Figma
Large (~2,800)
Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Best For
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
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
FigmaVanta
3.7
3.8
Overall
3.1
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.0
3.9
Culture & Values
4.0
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.2
3.6
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.6
Career Opps
👍 73% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
Culture Values
Figma only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🎧 Deep Work / Low Meetings
Vanta only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Figma
- World-class talent and technically ambitious problems — real-time multiplayer, WebAssembly rendering
- Strong product mission that employees genuinely believe in — Figma is loved by its users
- Work-life balance rated 3.1/5 — 60+ hour weeks common, especially near deadlines
- Hypergrowth growing pains — product suite doubled without proportional hiring
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
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.
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
Figma — 152 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
46
💻 Engineering
29
👤 HR / People
11
🎨 Design
10
⚖️ Legal
7
📣 Marketing
6
📋 Product
6
📊 Data
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
Vanta — 169 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
73
💻 Engineering
50
📋 Product
9
🎨 Design
7
📣 Marketing
5
📊 Data
4
⚙️ Operations
2
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Figma scores 3.7/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.1 work-life balance rating. Vanta scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact. Figma also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Deep Work / Low Meetings. Vanta also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Figma has 152 open roles and Vanta has 169 open roles.