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September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 · The permanent record of that edition, superseded since. The current standing is on the category page →
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GRC platforms

Asked as “GRC platform”, and as “governance, risk and compliance tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 59 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
19%
Contested · Vanta 15%
19Hyperproof15Vanta14ZenGRC53others

19% of first choices, contested.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Hyperproof19%3%30accepted challenger
02Vanta15%20%51accepted challenger
03ZenGRC14%10%29accepted challenger
04Drata12%14%50accepted challenger
05Secureframe5%18%17accepted challenger
06LogicGate3%5%22accepted challenger
07LogicGate Risk Cloud3%6%16accepted challenger
08Sprinto3%8%12accepted challenger
09AuditBoard2%14%28accepted challenger
Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
14Archer0%78%27criticized challenger
13ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management0%57%42criticized challenger
12MetricStream0%52%31criticized challenger
11OneTrust GRC0%50%18criticized challenger
10IBM OpenPages0%40%10criticized challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

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01Hyperproof19%
02Vanta15%
03ZenGRC14%
04Drata12%
05Secureframe5%
06LogicGate3%
07LogicGate Risk Cloud3%
08Sprinto3%
09AuditBoard2%
10IBM OpenPages0%
11OneTrust GRC0%
12MetricStream0%
13ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management0%
14Archer0%

What they warned about

One of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
57%
24 of 42 labels negative · 12 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“Group B: Traditional/Enterprise GRC (Avoid for now) *Examples:* ServiceNow, OneTrust, RSA Archer.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, scale prompt
Archer
78%
21 of 27 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“The platforms to be *most* cautious about are **Archer** and **MetricStream** (heavy, expensive, legacy UX)” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
MetricStream
52%
16 of 31 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“**Verdict:** Best avoided unless you're a massive enterprise with a dedicated GRC operations team” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
OneTrust GRC
50%
9 of 18 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Reddit practitioners frequently say *"100% do not recommend"*” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt

What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

79 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1052 links across 221 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

vendor site · RiskWatch37 answers · 44 citations · 11 models
vendor site · ZenGRC32 answers · 53 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Vanta31 answers · 44 citations · 13 models
28 answers · 36 citations · 11 models
vendor site · MetricStream28 answers · 31 citations · 13 models
vendor site · ComplyJet27 answers · 27 citations · 11 models
vendor site · SureCloud24 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
24 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G217 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Enzuzo17 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 10 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

Search against answers

Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best grc platform”, “grc platform”, “grc platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Company and productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
Hyperproof hyperproof.io19%1421,6003764,238$59342
Vanta vanta.com15%50040,5001,21972,260120
ZenGRC zengrc.com14%62480429,6039
Drata drata.com12%3909,90025736,41354
SimpleRisk simplerisk.com10%3021012364
Eramba eramba.org
Eramba 5%, Eramba Community 2%
7%1639053640
Secureframe secureframe.com5%2322,4003945,01427
LogicGate logicgate.ai3%9618,1007042131
LogicGate Risk Cloud logicgate.com3%49170215,0710
Sprinto sprinto.com3%2342,4007926,89643

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 1 of them are among the sites the models cited here (metricstream.com). The first result for “best grc platform” is reddit.com.

