Brex
Large (~1,600)
Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
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
BrexVanta
4.0
3.8
Overall
3.9
3.3
Work-Life Balance
3.8
3.9
Culture & Values
4.0
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.6
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.6
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
Culture Values
Brex only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent🌐 Remote-Friendly
Vanta only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Brex
- Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
- Remote-first with strong benefits — time off actively encouraged with flexible scheduling
- Culture of overworking — many departments understaffed relative to workload expectations
- Multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years have created uncertainty and morale challenges
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
Brex
Choose Brex if you want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues — but expect intense workloads and some organizational instability from recent layoffs.
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
Brex — 243 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
77
💻 Engineering
54
📋 Product
20
🎨 Design
15
👤 HR / People
12
📣 Marketing
11
📊 Data
10
⚙️ Operations
7
⚖️ Legal
6
💰 Finance
5
Vanta — 169 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
73
💻 Engineering
50
📋 Product
9
🎨 Design
7
📣 Marketing
5
📊 Data
4
⚙️ Operations
2
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Vanta scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact. Brex also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Transparent, Remote-Friendly. Vanta also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Brex has 243 open roles and Vanta has 169 open roles.