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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. 57 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing
Vanta
Contested
14% of first choices, contested.
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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.
Small businessVanta22%ContestedStanding →Mid-marketVanta14%ContestedThis pageEnterpriseServiceNow Integrated Risk Management36%ContestedStanding →

01The 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
01Vanta14%16%37accepted challenger
02Hyperproof12%6%34accepted challenger
03LogicGate Risk Cloud11%0%16accepted challenger
04LogicGate11%0%15accepted challenger
05ZenGRC7%7%14accepted challenger
06Drata5%12%40accepted challenger
07Sprinto5%0%19accepted challenger
08AuditBoard2%11%19accepted challenger
09Secureframe2%8%12accepted challenger
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
13ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management0%60%35criticized challenger
12MetricStream0%57%30criticized challenger
11Archer0%54%24criticized challenger
10OneTrust0%37%27criticized challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Head to head
Vanta vs HyperproofVanta vs LogicGate Risk CloudHyperproof vs LogicGate Risk Cloud

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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01Vanta14%
02Hyperproof12%
03LogicGate Risk Cloud11%
04LogicGate11%
05ZenGRC7%
06Drata5%
07Sprinto5%
08AuditBoard2%
09Secureframe2%
10OneTrust0%
11Archer0%
12MetricStream0%
13ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management0%

02What they warned about

Zero of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, 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
60%
21 of 35 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“enterprise suites like ServiceNow, OneTrust, or MetricStream (which often cost six figures and require months of setup) are out of the question” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
MetricStream
57%
17 of 30 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“skip full enterprise platforms (ServiceNow GRC, MetricStream, Archer) unless you have a dedicated GRC team” DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt
Archer
54%
13 of 24 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“avoid these if you are a mid-market or smaller enterprise." ... "bulky," "clunky," "like using Linux"” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
OneTrust
37%
10 of 27 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“**OneTrust, MetricStream, ServiceNow GRC** ($30K–$150K+/year) are enterprise-tier and will far exceed most limited budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt

03What they cite

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

Sites the answers cite

65 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 818 links across 191 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

saltycloud.com
26 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
expertinsights.com
vendor site · Expert Insights23 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
riskwatch.com
vendor site · RiskWatch20 answers · 21 citations · 5 models
initiarisk.com
19 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
reddit.com
18 answers · 31 citations · 9 models
orbiqhq.com
18 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
enzuzo.com
vendor site · Enzuzo18 answers · 18 citations · 6 models
metricstream.com
vendor site · MetricStream16 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
complyjet.com
vendor site · ComplyJet14 answers · 15 citations · 6 models
vanta.com
vendor site · Vanta13 answers · 17 citations · 6 models
bdemerson.com
13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
brightdefense.com
vendor site · Bright Defense13 answers · 13 citations · 9 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.

expertinsights.com/compliance/the-top-governance-risk-compliance-grc-platforms
23 answers · 9 models
saltycloud.com/blog/mid-market-grc-tools-and-solutions
23 answers · 10 models
enzuzo.com/blog/best-grc-software
17 answers · 6 models
initiarisk.com/resources/best-grc-software-for-mid-market-companies-2026
17 answers · 10 models
orbiqhq.com/compliance-automation/best-grc-software
17 answers · 8 models
riskwatch.com/grc-software
16 answers · 5 models
complyjet.com/blog/best-grc-software
14 answers · 6 models
brightdefense.com/resources/grc-tools-for-smbs-and-startups
13 answers · 9 models
comchart.com/grc-software-mid-market
13 answers · 7 models
apono.io/blog/top-10-governance-risk-and-compliance-grc-software-solutions
12 answers · 8 models

