Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Wayve
Mid (~850)
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
Wayve
Best for: ML and robotics engineers excited by embodied AI who want to work at the frontier of autonomous driving with a high-caliber research team in London
Ratings
VantaWayve
3.8
4.4
Overall
3.3
3.9
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.5
Culture & Values
3.8
4.4
Comp & Benefits
3.6
4.2
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.2
Career Opps
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (Amar Shah)
Culture Values
Vanta only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Wayve only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Shared
🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
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
Wayve
- Great culture — smart, friendly people with a supportive and inclusive familial bond
- Immense creative freedom and autonomy; founders are humble and open to being challenged
- Career progression framework is unclear — salaries and promotions feel arbitrary
- Very ambitious demands create vulnerability to burnout; processes built on the fly
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.
Wayve
One of Europe's top deep-tech companies with excellent Glassdoor ratings (4.4) and a cutting-edge AV research environment — but expect an intense pace and most roles are London-based.
Open Roles
Vanta — 163 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
68
💻 Engineering
52
📋 Product
9
🎨 Design
6
📣 Marketing
6
📊 Data
3
⚙️ Operations
2
💰 Finance
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Wayve — 83 jobs
💻 Engineering
47
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
6
📋 Product
5
📊 Data
3
⚖️ Legal
2
👤 HR / People
1
📣 Marketing
1
Summary
Vanta scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.3 work-life balance rating. Wayve scores 4.4/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate. Vanta also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity. Wayve also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Diverse & Inclusive.
On the hiring front, Vanta has 163 open roles and Wayve has 83 open roles.