Vanta automates compliance evidence collection. Thirdsentry runs internal GRC and vendor risk on one data model, and flags the moment a vendor's reported posture stops matching live external exposure.
Vanta automates compliance evidence collection by polling cloud APIs, and its TPRM Agent (GA in 2026) automates the collection and review of vendor evidence. Thirdsentry runs GRC and TPRM on a single data model, so internal control posture and vendor posture live in the same records, the foundation for Posture Divergence Detection, which reconciles a vendor's assessed posture against live external exposure and flags the gap. Vanta keeps internal and vendor posture on separate footings and does not reconcile assessed posture against live exposure. Thirdsentry is execution across the full lifecycle, not cloud-evidence automation, and explicitly does not become a CSPM.
| Capability | Thirdsentry | Vanta |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Focus | Unified GRC + TPRM platform | Compliance evidence automation |
| Internal Risk Register | Full lifecycle: inherent/residual scoring, SLA tracking, exceptions | Basic risk tracking tied to compliance controls |
| Third-Party Risk Management | Vendor assessments with reviewer-validated scoring, remediation workflows, and continuous external monitoring on the same data model as internal controls | TPRM Agent (GA in 2026) automates vendor evidence collection and review; internal and vendor posture are not on one data model |
| Posture Divergence Detection | Reconciles each vendor's assessed posture against live external exposure and flags divergence at Minor / Moderate / Severe severity | Not available. No reconciliation of assessed posture against live external exposure |
| AI Capabilities | RAG-grounded assessment scoring, questionnaire response with clickable [CIT:N] source citations, cross-domain Connected Risk Intelligence, threshold-driven Autonomous Action Generation, predicted residual risk, all reviewer-validated | AI agents for evidence collection, monitoring, and vendor review |
| AI Governance Module | NIST AI RMF + EU AI Act framework seeds, AI use case registry, AI tier classifier | Not a dedicated module |
| Regulatory Intelligence | Daily regulatory feed ingestion with LLM obligation extraction matched to tenant controls | Framework templates updated by Vanta product team |
| Cloud Posture / CSPM | Out of scope. Coexists with Wiz, Vanta, Drata. Effy's agents run on your GRC data, not cloud scanning. | 300+ integrations polling cloud APIs for evidence and control tests |
| Policy Management | Full lifecycle: drafting, approval workflows, versioning, acknowledgment tracking | Policy templates with basic tracking |
| External Questionnaire Engine | RAG-grounded response engine that drafts cited answers from your real controls, policies, and evidence with confidence scoring | Not available |
| Framework Coverage | 10 frameworks: NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and more | 25+ frameworks focused on compliance automation |
| Evidence Vault | Control-linked evidence vault with audit trails and cross-module integration | Automated evidence collection via integrations |
| Compliance Calendar | Cross-module aggregation of deadlines, reviews, and obligations | Task-based compliance tracking |
| Executive Dashboard | Multi-view dashboards: Executive, Assessment, Risk, Policy | Compliance status dashboards |
| Audit Support | Full audit trails, soft-delete integrity, immutable PolicyVersion records, and a shipped AUDITOR role | Auditor-ready reports and evidence rooms |
| AUDITOR role enforced at the data layer | Read-only AUDITOR access enforced in the data layer, not RBAC configuration that can drift | Permissions managed through configurable role settings |
| Pricing model | Flat fee, unlimited users. Framework expansion is the pricing axis, so renewal is predictable | Scales with company size and frameworks |
| Target Market | Mid-market enterprises needing unified GRC + TPRM | Startups and mid-market focused on compliance certification |
Flat-fee pricing with unlimited users. Framework expansion is the pricing axis, not seats.
Vendr median deal ~$20,000/year (Vendr/Sacra). Pricing scales with company size and framework count, so renewals can move with headcount.
30-minute walkthrough on your data model. See Effy answer real questionnaires and surface live posture divergence end-to-end.