Can Hayaiti replace Vanta entirely?

No, and we won't pretend otherwise. Vanta automates dozens of evidence flows across your stack — replacing that with manual screenshots and Word documents is a step backward. We're the technical engineering layer, not the evidence-automation layer.

Can I book my pentest through Vanta's marketplace instead?

You can. Vanta partners with several pentest vendors. The marketplace adds a fee + a vendor-selection cycle; the underlying pentest work is similar to ours in scope but typically without remediation PRs included. Our model bundles the fix work with the find work.

Will my Vanta dashboard show the Hayaiti pentest?

Yes — most auditors want a recent pentest report uploaded as evidence in your Vanta dashboard. We deliver the report in a format ready to upload (PDF + executive summary + finding detail). Vanta's evidence pipeline accepts it cleanly.

What about HITRUST / FedRAMP frameworks?

Vanta's HITRUST automation is mature; their FedRAMP support is more limited (FedRAMP requires a 3PAO). We're not a 3PAO and don't pretend to be. For HITRUST readiness we can do the technical readiness work; for FedRAMP we'll refer you to a 3PAO partner.

How much does Vanta cost?

Vanta's pricing isn't public; from the public pattern + customer conversations, expect $8K–$50K+ annually depending on framework count, employee count, and integration depth. They don't publish starting prices, which is a different operating philosophy than ours (we publish all prices on /pricing).

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The 60-second comparison

Six rows. Same row, same definition. The orange column is us — the grey column is Vanta.

Capability

Hayaiti

you are here

Vanta

What we do

Manual pentest + remediation PRs

Compliance-evidence collection + auditor matchmaking

Pricing model

Fixed-price pentest SKU

Annual subscription (typically $8K–$50K+ depending on framework + size)

Starting price

$14,995 per pentest · published

Quote-based · no published starting price

Turnaround

21 days, calendar date

Continuous · evidence flows in over weeks

Pentest report

We write it — manual web + API + tenant isolation

Vendor-of-record marketplace · you book a pentest separately

Best for

Bounded pentest engagements with fixes shipped

Continuous compliance posture across SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA

Pick Vanta for continuous compliance posture across SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA / PCI with auditor matchmaking and evidence automation. Pick Hayaiti for the manual pentest + remediation work that compliance frameworks require but don't actually do. Most B2B SaaS teams use both — Vanta for the evidence treadmill, Hayaiti for the pentest engagements.

We won't oversell. If Vantais the right answer for your situation, we'd rather you know that now — even if it costs us the lead.

If you're still comparing vendors, start with the full comparison matrix. If you're already using Vanta, the switching guide below shows how to transition.

Frequently asked

Hayaiti vs Vanta — common questions

Real questions we get from teams comparing the two. If yours isn't here, we'll answer it on the 15-minute call.

Yes — that's the most common pattern. Vanta automates the evidence collection your auditor needs to see (CC6 access control, CC7 system operations, etc.). Hayaiti runs the pentest your auditor and your enterprise customers want to see. The two artifacts go into the same SOC 2 Type 1 / Type 2 package.

Where Hayaiti wins

What you get with us that you don't with Vanta

Specific, not generic. Each one of these maps to a structural difference in how the two models are built — not a marketing adjective.

We do the technical work; Vanta documents it.

Vanta is exceptional at automating evidence collection — turning your AWS / GCP / IdP / HRIS signals into auditor-ready artifacts. They don't run the pentest, write the threat model, or ship the remediation PRs. We do that part. The two are complementary, not in competition.

Fixed-price pentest with remediation included.

Booking a pentest through Vanta's marketplace adds a layer (Vanta marketplace fee, vendor selection, scoping cycle). Our pentest SKU is one published line item with the fix work bundled. For one-off engagements, our shape is usually cleaner.

Multi-tenant isolation testing — the SaaS-specific gap.

SOC 2 controls don't directly test for cross-tenant IDOR, shared S3 paths, or RLS bypass. A pentest does. Our scope is designed around the SaaS-specific failure modes that compliance frameworks describe abstractly but don't test.

Same humans across find + fix + retest.

Vanta's marketplace rotates pentesters per engagement. The pentester who found your finding may not be the one available for retest. Our team is fixed: same engineers from finding through PR through retest sign-off.

We don't add a per-engagement platform fee.

Vanta's pentest marketplace bundles the pentester's time with a marketplace + platform fee. For organizations doing 1-2 pentests a year, that fee structure is harder to justify than a single fixed-price line item.

Where Vanta wins

And here's where Vanta is genuinely the better choice

We're not going to pretend they don't win some shapes of problem. If your situation matches one of these, pick them — we mean it.

Continuous compliance evidence at scale

Vanta automates the evidence-collection treadmill across AWS / GCP / Okta / Workday / GitHub / 100+ integrations. If you're certifying SOC 2 Type 2 (continuous monitoring) and need evidence flowing daily, Vanta's machinery is exactly what you want.

Auditor matchmaking + framework breadth

Vanta partners with most major SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA / PCI auditors. The hand-off from evidence collection to auditor attestation is largely friction-free. We don't have that integration.

Vendor risk management surface

Vanta has a proper vendor risk management module — track your sub-processors, automate questionnaire responses, flag gaps. Useful at scale; we don't ship that.

Trust Center page hosted for you

Vanta gives you a hosted Trust Center page (for prospects evaluating your security posture) with live evidence pulled from your dashboard. We have a /trust-center page on hayaiti.com but we don't sell that as a product to you.

If any of the above describes your project, the honest move is to evaluate Vantafirst. We'd rather you find the right fit than buy the wrong tool from us.

Migration path

Switching from Vanta to Hayaiti

Most of the time you don't need to fully switch — you peel off the SKU-shaped slice and keep what already works. Here's the honest playbook.

1
Don't switch — book the pentest in parallel
Vanta and Hayaiti aren't substitutes. Keep Vanta running for evidence automation. Book our pentest as the manual technical work that goes into your Vanta dashboard as evidence. Both tools running in parallel is the most common pattern.
2
Send the latest Vanta gap report when scoping with us
If your Vanta dashboard is flagging gaps in CC7 (System Operations) or pentest evidence is stale, we can scope a remediation-focused engagement directly against that gap list. Saves the discovery cycle.
3
Upload our pentest report into your Vanta evidence library
We deliver the pentest report in PDF + a structured findings export. Vanta accepts both. The evidence flows cleanly into your auditor's package without manual reformatting.

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