Drata
by Drata · SOX & Internal Controls
AI-driven GRC platform automating continuous compliance across SOC 2, ISO 27001, SOX ITGC and more.
Updated August 2026 · By the ERP Research Editorial Team · Independent and vendor-neutral.
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Company size
- Startup, Growth-stage, Enterprise
- Pricing
- Quote-based
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
Overview
Drata is a cloud-based governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platform that automates evidence collection, control monitoring and audit readiness across security and regulatory frameworks. Founded in 2020 by former aerospace and cybersecurity engineers, it grew out of the observation that compliance teams were manually screenshotting cloud console settings to prove controls to auditors, and built a product that instead pulls that evidence continuously through API integrations. Among the 30+ frameworks it supports out of the box is SOX ITGC, IT General Controls that sit within a company's broader Sarbanes-Oxley internal control set and cover the reliability of the financial reporting systems -- including ERPs -- that feed a company's books.
The platform's core mechanism is shared control mapping: a team defines a control once, maps it to every applicable framework requirement, and Drata's monitoring layer continuously tests it against live system state rather than a point-in-time audit snapshot. Beyond compliance automation, Drata's Enterprise GRC product adds cross-framework risk registers and task ownership, its Trust Center gives customers a self-serve portal to review a company's security posture, and its newer AI agent features draft responses to security questionnaires and run automated third-party vendor risk assessments.
Drata reports serving more than 8,500 customers globally, spanning startup, growth-stage and enterprise companies, and holds a 4.8/5.0 rating on G2. It is privately held and venture-backed, having raised a $200M Series C in December 2022 led by ICONIQ Growth and GGV Capital.
Features & capabilities
Enterprise GRC
Unified governance, risk and compliance management across frameworks.
- Cross-framework risk register with internal, external and third-party risk visibility
- Control ownership assignment with deadline tracking and automated reminders
- Shared control mapping so one control can satisfy multiple framework requirements
- Centralized policy management and version history
- Custom framework builder for internal or contractual control sets
- Task management tied to control and framework status
Compliance Automation
Continuous evidence collection and control monitoring.
- Automated evidence collection via API integrations to cloud, HR, identity and dev-tool systems
- Continuous control monitoring with pass/fail test status
- Audit workspace for sharing evidence directly with external auditors
- 30+ pre-built frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, FedRAMP, CMMC and SOX ITGC
- Custom framework support for mapping internal or bespoke requirements
- Compliance-as-code integrations for infrastructure-level checks
SOX ITGC Support
IT General Controls coverage within a company's Sarbanes-Oxley control set.
- SOX ITGC listed as a pre-built framework alongside SOC 2, ISO 27001 and 30+ others
- Control mapping shared between SOX ITGC and other active frameworks to avoid duplicate evidence work
- Continuous testing of IT general controls supporting financial-reporting system integrity
- Centralized evidence repository for annual SOX audit support
Trust Center
Customer-facing portal for sharing security and compliance posture.
- Self-serve document access for prospects and customers reviewing vendor security
- Approved-domain access controls (Foundation plan supports up to 100 approved domains)
- Real-time trust signal publishing tied to live control status
- NDA and access-request workflows for gated documents
Third-Party Risk & AI Questionnaire Assistance
AI-assisted vendor risk management and security-questionnaire response.
- Standardized vendor risk assessment workflows with automated follow-ups
- Centralized third-party risk tracking and scoring
- AI-drafted responses to inbound security questionnaires based on an approved content library
- AI agent governance features for discovering and policing AI agents running in the environment
Common use cases
- Automating evidence collection for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audits instead of manual screenshotting
- Supporting an annual SOX ITGC audit by continuously testing IT general controls over financial-reporting systems
- Mapping a single control across multiple frameworks (e.g. SOC 2 and SOX ITGC) to cut duplicate audit work
- Running standardized third-party vendor risk assessments before onboarding new suppliers
- Operating a public Trust Center so prospects can self-serve security documentation during sales cycles
- Drafting responses to inbound customer security questionnaires with AI assistance
- Centralizing a multi-framework compliance program (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, SOX ITGC) as a company scales
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Shared control mapping across 30+ pre-built frameworks, including SOX ITGC, so evidence and testing are reused rather than duplicated per framework
- Continuous, API-driven control monitoring rather than point-in-time evidence gathering
- Native AI agent features for questionnaire response drafting and third-party risk assessment
- Customer-facing Trust Center for self-serve security posture sharing tied to live control status
- 8,500+ customers reported and a 4.8/5.0 G2 rating
Pricing
Sold as separate GRC and Assurance (Trust Center) platforms, each with Foundation, Advanced and Enterprise tiers. Foundation on the GRC platform supports up to 50 FTEs on one pre-mapped framework; Foundation on the Assurance platform supports up to 100 approved Trust Center domains. No list prices are published; quotes are obtained via a sales demo. Get an independent shortlist with pricing guidance below.
Technical & security
- Hosting
- SaaS (multi-tenant, hosted on AWS)
- Compliance
- SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 42001, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, FedRAMP
About the vendor
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Ownership
- Private (venture-backed; $200M Series C led by ICONIQ Growth and GGV Capital, December 2022)
- Notable customers
- Asana, Brex, Okta, GitLab, UiPath, Instacart, Fortinet, Mural
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Drata — frequently asked questions
Does Drata support SOX compliance?
Yes. Drata lists SOX ITGC (IT General Controls) as one of its 30+ pre-built frameworks, covering the subset of Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls that ensure the integrity of data and financial-reporting systems. It does not have a dedicated public product page for SOX ITGC; it is configured through the standard framework selection flow.
Does Drata integrate directly with ERP systems like NetSuite or SAP?
Drata's published integration catalog covers cloud infrastructure, identity, HR, version control, ticketing and security tooling; it does not document a dedicated NetSuite, SAP, Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics connector. Its SOX ITGC coverage addresses IT general controls over systems, including ERPs, but not direct ERP data integration.
How is Drata priced?
Pricing is quote-based across two product lines: a GRC platform (Foundation, Advanced, Enterprise tiers) and an Assurance/Trust Center platform (also Foundation, Advanced, Enterprise). No list prices are published; a company must request a demo for a quote.
How many frameworks does Drata support?
Drata lists 30+ frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, DORA, CMMC, FedRAMP, HITRUST, NIST CSF 2.0, COBIT, SOX ITGC and custom frameworks, with shared control mapping across all of them.
Who uses Drata?
Drata reports more than 8,500 customers globally across startup, growth-stage and enterprise companies, including named customers such as Asana, Brex, Okta, GitLab, UiPath and Instacart, and holds a 4.8/5.0 rating on G2.
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