Anyscale
Medium (~250)
Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Best For
Anyscale
Best for: Distributed systems and ML infrastructure engineers who want to work on the Ray open-source project and commercial AI infra
Vanta
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who want top-of-market comp at the category leader in security compliance and can handle a meeting-heavy, high-intensity pace
Ratings
AnyscaleVanta
4.2
3.8
Overall
3.8
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.2
3.9
Culture & Values
4.1
3.8
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.6
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.6
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Robert Nishihara)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
Culture Values
Anyscale only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Vanta only
🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Anyscale
- Brilliant colleagues from top companies
- Direct impact on AI/ML ecosystem
- Context switching between projects
- Documentation can lag behind development
Vanta
- Strong compensation rated 4.3/5 — best category score
- Market-defining product in security compliance automation
- Brutal meeting culture pushing work into nights and weekends
- Virtually no AEs hit quota — targets unrealistically high
Bottom Line
Anyscale
Choose Anyscale if you want to work on Ray — the dominant compute framework for AI workloads — with strong engineering culture and open-source DNA.
Vanta
Pays extremely well and owns its market niche, but the meeting-heavy culture and low WLB score (3.3/5) signal this is not for anyone seeking balance.
Open Roles
Anyscale
No open roles currently listed
Vanta — 166 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
78
💻 Engineering
50
📋 Product
8
🎨 Design
6
📣 Marketing
6
📊 Data
2
⚙️ Operations
2
💰 Finance
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Anyscale scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Vanta scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate. Anyscale also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Open Source, Flat Hierarchy. Vanta also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Anyscale has 0 open roles and Vanta has 166 open roles.