vanta delivers broad framework coverage and 375+ integrations for process-mature teams, but setup is slower, support is limited to business hours, and costs rise with add-ons. Delve offers rapid AI-driven onboarding, 24/7 expert access, and strong automation for custom stacks, but fewer native integrations and reliance on third-party tools for full coverage. Sprinto combines Delve’s speed with Vanta’s breadth—offering 200+ integrations, 30+ frameworks, all-inclusive pricing, and 99% automation—scaling fast without integration gaps or hidden costs.

Vanta and Delve: A quick overview

Vanta

Vanta helps thousands of fast-growing companies build, scale, and maintain security and compliance programs, enabling them to complete audits in weeks instead of months. Supporting widely adopted frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA, Vanta automates parts of the compliance journey with integrations across cloud providers, identity tools, and code repositories. 

It emphasizes speed to audit-readiness through continuous monitoring and real-time alerts. While robust in breadth, Vanta’s audit support is largely self-managed, with extra costs for services like training or MDM. Annual pricing ranges from $7,078 to $14,391 according to Cledara’s real customer data, with PriceLevel reporting a median of $10,000 from actual buyers, making it a premium option for scale-minded teams.

Delve

Delve is an AI-powered compliance automation platform designed to help companies achieve certifications like SOC 2 and HIPAA in days and not months. Its modern, intuitive UX tailors dynamic compliance programs without relying on generic checklists. Delve’s AI scans every git push for code risks and continuously monitors infrastructure, ensuring real-time security. 

It eliminates the need for consultants by offering:

• Seamless onboarding
• 24/7 support via Slack and Zoom
• Strategic compliance sessions

It comes with built-in tools for audit prep, trust reports, and vulnerability management to maintain year-round compliance. Talking about pricing, it ranges from $10,000 to $20,000 annually, making Delve ideal for hands-on and fast-moving teams.

Delve vs Vanta: A showdown of key features

Before you choose a compliance platform, it’s critical to see how each tool performs where it really matters. We’ve broken down Delve and Vanta across eight core capabilities, from onboarding speed to automation depth — so you can spot strengths, weaknesses, and the right fit for your team.

1. Onboarding and support

Vanta operates on a structured, checklist-driven onboarding process designed for scalability, making it ideal for teams that already have some compliance muscle in-house. However, implementation often takes several weeks and requires over 40 hours of internal effort, similar to the setup complexity we’ve found with Drata as well. Vanta’s support is known for being competent but is often constrained to business hours, with long resolution cycles for complex tickets and a lack of immediacy during critical onboarding phases.

Delve, by contrast, is built for velocity with an AI-native, intuitive UX that feels more like a live support system than a software tool. Setup takes minutes, and full onboarding is often completed in 10–15 hours. Delve follows a white-glove support approach by offering 24/7 access to real compliance experts via Slack and Zoom, with response times often under five minutes.

Verdict: Delve delivers faster, more hands-on onboarding with 24/7 expert access, making it ideal for lean teams. Vanta suits larger, process-mature organizations but has a steeper learning curve and slower response times.

2. Evidence handling

Vanta automates compliance evidence gathering by continuously syncing with over 375 integrated systems, offering streamlined audits through automated tests and centralized test histories mapped across frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001. It supports document versioning, granular audit workflows, and automated vendor evidence requests starting 30 days before audits. However, integration gaps can force manual uploads for custom pipelines, with multiple G2 reviews noting increased manual lift for unrecognized workflows—a limitation we’ve detailed extensively in our Secureframe analysis.

Delve centers evidence gathering around intelligent AI agents that automatically take configuration screenshots from web apps and CI/CD tools based on single custom instructions. These agents proactively detect access changes and configuration gaps, eliminating manual evidence tasks and enabling continuous monitoring across any company’s stack. The platform supports evidence versioning, audit logging, and trust reports for sharing documentation.

Verdict: Delve’s AI-driven evidence capture handles even custom stacks with ease, while Vanta’s integration network speeds up evidence collection for mainstream tools but can require manual uploads for bespoke workflows.

3. Risk and policy management

Vanta includes a fully integrated ISO-aligned risk management module with a risk register pre-loaded with 50+ standard risk scenarios, customizable risk scoring dimensions, and automated mitigation task tracking. It offers seamless connection between risk control mapping, policy tools, and vendor risk reviews in one platform dashboard. However, assigning and tailoring risk assessments can feel rigid for edge-case controls or smaller businesses starting from scratch.

Delve approaches risk and policy management through real-time infrastructure scans that flag risks proactively, with AI agents guiding policy setup and enforcement. The built-in AI Policy Assistant provides on-demand answers about compliance policy requirements and assists in drafting tailored policy language. Risk is continuously detected via browser agents, delivering real-time visibility and remediation recommendations.

Verdict: Delve offers real-time AI-driven risk surfacing and adaptive policy updates, making it better for fast-moving teams. Vanta provides structured risk registers and integrated workflows that work well for formal, audit-heavy environments.

