Granola
Small (~50)
Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Best For
Granola
Best for: Craft-focused generalists who love native macOS development and want to build a consumer-quality AI product people genuinely love
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
GranolaVanta
4.8
3.8
Overall
4.5
3.3
Work-Life Balance
5.0
3.9
Culture & Values
4.5
3.8
Comp & Benefits
5.0
3.6
Senior Mgmt
4.7
3.6
Career Opps
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Sam Stephenson)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
Culture Values
Granola only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🧩 Wears Many Hats
Vanta only
No unique values
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Granola
- Users absolutely love the product — everyone at Granola genuinely cares about quality
- Plenty of opportunities to work on things that make a real difference on a small team
- 5 days in office by default (with flexibility for life circumstances)
- Small team, so things can be busy — you'll wear many hats
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
Granola
Choose Granola if you want to work on one of the most loved AI products with a small, London-based, in-office team obsessed with craft — but note the 5-days-in-office policy is explicit and non-negotiable.
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
Granola — 16 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
6
💻 Engineering
4
📣 Marketing
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Vanta — 166 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
78
💻 Engineering
50
📋 Product
8
🎨 Design
6
📣 Marketing
6
📊 Data
2
⚙️ Operations
2
💰 Finance
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Granola scores 4.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.5 work-life balance rating. Vanta scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 1.0-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact. Granola also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Granola has 16 open roles and Vanta has 166 open roles.