incident.io
Small (~140)
Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Best For
incident.io
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who value a strong culture with 13 extra holidays per year and approachable, ego-free founders
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
incident.ioVanta
4.5
3.8
Overall
4.1
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.6
3.9
Culture & Values
4.5
3.8
Comp & Benefits
4.3
3.6
Senior Mgmt
4.3
3.6
Career Opps
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
Culture Values
incident.io only
🪟 Transparent🛡️ Safe to Fail🌱 Learning & Growth⚙️ Engineering-Driven🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Vanta only
🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
incident.io
- Strong culture with a dedicated culture manager — values are practiced, not just stated
- Excellent compensation and benefits with strong career growth opportunities
- Rapid scaling can create instability — some report organizational growing pains
- London-centric with limited remote options for some roles
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
incident.io
Exceptional culture (4.5 stars) with genuine values, great benefits including 10% pension match, and kind colleagues — but London-centric with some layoff scars from 2024.
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
incident.io — 27 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
20
💻 Engineering
6
Vanta — 169 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
73
💻 Engineering
50
📋 Product
9
🎨 Design
7
📣 Marketing
5
📊 Data
4
⚙️ Operations
2
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
incident.io scores 4.5/5.0 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 0.7-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate. incident.io also emphasizes Transparent, Safe to Fail, Learning & Growth, Engineering-Driven, Flat Hierarchy. Vanta also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, incident.io has 27 open roles and Vanta has 169 open roles.