4. Device and MDM capabilities

Vanta integrates with popular MDM solutions like Microsoft Intune, Addigy, and Kandji to ingest device configuration and security posture data for Windows and macOS machines. For unsupported MDMs, it provides a lightweight Device Monitor agent script for manual installation, ensuring coverage across hybrid environments. However, this involves configuration overhead and manual deployment when agents or custom pipelines are needed.

Delve works with device compliance tools like Swif.ai to capture device posture signals such as encryption status, OS version, and MDM enrollment, syncing this data in real time into the dashboard. This enables automated evidence collection without manual uploads, but full device control depends on how well third-party device tools integrate with Delve’s agent layer.

Verdict: Vanta has stronger native MDM integrations and enforcement for enterprise environments. Delve is more flexible and automation-first but relies on third-party device management tools.

5. Incident and vulnerability management

Vanta tracks incidents in real time by connecting with CSPM tools, flagging security issues with severity levels, deadlines, and clear remediation steps in the asset inventory. It automatically tracks incident resolution when integrated with tools like Jira and pulls vulnerability data from a wide ecosystem (Snyk, Dependabot, AWS Inspector, etc.) displaying findings by asset, severity, and remediation status.

Delve uses AI agents to continuously scan infrastructure and applications for threats, flagging misconfigurations and vulnerabilities as they emerge. It automatically highlights the highest-risk issues using a system that ranks threats based on over 40 factors, including exploitation likelihood and current threat intelligence. Delve also creates shareable trust reports that broadcast live compliance posture externally.

Verdict: Delve focuses on proactive threat prioritization and live trust reporting, which benefits transparency. Vanta’s strength lies in its wide ecosystem of integrations and SLA tracking for vulnerability remediation.

6. Vendor and access management

Vanta includes robust Vendor Risk Management (VRM) workflows that automate vendor discovery, risk scoring, and remediation tracking while auto-detecting vendors via integrations and initiating questionnaires with automated reminders. It provides automated access review workflows to enforce RBAC policies across integrated systems. However, automation is built around predefined rules that may not adapt to highly custom vendor relationships, and deep personalization or AI-led autofill is unavailable.

Delve features AI-powered autofill for vendor security questionnaires that draws from compliance context to pre-populate responses and speed up third-party review cycles. It integrates across the stack to monitor vendor access continuously, surfaces risks, and correlates them with RBAC violations or infrastructure changes. Real-time agent-based monitoring provides visibility and automated classification with minimal overhead.

Verdict: Vanta excels in structured vendor risk workflows and RBAC enforcement. Delve stands out with AI-powered vendor questionnaire autofill and faster vendor review cycles.

7. Integrations and extensibility

Vanta boasts 375+ pre-built integrations across cloud, dev, and security tools, enabling automated control checks at scale with two-way task tracking integrations for Jira, Asana, and others that turn compliance workflows into living processes. However, Vanta relies heavily on its built-in integration library, and integration gaps may require manual workarounds or slow custom development—we’ve seen this exact pattern with other platforms like Oneleet, where limited native integrations force teams into time-consuming manual processes. As noted in one of the reviews posted on AWS Marketplace, teams using bespoke CI pipelines or less-common internal tools sometimes found that Vanta’s automation failed to recognize their workflows, forcing manual evidence uploads and configuration maintenance.

Delve makes automation simple and AI-first through single instruction-based AI agents that gather data across all tools, including custom or internal ones, without needing screenshots or API setup. This enables compliance task automation even without built-in integrations, with two-way sync support and API hooks for custom extensions. However, Delve currently offers only 12–15 direct integrations (Google Cloud, Slack, Zoom, Twilio, etc.), well short of Vanta’s breadth.

Verdict: Vanta leads with breadth, offering 375+ integrations for popular tools. Delve is stronger for automating compliance in custom or internal systems without relying on pre-built connectors.

8. Pricing and total cost

Vanta offers tiered plans from startups (~$10K/year) to enterprise ($30K–$80K/year) scales, with Essential plans covering automated evidence and risk register, while higher tiers unlock advanced monitoring and vendor risk features. However, pricing can quickly escalate due to add-ons and à-la-carte modules such as questionnaire automation, audit support, and additional workspaces—exactly the cost predictability issues that we’ve highlighted in our honest Drata review, where budget planning becomes increasingly difficult as teams scale. Buyers on platforms such as Capterra or TrustRadius note that Vanta “can be expensive for smaller businesses,” despite delivering strong ROI through engineering and audit time savings.

Delve pricing is more opaque but oriented toward simplicity, with most startup deals falling between $10K–$20K/year and custom-negotiated enterprise agreements. Its base plan includes built-in AI automation, Trust Report generation, and 24/7 compliance expert access as part of the core package with no consulting upsells required. However, organizations may need to integrate complementary tools (e.g. third-party MDM, SIEM) depending on their existing posture, which can increase costs.

Verdict: Delve’s bundled pricing offers predictability and fewer hidden costs. Vanta’s modular model can scale costs quickly but allows for more tailored feature adoption.

