Vanta vs. Workiva

Vanta seems excellent for startups, but I expect that they would be even more useful at bigger companies. I think it really helps people that haven't done SOC2 before. I also think it would help in monitoring compliance across teams with many users. If the budget is extremely tight, I think it would be possible to save money by not using it.

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Wdesk is best suited for companies with demanding SEC filings and documents, with multiple revisions due to auditor/counsel review, and where financial reporting is extremely manual. Wdesk really helps take out the potential errors out of extremely manual processes, and helps automate regular financial reporting by allowing companies to link financial information and build customized flows of their information into financial statements and other documents (such as presentations or other internal reporting).

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• Integrations with source control and infrastructure providers.
• Guidance around what makes a company's policy secure.
• Portals that supply our auditors with everything they need to write their reports.

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• Incredible support from Workiva and always bringing news and improving the product through community feedback.
• I think the product is easy to use, has a friendly interface and we feel safe to use it.
• Quick business vision and improved decision making with the help of software with real-time reports.
• Exceptional support service, very fast and they help you with everything you need and are super helpful.

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• Alerts and employee onboarding and offboarding were not entirely complete when we started using the product.
• It would be nice if we could assign policies to specific people in the Vanta app.
• Sometimes, refreshing the tests when you make the changes to pass takes a little more time than desired.

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• The automation could be better. A lot of mass updates are done manually.
• Sometimes the system has connection issues and certain functions are down.
• The customer service could be more proactive to provide regular training and sharing updates on the software.
• Customer service could be better to help process the mass updates in a timely fashion.

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Great to maintain for our SOC2 compliance and further compliance evolutions

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In my experience, the sheer volume of tasks and to do items is a bit inundating.

Overall it's a good-to-go product because of its features. It's easy to set up, meets requirements, has quality support, etc. So far, it has been working quite well for me, and I wish to continue using it for as long as it meets my requirements.

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Always available

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Fast although the agent may take some time to reping on checks

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Direct support and replies in a timely manner to tickets submitted

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I have not had to deal with the Support Team, but overall our experience with the tool has been positive. They try to set new customers up for success from the start (I was part of the sales process, not the actual onboarding) and seemed to know that it’s a difficult transition, but worth it in the long run.

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Pretty straight forward

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Straight Forward

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Pretty seemless and did it almost entirely myself

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Osano and Vanta both meet our requirements at a comparable rate. When comparing quality of ongoing product support, we felt that Vanta is the preferred option. For feature updates and roadmaps, we preferred the direction of Osano over Vanta.

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I liked Merrill Bridge and Wdesk. I'd be happy with either one, as both have a user interface that's simple for seasoned users of the Microsoft suite of products. We use Wdesk because there's a large network of Wdesk users in this community, there are lots of training resources available online and in-person, and all of the departments in the company like the program.

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Works as intended

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• In my experience, they aren't really helpful after all. They ended causing more problems when documents went missing on our trust page. They caused us some embarrassment when we referred people to a mostly empty page.
• They are now attempting to, in my opinion, force us to renew service.

• We have not quantified the ROI but we have definitely saved money and time by switching to Wdesk.
• By integrating other things we do currently outside of Wdesk, like SOX, we can reap better benefits.
• We currently use a third party tool for Form 4s etc and this too could be brought into the Wdesk fold.

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