Elastic
Large (~4,000)
Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Best For
Elastic
Best for: Professionals interested in Elastic
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
ElasticVanta
4.0
3.8
Overall
4.1
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.1
3.9
Culture & Values
4.0
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.6
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.6
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (CEO)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
Culture Values
Elastic only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance📡 Async-First
Vanta only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Shared
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Pros & Cons
Elastic
- Fully distributed from day one — genuine remote-first culture across 40+ countries
- Open-source DNA means engineers contribute to community, not just internal products
- Cross-timezone coordination means occasional early/late meetings
- Recent leadership shifts have introduced more process and oversight
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
Elastic
Elastic — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
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
Elastic — 198 jobs
💻 Engineering
87
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📣 Marketing
8
📋 Product
7
👤 HR / People
4
🎨 Design
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
2
Vanta — 166 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
78
💻 Engineering
50
📋 Product
8
🎨 Design
6
📣 Marketing
6
📊 Data
2
⚙️ Operations
2
💰 Finance
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Elastic scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 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: Strong Comp & Equity. Elastic also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Open Source, Work-Life Balance, Async-First. Vanta also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate.
On the hiring front, Elastic has 198 open roles and Vanta has 166 open roles.