The compliance snapshot: Delve vs Vanta

Criteria	Vanta	Delve
Security Frameworks Supported	35+ frameworks including advanced and regional standards (e.g., FedRAMP, TISAX, AI Act)	7+ core frameworks with rapid expansion roadmap and custom support
Automation Capabilities	1,200+ automated tests, 375+ integrations, AI workflows, evidence collection, and task syncing. Strong automation, but some manual lift for custom setups.	AI-powered automation with real-time infrastructure scans, CI/CD code analysis, and one-click evidence capture. Especially strong for custom/internal tools.
Ease of Use	Clean interface, in-app roadmap, step-by-step policy builder. Moderate learning curve, especially for first-timers.	Modern AI-native UI with minimal setup. White-glove onboarding and support reduce the learning curve to near-zero.
Audit Readiness	Syncs evidence from 375+ systems, pre-vetted auditors, strong documentation, but limited real-time support.	End-to-end audit management, AI-automated evidence, pre-vetted auditors, and trust reports. Faster audit completion.

Picking between Vanta and Delve

Both tools have pros and cons and shine in specific use cases. In this section, we take a look at some of the use cases that customers must consider while making a choice between the two.

Pick Vanta if you:

• Run a mature compliance program with in-house GRC or InfoSec resources and are looking to scale across multiple frameworks like ISO 27001, HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP, and more.
• Rely heavily on integrations with mainstream tools and need enterprise-level control, audit logs, and governance across large, distributed teams.
• Want a modular platform that can grow with your compliance needs, provided you’re okay navigating multiple add-ons and potentially higher total cost of ownership.
• Have structured workflows and internal process maturity, where a self-serve model and checklist-style onboarding won’t slow you down.

Vanta is ideal for larger teams with dedicated compliance owners, standardized tech stacks, and longer audit cycles. It’s built for breadth, scale, and cross-functional alignment—so long as you can absorb the setup complexity and pricing tiers.

Pick Delve if you: 

• Are a fast-growing startup or lean engineering team looking to get compliant fast, typically SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO—without hiring consultants or compliance staff.
• Need hands-on, 24/7 support from real compliance experts who guide you through onboarding, audit prep, and issue resolution in real time.
• Prefer an AI-native, automation-first experience where the platform handles evidence collection, policy enforcement, risk surfacing, and vendor responses with minimal manual lift.
• Want a predictable, bundled pricing model that includes everything—no hidden fees for MDM tools, policy templates, or audit support.

Delve is best suited for high-velocity teams that treat compliance as a blocker to growth. It’s designed to get you compliant in days, not weeks, with fewer people and less friction. If you’re looking for speed, clarity, and support that acts like an extension of your team, Delve is the smarter bet.

Why Sprinto Is the smarter choice

When comparing Vanta and Delve, it is clear each platform serves a distinct audience, but both leave gaps. Vanta and Delve solve parts of the compliance puzzle, while Sprinto delivers the speed, breadth, and scalability they lack.

If you are looking for a Delve alternative that maintains speed but adds more breadth and maturity, Sprinto stands out. In a Delve vs. competitors scenario, Sprinto often wins for teams needing enterprise-grade depth without sacrificing speed. Likewise, as a Vanta alternative, Sprinto offers fewer integration gaps, more predictable pricing, and a unified approach, making it the stronger choice for high-growth companies that treat compliance as a growth lever, not a blocker.

Here is how Sprinto closes the gaps left by both Vanta and Delve, delivering complete coverage, fewer moving parts, and built-in scalability from day one:

• AI-powered automation without the gaps – 99% automation coverage with 200+ integrations that just work out of the box, unlike Vanta’s workflow breaks or Delve’s limited coverage.
• All-in-one platform, zero add-ons – MDM, training, risk register, policy builder, and 30+ frameworks built in, with no upsells. Vanta charges per module, Delve lacks maturity.
• Real human support – Dedicated compliance experts and audit managers guide you hands-on, not DIY documentation or left-to-fend-for-yourself onboarding.
• Scales with your business – Custom controls and centralized GRC that flex from 10 to 10,000 employees.

Delve offers speed and white-glove support, making it great for lean teams that need fast compliance. Vanta delivers breadth and structure, suiting process-mature companies with in-house compliance expertise, but it can be slower to onboard and costlier to scale.

Both can get you audit-ready. But if you are serious about compliance as a growth enabler, you need more than checklists, partial automation, or one-size-fits-all frameworks. You need deep automation, built-in breadth, zero add-ons, and expert support from day one.

That is where Sprinto wins, a platform built to move as fast as your business, scale without friction, and keep you audit-ready all year round.

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Disclaimer: The information on this page is based on independent research conducted by our team and on insights gathered from publicly available, user-first review platforms such as G2. We have summarized feedback to highlight commonly mentioned strengths and areas for improvement. While we strive for accuracy and balance, user experiences may vary, and we encourage readers to review the original sources for the most up-to-date feedback. This article was last updated in August 2025.

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