# Drata: how AI models rank it, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 17 judge labels across 1 categories by 8 of 14 models. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/vendors/drata/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal controls and SOX | 2% | 14 | 18% | 17 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Drata if your bottleneck is IT compliance and you want to automate evidence collection to save on labor costs." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Internal controls)
- "Drata is specifically labeled mid-market in buyer guides" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Internal controls)
- "Best for compliance automation: Drata or Sprinto" (GPT-5.4 mini, Internal controls)
- "start by comparing Sprinto, Secureframe, and Drata" (GPT-5.4 mini, Internal controls)

## And against it

- "Drata \u2014 reported $7,500\u2013$100,000+/year" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Internal controls)
- "Note: While great for IT, make sure they support the financial testing workflows your SOX auditors will require." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Internal controls)
- "compliance automation tools, not full control management suites" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Internal controls)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Internal controls and SOX: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 14 of 90, unchanged.

## In its own words

What Drata's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The Agentic Trust Management Platform (https://drata.com/)
- For: startups, mid-size businesses, & enterprises (https://drata.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, ISO/IEC 27018:2019, ISO/IEC 42001:2023, HIPAA, CCPA
- Customers named: Brex, Okta, Capital One, Vercel, Tenable, Zscaler, LinkedIn, T-Mobile

## What it publishes

Every page drata.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 962 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- webinar or virtual event: 7 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-26
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-25
- comparison: 6 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-27
- template or tool: 10 pages, 8 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- glossary or explainer: 10 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-07
- Recent: 2026-09-17 template or tool: 12020733 pre audit checklist how to prepare for your audit with drata https://help.drata.com/en/articles/12020733-pre-audit-checklist-how-to-prepare-for-your-audit-with-drata
- Recent: 2026-08-27 template or tool: 12141266 disaster recovery checklist simple steps for business resilience https://help.drata.com/en/articles/12141266-disaster-recovery-checklist-simple-steps-for-business-resilience
- Recent: 2026-08-27 template or tool: 12166173 hipaa checklist https://help.drata.com/en/articles/12166173-hipaa-checklist
- Recent: 2026-08-27 comparison: 15863587 apra cps 230 set up guidance apra regulated entity vs material service provider https://help.drata.com/en/articles/15863587-apra-cps-230-set-up-guidance-apra-regulated-entity-vs-material-service-provider
- Recent: 2026-08-26 template or tool: 8168169 soc 2 checklist https://help.drata.com/en/articles/8168169-soc-2-checklist
- Recent: 2026-08-26 webinar or virtual event: 12608925 drata pre audit check webinar recording https://help.drata.com/en/articles/12608925-drata-pre-audit-check-webinar-recording

## Record

- Method: https://finance-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://finance-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, finance-ai-index.com.