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USM Anywhere vs Vanta comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
USM Anywhere enhances security, saves time and resources, reduces staffing needs, and meets compliance, offering financial and time benefits.
Sentiment score
4.2
Vanta improves ROI by streamlining evidence collection and supports security enhancement, though precise ROI metrics are challenging to assess.
Customers see ROI as they save on staff and other resources.
Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.0
USM Anywhere's customer service is generally praised for responsiveness but experiences occasional delays and inconsistent support information.
Sentiment score
6.5
Vanta's customer support is responsive and effective, with quick responses and appreciated flexibility, despite occasional initial contact delays.
If I leave a message at 7:00 or 8:00 at night, I'll have the message the next morning because their London team will pick up on it and respond.
Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The customer support from Vanta is good.
HITRUST and GRC Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
USM Anywhere is scalable for small to medium businesses, but enterprise-scale deployments face data volume and speed challenges.
Sentiment score
7.0
Vanta excels in scalability and adaptability, supporting diverse needs, smooth integration, and growth for expanding companies.
USM Anywhere faces scalability issues because of a 60 TB limit.
Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
USM Anywhere receives mixed stability reviews, with some users praising its reliability and others reporting issues during updates or large data handling.
Sentiment score
7.7
Users perceive Vanta as stable and reliable, despite occasional latency and connection issues affecting some users.
There are connection problems about 50% of the time because of the automated evidence collection.
Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Vanta is very stable; we haven't had any downtimes or weird behavior so far, which we really appreciate.
DevOps Engineer / SRE at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
 

Room For Improvement

USM Anywhere needs improved performance, user interface, integration, and support, with better updates and less disruptive software changes.
Vanta's user access module needs development, improved interfaces, flexible permissions, and better integration for effective policy management.
There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks.
Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited
I have to clear all CVEs before the test will pass.
Vice President of Technology at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Vanta has been really nice, with a nice user experience, clear layout, and very reasonable recommendations compared to other platforms we've tried.
DevOps Engineer / SRE at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
To improve Vanta, I suggest continuing to improve the areas of integration with the HITRUST CSF for R2 assessments.
HITRUST and GRC Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

USM Anywhere offers scalable, affordable SIEM solutions ideal for SMBs, recommended for budget-conscious enterprises over costly competitors.
Enterprise buyers have mixed views on Vanta's pricing, finding it expensive yet valuable for reducing audit costs.
The pricing is amazing and really cheap.
Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited
Vanta's pricing for small businesses allows you to double that person's SOC/ISO compliance capabilities for less than the cost of another staff member.
Vice President of Technology at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Valuable Features

USM Anywhere offers event correlation, vulnerability scanning, and centralized logging with customizable, user-friendly security monitoring for small teams.
Vanta automates compliance, streamlines processes, and enhances integration, monitoring, and reporting to ensure data integrity and audit readiness.
The 365-day block query is a major feature.
Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited
Vanta has positively impacted my organization by helping us remediate a lot of vulnerabilities and bad practices, especially from vulnerable ECR repos, and enforced good behavior.
DevOps Engineer / SRE at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
The best features Vanta offers in my opinion are the key performance indicators for framework compliance as well as integration into internal environments and accurate data provided towards compliance frameworks and metrics.
HITRUST and GRC Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The automated testing of controls and access reviews are valuable features.
Vice President of Technology at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

USM Anywhere
Ranking in Compliance Management
13th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
115
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (33rd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (28th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (41st)
Vanta
Ranking in Compliance Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Compliance Consulting (1st), Data Governance (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Compliance Management category, the mindshare of USM Anywhere is 1.7%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vanta is 7.1%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Compliance Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Vanta7.1%
USM Anywhere1.7%
Other91.2%
Compliance Management
 

Featured Reviews

Kris Nawani - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited
Offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software
USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools The solution offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software, as it is maintained by the vendor. It helps in saving…
reviewer2585640 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Compliance workflows have become organized and automation supports ongoing healthcare audits
There are always tons of rooms for improvement for Vanta. I kind of exaggerated a little bit about the policy control. I don't really love the way they handle the revision management of that feature. If I'm on V1 of the policy document and I make some changes to it, then I get rid of V1 and then I re-upload V2. It's not that it keeps a running history of each of the different revisions. A little bit of an issue with that, but workable. I don't really have any negative complaint right now that would be worthwhile expressing. It's just that there's a lot of features. The UI is not super intuitive, but now that I've worked with it for a couple of years, I know how to navigate and get around. Initially, it was a little bit of a struggle understanding how these things would all work.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
21%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business65
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise25
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with AT&T AlienVault USM?
There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks. It is also limited when used with bigger products and has complex password requirements.
What is your primary use case for AT&T AlienVault USM?
USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools.
What needs improvement with Vanta?
To improve Vanta, I suggest continuing to improve the areas of integration with the HITRUST CSF for R2 assessments. It would be helpful for much of the testing of the evidence to be done within Van...
What is your primary use case for Vanta?
My main use case is certification. I used Vanta to establish a HITRUST certification for a telecommunications organization, including evidence collection, report generation, compliance metrics, and...
What advice do you have for others considering Vanta?
I would tell others looking into using Vanta to use it for HITRUST E1 and I1 assessments, as the R2 assessments are still a work in progress. I would rate this product an 8.
 

Also Known As

AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Abel & Cole, Bank of Ireland, Bluegrass Cellular, CareerBuilder, Claire's, Hays Medical Center, Hope International, McCurrach, McKinsey & Company, Party Delights, Pepco Holdings, Richland School District, Ricoh, SaveMart, Shake Shack, Steelcase, TaxAct, Taylor Morrison, Vonage and Zoom
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