Looking for a Drata alternative?
Drata automates compliance and trust management. HackRisk shows you what attackers can see from the outside. For most organisations they do different jobs.
Drata is a compliance automation and trust management platform. It connects to your cloud, identity and HR tools, runs automated tests against controls, collects audit evidence and supports more than 30 frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials. If you are working towards SOC 2 or ISO 27001, Drata supports those frameworks.
HackRisk scans your organisation from the outside, the way an attacker would, and reports what it finds: internet-facing assets, vulnerabilities, staff credentials on the dark web and supplier risk. The results come as a report and an A* to F HackRisk Score. Prices are published, from £49.99 a month on a 12-month commitment.
This is rarely an either-or choice, because the two products look at different things. If Cyber Essentials, not SOC 2, is the certificate your customers ask for, HackRisk's Cyber Essentials Readiness tier may be the closer fit.
Why people go looking for an alternative
People search for a Drata alternative for a few recurring reasons. Not all of them point to HackRisk, and we would rather say so up front.
You want to see your exposure from the outside. Drata's vulnerability view centralises findings from scanning tools you connect to it. If you want an outside-in view of your domain, HackRisk provides that with Vulnerability Scanning and Recon Scanning.
Your customers ask for Cyber Essentials, not SOC 2. Drata supports Cyber Essentials as one of its frameworks. HackRisk's Cyber Essentials Readiness tier includes Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certification, an account manager and security consultant sessions. Certification itself is issued through an accredited certification body.
You want a published price. HackRisk publishes every plan and add-on on its pricing page. Drata's pricing page shows Startup, Growth and Enterprise stages (checked October 2026).
You want something non-technical people can read. HackRisk's score and report are written for non-technical readers.
If your real need is a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit, look at compliance platforms like Drata, which supports those frameworks.
HackRisk in brief
HackRisk is a cyber risk monitoring platform for UK SMEs, built and run by the security experts at CyberLab. It scans your business from the outside, the way an attacker sees it, and turns everything it finds into one score: your credit score for cyber security.
Behind the score sits continuous monitoring of your external attack surface, dark web monitoring for stolen staff credentials, vulnerability scanning and supply chain checks. The results arrive as a report your board can actually read, with the fixes ranked by what needs attention first. Pricing is published: £49.99 a month for the Core plan on a 12-month commitment (£59.99 a month rolling), with a Cyber Essentials Readiness tier from £77 a month.
It starts with a free report. Enter your domain and you get a board-ready assessment within 24 hours, plus 30 days of full portal access, without handing over card details or sitting through a sales call.
HackRisk vs Drata at a glance
| HackRisk | Drata | |
|---|---|---|
| The problem it solves | What your organisation has exposed to the internet without realising | Compliance automation and trust management: automated tests against controls and evidence collection |
| How it works | Outside-in scanning of your domain | Connects to your tech stack and runs automated tests against controls; a read-only Drata Agent on staff devices checks settings such as disk encryption and screen lock |
| Frameworks and audits | Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification, through the Cyber Essentials Readiness tier | 30+ pre-built frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS and DORA, plus custom frameworks; an Audit Hub for auditor collaboration and an Auditor Alliance network of audit firms |
| Cyber Essentials | Cyber Essentials Readiness tier, from £77/month on a 12-month term, includes CE or CE Plus certification, an account manager and consultant sessions | Supported framework, with continuous monitoring of Cyber Essentials controls to help teams stay prepared for certification |
| Vulnerability scanning | External vulnerability scanning, plus an internal vulnerability scan covering 5 endpoints on Core | Centralises findings "from your connected scanning tools into a single view", with SLA tracking |
| Supplier risk and customer assurance | Supply Chain Security: unlimited supplier invitations, questionnaires and certification sharing, free on every plan | Third-Party Risk Management with vendor inventory, risk tiers, assessments, evidence and automated reassessment; a Trust Center, a self-serve portal for customers and auditors to review your security posture and request documents |
| Pricing | Published: £49.99/month Core on a 12-month commitment (£59.99/month rolling), both billed monthly; CE Readiness from £77/month | Startup, Growth and Enterprise stages (checked October 2026) |
| Track record | Built by CyberLab | Serves "more than 8,500 organizations across 80+ countries", by its own account |
Where the two really differ
Proving controls and finding exposure
Drata describes itself as an agentic trust management platform that unifies governance, risk, compliance and assurance. Its compliance automation runs automated tests against your controls and keeps evidence linked in one place.
HackRisk looks at what is visible from the internet: subdomains, open ports and forgotten infrastructure, known vulnerabilities, and credentials for your domain and staff on the dark web. The two answer different questions, so they can run side by side.
Vulnerabilities and scanning
Drata's vulnerability and asset management centralises vulnerabilities from the scanning tools you connect to it, then tracks them against severity-based SLAs.
