Sprinto Review: Compliance Automation for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR
Wasim · 7 Oct 2026What Is Sprinto?
Sprinto is a compliance automation platform that helps companies get and stay compliant with security and privacy standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR. Instead of chasing screenshots, spreadsheets and policy documents before every audit, teams connect Sprinto to their cloud, HR, identity and engineering systems. The platform then watches the controls continuously and collects audit evidence on its own.
The company now markets itself as an "Autonomous Trust Platform for Compliance, Risk & GRC". It was built mainly for technology companies: SaaS startups, fintechs, healthtech and other cloud-native businesses whose customers ask for a SOC 2 report or an ISO certificate before they sign.
Interest in the product has climbed fast. Sprinto was first flagged as a trending search topic on August 14, 2024. It now sees roughly 22.2K monthly searches, up +669%, which is part of a wider move toward automated GRC (governance, risk and compliance) tools.
Why Compliance Automation Matters
For a B2B software company, compliance is often a sales blocker more than a legal formality. Enterprise buyers send long security questionnaires and expect proof of controls. Without a SOC 2 report or ISO 27001 certificate, deals stall.
The traditional route is painful:
- Months of manual prep: writing policies, mapping controls and gathering evidence by hand.
- Expensive consultants to interpret the frameworks.
- Point-in-time snapshots: you're "compliant" on audit day and drift afterwards.
- Repeated work for every new framework, even though most controls overlap.
Compliance automation tools like Sprinto aim to turn this into a continuous, mostly automated process. The tool watches your infrastructure, flags gaps as they appear, and keeps evidence audit-ready all year.
The Story Behind Sprinto
Sprinto was founded in 2020 by Girish Redekar and Raghuveer Kancherla, both second-time founders. Their previous startup, Recruiterbox, was acquired by private-equity firm Turn/River Capital in 2018. Having been through compliance work themselves, they set out to automate it.
Key milestones, according to TechCrunch's coverage of its Series B:
| Milestone | Detail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 |
| Series B (April 2024) | $20M, led by Accel, with Elevation Capital and Blume Ventures |
| Total funding | $31.8M |
| Customers (2024) | 1,000+ across 75 countries, mostly in the US and Europe |
| Growth | ARR tripled from 2022 to 2023; Elevation Capital says the company grew 20x+ after its 2021 Series A |
| Team | About 200 employees at the time of the round |
Girish Redekar summed up the mission this way: "Our goal is to help companies build trust and grow their business using the trust they've built."
More recent company material says over 3,000 organizations use Sprinto, including names like Whatfix, Anaconda, Whatnot and HackerRank. Treat that figure as self-reported.
How Sprinto Works
The workflow follows a clear path from setup to audit:
1. Connect Your Stack
Sprinto plugs into the systems where your controls actually live:
- Cloud providers: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
- Identity and access: Google Workspace, Okta and similar
- HR systems for onboarding and offboarding evidence
- Code and DevOps: GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD tools
- Communication and ticketing: Slack, Jira
In 2024 TechCrunch counted 160+ integrations. Current third-party reviews put the number at 250 to 300+.
2. Pick Your Frameworks
You choose the standards you need. Sprinto maps your controls to each framework and shows where controls overlap, so one piece of evidence can satisfy several frameworks.
3. Continuous Monitoring
Once connected, Sprinto keeps testing your controls. Examples include an unencrypted storage bucket, an employee without MFA, a laptop with disk encryption off, or a departed employee who still has access. Each failing check is flagged and assigned to an owner to fix.
4. Policies, Training and People Controls
Sprinto ships policy templates you can adapt and approve. It also tracks employee acknowledgements, security awareness training and background checks, which auditors routinely ask for.
5. Audit
When you're ready, the auditor gets access to a dedicated evidence dashboard. One point that's easy to miss: Sprinto does not perform the audit itself. An independent CPA firm (for SOC 2) or accredited certification body (for ISO 27001) still examines the controls and issues the report. Sprinto handles preparation, evidence and guidance, and can connect you with partner auditors.
Key Features
| Feature | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Automated evidence collection | Pulls proof of controls straight from connected systems |
| Continuous control monitoring | Runs checks on an ongoing basis and alerts on drift |
| Cross-framework mapping | Reuses controls and evidence across SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA and more |
| Policy templates | Ready-made, auditor-friendly policies you can customize |
| Risk management | Risk register, assessments and treatment tracking |
| Vendor risk management | Tracks third-party vendors and their risk |
| Access reviews | Periodic user-access review workflows |
| Employee compliance | Training, policy acceptance and device checks |
| Trust Center | A public security page to share certifications and documents with prospects, optionally behind an NDA |
| Auditor dashboard | A dedicated view for auditors to review evidence |
Sprinto AI
Sprinto has been adding AI across the product as part of what it calls a move "Towards Autonomous Compliance and Risk Intelligence." Capabilities cited in its own material and third-party reviews include:
- Ask AI: in-context answers to compliance and policy questions.
