Sentinel vs the categoryHow Sentinel compares
Vanta, Drata and Wiz each solve a real piece of this problem well. Sentinel's difference is correlation: one Intelligence Engine across your external surface, code, cloud, identity, runtime, AI and business logic — not five separate tools you have to cross-reference yourself.
Sentinel
Typical compliance/CSPM tool
Time to first signal
Hours — connect GitHub/Cloud, confidence begins immediately
Typically weeks of onboarding, scoping calls and manual evidence upload
Evidence model
Continuously correlated across external, code, cloud, identity, runtime, AI and business logic
Often siloed per-framework checklists, correlation left to the customer
Confidence reporting
Five-state scale (Confirmed/Likely/Potential/Unknown/Unable to Verify) plus per-domain percentage bars
Varies — commonly a single pass/fail control status
Evidence traceability
Every finding links to its raw evidence, observation history, and status changes
Varies by vendor
Vulnerability scanning depth
Passive + active (ZAP, Nuclei) plus authenticated multi-step business-logic testing
Compliance-first vendors typically don't run active vulnerability scanning
Research & improvement
AI LAM Research Agent — continuously studies CVEs/OWASP/MITRE, proposes reviewed, versioned improvements
Not a common category feature
Deployment model
External-mode (no install) or Connected-mode (agent + connectors), customer's choice
Varies by vendor
Comparisons describe Sentinel's own architecture and general category patterns, not specific claims about any named vendor's current product — vendor offerings change; verify directly with them before relying on this for a purchase decision.