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Vendor comparison · 2 companies

Sprinto vs UnderDefense

Sprinto says compliance often lands on startups with no owner. UnderDefense sells UnderDefense MAXI, a security and compliance automation platform, and an MDR service in which security experts monitor, detect and respond to incidents. CISO Tribune files both under Compliance automation. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • Sprinto
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Sprinto vs UnderDefense: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
SprintoSprinto says compliance often lands on startups with no owner.sprinto.comUnderDefenseUnderDefense sells UnderDefense MAXI, a security and compliance automation platform, and an MDR service in which security experts monitor, detect and respond to incidents.underdefense.com
What it sells
  • AI Governance[3][14]Sprinto keeps a live registry of AI tools and routes approvals by risk.
  • Trust Center[11]Sprinto Trust Center is a shareable security and AI safety profile for buyers.
  • UnderDefense MAXI[1][2][3][5][6]A security and compliance automation platform. UnderDefense MAXI integrates with SIEMs, firewalls and endpoint protection solutions.
  • UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC[4]AI agents investigate each alert. Analysts on shift 24/7 decide what happens next.
  • MDR[1][2][6]Security experts monitor, detect and respond to incidents.
  • Cloud-based SIEM[2]A cloud-based SIEM that collects, analyzes and responds to security events.
  • CIS AWS Benchmark assessment[8]A self-service assessment of AWS security.
Categories
Headquarters
India[2]Not stated on its pages
Founded
2020[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
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Named customers
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Recent news
  • March 21, 2026Sprinto launched its Autonomous Trust Platform, a compliance system built around autonomous agents, and said it is available now.[16]
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G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 4, 2026[4]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[10]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Sprinto sells mainly to companies from Series A to enterprise. It describes startups with no compliance owner preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA. It also addresses companies managing several frameworks and customer questionnaires at once, and larger organizations with growing vendor and AI risk.UnderDefense MAXI integrates with a customer's security infrastructure, including SIEMs, firewalls and endpoint protection solutions. UnderDefense offers compliance templates to organizations working toward standards such as SOC2 and ISO 27001. UnderDefense MAXI provides executive-level reports for C-level readers.
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September 27, 2026October 26, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Sprinto and UnderDefense are both filed under Compliance automation.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Sprinto's primary category is Compliance automation; UnderDefense's is MDR and managed SOC.
  • Sprinto is also filed under Third-party risk and security ratings and AI governance. UnderDefense is also filed under Penetration testing and red team services and SOAR and security automation.
  • Sprinto lists AI Governance and Trust Center. UnderDefense lists UnderDefense MAXI, UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC, MDR, Cloud-based SIEM and CIS AWS Benchmark assessment.
  • Sprinto is headquartered in India.
  • Sprinto was founded in 2020.

What it sells: Sprinto

What AI Governance does[3][14]
Sprinto detects AI use through browser extensions, MDM, and SSO signals. It scores each AI tool by use case sensitivity and data exposure and sends high risk tools to approvers.
What Trust Center does[11]
Sprinto auto-creates the Trust Center using existing compliance data. Content can be public, private, or gated behind access requests and NDAs.

What it sells: UnderDefense

What UnderDefense MAXI does[1][2][3][5][6]
UnderDefense MAXI natively monitors endpoints, networks, users and decoy beacons. UnderDefense MAXI provides ready-to-use playbooks, AI-powered alert enrichment and notifications through Slack, Jira or a preferred tool. UnderDefense MAXI provides pre-built compliance templates for standards such as SOC2 and ISO 27001.
What UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC does[4]
UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC uses AI agents that investigate each alert. Analysts on shift 24/7 decide what happens next.
What CIS AWS Benchmark assessment does[8]
UnderDefense offers a self-service CIS AWS Benchmark assessment. The assessment covers evaluating the maturity of cloud security controls, identifying misconfigurations, providing detailed mitigation instructions and giving a summary table with a final CVSS v3.0 score.

Questions about Sprinto and UnderDefense

What do Sprinto and UnderDefense sell?
Sprinto sells AI Governance and Trust Center. UnderDefense sells UnderDefense MAXI, UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC, MDR, Cloud-based SIEM and CIS AWS Benchmark assessment.
Are Sprinto and UnderDefense in the same category?
They share Compliance automation. Sprinto's primary category is Compliance automation and UnderDefense's is MDR and managed SOC.
Where are Sprinto and UnderDefense headquartered?
Sprinto is headquartered in India.
When were Sprinto and UnderDefense founded?
Sprinto was founded in 2020.
Who are Sprinto and UnderDefense sold to?
From its own pages, Sprinto sells mainly to companies from Series A to enterprise. UnderDefense MAXI integrates with a customer's security infrastructure, including SIEMs, firewalls and endpoint protection solutions.
What have Sprinto and UnderDefense announced recently?
March 21, 2026: Sprinto launched its Autonomous Trust Platform, a compliance system built around autonomous agents, and said it is available now.