How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
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ModelDirect“What is the best GRC platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which governance, risk and compliance tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top GRC platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best GRC platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a GRC platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which GRC platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Drata
Three alternativesHyperproof, VComply, Vanta
LogicGate Risk CloudChanged
Five alternativesAuditBoard, Drata, Hyperproof, VComply, Vanta
no first choice
Four alternativesMetricStream, OneTrust GRC, Optro, Vanta
against: ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Sprinto
Three alternativesLogicManager, Risk Cognizance, Secureframe
no first choiceagainst: Archer, MetricStream, OneTrust GRC, Optro, SAI360, ServiceNow GRC Suite
GPT-5.4 miniLogicGate
Three alternativesAuditBoard, Hyperproof, Optro
against: ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
VantaChanged
Three alternativesCentraleyes, Drata, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Five alternativesAravo, Archer, AuditBoard, LogicGate, MetricStream
Mitti, TeamMate Risk & Complianceagainst: AuditBoard, Hyperproof, LogicGate, Onspringno first choiceagainst: Continuum GRC, MasterControl, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Gemini 3.5 FlashDrata, Vanta
Four alternativesAuditBoard, Compyl, Hyperproof, LogicGate
against: Archer, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
VantaChanged
Three alternativesAuditBoard, Drata, LogicGate
against: Archer, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Drata, Vanta
Ten alternativesArcher, IBM OpenPages, LogicGate Risk Cloud, MetricStream, OneTrust GRC, Optro, Secureframe, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Sprinto, Workiva
Eramba, SimpleRisk
Five alternativesCISO Assistant, ComplyJet, RealCISO, Scrut Automation, Sprinto
against: Archer, Drata, MetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vanta
no first choiceagainst: Archer, MetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementagainst: Archer, Drata, MetricStream, Secureframe, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Sprinto, Vanta
Perplexity SonarHyperproof
Two alternativesLogicGate, ZenGRC
HyperproofHeld
Four alternativesDrata, LogicGate, Resolver, Vanta
no first choiceSprinto
One alternative6clicks
against: Drata
no first choiceagainst: Archer, IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, Riskonnect, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Grok 4.20LogicGate, ZenGRC
Three alternativesAuditBoard, Drata, Hyperproof
HyperproofChanged
Four alternativesDrata, LogicGate Risk Cloud, Vanta, ZenGRC
against: IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
MetricStream, Vanta
Six alternativesArcher, AuditBoard, Drata, IBM OpenPages, LogicGate, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
ComplyJet
Four alternativesCISO Assistant, Drata, Sprinto, Vanta
against: AuditBoard, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
no first choice
Three alternativesDrata, LogicGate, Vanta
against: Archer, Iru, MetricStream, NAVEX One, OneTrust GRC, Oracle GRC, SAP Risk Management, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vanta, ZenGRC
Mistral SmallAuditBoard, ZenGRC
Three alternativesRiskWatch, StandardFusion, Vanta
ZenGRCChanged
Three alternativesAuditBoard, RiskWatch, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
no first choiceEramba, SimpleRisk
Three alternativesAuditBoard, OpenGRC, ZenGRC
no first choiceagainst: Archer, MetricStream, OneTrust GRC, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
DeepSeek V4 FlashHyperproof
Four alternativesDrata, LogicGate Risk Cloud, Vanta, ZenGRC
DrataChanged
Four alternativesLogicGate, Orbiq, Secureframe, Vanta
against: AuditBoard, MetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
MetricStream
Eight alternativesAuditBoard, Drata, Hyperproof, IBM OpenPages, OneTrust GRC, SAP GRC, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vanta
against: Archer
Secureframe
Two alternativesDrata, Symbiant
against: Vanta
Vanta
Five alternativesCoreStream, Drata, Hyperproof, RiskWatch, SureCloud
against: Archer, MetricStream
against: Archer, Drata, MetricStream, OneTrust GRC, Secureframe, Vanta, ZenGRC
Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceMetricStream GRCChanged
Two alternativesRiskWatch GRC Software, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
no first choiceno first choiceDrata, Vanta
One alternativeAuditBoard
nothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashZenGRC
Four alternativesAuditBoard, Centraleyes, Drata, Vanta
against: ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Drata, VantaChanged
Two alternativesAuditBoard, Whistic
against: Archer
no first choiceSimpleRisk
Three alternativesClickUp, Notion, Vanta
against: Archer, MetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Drata, Hyperproof, Secureframe, Vantaagainst: Archer, AuditBoard, Diligent One, OneTrust GRC, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementagainst: Archer, Drata, IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, OneTrust GRC, Securitum, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Splunk, Vanta
Kimi K2Hyperproof, ZenGRC
Three alternativesDrata, Onspring, Vanta
against: Archer, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
ZenGRCChanged
Three alternativesDrata, LogicGate Risk Cloud, Vanta
Diligent One
Seven alternativesAuditBoard, Drata, LogicGate Risk Cloud, MetricStream, OneTrust GRC, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vanta
against: Archer
SimpleRisk
Three alternativesEramba, StandardFusion, ZenGRC
Drata, Vanta
Four alternativesAuditBoard, Hyperproof, LogicGate, RiskWatch
against: MetricStream, OneTrust GRC, SAP GRC, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
against: Archer, MetricStream, NAVEX, OneTrust GRC, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, ZenGRC
GLM 4.7 FlashXVanta, ZenGRC
Three alternativesDrata, Hyperproof, LogicGate Risk Cloud
HyperproofChanged
One alternativeZenGRC
against: LogicGate Risk Cloud
no first choiceSimpleRisk
Three alternativesCISO Assistant, Eramba, OpenGRC
against: ClickUp, Drata, Secureframe, Vanta
no first choiceagainst: Archer, IBM OpenPages, SAP GRC, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vanta
MiniMax M2.5Hyperproof
Two alternativesAuditBoard, LogicGate Risk Cloud
against: OneTrust GRC
ZenGRCChanged
Three alternativesApptega, RiskWatch, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
no first choiceEramba, SimpleRisk
Four alternatives6clicks, Drata, LogicGate, ZenGRC
no first choicenothing named
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 09:42yes98 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 09:21yes35 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 11:30yes1523 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:27yes192 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 07:42yes216 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 08:28yes54 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 09:48yes1824 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 12:00yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 08:38yes531 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 09:36yes1425 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 08:36yes2239 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 10:48yes1017 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 08:24yes97 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 09:43yes66 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 11:36yes2922 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:36yes193 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 09:48yes208 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 10:38yes85 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 12:22yes2525 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 12:54yes52 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 08:34no029 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 09:15yes1321 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 10:25yes20107 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 11:39yes515 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 11:38yes108 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 13:45yes39 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 07:36yes1724 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:05yes194 s
ComparativeGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 08:30yes2311 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 10:00yes106 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 07:27yes2442 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 13:43yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 10:52yes519 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 09:19yes2033 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 13:36yes2087 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 08:05yes2030 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 09:20yes97 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 10:07yes35 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 13:54yes3225 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 11:22yes203 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 11:42yes2112 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 08:30yes147 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 08:51yes2329 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 13:31yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 09:00yes839 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 13:13yes1012 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 09:33yes2236 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 09:41yes520 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 13:07no06 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 11:40no08 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 10:56yes1227 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 10:28yes195 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 13:27yes179 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 11:11yes912 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 09:55yes1840 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 10:37yes52 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 11:25no036 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 13:14yes1726 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 07:45yes1415 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 12:29yes515 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 08:16yes1810 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 09:09yes46 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 11:06yes1019 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 13:24yes204 s
Negative framingGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 08:42yes228 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 08:42yes55 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 07:38yes2337 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 12:34yes51 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 09:27no032 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 08:51yes2421 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 08:05yes2526 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 12:16yes1724 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
Diligent read as Diligent One
Diligent (One Platform) read as Diligent One
OneTrust read as OneTrust GRC
SAP read as SAP GRC
ServiceNow read as ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
ServiceNow (GRC Pro) read as ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Unresolved, counted raw
Archer – RSA
Continuum GRC
Eramba Community
RiskWatch GRC Software
SAP Risk Management
SOC 2/compliance-automation tools
Securitum
ServiceNow GRC Suite
Spiceworks IT Desktop
Symbiant
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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