In HackRisk, Vulnerability Scanning, Recon Scanning and Dark Web Scanning work from the outside against your domain, and the results arrive with resolution advice and a single HackRisk Score.
Frameworks and certification
Drata lists more than 30 pre-built frameworks, from SOC 2 and ISO 27001 to NIS 2, DORA, FedRAMP and Cyber Essentials, and lets you build custom ones.
HackRisk's Cyber Essentials Readiness tier, from £77 a month on a 12-month term, includes help getting Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certified, a dedicated account manager and security consultant sessions, plus everything in HackRisk Core. Certification itself is issued through an accredited certification body.
Suppliers and customers
Both products look at third parties, in different ways. Drata's Third-Party Risk Management keeps a vendor inventory with risk tiers, assessments and evidence, and its Trust Center gives your own customers and auditors a self-serve place to review your security posture.
HackRisk's Supply Chain Security is free on every plan, including the free tier. You can invite unlimited suppliers, send questionnaires and share certifications.
Buying and getting started
Drata's pricing page shows its Startup, Growth and Enterprise stages (checked October 2026).
HackRisk publishes its prices. Core is £49.99 a month on a 12-month commitment or £59.99 a month rolling, both billed monthly, and covers one domain. Getting started means entering a domain. The free report arrives within 24 hours with 30 days of portal access and no card details.
Who should choose Drata
Drata is the better choice if:
- You are working towards SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS or similar frameworks, or several at once
- You want a self-serve Trust Center where customers and auditors can review your security posture and request documents
- You want automated evidence collection and control monitoring connected to your cloud, identity and HR tools
- You need a third-party risk programme with risk tiers, assessments and reassessment cycles
- You already run vulnerability scanners and want their findings tracked against SLAs in one view
Drata's compliance automation, Trust Center, third-party risk and Audit Hub products cover these.
Who should choose HackRisk
HackRisk is the better fit if:
- You want to know what attackers can see about your organisation from the internet, using external scans
- You want external scanning, dark web monitoring and supplier questionnaires in one place
- Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus is the certificate your customers ask for
- You want a published price, from £49.99 a month, and a report that non-technical readers can follow
- You want up to a 10% cyber insurance discount, included with HackRisk Core
HackRisk and Drata can run side by side, because they look at different things.
Switching, or just comparing?
There is usually nothing to switch. If you use Drata for SOC 2 or ISO 27001, nothing on this page is a reason to cancel it.
Adding HackRisk takes a domain name. Request a free report to see what is exposed today, look at an example report first if you prefer, or talk to us about Cyber Essentials Readiness if that is the certificate you need.
Frequently asked questions
Can HackRisk replace Drata?
The two do different jobs. Drata automates evidence collection and control monitoring for frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and has a customer-facing Trust Center and an Audit Hub. HackRisk scans your organisation from the outside and reports what attackers can see. If your only certification need is Cyber Essentials, HackRisk's Cyber Essentials Readiness tier includes Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certification.
How does Drata handle vulnerabilities?
Drata's vulnerability and asset management centralises vulnerabilities from the scanning tools you connect to it into a single view, and tracks them against severity-based SLAs (checked October 2026). HackRisk includes external vulnerability scanning, and HackRisk Core also includes an internal vulnerability scan covering 5 endpoints.
Does Drata support Cyber Essentials?
Yes. Cyber Essentials is one of Drata's pre-built frameworks, with continuous monitoring of its controls to help teams stay prepared for certification. HackRisk's Cyber Essentials Readiness tier, from £77 a month on a 12-month term, includes help getting Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certified, a dedicated account manager and security consultant sessions.
How is Drata priced?
Drata's pricing page shows Startup, Growth and Enterprise stages (checked October 2026). For current details, check drata.com/pricing.
How much does HackRisk cost?
HackRisk Core is £49.99 a month on a 12-month commitment, or £59.99 a month on a rolling plan. Both are billed monthly, and only the length of commitment changes. Core covers one domain with continuous monitoring, an internal vulnerability scan of 5 endpoints and up to 10% off cyber insurance. Cyber Essentials Readiness starts at £77 a month on a 12-month term. Add-ons are published too: £25 a month per extra domain, £8 a month per extra scan target and £2 per person a month for training and phishing simulation.
Can I use HackRisk and Drata together?
Yes. Drata collects evidence and monitors controls, while HackRisk watches your external attack surface, the dark web and your suppliers.
See your score before you decide anything
The quickest way to compare is to see what HackRisk finds about your own business: your HackRisk Score and a board-ready breakdown of what attackers can see, within 24 hours.
No card details, no sales call. Plans from £49.99 a month on a 12-month commitment, if you decide to keep monitoring.
Information about Drata on this page was checked against drata.com on 6 October 2026. If you spot something out of date, tell us and we’ll correct it.