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Start freeListor is the Vanta alternative for the policy piece.
Vanta automates the SOC 2 framework. Underneath it sits the per-employee, per-policy attestation evidence, and that part is what Listor does. Teams already running Vanta can add Listor for that slice, cheaper per seat and deeper on evidence. Teams without Vanta get the policy piece without buying the platform.
$2 / user / month. Free for 10 assigned people. No card.Works alongside Vanta · Self-serve · No quote form
The comparison
Vanta and Listor overlap in one place.
Vanta is a GRC platform. Listor is a policy attestation tool. They overlap on attestation only. Everything else, Vanta owns and Listor doesn't try to.
| Listor | Vanta | |
|---|---|---|
| Per-seat price visible on site | ✓ | - |
| Free tier (real, not trial) | ✓ | - |
| Built for under-1000-employee orgs | ✓ | - |
| Doesn't host your documents | ✓ | - |
| Per-employee, per-round attestation evidence | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-policy renewal cadence | ✓ | ✓ |
| Force re-attestation on policy change | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit log export (CSV + JSON) | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOC 2 framework automation | - | ✓ |
| Vulnerability scanning | - | ✓ |
| Access review workflows | - | ✓ |
| Vendor risk assessments | - | ✓ |
Don't pick Listor as a replacement.
Vanta exists for a real reason. If you fit this profile, you need Vanta. Listor only solves a slice of what you're after.
You're pursuing SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA. The framework controls span far more than policy attestation, taking in vendor risk, vulnerability scanning, access reviews, and evidence collection across dozens of systems. Vanta automates that whole surface.
You want a vendor who handles audit prep end-to-end. Vanta has a compliance team, an auditor network, and runs the prep alongside you. Listor is a self-serve tool. You bring the rest.
Your buyer is security-first, not HR-first. Vanta's positioning, certifications, and procurement story are built for CISO/CTO buyers. Listor is built for the policy attestation slice, regardless of who owns compliance.
Migration
You don't migrate. You add.
Listor never receives your policy content. Give Listor a title and a URL for each published policy. Target it to the right groups. The attestation flow starts running in minutes; the audit log starts collecting evidence on day one.
Vanta's existing attestation records don't transfer (the data models differ). Most teams running both tools treat the cutover as a fresh attestation cycle in Listor. One round of acknowledgements lands the per-round, per-employee, IP-stamped evidence in Listor's audit log. From then on, Listor handles attestation; Vanta handles the rest.
Co-existence
Add Listor alongside Vanta. Not instead of.
Listor is one piece of what Vanta covers, and that is the honest framing. The teams that get the most out of pairing the two run Vanta for framework controls and Listor for the per-employee, per-policy evidence the auditor actually opens.
For SOC 2 audits, the auditor pulls policy attestation evidence as one control of many. Vanta's evidence export works; Listor's export goes deeper on per-round, IP, and user-agent. Auditors accept either; some prefer Listor's depth for the attestation slice specifically.
The cost saving is real, because most teams have a much larger employee base than security team. If only a fraction of the company needs to interact with Vanta's full controls, you can keep Vanta for them and run the rest of the org on Listor's per-employee attestation at $2/seat. The two coexist; the contracts don't conflict.
A direct Listor → Vanta integration is on the roadmap. Today, the workflow is manual: Listor's CSV / JSON export → uploaded to Vanta evidence collection when the auditor asks.
Pricing
Priced for the slice Vanta doesn't.
Add people as the attestation list grows, at $2 a head. Business is where SSO lives, and the first ten assigned people cost nothing.
Pro
$2/ user / month
Unlimited documents, renewals, audit log.
Start freeBusiness
$4/ user / month
SSO, custom retention, priority support.
Talk to usRunning both, and whether you should.
Why would we use Listor and Vanta together?
Vanta automates the SOC 2 framework: control mapping, vendor risk, access reviews, and vulnerability scanning. That is what shows the framework is in place. Listor produces what an auditor opens next, the per-employee, per-policy attestation record.Why not just use Vanta for everything?
You can. Vanta's policy attestation works. Listor is cheaper per seat for the attestation piece, so you keep Vanta for the framework and stop paying Vanta seat prices for everyone who only needs handbook attestation. Its attestation evidence trail also runs deeper, stamping the round, IP, and user-agent on every event.We don't have Vanta. Should we get it?
Depends on the goal. If you're pursuing SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA: yes, eventually. If you're just trying to prove your team read the handbook: no. Start with Listor and add a framework platform when an auditor asks.How does Listor integrate with Vanta?
Today, there is no direct integration. Listor exports CSV / JSON audit logs that you upload as evidence in Vanta when the auditor requests it. A direct integration is on the roadmap once we have more shared customers.Will an auditor accept evidence from both tools?
Yes. Auditors care that the evidence exists and is consistent. They don't care which tool produced it. Listor's exports are auditor-grade (per-employee, per-round, timestamps, IP, user-agent).What about Drata, Secureframe, Hyperproof?
Same answer as Vanta: they automate the framework; Listor handles the policy attestation slice. The co-existence pattern works with all of them.How long until we know if we need Listor alongside Vanta?
Audit one month of Vanta usage. If your team is mostly using it for policy attestation (not vulnerability scanning, access reviews, or vendor risk), Listor delivers the same outcome cheaper. If your team uses the full Vanta platform actively, stay where you are.