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Drata: cost, fit and limits
Drata is a governance, risk and compliance platform made by Drata Inc. that brings controls, risks, policies and evidence into one system. It is used by growing companies to pass SOC 2, ISO 27001 and other audits, with policy templates in every plan and AI agents aimed mainly at questionnaires and vendor risk.
What to know first
Drata sells compliance in three steps called Foundation, Advanced and Enterprise, and policy templates come with all three. What separates the steps is framework access, custom fields and the add-ons, not the policy library. The newer AI material on its pages concerns questionnaire answers, vendor assessments and a limited-availability product for governing AI agents, so a buyer shopping for policy drafting help should ask what the agents do with policy text.
Drata at a glance
| Maker | Drata, United States |
|---|---|
| Free plan | No |
| Entry price | Quote only |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI Policy Management Software in 2026, rank 9 of 10 |
| Website | drata.com |
Who Drata is best for
Companies under 50 employees
Foundation covers up to 50 full-time employees and one pre-mapped framework from SOC 2, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA and GDPR, a clear fit for a small first audit.
Teams that answer many security questionnaires
AI Questionnaire Assistance works with Slack, a Chrome extension and several languages, and uploads reach 100 on Foundation and become unlimited on Advanced.
Enterprises with vendor risk programs
Enterprise adds Agentic TPRM Assessment as an add-on, where agents score risk, collect Trust Center evidence, follow up with vendors and obey autonomy controls.
Buyers outside the United States
The privacy notice names an EU representative in Dublin, which helps a European customer who wants a named GDPR contact for the vendor.
Drata plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation | Not shown | Up to 50 full-time employees, one pre-mapped framework, policy templates, up to 100 trust center domains and up to 100 questionnaire uploads. |
| Advanced | Not shown | Any available framework plus custom connections, tests and fields, up to 300 domains, unlimited questionnaire uploads and one Open API or webhook connection. |
| Enterprise | Not shown | Includes Risk Management Pro, Compliance as Code Pro and User Access Review, unlimited domains and API access, and Salesforce upload for questionnaires. |
| Add-ons | Not shown | Risk Management Pro, Workspaces and Custom Frameworks are add-ons on Advanced, and Agentic TPRM Assessment is an add-on on Enterprise. |
Checked October 2026.
What Drata does
- Policy templates
- Templates are included in Foundation, Advanced and Enterprise, so a company can start from a prepared set and edit it to match how work actually happens.
- Controls, risks and evidence together
- The home page describes controls, risks, policies and evidence held in one system under its Enterprise GRC product, which lets a policy be traced to supporting evidence.
- AI Questionnaire Assistance
- Agents draft responses from a Knowledge Base for security questionnaires. Access through Slack, a Chrome extension and multi-language support is listed on the pricing page.
- Agentic third-party risk
- Agents build assessment criteria from existing questionnaires, collect documents from Trust Centers, perform assessments and follow up with vendors under Agent Autonomy Controls. Autonomy settings decide how far an agent may act alone.
- AI Agent Governance
- A product in limited availability discovers AI agents in an environment and enforces policies before actions execute, which extends policy work to AI tools. It is labeled limited availability, so access is not general yet.
How Drata handles your data
Drata Inc. gives a San Diego address in its privacy notice and lists an EU representative in Dublin for GDPR purposes. The notice says personal data is kept as long as necessary for the purposes collected and then deleted, anonymized or aggregated, with backup archives isolated until deletion. It says automated decision-making under GDPR Article 22 does not take place on personal data. The pages we opened had no AI-specific section, no hosting region and no statement on training. The vendor's policy was not checked for AI model training.
Where Drata falls short in practice
- Policy AI not described. The pages read describe AI for questionnaires, vendor assessments and agent governance. None described AI drafting or summarizing policy text, so a policy-focused buyer must ask for a demonstration.
- Frameworks gate the entry tier. Foundation allows one framework from a short list and 50 full-time employees, so a company that grows past either limit moves into a custom-quoted tier.
- Several features are add-ons. Risk Management Pro, Workspaces, Custom Frameworks and Agentic TPRM Assessment are listed as add-ons depending on tier, so the quote needs each line item spelled out.
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Drata: common questions
Are policy templates included in every Drata plan?
Yes. The pricing page lists policy templates as included in Foundation, Advanced and Enterprise. It does not describe AI that rewrites them, so treat the templates as a starting set that your team edits and approves. Whether the library has AI drafting was not shown, so ask in the demo.
What is the limit on the Foundation plan?
Foundation covers up to 50 full-time employees and one pre-mapped framework, chosen from SOC 2, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA and GDPR. Advanced opens any available framework and allows custom connections, tests and fields. Past either limit a buyer moves to a higher tier.
Does Drata show its prices?
No. Each plan on the pricing page leads to a demo request without a figure. Third-party risk management is listed as a separate offering, so ask for a quote that separates the base tier from every add-on you expect to need.
Who is Drata's EU representative?
The privacy notice names Bradwell Limited in Dublin, Ireland, as the EU representative for GDPR purposes. It also says automated decision-making under Article 22 does not take place in connection with personal data. A European buyer can use that Dublin contact for data subject requests.
What does Agentic TPRM do?
Agents create assessment criteria from questionnaires, collect documents from Trust Centers, perform assessments and follow up with vendors, within Agent Autonomy Controls. It is an Enterprise add-on, and it addresses supplier risk rather than the internal policy library. Whether it suits you depends on supplier volume, not on how many internal policies you hold.