PowerDMS by NEOGOV vs. Vanta

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PowerDMS by NEOGOV
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
PowerDMS by NEOGOV is a software platform designed to recruit, train, equip, and protect employees across their careers, used for policy management, community engagement, and staff scheduling.N/A
Vanta
Score 3.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Vanta is an automated security and compliance platform. Vanta helps businesses get and stay compliant by continuously monitoring people, systems and tools to improve security posture.N/A
Pricing
PowerDMS by NEOGOVVanta
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PowerDMS by NEOGOVVanta
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
PowerDMS by NEOGOVVanta
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Comparison of Governance, Risk & Compliance features of Product A and Product B
PowerDMS by NEOGOV
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Ratings
Vanta
2.4
8 Ratings
104% below category average
Common repository of GRC items00 Ratings2.98 Ratings
Risk management00 Ratings2.98 Ratings
Integration with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) systems00 Ratings1.75 Ratings
GRC policy management00 Ratings2.06 Ratings
Incident management00 Ratings2.37 Ratings
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User Ratings
PowerDMS by NEOGOVVanta
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(131 ratings)
3.3
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(14 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.1
(24 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.5
(8 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(32 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(8 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
4.5
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.5
(8 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
PowerDMS by NEOGOVVanta
Likelihood to Recommend
NEOGOV
This software is very well suited for law enforcement agencies of all sizes from 5 to 5000 officers. There is a mobile app that allows officers to quickly and easily search while out in the field or on a call. They can quickly review a policy, locate a form, pull up a map and much more using either the mobile app or the desktop application.
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Vanta
Vanta seems excellent for startups, but I expect that they would be even more useful at bigger companies. I think it really helps people that haven't done SOC2 before. I also think it would help in monitoring compliance across teams with many users. If the budget is extremely tight, I think it would be possible to save money by not using it.
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Pros
NEOGOV
  • Policy management- [Users] sign for, and can take [tests] to prove understanding of policy right in the application. As [the] policy is updated, old versions are retained, so that we not only know what a policy contains, we can track changes and provide information on what a policy was at any given time in the past.
  • Training- Users receive notifications when training is due and are guided to complete the training. If the training requires recertification, PowerDMS can be configured to alert the user that re-training is needed, without a supervisor needing to keep track. All documents used in training, including presentations and videos, can be contained in the PowerDMS course, so we can prove not only that an employee was trained, but exactly what curriculum was use din any given training.
  • Accreditation Assessment- [Our] accreditation standards manual is uploaded directly into PowerDMS. Proofs are accomplished using the actual policy and procedure, as well as the documents created during the workday. There is absolutely no duplication of effort.
  • Communications accountability- Email [can] be read and forgotten. With PowerDMS, a document can be distributed for user signatures, insuring that the user took affirmative action to read and understand the document.
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Vanta
  • API driven capabilities offer a very easy way to connect your systems to their application.
  • It was mostly intuitive to figure out what needed to be configured.
  • I like how responsive they have been and how they have been able to outline the entire process for us from the start to the end.
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Cons
NEOGOV
  • The Workflow process in PowerDMS is not as easy to grasp as some of the other concepts and requires a little more explaination, especially for non-administrative background users.
  • Users are unable to view the steps in a Workflow template in order to determine which Workflow would work best for their needs when routing documents.
  • It would be great to have multiple message options for past due inbox notifications in addition to the options for past due tasks to encourage users to go to their inbox to review their messages.
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Vanta
  • In my opinion, they make it very hard to contact them when you need something.
  • In my experience, they write their contracts to make it difficult to cancel service.
  • In my experience, they have no policy for refunds in addition to their [...] contacts.
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Likelihood to Renew
NEOGOV
I have had nothing but positive experiences with PowerDMS from day one. If we ever run into a situation we are unsure of, PowerDMS support has ALWAYS been able to answer us basically immediately. I really love that they are constantly seeking to improve and expand.
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Vanta
Great to maintain for our SOC2 compliance and further compliance evolutions
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Usability
NEOGOV
There is a learning curve as with any software system and I have found those users who consistently use the system more have a much higher success rate than those who only log in to sign off on documents. Now that most users have been in the system for over 2 years I consistently hear how much easier the processes are than they originally thought they would be
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Vanta
Pretty intuitive and great integrations
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Reliability and Availability
NEOGOV
Never had an issue with PowerDMS not being available. Speed is an issue from time to time
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Vanta
Always available
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Performance
NEOGOV
We use PowerDMS in the cloud so our performance might be different from other users who use on-premise. The program has always been up with very minimal downtime and always seems responsive and snappy when navigating the UI and searching documents. We don't currently have any integrations with other software.
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Vanta
Fast although the agent may take some time to reping on checks
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Support Rating
NEOGOV
I just wish we had some in-state support. The contacts I have had with customer support have been great. Awesome communication, problem-solving, and support. I have talked to and met Stephanie Williams (CSA for Power DMS) at the most recent Entrust conference. She was professional and devoted time to addressing our agency needs.
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Vanta
Direct support and replies in a timely manner to tickets submitted
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In-Person Training
NEOGOV
In-person training works really well.
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Vanta
Pretty straight forward
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Online Training
NEOGOV
Online training works well and keeps from having to have classroom training
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Vanta
Straight Forward
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Implementation Rating
NEOGOV
Implementation of PowerDMS was near seamless. The product was able to input existing policies and procedures within a few hours, which helped to lay the foundation for future use. Having PowerDMS on-boarding readily available was also a huge benefit.
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Vanta
Pretty seemless and did it almost entirely myself
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Alternatives Considered
NEOGOV
PowerDMS is a lot different than Linkedin Learnings. In PowerDMS you have to create your own courses versus in Linkedin Learnings they provide extensive content on a wide variety of subject matter. Linkedin Learnings is what we have used in our organization for Bias Training and Ethics Training. PowerDMS is the repository for documents and Trainings, so the systems work very differently
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Vanta
Vanta's reporting was far superior, the price was competitive but my engineers running the project said that working with vanta would save them significant amount of time. Secondly vanta had more integrations so they could plug directly into the systems we use!
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Scalability
NEOGOV
Because of features and functions.
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Vanta
Works as intended
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Return on Investment
NEOGOV
  • Created efficient processes for approving document revision
  • Migrated what originally was a paper system to electronic
  • Accessible for any employee by logging in, employees do not have to seek out policy and procedure binders, and updated documents can be automatically sent to inboxes when updated.
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Vanta
  • We were able to close contracts because we had our SOCII compliance in place
  • SOCII certification process was reduced by at least 80%
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ScreenShots

Vanta Screenshots

Screenshot of Monitor your control system and take action on outstanding configuration issues, security issues, and required compliance tasks to improve security and achieve continuous compliance for your business.Screenshot of Review results of your risk assessment and identified risks to your business.Screenshot of Generate a policy from our templates or upload your company's existing policies that describe your business' internal and external commitments to security and compliance.Screenshot of Conduct an assessment of vendors essential providing your business' services and take action to assign ownership and review each vendors' own security assessments.Screenshot of Monitor employees and contractors task completion status. Take action to flag ex-employee accounts to be deprovisioned or service accounts that are not included in onboarding processes.Screenshot of Monitor and take action to remediate package vulnerabilities that have been detected on your servers.