Drata vs Sprinto (2026): Pricing, Features & Which to Choose

Drata and Sprinto both collect SOC 2 evidence automatically; an independent CPA, not either vendor, issues the report. Sprinto's AWS Marketplace starting price is lower (from $9,500, against Drata's $15,000 for up to 50 FTE), though the packages differ in scope, and Sprinto includes first-audit guidance on every plan. Drata's custom connections and tests start in Advanced; Sprinto lists programmable monitors in Growth. Choose whichever quoted edition collects your unusual system's evidence in a demo, with a named repair owner.

Drata

• PlatformFoundation: custom control records.
  Advanced: custom connections and tests.
• Buyer teamDefines the check and names its builder.
  Maintains sources and fixes controls.
• CPA firmAgrees the evidence it needs.
  Tests controls and issues the report.

Sprinto

• PlatformFirst-audit guidance on every plan.
  Growth: programmable monitors, custom workflows and API.
• Buyer teamDefines the check and names its builder.
  Maintains sources and fixes controls.
• CPA firmAgrees the evidence it needs.
  Tests controls and issues the report.

A custom-control label, a programmable test and an expert’s advice are three different purchases. Under either product your team still fixes the underlying controls. The Drata review and Sprinto review assess each product; the Drata profile and Sprinto profile hold their dated records. For the wider field, see how to choose SOC 2 compliance software.

Drata vs Sprinto at a glance

Drata and Sprinto package custom work differently, so match the edition to your evidence path and CPA access before comparing prices. The table lists published scope, not a tenant test.

The directory counts identify candidate firms, not better software.

Which custom work needs Drata Advanced or Sprinto Growth?

Drata Foundation includes custom controls; Drata Advanced adds custom connections and tests. Sprinto Growth lists programmable monitors and custom workflows and API. Recording a policy is different from collecting its evidence automatically. A custom connection pulls data from a system with no ready-made connector, and a test is the rule that checks that data. Ask each vendor to demonstrate that second job on the edition you were quoted.

Drata’s plans also list Compliance as Code and Open API Access in Foundation, but an API entitlement alone does not show that a no-code custom test is included. Sprinto’s Growth plan lists a rule engine for organization-specific automation and bring-your-own-controls beside programmable monitors, so Sprinto is not a fixed checklist.

Suppose a SOC 2 control requires a quarterly administrator review in an internal application. A custom-control record can hold the description, owner and uploaded evidence. An automated check must also retrieve the administrator list, evaluate the rule, keep the date and handle a failed collection. Ask both vendors to show those outputs. A startup on standard cloud systems may need none of this. A team with a homegrown application or unusual approval rules should test Drata Advanced and Sprinto Growth. A 30-person team with an unusual system still needs Advanced for a custom connection and test, even though Foundation lists up to 50 FTEs.

Will Drata or Sprinto build and maintain your custom check?

Neither plan page promises that standard support builds and repairs every custom check. Drata’s welcome guide, recorded August 31, describes self-serve training, technical chat and Compliance Advisors. Sprinto’s plan page says its in-house lead auditors guide the first audit of each framework, lists Professional Services as a separate add-on, and gives Growth priority support and a dedicated customer success manager. None of that hands either vendor the operation of your access controls, policy approvals or remediation.

Ask both who writes the rule, connects the source, restores broken credentials and changes the mapping when the application changes, and record whether each task is included, separately priced or left with your team. An older Reddit discussion about automation value and a March 2025 thread on Drata alternatives both separate collecting evidence from implementing controls. Each includes vendor-affiliated replies, so treat them as questions to ask, not proof of how common a problem is.

Both vendors also run a hosted MCP server that lets an AI assistant change records in your account. For this pair the useful difference is custom checks: Sprinto documents that its server can create and update checks and monitors, while Drata’s can create and update controls but treats monitoring tests as read-only. Ask each whether an assistant can build a new check or only edit existing records. The Drata MCP server guide and Sprinto MCP server guide cover scopes and roles, and what auditors check when AI agents and MCP servers are in scope lists the access questions your CPA will raise.

Is Drata or Sprinto cheaper for the same work?

Sprinto’s seller-listed AWS prices are lower than Drata’s at both sizes: from $9,500 against $15,000 for a company of up to 50 FTE, and against $32,500 for 100 FTE. The offers have different package scope, so they do not show which direct quote is cheaper for your custom checks, support and CPA workflow. Drata’s Foundation Package caps at 50 FTE and does not itemize frameworks, while Sprinto’s Starter Platform covers up to 100 employees and its framework line is a starting price. Neither vendor publishes direct plan prices.

Both seller-controlled AWS listings are priced in US dollars for 12 months. Drata’s were checked October 20, 2026 and Sprinto’s September 30, 2026.

Sources: the Drata AWS listings for the Foundation Package and the 100-FTE platform, the Sprinto AWS offer and Vendr’s Drata observations. The AWS offers do not price Drata Advanced against Sprinto Growth, and Vendr mixes negotiated scopes.

Ask both vendors to quote the same employee definition, entities, frameworks, systems, custom-build work, support, audit access, term and renewal scope, with every committed year’s price and discount expiry. The Drata pricing guide holds the Drata cost evidence, and the Sprinto review covers Sprinto’s published prices and the budget lines to request. Keep the independent CPA fee and your internal maintenance hours beside both proposals.

