Harvey
Medium (~350)
Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Best For
Harvey
Best for: Engineers who want to transform legal work with AI at a well-funded unicorn with exceptional comp
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
HarveyVanta
3.9
3.8
Overall
3.4
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.0
3.9
Culture & Values
3.9
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.7
3.6
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.6
Career Opps
👍 78% Recommend
👤 82% CEO Approval (Winston Weinberg)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
Culture Values
Harvey only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth
Vanta only
No unique values
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Harvey
- Exceptional comp and equity packages
- Smart, driven colleagues who support each other
- Intense pace with long hours
- Growing pains and internal politics
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
Harvey
Choose Harvey if you want exceptional equity, smart colleagues, and the chance to reshape the legal industry with AI — but expect relentless pace, long hours, and growing-company politics.
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
Harvey — 230 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
47
⚙️ Operations
21
📋 Product
18
⚖️ Legal
17
📣 Marketing
13
🎨 Design
10
👤 HR / People
9
📊 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
Harvey scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.4 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, Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact. Harvey also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Harvey has 230 open roles and Vanta has 166 open roles.