Vanta vs Delve: frameworks, pricing, delivery (Sep 2026)
Neither company publishes a price. Vanta publishes more of its offer: four named plans with feature limits, 18 named frameworks and 400+ integrations, so buyers with a multi-framework scope or a need for DORA, NIS2, CPS 234 or CMMC have more to test there.
Vanta publishes more of its offer than Delve. Checked 28 September 2026, Vanta’s pricing page names four plans and what each includes, and its site names 18 frameworks.1 Delve’s homepage lists 11 frameworks and a bundle of services it marks free, including white-glove onboarding and a dedicated compliance expert.2 Neither company prints a price. Both route buyers to a demo for a quote.1,2
So the decision turns on framework scope and delivery model, because the number that matters arrives only in a proposal.
TL;DR
- Frameworks: Vanta’s published list is wider and names specialised frameworks Delve’s pages don’t, including DORA, NIS2, CMMC, CPS 234 and Essential Eight. Nine frameworks appear on both companies’ pages.
- Pricing: there’s no list price for either. Vanta publishes the plan ladder and its limits, such as 25 or 144 automated questionnaires a year. Delve publishes only the services inside its bundle.
- Delivery: Vanta presents a software system with 400+ integrations and routes extra services to partners. Delve calls itself “a compliance partner, not a platform” and puts expert Slack support at the centre.
- Evidence limit: every claim here is a company statement. Vanta’s comparison pages make claims about Delve we haven’t verified, Delve’s site links posts titled “Response to Misleading Claims”, and neither side’s claims establish audit outcomes.
- Verdict: a buyer with a multi-framework scope, or a need for DORA, NIS2, CPS 234 or CMMC, has more published evidence to test in Vanta’s offer. A buyer after a first SOC 2 with hands-on help gets a clearer published service promise from Delve. Settle the rest in a written quote.
How this comparison was built
We compared what each company publishes on its own site, checked 28 September 2026. The sources are Vanta’s pricing page, Vanta’s Delve comparison page and Delve’s homepage, each captured that day.1,2,3
Three rules shaped the result:
- Company pages establish company statements only. A claimed framework count, response time or customer total is what the company says. It isn’t a measured result.
- Frameworks are counted from named links or list items, not from a headline number. Vanta’s dedicated frameworks page returned an error page when captured, so Vanta’s list comes from the framework menu and footer on its pricing page.
- Prices come only from the companies. Comparison pages from other compliance vendors publish estimates built on secondhand buyer data.4,5 We don’t repeat them, because neither Vanta nor Delve stands behind them.
This is a comparison of published offers, not a ranking. Our research standard sets out how sources are dated and cited.
Vanta and Delve side by side
| Dimension | Vanta | Delve |
|---|---|---|
| Published plans | Essentials, Plus, Professional, Enterprise | None named |
| Published price | None | None |
| Route to a price | Demo for “personalized pricing” | Demo for “a customized proposal” |
| Frameworks named on captured pages | 18, plus custom frameworks | 11 (12 entries, with SOC 2 Type I and Type II listed separately), plus ”+ more” |
| Framework count the company claims | 35+ | None stated |
| Integrations | “400+ tools” | No count published |
| Expert help | Essentials includes “access to expert partners for additional compliance services” | Free 1:1 Slack support and a free dedicated compliance expert |
| Buyer-facing trust page | Trust Center on Essentials; Advanced Trust Center on Professional | Free trust report |
| Questionnaire automation | 25 a year on Plus, 144 a year on Professional | Free security questionnaire autofill |
| Auditor network | “100+ trusted audit firms”, described as AICPA peer-reviewed | Not stated on the homepage |
Sources: Vanta pricing page and Delve homepage, checked 28 September 2026; Vanta’s framework claim, auditor figures and peer-review statement come from its Delve comparison page.1,2,3
Which frameworks does each company publish?
