CoreWeave
Large (~1,800)
Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Best For
CoreWeave
Best for: Infrastructure engineers who want GPU cloud exposure with strong equity upside
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
CoreWeaveVanta
3.6
3.8
Overall
3.2
3.3
Work-Life Balance
3.1
3.9
Culture & Values
3.8
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.0
3.6
Senior Mgmt
3.4
3.6
Career Opps
👍 62% Recommend
👤 65% CEO Approval (Michael Intrator)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
Culture Values
CoreWeave only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🧩 Wears Many Hats
Vanta only
🎯 Direct Product Impact
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Pros & Cons
CoreWeave
- GPU cloud infrastructure leader backed by NVIDIA ($2B investment)
- Strong compensation and equity — especially valuable post-IPO
- Work-life balance can be challenging — some teams expect off-hours availability
- Culture and values rated 3.1/5 — processes still maturing
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
CoreWeave
Choose CoreWeave if you want NVIDIA-backed GPU cloud with equity upside — but culture and processes are still maturing.
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
CoreWeave — 266 jobs
💻 Engineering
118
💼 Sales / GTM
23
📋 Product
20
⚙️ Operations
12
📣 Marketing
10
⚖️ Legal
9
💰 Finance
8
👤 HR / People
7
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
2
Vanta — 169 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
73
💻 Engineering
50
📋 Product
9
🎨 Design
7
📣 Marketing
5
📊 Data
4
⚙️ Operations
2
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
CoreWeave scores 3.6/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.2 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, Strong Comp & Equity. CoreWeave also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Wears Many Hats. Vanta also emphasizes Direct Product Impact.
On the hiring front, CoreWeave has 266 open roles and Vanta has 169 open roles.