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Dev tools · May 4, 2021

Vanta

Your automated security and compliance expert

Vanta launched on May 4, 2021 with 777 votes, #4 of 3,505 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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In plain words

Vanta is a security and compliance platform that helps companies automate monitoring and prepare for certifications like SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001. It serves fast-growing SaaS companies that need to streamline security audits and compliance processes. The product claims to reduce certification timelines to as little as two weeks by automating security workflows.

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From the sources

Vanta is the fast and easy way to get SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001 certified. Over 1000 fast-growing companies trust Vanta to automate their security monitoring, and get ready for security audits in as little as two weeks.

Vanta automates the complex and time-consuming process of SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI, and GDPR compliance certification. Automate your security monitoring in weeks instead of months.

Earn and prove it with 35+ compliance frameworks, automated and continuously monitored. SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and 35+ frameworks—automated and continuously monitored. Vanta brings together compliance, risk, and customer trust—all on one automated platform. Compliance and risk management, automated and continuously monitored across 35+ frameworks. Compliance, risk, and proof. All in the #1 Agentic Trust Platform. Get and stay compliant with automation and continuous monitoring. The Vanta agent is everywhere you need it to be—drafting policies, completing your questionnaires, calling out issues, and generally making you wonder what you did before itfrom vanta.com

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