Subcategory · AI Citation Index

GRC Platforms

ServiceNow GRC leads shortlists at 62%, while automation-first challengers Drata and Vanta each land 58% despite Vanta sliding -5 points.

170 discovery queries · 429 head-to-heads · refreshed Jul 23, 2026

Discovery stage

The shortlist

Across 170 buyer-style "GRC Platforms" queries

ServiceNow GRC appears in 105 of 170 prompts, the highest shortlist rate at 61.8%. Drata and Vanta tie at 58.2% with 99 appearances each, both pulling 260+ mentions across four models. LogicGate, AuditBoard, and MetricStream cluster between 54–58% shortlist rates, while legacy RSA Archer drops to 52% despite 182 mentions.

6%14%22%30%39%Coverage — share of discovery prompts where the brand surfaces68%73%78%83%88%Engine diversity

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X = coverage across discovery prompts · Y = engine diversity · Bubble size = total mentions
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Signal by intent

By topic

Top 5 most-cited brands per intent cluster. Brands with zero citations in a topic are not shown.

1LogicGate
9/9
2StandardFusion
9/9
3Vanta
9/9
4Drata
9/9
5AuditBoard
9/9
1LogicGate
7/7
2LogicManager
7/7
3Vanta
7/7
4ServiceNow
7/7
5Drata
7/7
1Vanta
5/5
2Drata
5/5
3Sprinto
5/5
4Secureframe
5/5
5Default
5/5
1Drata
5/5
2Vanta
5/5
3Secureframe
5/5
4ServiceNow GRC
4/5
5POINT
3/5
1Vanta
5/5
2Drata
5/5
3Secureframe
5/5
4ServiceNow GRC
4/5
5Sprinto
4/5
1Drata
5/5
2Vanta
5/5
3LogicGate
5/5
4ServiceNow GRC
5/5
5ServiceNow
5/5
1Drata
5/5
2Vanta
5/5
3LogicGate
5/5
4AuditBoard
5/5
5Diligent
5/5
1ServiceNow GRC
5/5
2ServiceNow
5/5
3MetricStream
5/5
4IBM Datacap
5/5
5RSA Archer
5/5
≥50% cited
25–49%
<25%
Topics are discovery-stage prompt clusters · grc-platforms

Evaluation stage

Head-to-head

How often AI cites each brand across uniform category evaluation prompts · median 7/100

Head-to-head scoring shows Archer, ServiceNow GRC, Drata, and AuditBoard tied at 57 across 38 comparison queries each. Vanta, LogicGate, and MetricStream follow at 55, while RSA Archer scores 54 in 36 queries. The median category score of 7 reflects limited deeper evaluation data across the 22-brand field.

0255075100Evaluation citation rate — % of category evaluation prompts citing this brand010192938Evaluation prompts cited inmedian citation ratemedian exposure

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X = evaluation citation rate · Y = evaluation prompts cited in · Bubble size = citation exposure
Median citation rate 7/100

Each brand's score is the share of category evaluation prompts where AI cited them across all four engines — the same prompt pool for every brand. Brands above the median citation rate have stronger presence in evaluation-stage queries.

Citation sources

Where AI pulls citations from

947 citations captured across GRC Platforms prompt runs.

Vendor pages

471

Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors

Independent sources

284

Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned

Buyer questions

What AI cites for top GRC Platforms questions

Most-cited prompts across the buyer journey. Click any prompt to see the actual URLs AI engines link to.

Discovery

Buyers exploring the category

Evaluation

Buyers comparing options

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