Vanta names more frameworks. Its pricing page lists 18 by name, and a link to custom frameworks.1 Delve’s homepage lists 11 frameworks in its selection step and ends the list with ”+ more”.2
Nine appear on both: SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, HITRUST, ISO 42001, FedRAMP, the EU AI Act and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.1,2 Delve describes SOC 2, first on both lists, as “the go-to security framework for B2B SaaS, required by most enterprise buyers”.2
The gap sits in the more specialised frameworks. Vanta names USDP, CMMC, CJIS, NIS2, DORA, CPS 234, Essential Eight, Cyber Essentials and the Cyber Risk Institute profile.1 None of those nine appears in Delve’s captured framework lists. Delve publishes CMMC guides in its learning section, but a guide isn’t a supported framework.2
Delve names two that Vanta’s pricing-page list doesn’t: PCI-DSS and CCPA.2 Vanta’s December 2025 comparison says Vanta supports both, so the omission is a menu choice, not a stated gap.6
Vanta’s 35+ figure comes from its comparison page.3 The 18 named on the pricing page are the part a buyer can check without a sales call. The rest sit behind an “additional frameworks” link we didn’t capture.
The constraint is the framework your next buyer or regulator will ask for. If it’s DORA, NIS2, CPS 234 or CMMC, only Vanta’s published list names it. If it’s SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA, both lists do.
What does each company publish about pricing?
Neither publishes a price. Vanta’s page says to “request a free demo today to discuss your business needs and get personalized pricing.”1 Delve’s page says to “chat with our team directly and get a customized proposal tailored to you.”2
What each does publish is the shape of the bill.
Vanta publishes a four-plan ladder with feature limits.1
- Essentials covers “one compliance framework”, automated evidence collection, the Trust Center and an auditor API.
- Plus adds automated policy onboarding, access management and 25 AI-assisted questionnaires a year.
- Professional raises that to 144 questionnaires and adds risk management, an advanced Trust Center, custom monitoring tests and six customisable reports.
- Enterprise is a “fully customizable package”.
The feature table also marks several items as add-ons.1
That structure tells a buyer where the price will move. A second framework, more questionnaires or risk reporting pushes a Vanta quote up a tier or into add-ons.
Delve publishes a bundle instead of a ladder. Five services carry a “FREE” label: white-glove onboarding, 1:1 Slack support, a dedicated compliance expert, a trust report and security questionnaire autofill. Two more, an advanced penetration test and vCISO support, appear without that label.2 The page doesn’t say whether those two cost extra, or which frameworks sit inside a base quote.
The economics differ in kind. Vanta prices a system whose scope grows by tier. Delve prices a service package whose contents are listed but whose limits aren’t. Use one real scope to test both: the frameworks you need this year, your expected questionnaire volume and whether you need a penetration test. Confirm this in the current quote.
How does each company deliver the work?
Vanta delivers through software and a partner network. Delve delivers through software plus its own experts.
Vanta’s pricing page describes an “agentic trust platform” that pulls data from “400+ tools”, with an AI agent for evidence checks, policy generation and remediation tracking.1 Its comparison page says automated tests run hourly and cites “1400+ automated tests”.3 Its December 2025 page gives 1,300+ tests and later 1,200+.6 Vanta’s own figure moves between its pages, so treat any test count as a claim to confirm.
Human help at Vanta’s entry tier runs through partners. Essentials includes “access to expert partners for additional compliance services”.1 Audits run through a network Vanta puts at “100+ trusted audit firms” and “20,000+ audits completed through Vanta”.3
Delve says its AI agents automate “evidence collection, continuous monitoring, and security workflows”. It describes agents that take screenshots, write reports and validate evidence. It says it scans infrastructure daily and checks every pull request for code security.2
Delve’s page puts people at the centre of the offer. “We’re a compliance partner, not a platform,” it says, adding that its experts “respond in <5m” through 1:1 Slack support.2 Its enterprise tier lists “1:1 support from MIT and Stanford AI engineers” and a computer-use agent for screenshot automation.2
The decision changes with who owns compliance inside the buying company. A team with a GRC owner can run Vanta’s system and buy services as needed. A team without one is buying Delve’s people as much as its software. That makes the named expert, their hours and their response commitment the terms to get in writing.