04How 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.
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 4.5Vanta
Three alternativesDrata, LogicGate Risk Cloud, VComply
against: MetricStreamno first choiceChangedHyperproof
One alternativeOptro
Sprinto
Three alternativesDrata, LogicManager, Vanta
no first choicenothing named
GPT-5.4 miniLogicGate Risk Cloud, Onspring
Three alternativesAudit Prodigy, AuditBoard, Workiva
against: ServiceNow Integrated Risk ManagementSAI360Changed
Two alternativesDrata, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
against: MetricStreamMetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Three alternativesDiligent One, SAI360, SAP GRC
TeamMate Risk & Compliance
Two alternatives6clicks, Mitti
no first choiceagainst: Archer, IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, NAVEX, ProcessUnity, SAP GRC, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Gemini 3.5 FlashHyperproof
Four alternativesAuditBoard, Drata, LogicGate Risk Cloud, Vanta
against: Archer, MetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk ManagementVantaChanged
Four alternativesCompyl, Drata, Hyperproof, LogicGate Risk Cloud
no first choiceCISO Assistant
Five alternativesBaserow, Eramba, RealCISO, SimpleRisk, Sprinto
against: MetricStream, OneTrust, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementno first choice
Seven alternativesCompyl, Drata, Hyperproof, LogicGate, RealCISO, Secureframe, Vanta
against: Archer, AuditBoard, MetricStream, OneTrust, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementagainst: Archer, Drata, MetricStream, OneTrust, Secureframe, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vanta
Perplexity SonarLogicGate Risk Cloud
Five alternativesAuditBoard, Compyl, Drata, Hyperproof, Vanta
Hyperproof, LogicGate Risk CloudChanged
Two alternativesDrata, Vanta
no first choiceSimpleRisk
Four alternativesAdaptiveGRC, Eramba, Ethicontrol, RealCISO
no first choiceagainst: Archer, MetricStream, OneTrust, SAP GRC, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Grok 4.1 FastDrata, Vanta
Four alternativesLogicGate, Secureframe, Sprinto, ZenGRC
against: OneTrust, ServiceNow Integrated Risk ManagementLogicGate Risk CloudChanged
Two alternativesHyperproof, Sprinto
against: ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementno first choiceSimpleRisk
Two alternativesEramba, RealCISO
against: Drata, Ethicontrol, Hyperproof, VantaVanta
Four alternativesDrata, LogicGate, Scrut, StandardFusion
against: Archer, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementagainst: Drata, MetricStream, OneTrust, Vanta
Mistral SmallHyperproof
Four alternativesDrata, Korinza, LogicGate Risk Cloud, Sprinto
SprintoChangedno first choiceEthicontrol, Sprinto
Two alternativesIBM OpenPages, RealCISO
no first choiceagainst: Drata, OneTrust, Vanta
DeepSeek V4 FlashHyperproof, Vanta
Four alternativesDrata, LogicGate, Secureframe, ZenGRC
against: Archer, MetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk ManagementVantaChanged
Three alternativesDrata, Hyperproof, RiskWatch
against: Archer, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementno first choice
Eleven alternativesArcher, AuditBoard, Drata, Hyperproof, LogicGate Risk Cloud, MetricStream, OneTrust GRC, Secureframe, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vanta, ZenGRC
SimpleRisk
Two alternativesScrut Automation, Sprinto
against: Hyperproof, MetricStream, OneTrust, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, VantaDrata, LogicGate, Secureframe, Vanta
Two alternativesOneTrust, RiskWatch
against: Archer, IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementagainst: Archer, MetricStream, OneTrust, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Llama 4 MaverickKorinza
One alternativeDrata
LogicGateChanged
One alternativeSprinto
no first choiceHyperproof, LogicGate, SimpleRiskno first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashDrata, Vanta
Two alternativesAuditBoard, Sprinto
HyperproofChanged
Four alternativesScrut, Secureframe, Sprinto, Vanta
against: ZenGRCno first choice
Six alternativesDrata, LogicGate, OneTrust, Optro, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vanta
against: Diligent One, MetricStreamEthicontrol, RealCISO
Four alternativesAdaptiveGRC, Hyperproof, Kopexa, SimpleRisk
no first choiceagainst: Archer, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementagainst: Qualys, Tenable
Kimi K2LogicGate Risk Cloud, ZenGRC
Three alternativesHyperproof, LogicManager, Secureframe
against: MetricStream, OneTrust, ServiceNow Integrated Risk ManagementLogicManagerChanged
Three alternativesSecureframe, Vanta, ZenGRC
MetricStream
Eight alternativesArcher, AuditBoard, Drata, Hyperproof, LogicGate Risk Cloud, OneTrust, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vanta
SimpleRisk
Three alternativesEramba, Hyperproof, RealCISO
AuditBoard, Hyperproof, LogicGate, ZenGRCagainst: Archer, Drata, MetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vantaagainst: IBM OpenPages, Oracle GRC, Oracle Internal Controls Manager, Paisley, SAP GRC, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
GLM 4.7 FlashXLogicGate, ZenGRC
Four alternativesAuditBoard, OneTrust, Riskonnect, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
KorinzaChanged
Four alternativesHyperproof, Orbiq, Secureframe, ZenGRC
against: AuditBoard, MetricStream, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementno first choice
Eight alternativesArcher, AuditBoard, Drata, MetricStream, OneTrust, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Vanta, ZenGRC
Ethicontrol, SimpleRisk
Four alternativesCISO Assistant, Eramba, GovReady-Q, Open Risk Register
no first choiceagainst: Compliance Manager GRC, Diligent One, Optro
MiniMax M2.5LogicGate Risk Cloud, ZenGRC
