Subcategory · AI Citation Index
GRC Platforms
ServiceNow GRC leads at 62% shortlist rate; Vanta and Drata tie at 58%; automation-first platforms gain as legacy vendors decline.
170 discovery queries · 435 head-to-heads · refreshed Oct 12, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 170 buyer-style "GRC Platforms" queries
ServiceNow GRC appears in 105 of 170 prompts (62% shortlist rate), outpacing Vanta and Drata, which both land at 58%. LogicGate and AuditBoard cluster near 57%, while OneTrust and MetricStream hover at 54%. The top five vendors all achieve four-model diversity, signaling broad LLM consensus.
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Signal by intent
By topic
Top 5 most-cited brands per intent cluster. Brands with zero citations in a topic are not shown.
Evaluation stage
Head-to-head
How often AI cites each brand across uniform category evaluation prompts · median 9/100
When buyers pit vendors head-to-head, Archer, ServiceNow GRC, Drata, and AuditBoard all average 57 in evaluation queries (38 comparisons each). Vanta, OneTrust, LogicGate, and MetricStream trail slightly at 55 across 37 queries. The median category score sits at just 9, indicating most of the 31 brands rarely surface in comparative prompts.
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Each brand's score is the share of category evaluation prompts where AI cited them across all four engines — the same prompt pool for every brand. Brands above the median citation rate have stronger presence in evaluation-stage queries.
Trends
Over the last 12 months
Seven months of data show volatility: scores ranged from 0 (August-September) to 68 (April). ServiceNow GRC is rising (+13 delta), while Vanta is falling (-5). Small sample sizes (1-6 evaluations per month) make trend lines directional rather than definitive.
Brands to know
In this category
ServiceNow GRC
Tops both shortlist frequency (62%) and trend momentum (+13). Appears in 105 prompts and earns 246 mentions, the highest visibility in the category.
Read brand profile →Vanta
Ties Drata at 58% shortlist rate with 270 mentions—the most raw citations. Despite a -5 trend delta, it remains a top-three consensus pick across all four models.
Read brand profile →Drata
Matches Vanta's 58% shortlist rate and 262 mentions. Scores 66 in both shortlist and evaluation contexts, positioning it as the compliance-automation peer to Vanta.
Read brand profile →AuditBoard
Appears in 97 prompts (57%) and averages 57 in head-to-head evaluations. Lower mention count (178) suggests narrower use-case focus, likely audit-centric workflows.
Read brand profile →LogicGate
Holds 58% shortlist rate with 198 mentions. Scores 57 overall, slightly below the automation leaders but above legacy enterprise platforms like MetricStream.
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Where AI pulls citations from
947 citations captured across GRC Platforms prompt runs.
Vendor pages
471Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors
Independent sources
284Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned
Buyer questions
What AI cites for top GRC Platforms questions
Most-cited prompts across the buyer journey. Click any prompt to see the actual URLs AI engines link to.
Discovery
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Evaluation
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