The 7 Best Compliance Audit Software Solutions [Updated for 2026]

Compliance is essential for growing businesses, especially those selling into mid-market or enterprise customers or any organization operating in markets like healthcare or finance. But compliance shouldn't mean your engineers have to spend time manually gathering screenshots or updating spreadsheets.

Compliance audit software can help your organization get audit-ready and stay audit-ready year round by automating a lot of the legwork helping your team to save valuable time.

In this guide, we’ll talk you through some of the most popular compliance audit software options on the market.

The 10 Best Compliance Audit Software Solutions

1. Vanta

Vanta is one of the leading names in the compliance automation field. It helps you automate compliance, manage risk, and prove trust continuously — all from a single, agentic platform. It’s designed to map controls and automatically gather evidence across a range of frameworks (including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and HITRUST).

Whether you’re a startup, mid-market, or enterprise customer, Vanta has a solution to help you verify your security and compliance program and streamline your workflows.

Key features include:

• Automated evidence collection for your SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and more, with hundreds of pre-built integrations.
• Compliance automation to help you get audit-ready fast.
• Continuous GRC.
• Personal and access control to easily manage permissions.
• Proactive risk management.
• Vendor onboarding and third-party risk management.
• Security questionnaire automaton.
• AI agents to help automate your compliance needs and uncover insights.

Workstreet is Vanta’s #1 MSP. We offer expert Vanta implementation and continuous trust management to build customer confidence, reduce compliance costs by 95%, and drive revenue through security automation. If you’d like to learn more about how we can help you get setup and get the most out of Vanta, get in touch with our team.

2. Drata

Drata is another popular compliance solution that helps automate compliance and risk management. It’s especially popular amongst engineering-led startups and integrates directly with over 100 tools like AWS, Github, and Okta. Drata automatically collects evidence and monitors controls (flagging any issues in real time).

Drata is generally a good fit for tech-forward companies who don’t mind having an internal security hire or team overseeing its operation to ensure controls are correctly configured and all security boxes are covered. Without internal expertise, Drata can sometimes feel overwhelming.

Key features include:

• Continuous automated control monitoring
• An "Audit Hub" for seamless auditor collaboration
• A dynamic Trust Center to display real-time security posture
• 100+ native integrations
• Automated security questionnaires (with AI)
• Policy templates and personnel tracking

3. AuditBoard

AuditBoard is designed for large enterprises to manage audits, risk, and compliance. It’s used by a number of Fortune 500 companies and helps you manage your controls, audits, and risk registers in one place. It supports a wide range of common compliance frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI, and SOX.

AuditBoard is ideal for large enterprises or public companies with complex audit and compliance and organizations that need to manage multiple risk vectors across departments.

Key features include:

• CrossComply for mapping one control to multiple frameworks.
• Automated evidence collection and testing workflows.
• AI-driven insights for drafting issue descriptions and reports.
• No-code analytics for advanced risk visualization.
• Executive dashboards for real-time risk reporting.

4.Hyperproof

Hyperproof finds its sweet spot with mid-market to enterprise organizations that need to manage multiple frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, etc.) simultaneously. Its Jumpstart feature enables you to map a single control to multiple requirements, meaning you can test a control once and satisfy evidence requests across several frameworks immediately.

Because it’s designed to be framework-agnostic and highly customizable, it often requires more upfront configuration than other more out-of-the-box compliance automation tools.

Key features include:

• Map one control to multiple standards.
• Automated evidence collection .
• Integrated Risk Register for connecting risks directly to controls.
• Audit management module for streamlining external auditor requests.
• Task management and automated reminders for control owners.
• Continuous monitoring of control health and compliance posture.

5. Sprinto

Sprinto positions itself as an AI-native GRC platform built to adapt to every stage of a company's growth — from early-stage startups working towards their first SOC 2 audit to large enterprises managing complex risk.

It leverages AI to automate vendor risk assessments, streamline evidence collection across 200+ integrations, and map controls to multiple frameworks simultaneously (so you don't do the same work twice). Sprinto is ideal for cloud-native companies that want a high-automation compliance platform (with built-in MDM) that scales into complex enterprise risk management.

Key features include:

• "Dr. Sprinto" built-in MDM for native endpoint compliance.
• Granular entity-level checks (server, database, code repository).
• Common Controls framework to map one evidence piece to many standards.
• Integrated risk assessment and vendor risk management modules.

