> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.soc2doc.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # soc2doc vs Vanta, Drata, Sprinto > How soc2doc differs from evidence-automation platforms and where it can work alongside them. Vanta, Drata, Sprinto, and similar platforms are useful evidence-automation tools. They collect signals, connect systems, surface checks, and help teams keep evidence organized. soc2doc addresses a different part of the problem: interpreting what the SOC 2 commitments mean, deciding who owns the work, preparing the program around the audit, and helping the team follow through. ## The difference in one line Help your team collect evidence, monitor integrations, and manage a compliance dashboard. Helps your team understand, assign, and run the commitments behind the report. ## Often complementary Many teams use both. A platform can keep evidence collection organized; soc2doc can help interpret the commitments, prepare policies and operating rhythms, and support auditor conversations. For smaller or earlier-stage teams, soc2doc may also reduce the need to operate a large platform before the program is ready for it. ## What each one does not do An evidence platform does not become your auditor, write every policy for you, or decide whether a process actually matches what the report says. A green dashboard is useful, but it is not the same thing as a program being well run. soc2doc does not perform the audit, and the free review does no gap analysis. Those limits are explicit because documentation should not overstate assurance. No competitor is described dishonestly here. Evidence platforms do real work. The distinction is where the help sits: collection tooling versus practitioner-led interpretation and follow-through. See the commitments your report already creates.