Subcategory · AI Citation Index
GRC Platforms
ServiceNow GRC, Drata, and Vanta dominate AI shortlists; compliance automation vendors rising as legacy IRM suites slip.
170 discovery queries · 429 head-to-heads · refreshed Jun 10, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 170 buyer-style "GRC Platforms" queries
ServiceNow GRC leads with a 61.8% shortlist rate across 105 prompt appearances, followed tightly by Vanta (58.2%, 270 mentions) and Drata (58.2%, 262 mentions). All three draw from all four AI models tested. LogicGate and AuditBoard round out the top five, each landing on 98 and 97 shortlists respectively, while legacy RSA Archer falls to eighth despite 89 appearances.
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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 10/100
Head-to-head evaluations cluster tightly: Archer, ServiceNow GRC, Drata, and AuditBoard each average 57 points across 38 comparison queries. Vanta, LogicGate, and MetricStream trail by two points at 55. The median category score sits at just 10, underscoring that most of the 22 vendors rarely surface in direct AI-driven comparisons.
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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.
Brands to know
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Drata
Tops the featured list at 72 points. AI models cite Drata in 262 mentions, tying Vanta for shortlist rate but edging ahead on overall score. Compliance automation focus resonates across prompts.
Read brand profile →ServiceNow GRC
Scores 71 and claims the highest shortlist rate at 61.8%. Appears 105 times—more than any competitor—and logs the steepest recent climb (+13 points). Enterprise workflow integration drives visibility.
Read brand profile →Vanta
Ties Drata on shortlist rate (58.2%) but registers the most total mentions (270). Score of 66 places it fourth among featured candidates, and recent -5 delta suggests slight cooling in AI recommendations.
Read brand profile →AuditBoard
Matches Vanta at 66 points and lands on 97 shortlists. Audit-workflow heritage gives it a distinct angle in evaluation queries, earning 57-point averages in 38 head-to-heads.
Read brand profile →LogicGate
Scores 57, appearing on 98 shortlists with 198 mentions. No-code risk management positioning holds steady in AI outputs, though it trails compliance-automation specialists by 10–15 points.
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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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