What can your CPA retrieve from Drata and Sprinto?

Drata documents assigned Audit Portal access and a downloadable evidence package; Sprinto describes a dedicated auditor dashboard but does not publish export details. Have the intended CPA inspect a sample from each product, including the custom check, before accepting the handoff.

Drata’s Audit Portal guide, checked September 30, describes customer-configured periods, auditor assignments, requests and scoped resources. Its evidence-package guide, checked October 2, documents a ZIP, a control-to-requirement CSV and a searchable manifest; neither guide promises complete history, every plan entitlement or access after cancellation. Sprinto’s auditor page, checked September 30, describes evidence mapped to criteria and a workflow for the auditor’s request list. Its pricing page lists bring-your-own-auditor on Growth, but Foundation’s summary and detailed table conflict, so get Foundation access confirmed in writing, along with export permissions, file formats and auditor seats.

Our directory has 49 attestation-capable CPA firms listing Drata and 44 listing Sprinto among the platforms they work with. Browse auditors working with Drata and auditors working with Sprinto, then have the firm you pick confirm access, required samples and its engagement scope. The CPA firm examines controls and issues the SOC 2 report.

For a Type 2 program, ask the CPA which dated records show operation across the observation period. A move between Drata and Sprinto does not automatically restart or preserve it: keep the old policies, mappings and exceptions, reconcile the new controls to them, and let the CPA assess any gap.

What should Drata and Sprinto show for security questionnaires?

Both vendors advertise AI questionnaire help and a trust center, and their public plans show no accuracy or time-saving winner. Drata’s Compliance Foundation lists Trust Center Standard and AI Questionnaire Assistance Standard; its separate Assurance packages carry their own NDA, access-expiry and usage scope, which a Compliance quote does not include. Sprinto’s direct plans list questionnaire automation and a public trust center, so the order should state allowances and any extra trust-management package.

Give both the same completed questionnaire, including an answer changed by a recent policy revision, and keep the cited sources, human corrections and export. For the trust center, run the same gated-report request, NDA and access-expiry case.

Will Drata or Sprinto cover your next framework?

Both vendors support multi-framework programs, but a catalog entry does not show automated collection or reusable evidence for your exact requirement. Drata Foundation covers one pre-mapped framework and Advanced lists any available one; both vendors list additional frameworks as an add-on, so a second framework is a separate line in either quote. Sprinto’s pricing page separates 25+ frameworks automated out of the box from 200+ digitized ones. Test one shared control and one framework-specific requirement in both.

For SOC 2 plus ISO 27001, keep both mappings, separate approvals and the added fee. An enterprise should test entity boundaries and approval permissions. A regulated buyer should ask each vendor for the CMMC version, level and manual evidence its contract needs, because a framework name does not show that every safeguard is implemented or that your assessor accepts the output.

Run the same custom-check test in Drata and Sprinto

Run these steps in the same order on the editions in each proposal. Use one requirement from your unusual system alongside a standard connector, and store the outputs outside the seller’s session so your team and CPA can compare them.

1. Create and collect. Define the custom control, connect its source or show the agreed manual path, and run the check. Save the rule, source fields, mapping and timestamp, and note who built it and which edition it needed.
2. Break and repair. Revoke a safe test permission or change a nonproduction source field, then show detection, assignment, repair and rerun. You want the failure history and a named ongoing owner; ask who pays for a later schema change.
3. Reuse and approve. Map the control to SOC 2 and a second framework, then have the real owner approve the evidence and handle one exception. Note which work stays manual.
4. Hand it to the CPA. Have the intended CPA download the dated sample through its proposed role, then add a late artifact and see whether the package updates. Retain the usable files, the permission limits and the CPA’s feedback, including what survives cancellation.
5. Price the work that remains. Reconcile edition, custom-build tasks, support, questionnaires, frameworks, CPA access and renewal in both orders. Collect the itemized proposals, the separate audit fee and the buyer-owned task list.

Finish the test before signature. These are buyer-run proofs, not results we obtained from product tenants.

Choose Drata, Sprinto, or neither

Decide from the working custom check, its maintenance owner and CPA access on the proposed edition; a lower listing price or a broader catalog is no substitute.

Choose Drata

• Custom connections and tests are requirements, and the Drata Advanced demonstration produces the dated evidence your team needs.
• Your team can maintain the source or has bought named repair work, and your CPA can use the proposed Audit Portal role and evidence package.

Continue with Drata pricing and CPA firms working with Drata.

Choose Sprinto

• Its first-audit guidance comes with written deliverables that cover your team’s gaps.
• The quoted edition covers the required custom check, with Growth’s programmable monitors and custom API demonstrated where needed.
• Your CPA’s access and export are confirmed, including any Foundation bring-your-own-auditor uncertainty.

Continue with Sprinto review and CPA firms working with Sprinto.

Choose neither

• A required source still needs manual work nobody can maintain, or neither demonstration supplies the CPA’s evidence.
• You need someone to operate and remediate the program, but neither written service scope assigns that work.

Compare Drata alternatives or Sprinto alternatives, or use the software directory to pick a different operating model. The SOC 2 software guide explains the wider category.