Automated SOC 2 compliance — useful, but the audit still costs what it costs
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Sourced from public platforms across US, UK, and global markets — each report links to the original source.
| Platform | Reports | Who's reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | US & global users | |
| G2 | 1 | Global B2B buyers |
| Capterra | 1 | Global B2B buyers |
Vanta has promoted getting SOC 2 'in weeks' — which applies to evidence collection setup, not the full audit. The audit itself (choosing an auditor, scheduling, fieldwork, report) takes 3–6 months regardless of how fast Vanta collects evidence.
Multiple companies describe Vanta renewals coming in 20–40% higher than the initial contract, with limited room to negotiate given the cost of migrating compliance evidence history to a competitor.
Companies using less common cloud services or internal tools describe significant portions of their SOC 2 evidence needing manual upload — reducing the automation value proposition for organizations with non-standard tech stacks.