Five alternativesAuditBoard, Drata, Hyperproof, OneTrust GRC, Vanta
LogicGateChanged
Seven alternativesAuditBoard, Drata, Mitratech Alyne, Riskonnect, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Sprinto, Vanta
Drata, Vanta
One alternativeSprinto
Ethicontrol
Four alternativesDrata, Hyperproof, RealCISO, SimpleRisk
no first choiceagainst: Archer, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Managementagainst: Compliance Manager GRC
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The 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-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:44yes98 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:42yes26 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:34yes1924 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:33yes205 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:21yes3516 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:37yes55 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:24yes1818 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:20yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 09:02no043 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:56yes920 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 08:53yes1054 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 09:06yes1029 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:59no05 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:30yes44 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:53yes922 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:28yes205 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:47yes3214 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:25yes54 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:19yes1817 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:46yes55 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:47yes528 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 09:03yes919 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 09:01yes1493 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:46yes831 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:47yes98 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:41yes59 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:53yes2126 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 09:01yes2011 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:38yes3215 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 09:06yes58 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:30yes1919 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:23yes54 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:56yes532 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 09:09yes1036 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 08:26yes2479 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:46yes1531 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:29yes98 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:47yes35 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:21yes2724 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:22yes206 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:37yes3818 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:48yes55 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:24yes2020 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 09:05yes53 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:27yes521 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 09:01yes819 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 08:21yes1044 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:48yes1020 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 09:04no05 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 09:01no08 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 08:18yes1027 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 09:08yes209 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:22yes2010 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:56no08 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:49yes1419 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:32yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 09:03no032 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 08:43yes1836 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 08:35yes15171 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 08:53yes525 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 08:18yes179 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 08:25yes66 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 09:04yes2029 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 08:24yes208 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 08:27yes3916 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 08:44yes55 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 08:39yes2835 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 08:59yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 08:43no044 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 09:04yes2940 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 09:11yes3441 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 09:12yes1352 s

Normalization in this category

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

Category-scoped readings
Diligent read as Diligent One
Diligent (Diligent One Platform) read as Diligent One
Diligent (Galvanize) read as Diligent One
IBM read as IBM OpenPages
SAP read as SAP GRC
ServiceNow read as ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Unresolved, counted raw
Audit Prodigy
Baserow
CyberStrong
Deming
GovReady-Q
NAVEX One
Openlane
Oracle GRC
Oracle Internal Controls Manager
Paisley
Salesforce Compliance Cloud
SoftExpert GRC
VComply
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.

Also in security operations

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