6. Secureframe

Secureframe is more of a white glove option for startups and mid-market companies that want to move fast but need more hands-on guidance than a self-service tool typically provides. Secureframe pairs its technology with internal experts (often former auditors) to help customers navigate the tricky, subjective parts of an audit that software can't automate.

Secureframe supports multiple frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS, plus federal frameworks like CMMC and FedRAMP. Secureframe is ideal for growth-stage startups and companies with federal aspirations (CMMC, FedRAMP) that need a high-touch compliance partner.

Key features include:

• Remediation and risk assessment automation.
• Automated evidence collection via 100+ integrations.
• Trust Centers for sharing real-time security posture with customers.
• AI-powered RFP and security questionnaire automation.

7. Scytale

Scytale combines an AI-powered platform with dedicated human advice. It doesn’t just flag that a control is failing, it pairs you with an expert to explain why and how to fix it effectively. Scytale is ideal for SaaS startups and mid-market companies that need more than just software, specifically those who value having a dedicated compliance management expert on speed dial alongside their automation platform.

Key features include:

• "Scy" AI agent for drafting policies and answering GRC queries.
• Dedicated compliance experts included with the platform.
• Automated evidence collection for 40+ frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.).
• "Built-In Audit" to streamline the external audit process.
• Integrated penetration testing services.
• Trust Center for sharing real-time security posture with clients.

How to Choose the Right Compliance Audit Software

It’s not easy deciding on the right tool for your organization, especially if you’re not familiar with compliance tools. First, you need to consider your needs.  Are you looking to cover compliance across multiple frameworks or just keep on top of SOC 2? Also, consider your needs as you scale — you don’t want to onboard with a tool you may outgrow in 12-18 months.

You should also consider your budget and usability. You may not always need the most expensive feature-rich option and need to consider how user-friendly the tool is as less intuitive solutions may save you some money upfront but could cost you hours and hours of lost productivity if it’s not easy to use.

You Don’t Have to Decide Alone

The main goal of audit compliance software is to graduate from a state of "audit panic" to "continuous trust." All of the tools listed above can help with this. But our #1 recommendation in most cases would be Vanta, as Vantas #1 MSP we’ve helped hundreds of organizations set up continuous compliance monitoring with Vanta — from early stage startups to enterprises.

Most of the tools listed above aren’t set-it-and-forget-it options and will need expert help to get started and ensure you’re getting the most from your investment. If you’d like help getting started with audit compliance software or would like advice on how to get your organization ready for an upcoming audit, get in touch with our expert team here. Our team of ex-Big 4 security experts would be happy to help you.

Compliance Software FAQs

What Is Compliance Software?

Compliance software refers to a centralized digital platform that helps you automate how you track, manage and document your organization’s compliance to meet regulatory standards and legal requirements (like SOC 2 or HIPAA). Manual compliance tracking and processes are often time-consuming, error-prone, and lead to inefficiencies that can hinder your compliance efforts.

Compliance audit software serves as a single source of truth for your security posture, offering automated workflows and audit management capabilities that'll support governance, risk, and compliance initiatives across your organization.

How Does Compliance Software Work?

Compliance software removes the manual processes of having to manage spreadsheets or manually gather screenshots as evidence your controls are working. It integrates seamlessly with any modern tech stacks like AWS, GitHub and Okt and continuously monitors the gaps and inefficiencies that’ll inflict potential risks in your company environment.

For instance, Workstreet’s AI-Powered GRC can automate the heavy lifting of evidence collection for frameworks like SOC 2.

What Are the Benefits of Compliance Automation Software?

• Accelerated Sales Cycles: Enterprise buyers will expect to see proof your organization can meet modern cybersecurity requirements. Frameworks like SOC 2 or ISO 27001 help verify the controls and compliance processes you have in place. Compliance software can help speed up and continuously monitor your posture to ensure you’re ready to pass audits.
• Reduced Human Error: You don't have to break a sweat trying to track regulatory changes or compliance requirements, because automation ensures your policies stay up-to-date.
• Streamlined Decision-Making: You don't need to stress too much brainstorming on your internal processes. A reliable software can now reliably provide structured compliance checklists and protocols.