Drata vs The Guard

Drata helps companies manage compliance, internal and third-party risk, and customer assurance. It automates control monitoring, evidence collection, and framework mapping. Its Trust Center offers customers a secure self-service portal to review a company’s security posture and request document access. Vendor risk features include inventory synchronization, questionnaire automation, risk tiering, agentic risk scoring, and automated assessment reports. Drata says it integrates with hundreds of tools across a technology stack. Its Open API follows REST standards and allows granular read and write permissions for API keys. Framework support includes SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA, and multiple NIST frameworks. Pricing is available on request, and there is no free plan. Approved customers may receive trial services until the communicated trial ends, a purchased subscription begins, or Drata terminates the trial. Support is provided by chat and ticket Monday through Friday, 24 hours per day, excluding specified holidays, at no additional charge. Trust Center Essential and Pro are not currently supported on mobile device screens.

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