Does Vanta include PCI DSS, or is it a separate line?

Vanta supports PCI DSS alongside SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and others, but its AWS Marketplace listing prices packages (Essentials, Plus, Professional) rather than individual frameworks, and none of those package dimensions is labelled as a PCI DSS add-on. The published figures are therefore package floors, not a framework price. For the exact PCI scope on a given package, Vanta prices through its sales team.

Does Vanta replace the QSA and ASV for PCI?

No. Vanta automates the evidence collection, control monitoring, and SAQ workflow around PCI DSS, but it is not a Qualified Security Assessor and it is not an Approved Scanning Vendor. A Level 1 merchant still needs a QSA to produce the Report on Compliance, and any merchant with internet-facing systems still needs a separate ASV for the quarterly external scan. Vanta reduces the manual hours those engagements consume; it does not remove the engagements themselves. Budget the QSA, ASV, and pen test as separate line items on top of the Vanta subscription.

Is Vanta worth it for PCI compliance?

Vanta pays back when a team is already using it for SOC 2 or ISO 27001 and is adding PCI DSS to an existing platform, or when the PCI scope is SAQ D with continuous-monitoring obligations that would otherwise consume significant internal time. For a Level 4 merchant whose entire obligation is a short SAQ A and a quarterly ASV scan, the Essentials package that lists from $14,000 per year is hard to justify against SecurityMetrics' published $399 per year small-business bundle, which covers a single-IP scan and an SAQ portal (securitymetrics.com, checked July 2026). Automation economics improve with scope and with the number of frameworks sharing the evidence base.

How does Vanta compare with Drata and Secureframe for PCI?

All three publish list prices on AWS Marketplace, but on different shapes, so a like-for-like PCI comparison is not available. Vanta prices packages (Essentials from $14,000 per year for 1-20 employees) with no separate PCI DSS line. Drata prices a $25,000 platform fee plus a flat $7,500 per framework, PCI DSS included. Secureframe prices a $7,500 platform fee plus $7,500 for the first framework (all checked July 2026). Because the vendors publish on different dimensions, the sensible comparison is dimension by dimension for the scope you need, not a single headline number.

Does Vanta cover PCI DSS v4.0.1?

Yes. Vanta maps its controls and evidence automation to the current PCI DSS v4.0.1 requirement set, including the v4.0 additions that became mandatory in March 2025 (such as the Requirement 6.4.3 payment-page script management obligation for e-commerce merchants). The platform tracks control drift against the live standard so that evidence stays current between assessment cycles. It still does not perform the script-monitoring function itself for Requirement 6.4.3; that needs a dedicated tool, and the QSA still validates the evidence.

Automation platform pricing

Vanta PCI compliance cost 2026: the published package prices

Vanta publishes package list prices on AWS Marketplace, starting with Essentials from $14,000 per year for 1-20 employees. The listing carries no separate PCI DSS line, so there is no published PCI-specific price. Vanta automates the evidence and monitoring work around PCI, but does not replace the QSA, the ASV, or the pen test.

AWS Marketplace list prices checked July 2026

Essentials package

from $14,000/yr

Listed as starting cost for 1-20 employees

Plus / Professional

$21.5k / $23k/yr

Higher packages, 12-month contract

PCI DSS line

No separate PCI dimension published

What Vanta actually does for PCI

Vanta is a compliance-automation platform, not a QSA and not an ASV. For PCI DSS it connects to your cloud infrastructure, identity provider, ticketing, and HR systems, then continuously collects the evidence that maps to PCI controls (access reviews, MFA enforcement, encryption settings, change-management records, vendor inventory). It surfaces drift when a control falls out of compliance, drives the SAQ workflow, and packages an auditor-ready evidence room for the QSA or for self-attestation. The value is the elimination of the manual evidence-gathering grind, not the removal of the assessment itself.

What it does not do: it does not run the quarterly external ASV scan (you still contract an Approved Scanning Vendor), it does not produce the Report on Compliance for a Level 1 merchant (a QSA does that), and it does not perform the payment-page script monitoring that PCI DSS v4.0 Requirement 6.4.3 requires for e-commerce merchants (that needs a dedicated tool). Vanta sits alongside those engagements and feeds them clean evidence.

What Vanta publishes on AWS Marketplace

Vanta lists its platform on AWS Marketplace with public list prices on named 12-month contract dimensions. It prices packages rather than individual frameworks, and the package descriptions are worded as starting costs, so treat each figure as a floor. There is no dimension labelled as a PCI DSS add-on.

Published package	List price	As described on the listing
Essentials	$14,000/yr	Starting cost for 1-20 employees
Plus	$21,500/yr	Higher package tier, starting cost
Professional	$23,000/yr	Higher package tier, starting cost

Read off Vanta's AWS Marketplace listing, checked July 2026. These are starting list prices on that surface, not a quote, and AWS shows no price-effective date. Because the packages describe a 1-20 employee floor and no separate PCI line, the price for your specific PCI scope and headcount is set through Vanta's sales team.

When Vanta wins and when it does not

Vanta wins for teams already running it for SOC 2 or ISO 27001 who are adding PCI DSS to an existing platform, for buyers with a wide SaaS estate who benefit from its large integration library, and for companies whose PCI scope is genuinely continuous-monitoring heavy (SAQ D, service providers, custom cardholder-data environments). For these buyers the manual evidence work Vanta removes is worth multiples of the subscription.

Vanta does not win for a PCI-only Level 4 merchant on hosted checkout (the bundled SAQ-plus-ASV product is an order of magnitude cheaper), or for anyone expecting the platform to replace the QSA or ASV. Resist the framing that an automation platform makes you compliant; it makes you assessable faster and cheaper, which is a different thing.

The same platform across the compliance stack

Vanta's economics are best understood across frameworks, not on PCI alone. The evidence base overlaps heavily across SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS, because access reviews, MFA evidence, and change-management records satisfy controls in all three standards. If PCI is your first and only framework, the case is weaker; if it is your second or third, the shared evidence base is where the money is.

Vanta supports PCI DSS across its packages

Vanta lists PCI DSS among its supported frameworks and publishes package prices on AWS Marketplace, starting with Essentials from $14,000 per year for 1-20 employees. There is no separate PCI line, so request a quote for your scope, and budget the QSA, ASV, and pen test separately.

See Vanta's framework list →

Frequently asked

Vanta publishes list prices on AWS Marketplace (checked July 2026), but as packages rather than per-framework line items. The Essentials package lists at $14,000 per year, described on the listing as a starting cost for 1-20 employees; the Plus package lists at $21,500 and Professional at $23,000, all on 12-month contracts. The listing carries no separate PCI DSS dimension, so there is no published Vanta price for PCI DSS specifically to quote here. Whichever package a buyer chooses, the platform fee is separate from the QSA, the ASV scanning vendor, and any pen test, none of which Vanta provides.

Drata PCI cost

PCI DSS framework lists at $7,500/yr.

Secureframe PCI cost

Platform and first framework listed separately.

Sprinto PCI cost

Starter platform plus frameworks from $2,000.

Reduce PCI costs

Where automation fits among seven cost levers.

SAQ D cost

The scope where automation actually pays back.

QSA assessment cost

The engagement Vanta does not replace.