CVD Portal
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Vanta vs CVD Portal

Compliance automation for organisation-level frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001. How does Vanta compare to CVD Portal for an EU manufacturer subject to the Cyber Resilience Act?

Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Category
Compliance automation platform
Pricing model
Annual subscription priced on request, scaled by company size and the number of frameworks enabled.

How they compare on CRA-critical features

Five differences that decide whether an organisation-level compliance platform can carry a product obligation under Regulation (EU) 2024/2847.

Feature
Vanta
CVD Portal
Unit of compliance
The organisation. One scope, one posture, one certificate.
The product. Each product with digital elements carries its own classification, obligations and technical file
Annex III / Annex IV classification and conformity route
Not advertised
Free classifier, and the result decides which requirements apply and which route the product takes under Article 32
Annex I applicability table, Annex VII technical documentation, EU Declaration of Conformity
Not advertised
Generated per product and versioned with the file
Article 14 reporting (24h / 72h / final)
Not advertised
Built in, with an SRP-ready submission package for one-step manual filing on Enterprise
Article 13 CVD policy and single point of contact
Not advertised
Whitelabel portal included on the Free tier

Where Vanta is strong

  • +Large automated framework library. The published list runs past forty entries and includes SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS 2, DORA and the EU AI Act.
  • +Continuous control monitoring with deep integrations into cloud, identity and HR systems, so organisation-level evidence collects itself.
  • +Established auditor network and a workflow built around getting through a certification audit.
  • +Trust centre and security questionnaire automation, which shortens customer security reviews.

Where it is not a CRA fit

  • !The published framework library does not include the Cyber Resilience Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, as of August 2026. NIS 2, DORA and the EU AI Act are covered. The CRA is not listed.
  • !The data model is organisation-scoped. CRA obligations attach to each product with digital elements, so classification, Annex I applicability and the technical file exist per product rather than per company.
  • !No published feature for Annex III and Annex IV classification, the Annex I Part I applicability table, the Annex VII technical documentation, the EU Declaration of Conformity or CE marking.
  • !No advertised Article 14 reporting workflow to ENISA and the national CSIRT, and no whitelabel Article 13 intake portal under the manufacturer's own domain.
  • !Monitoring is aimed at the company's own IT estate. The CRA's vulnerability handling duties attach to the product as shipped, including its SBOM and its declared support period.

The CRA gap

The CRA regulates products, not organisations. A manufacturer holding ISO 27001 and SOC 2 still has to classify every product with digital elements against Annex III and Annex IV, mark each Annex I Part I essential requirement applicable or justify why it is not, assemble the Annex VII technical documentation, issue an EU Declaration of Conformity, affix the CE marking, and run the Article 14 cascade to ENISA and the relevant national CSIRT once reporting applies on 11 September 2026. Vanta automates the organisation-level frameworks well, and none of that per-product work has a home in a platform whose published framework library does not carry the CRA.

Why teams pick CVD Portal for CRA

Five reasons EU manufacturers choose CVD Portal over Vanta.

  1. 1

    Product-scoped by design. Classification drives which Annex I requirements apply, which route the product takes under Article 32, and what the file has to contain.

  2. 2

    Produces the conformity artifacts themselves. The Annex I applicability table, the Annex VII technical documentation index, the EU Declaration of Conformity, the Annex VI simplified declaration and the CE marking checklist.

  3. 3

    Article 14 reporting is first-class, with 24h, 72h and final-report timers and an SRP-ready submission package on Enterprise.

  4. 4

    Article 13 baseline is free. Whitelabel intake, a published CVD policy and acknowledgment tracking at €0/month.

  5. 5

    Complements rather than replaces. Existing secure development and change management evidence can be attached against Annex I instead of being recollected.

Frequently asked

Does Vanta support the EU Cyber Resilience Act?
Not as a framework in its published library as of August 2026. Vanta lists SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS 2, DORA, the EU AI Act and around forty others, and the CRA is absent from that list. A Vanta customer that sells products with digital elements into the EU still has the Article 13, Article 14, Annex I and conformity assessment workload to place somewhere.
We are already ISO 27001 certified. Does that cover the CRA?
No. ISO 27001 certifies an information security management system at the organisation. The CRA places its obligations on each product, which means essential requirements under Annex I, technical documentation under Annex VII, a Declaration of Conformity, CE marking and vulnerability reporting under Article 14. Some evidence is reusable, particularly secure development and change management records, and CVD Portal accepts that evidence against Annex I. The conformity artifacts have no ISO 27001 equivalent.
Can CVD Portal replace Vanta?
No, and it does not try. If SOC 2 or ISO 27001 is what procurement asks for, keep the platform that automates it. CVD Portal covers the obligations that sit on the product under the CRA. Most manufacturers that need both end up running both.
What does CVD Portal produce that a GRC platform does not?
Per-product artifacts. The Annex III and Annex IV classification with the Article 32 conformity route it implies, the Annex I Part I applicability table with a justification on every requirement marked not applicable, the Annex VII technical documentation index, the EU Declaration of Conformity and its Annex VI simplified form, the CE marking checklist, CSAF 2.0 advisories, and the Article 14 reporting package.
Does CVD Portal carry out the conformity assessment itself?
It produces the file the assessment rests on, and where the route allows it, supports the self-assessment. Module A self-assessment is open to default-class products. Important products (Annex III) and critical products (Annex IV) need a notified body or a European cybersecurity certification scheme, because no CRA harmonised standard is cited in the Official Journal yet. For those, CVD Portal prepares the technical file and the Annex I evidence the assessment body asks for, and does not replace it.

Run CRA conformity alongside the compliance stack you already have

Classification, Annex I, the technical file and Article 14 filing in one place. The Article 13 baseline is €0/month and no card is required to start.

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