- AI security questionnaire assistant: drafts answers to customer security questionnaires from your existing controls and documentation.
- Intelligent auto-mapping: links frameworks to controls, controls to policies, and controls to risks.
Supported Frameworks
Sprinto covers the standards that tech companies run into most often:
- SOC 2 (Type I and Type II) and SOC 3
- ISO 27001, plus ISO 27701 (privacy) and ISO 42001 (AI management systems)
- GDPR and CCPA
- HIPAA
- PCI DSS
- CIS Controls
- Other regional and industry frameworks, as well as custom frameworks
Sprinto says it automates 25+ frameworks out of the box and has 200+ more "digitized" in the platform. As independent reviewers point out, a digitized framework doesn't come with the same depth of automation, so check how your specific framework is handled before you buy.
Pricing
Sprinto doesn't publish fixed prices on its website; you request a quote based on company size and the frameworks you need. Plans are tiered (for example Foundation and Growth).
As a rough reference point, an AWS Marketplace listing has shown a 12-month starter platform at about $7,500 for up to 100 employees, with extra frameworks as add-ons. Keep in mind:
- The audit fee is separate. You pay the CPA firm or certification body directly.
- Costs grow with headcount, the number of frameworks and add-on modules.
Always get a written quote that says exactly which frameworks, integrations and support levels are included.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Fast path to a first audit: guided setup and templates help teams with no compliance background.
- Real automation: evidence collection and monitoring cut out most of the screenshot busywork.
- Multi-framework efficiency: adding ISO 27001 after SOC 2 reuses much of the work you've done.
- Strong for standard cloud stacks: AWS/GCP plus common SaaS tools are well covered.
- Well reviewed: a G2 listing has shown about 4.7/5 from 1,600+ reviews.
Cons
- You still own remediation: Sprinto finds problems, but your team has to fix them.
- Custom setups need checking: heavily custom infrastructure or unusual controls may need manual evidence.
- Opaque pricing: no public price list makes comparison shopping harder.
- Mixed support feedback: some users report slow integration refreshes or uneven support.
Sprinto vs. Vanta vs. Drata
Sprinto's two biggest competitors are Vanta and Drata. Sprinto itself names them as its main rivals.
| Sprinto | Vanta | Drata | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core focus | End-to-end compliance automation with guided audit prep | Broad trust management and automation | Control monitoring with a strong engineering focus |
| Sweet spot | Startups and mid-market tech companies, including teams new to compliance | Startups to enterprise | Startups to enterprise |
| Frameworks | 25+ automated, 200+ digitized | Wide catalog | Wide catalog |
| Pricing | Quote-based | Quote-based | Quote-based |
All three cover the same basics: integrations, continuous monitoring, policy templates and auditor access. The deciding factors are usually price, how well each tool fits your stack, and the support you get during the first audit. Ask each vendor for a demo on your actual environment.
Who Should Use Sprinto?
Sprinto is a good fit if you are:
- A SaaS startup facing its first SOC 2 because enterprise deals need it.
- A growing tech company adding frameworks: ISO 27001 for Europe, HIPAA for healthcare clients, GDPR for EU data.
- A lean team without a full-time compliance officer that needs guidance as well as software.
- A cloud-native business whose infrastructure sits mostly on AWS, GCP or Azure with mainstream SaaS tools.
It may be a weaker fit if your environment is heavily on-premises, very custom, or if you already have a mature GRC program built on enterprise tools.
Tips Before You Sign
- Test your real integrations in a trial or demo, not a sandbox.
- Ask how a failed evidence collection is reported and how fast connectors refresh.
- Confirm your auditor can work in the platform, or whether you must use a partner auditor.
- Get support terms in writing, including response times during audit season.
- Clarify the total cost: platform, frameworks, add-ons and the separate audit fee.
Final Verdict
Sprinto has become one of the leading names in compliance automation for good reason. It takes a slow, manual, consultant-heavy process and turns it into a continuous, mostly automated workflow. That matters most for tech companies whose sales pipeline depends on a SOC 2 report or ISO 27001 certificate. Strong funding, fast growth, a widening framework catalog and new AI features all point the same way, as does the sharp rise in search interest.
It isn't magic: you still need to fix the gaps it finds and pay for an independent audit. But for a SaaS team that wants to be audit-ready in weeks rather than months, Sprinto belongs on the shortlist next to Vanta and Drata.
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