Where do the published claims conflict?
They conflict on Delve’s framework scope. On audit arrangements, the pages don’t meet: Vanta makes claims about Delve, and Delve’s homepage links its own posts answering what it calls misleading claims.
Vanta’s December 2025 comparison says Delve supports “only six frameworks” and marks FedRAMP and CCPA as unsupported.6 Delve’s homepage menu does link six framework pages. Its selection step lists 11 frameworks, FedRAMP and CCPA among them.2 Both statements can describe the same site. They measure different lists.
Vanta’s comparison pages also make claims about Delve’s auditor relationships.6 We haven’t verified them, and we don’t repeat them. Delve’s homepage links three of its own posts from March and April 2026: “Response to Misleading Claims”, “Delve Announces Changes and New Customer Support Measures” and “Delve sets the record straight on anonymous attacks”.2
A buyer can settle this without taking either side’s word. Ask each company to name the audit firm it would put forward and confirm that firm’s peer-review status directly. Read both companies’ published statements before signing.
Which offer suits which buyer?
The published evidence favours Vanta for breadth and Delve for hands-on service. Neither fit is proven by outcomes.
Vanta’s published offer fits a company that expects to add frameworks, whose buyers or regulators ask for DORA, NIS2, CPS 234, Essential Eight or CMMC, or that wants plan limits it can read before the first call. Those five appear only on Vanta’s named list, and its plan table shows which features cost a tier.1
Delve’s published offer fits a company pursuing its first SOC 2, HIPAA or ISO 27001 audit without an internal compliance owner. Its homepage promises onboarding, a dedicated expert and Slack support as free parts of the package.2 The terms that matter are the ones the page leaves open: framework limits, penetration-test pricing and the auditor.
Buyers weighing a third option can read our Laika and Vanta comparison, another head-to-head in this category. Our compliance automation coverage holds the rest.
What the published pages cannot tell you
They can’t tell you the price, the audit result or the service you’ll get.
- Price. Both companies quote privately.1,2 Any figure outside a written quote is someone else’s estimate.
- Outcomes. Delve’s homepage claims “1,500+” customers and “8.7x faster audit preparation”. Vanta’s comparison page claims “16,000+” businesses.2,3 These are company-reported figures without a stated method.
- Audit quality. An automation system prepares evidence. The audit firm issues the report. Neither homepage lets a buyer assess the firm.
- Change over time. Vanta’s test count differs across its own pages.3,6 Menus and bundles change without notice. Every figure here is dated 28 September 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Vanta cost?
Vanta doesn’t publish a price. Its pricing page names four plans (Essentials, Plus, Professional and Enterprise) and asks buyers to request a demo for “personalized pricing”.1 The plan limits show where cost rises: Essentials covers one framework, and questionnaire automation steps from 25 a year on Plus to 144 on Professional.
How much does Delve cost?
Delve doesn’t publish a price either. Its homepage offers “a customized proposal” after a demo.2 It lists five services as free inside the package, including onboarding and a dedicated compliance expert. Penetration testing and vCISO support appear without a price or a “free” label, so ask whether they’re in the quote.
Does Delve support fewer frameworks than Vanta?
On the captured pages, yes. Vanta names 18 frameworks and claims 35+.1,3 Delve lists 11 and adds ”+ more”.2 The nine shared frameworks include SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR. The gap is in specialised frameworks such as DORA, NIS2 and CPS 234.
Who are Vanta’s main competitors besides Delve?
In a US Google search for “vanta vs delve” on 28 September 2026, the comparison pages ranking alongside Vanta’s own came from Sprinto, ComplyJet, Cycore, G2 and Drata. Vanta’s December 2025 comparison sets itself against Drata and Delve.6 Our Laika and Vanta comparison covers another alternative in the category.
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Sources checked
Company-owned pages establish what a company says. They do not prove a market conclusion. Each source is dated so readers can judge each claim.
