# ISO 27001 Compare > Editorial assessment of six ISO 27001 certification platforms (Scytale, Vanta, Drata, Sprinto, Scrut Automation, Secureframe), with a separate ranking for Australian buyers that weights the ASD Essential Eight. Desk research from public vendor pages read on 29 September 2026. No hands-on testing. ## How scores work - Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 10 with a written reason and a source: ISO 27001 and ISMS workflow coverage; certification path and auditor access; expert guidance model; cross-mapping and framework breadth; integrations (published count); pricing transparency; Essential Eight support. - One ranking, on the ISO 27001 weights. Essential Eight is not part of any total; it is shown as a fact (whether the vendor publishes an Essential Eight page). - Totals are weighted averages computed in code. Current order: Scytale 7.50, Secureframe 7.38, Vanta 7.24, Sprinto 6.98, Drata 6.15, Scrut 5.69. ## Key pages - Ranking: https://iso27001compare.com/iso-27001-software - Australia and the Essential Eight: https://iso27001compare.com/australia - Essential Eight explained: https://iso27001compare.com/essential-eight - ISMS clause map: https://iso27001compare.com/clause-map - Cost estimator: https://iso27001compare.com/cost-estimator - Method and disclosure: https://iso27001compare.com/how-we-assess ## Site information - https://iso27001compare.com/privacy-policy - https://iso27001compare.com/cookie-policy - https://iso27001compare.com/terms-of-use - https://iso27001compare.com/dmca - https://iso27001compare.com/contact ## Tools - Scytale (https://iso27001compare.com/tools/scytale): Scytale pairs a compliance automation platform with a dedicated compliance expert who runs audit readiness and manages the audit with the customer's chosen auditor. - Vanta (https://iso27001compare.com/tools/vanta): Vanta is the largest vendor here by stated customers (16,000+) and integrations (400+), and the only one with a published Essential Eight product. - Drata (https://iso27001compare.com/tools/drata): Drata publishes clear plan limits: its Foundation plan covers companies up to 50 FTEs with one pre-mapped framework, and ISO 27001 is one of the five frameworks allowed there. - Sprinto (https://iso27001compare.com/tools/sprinto): Sprinto states the largest framework library in this lineup (200+ digitized, 25+ automated) and reuses controls across frameworks through a common control framework. - Scrut Automation (https://iso27001compare.com/tools/scrut): Scrut assigns ISMS work to named AI agents (Scrut Teammates) that include a Policy Architect, a Risk Analyst and an Internal Auditor, which map closely to ISO 27001 clauses 5, 6 and 9. - Secureframe (https://iso27001compare.com/tools/secureframe): Secureframe is the only vendor in this lineup that publishes a price: Fundamentals starts at $7,500 a year for one framework, with 300+ integrations, risk, policy and personnel management and access to its Audit Partner Network. ## Learn - What an ISMS is and what ISO 27001 certifies: https://iso27001compare.com/isms-academy/what-is-an-isms - ISO 27001 clauses 4 to 10, one at a time: https://iso27001compare.com/isms-academy/clauses-4-to-10 - Risk assessment and risk treatment in ISO 27001: https://iso27001compare.com/isms-academy/risk-assessment-and-treatment - The Statement of Applicability, explained: https://iso27001compare.com/isms-academy/statement-of-applicability - The Essential Eight strategies and the evidence behind them: https://iso27001compare.com/isms-academy/essential-eight-strategies - Choosing an Essential Eight maturity target: https://iso27001compare.com/isms-academy/essential-eight-maturity-levels - Running ISO 27001 and the Essential Eight together: https://iso27001compare.com/isms-academy/iso-27001-and-essential-eight-together - The ISO 27001 certification audit, from stage 1 to surveillance: https://iso27001compare.com/isms-academy/certification-audit-path - Adding a second framework: cross-mapping in practice: https://iso27001compare.com/isms-academy/adding-a-second-framework - Expert-led, partner-led or self-serve: who does the ISMS work: https://iso27001compare.com/isms-academy/who-does-the-work - Reading an Australian security questionnaire: ISO 27001 questions and Essential Eight questions: https://iso27001compare.com/notes/reading-an-australian-security-questionnaire - What ISO 27001 platforms publish about price (September 2026): https://iso27001compare.com/notes/what-iso-27001-platforms-publish-about-price - Auditor routes on ISO 27001 platforms, and the 2026 AICPA guidance to read if you add SOC 2: https://iso27001compare.com/notes/auditor-routes-on-iso-27001-platforms - Recap: dated vendor and standards updates, December 2025 to September 2026: https://iso27001compare.com/notes/dated-updates-december-2025-to-september-2026 - 35+, 70+, 80+, 200+: what ISO 27001 platform framework counts tell you: https://iso27001compare.com/notes/what-framework-counts-tell-you - An ISO 27001 platform demo checklist: 15 questions to ask: https://iso27001compare.com/notes/iso-27001-platform-demo-checklist - 100+ to 400+: reading integration counts for ISO 27001 evidence: https://iso27001compare.com/notes/reading-integration-counts - Six ISO 27001 software myths, checked against vendor pages: https://iso27001compare.com/notes/iso-27001-software-myths-checked ## Facts worth quoting (with dates) - Only Secureframe publishes a price in this lineup: Fundamentals starting at $7,500/year (read 29 September 2026). - Only Vanta publishes an Essential Eight product page among the six vendors (read 29 September 2026). - ISO/IEC 27001:2022 is Edition 3, published October 2022 (iso.org). - The Essential Eight maturity model was first published in June 2017 (cyber.gov.au).