# Research and Data Studies

**URL:** https://theauditrail.com/research/
**Published:** 2026-10-12
**Modified:** 2026-10-12
**Author:** The Audit Trail editorial desk

> Original research and data studies on compliance automation software. Every study comes with its full dataset as a CSV download.

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# Research and Data Studies

Original studies on compliance software. Every study comes with its full dataset as a CSV.

Lead finding 80% of 164 cloud companies run a dedicated trust center (131 of them)

5 of 114 trust centers that show SOC 2 access let anyone download the report

70% of 941 documents at the 40 companies on Vanta or Conveyor need a request or NDA

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Newest study

## [What 164 Cloud Companies Publish on Their Trust Centers](https://theauditrail.com/research/trust-centers/)

80% of 164 cloud companies run a trust center. Only 5 of the 114 that show SOC 2 access let anyone download the report. Platform, framework and gating data.

Data checked Oct 2, 2026

[Read the study](https://theauditrail.com/research/trust-centers/)[Download the data (CSV, 161 rows)](https://theauditrail.com/research/trust-centers.csv)

## Earlier studies

Lead finding 6 of 6 of Sprinto, Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, Scrut and Thoropass have an AWS Marketplace listing with published pricing

### [Where Compliance Platforms Publish Their Prices](https://theauditrail.com/research/compliance-software-pricing-2026/)

Sprinto, Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, Scrut and Thoropass all list on AWS Marketplace with starting prices. Five of those prices do not appear on the vendor's website.

[Download the data (CSV, 6 rows)](https://theauditrail.com/research/compliance-software-pricing-2026.csv)Data checked Sep 24, 2026

[Rankings 6 ranked lists and 2 head-to-head comparisons 7 platforms scored on rubric v0.9. Sprinto leads at 84 out of 100. See the rankings](https://theauditrail.com/best/)