Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Vast AI
Small (~30)
Best For
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
Vast AI
Best for: Scrappy generalists who want a front-row seat to the AI compute revolution
Ratings
VantaVast AI
3.8
5.0
Overall
3.3
4.5
Work-Life Balance
3.9
5.0
Culture & Values
3.8
5.0
Comp & Benefits
3.6
5.0
Senior Mgmt
3.6
5.0
Career Opps
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Jake Cannell)
Culture Values
Vanta only
🎯 Direct Product Impact
Vast AI only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Pros & Cons
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
Vast AI
- Front-row seat to the AI compute revolution — demand for GPU cloud is surging
- Strong compensation and generous equity stakes for a bootstrapped startup
- Processes are still being defined — expect ad hoc workflows
- Intense workload — the team explicitly values high output
Bottom Line
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.
Vast AI
Choose Vast AI if you want perfect Glassdoor scores and generous equity at a tiny GPU marketplace — but expect startup chaos.
Open Roles
Vanta — 169 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
73
💻 Engineering
50
📋 Product
9
🎨 Design
7
📣 Marketing
5
📊 Data
4
⚙️ Operations
2
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Vast AI — 10 jobs
💻 Engineering
6
🧠 ML / AI
2
📊 Data
1
Summary
Vanta scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.3 work-life balance rating. Vast AI scores 5.0/5.0 overall with a 4.5 WLB. That’s a 1.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity. Vanta also emphasizes Direct Product Impact. Vast AI also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Vanta has 169 open roles and Vast AI has 10 open roles.