About Sprinto

Sprinto says compliance often lands on startups with no owner. For those teams, Sprinto scopes a SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA program, connects to their systems, closes gaps, and works toward audit readiness. For companies already holding SOC 2 that now face ISO 27001, HIPAA requirements and several customer questionnaires, Sprinto runs the work as a continuous program. For larger organizations, Sprinto says it maintains a live, continuously validated trust posture across compliance, regulatory requirements, AI governance, and vendor risk.[1][13][14]

On the compliance side, Sprinto covers SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, and 200+ global standards. A customer can upload an additional regulation or contract, and Sprinto translates it into controls. Sprinto monitors controls around the clock and, when something drifts, closes gaps, refreshes evidence, and routes approvals.

Sprinto also sells separate product pages for specific jobs. Policy management keeps policies current, sends updated policies to reviewers, and tracks who has read and accepted each policy. The audit management platform handles audit scope, evidence collection and verification, control health tracking, and auditor requests. Continuous monitoring watches systems, users, and vendors and keeps audit evidence current. Risk management connects risks to live controls, assets, and signals, and updates risk scores as security posture changes.[5][6][7][8]

For third parties, Sprinto's vendor risk management product keeps a live inventory and risk profile for every vendor. It finds vendors through browser, MDM, SSO, and API signals, assigns a risk tier, and starts the right review when risk changes. For AI governance, Sprinto keeps a live registry of AI tools, scores each tool by use case sensitivity and data exposure, and routes high risk tools to approvers. Sprinto maps the AI footprint to ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, and the EU AI Act.[1][9][10]

Sprinto also says customers get 1:1 guidance from ISO-certified lead auditors.[13]

On its own security, Sprinto runs on AWS, uses role-based access control and multi-factor authentication, and says Sprinto AI does not use customer data for training. Sprinto says it follows ISO 42001 principles for AI governance.[1][6][7][8][12][13][14][15]

Sprinto on the record

Sources

Sprinto full record

  1. [1]sprinto.comSprinto · sprinto.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Sprinto Launches Sprinto Ignite to Simplify Compliance and Fuel Growth for Tech StartupsSprinto via Business Wire · businesswire.com · published November 17, 2022 · Tier A
  3. [3]Autonomous Trust Platform for Compliance, Risk & GRC | SprintoSprinto · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Sprinto Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & FeaturesG2 · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier C
  5. [5]Policy Management Software With Version Control & Proof | SprintoSprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Sprinto Audit Management Platform | Automated Evidence & ReadinessSprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Real-Time Continuous Monitoring for Compliance & Risk | SprintoSprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Risk Management Software | SprintoSprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Vendor Risk Management (TPRM) With Continuous Monitoring | SprintoSprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]AI Governance Platform for Risk, Approvals & Monitoring | SprintoSprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Sprinto Trust Center: Showcase Your Security ProfileSprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Auto-Answer Security Questionnaires & RFPs With AI | SprintoSprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Compliance for Startups: SOC 2, ISO & HIPAA | SprintoSprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]How Sprinto Protects Data: Security, Compliance & AI GovernanceSprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Sprinto Pricing & Plans 2026Sprinto · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Sprinto Launches Autonomous Trust Platform--Moving Compliance From Automated to AutonomousPR Newswire · published March 21, 2026 · Tier A

UnderDefense full record

  1. [1]underdefense.comUnderDefense · underdefense.com · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Compliance PricingUnderDefense · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Agentic AI SOC & Compliance Automation Platform | UnderDefenseUnderDefense · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Elastic Cloud Pricing 2026: Serverless, Hosted, and SIEMUnderDefense · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Cloudflare Pricing 2026: WAF, Zero Trust, and EnterpriseUnderDefense · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Palo Alto Networks Pricing 2026: Firewalls, SASE, and XDRUnderDefense · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]2025 MXDR Pricing Guide: Choosing the Right MXDR providerUnderDefense · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Episode 4: Cyber Resilience 201 — AWS Cloud Security - UnderDefenseUnderDefense · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]E-Mail Under Attack - UnderDefenseUnderDefense · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]UnderDefense MAXI Reviews & Product DetailsG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

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