Is Lavawall a Canadian alternative to Drata?

Yes. Lavawall is Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada by default. Of the 8 Drata capabilities listed on this page, Lavawall has a close match for 8.

Its own website describes its pricing as tiered plans (Foundation, Advanced, Enterprise) with add-ons; no prices published. Lavawall publishes its prices in Canadian dollars on its pricing page, month-to-month.

Does Drata offer a free trial?

Its own website lists this: none stated (demo offered). Lavawall offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card.

Can Lavawall replace Drata?

Yes, for most organizations, especially those with Canadian obligations or more than one framework. Lavawall maps over 75 frameworks and collects evidence from the same agent that manages the computers.

Can I export my data from Drata?

Drata’s documentation describes this: manual evidence download from Evidence Library, Controls, Event Tracking, or Audit Hub.

Is Drata available in French?

Yes. Drata has a French language setting. Lavawall works in Canadian French, Canadian English and US English: each person picks a language, and you can set a default for each client.

A Canadian alternative to Drata

Drata is a compliance automation and GRC platform for companies from startups to enterprises running compliance and GRC programs (source). Lavawall® is a Canadian alternative for compliance and GRC, owned and hosted in Canada, with the closest match for each Drata capability listed below.

On this page: Drata at a glance, feature by feature, Drata and Canada, and moving over.

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Drata at a glance

What Drata says about itself, with a link to the page each fact comes from.

Drata at a glance, from its own website
Made for	Companies from startups to enterprises running compliance or GRC programs (source)
Pricing model	Tiered plans (Foundation, Advanced, Enterprise) with add-ons; no prices published (source)
Free trial or free plan	None stated (demo offered) (source)
Platforms	MacOS, Windows, Linux (Drata Agent on employee devices); cloud providers via integrations (source)
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS) (web app at app.drata.com) (source)
Integrations it lists	AWS, Microsoft Azure, Okta, GitHub, and Jira (source)
Data export	Manual evidence download from Evidence Library, Controls, Event Tracking, or Audit Hub (source)

Drata feature by feature

Drata lists these capabilities on its own website; each links to its source. Beside each is the closest Lavawall® feature and the article that shows how to use it.

Drata capabilities and the closest Lavawall feature
What Drata says it does	Closest Lavawall® feature	How-to article
Automated compliance evidence collection (source)	Automatic evidence collection from the agent and connected services	Evidence Library
Daily automated tests of cloud configurations (source)	Automatic compliance checks against live data	Automatic Compliance Checks
Control mapping across multiple frameworks (source)	Compliance for over 75 frameworks from one control set	Compliance Frameworks
Audit hub for auditor collaboration (source)	Audit management: request lists, evidence, samples, and auditor access	Audits
Internal risk register and management (source)	Risk register with treatment and acceptance	Risk Register
Third-party vendor risk management (source)	Vendor inventory and vendor risk management	Vendor Inventory
Trust center for customer assurance (source)	Trust Centre	Trust Centre
Policy and personnel management (source)	Policy library with approval, publishing, and reviews	Document Library

Lavawall® has a close match for 8 of these 8 Drata capabilities.

For a longer comparison, see Lavawall® compared with Drata.

Drata and Canada

Drata has announced a San Francisco headquarters. Drata's developer documents name North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions without saying where North American data is stored.

Lavawall and Drata compared on Canadian criteria
Canadian criterion	Lavawall®	Drata
Headquarters and ownership	Calgary, Alberta; fully Canadian-owned	San Francisco, California
Hosting in Canada	Yes, by default	See Drata’s documentation
Canadian-dollar pricing	Yes, with GST, HST, PST, and QST	See Drata’s pricing
Console in French	Yes: Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person (details)	Yes, French (source)

Taken from Drata’s own website and documentation in September 2026 and linked on this page. Tell us if something has changed and we will correct it.

Lavawall® is built and owned by ThreeShield Information Security Corporation in Calgary, hosted in Canada by default, billed in Canadian dollars, supported from Canada, and available in Canadian French. What makes Lavawall® Canadian.

Moving from Drata to Lavawall®

Export what you need from Drata. Its documentation describes this: manual evidence download from Evidence Library, Controls, Event Tracking, or Audit Hub.
Start a free Lavawall® trial and add your companies.
Start the GRC module, pick your frameworks, and install the Lavawall® agent through your current RMM so evidence starts collecting on its own. GRC and RMM work together but can be used separately.
Set up each feature from the table above. The how-to articles to start with: Evidence Library, Automatic Compliance Checks, Compliance Frameworks, Audits.
Run both side by side and turn Drata off one company at a time, when your team is ready.

Try Lavawall® free beside Drata

Where Drata may fit better

If SOC 2 is your only framework and you plan to keep a separate RMM indefinitely, a SOC 2-focused tool such as Drata may be enough on its own.

Frequently asked questions

Is Lavawall a Canadian alternative to Drata?: Yes. Lavawall® is Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada by default. Of the 8 Drata capabilities listed on this page, Lavawall has a close match for 8.
Does Drata host data in Canada?: Drata's developer documents name North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions without saying where North American data is stored. Lavawall® hosts data in Canada by default.
How is Drata priced?: Its own website describes its pricing as tiered plans (Foundation, Advanced, Enterprise) with add-ons; no prices published. Lavawall® publishes its prices in Canadian dollars on its pricing page, month-to-month.
Does Drata offer a free trial?: Its own website lists this: none stated (demo offered). Lavawall® offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
Can Lavawall replace Drata?: Yes, for most organizations, especially those with Canadian obligations or more than one framework. Lavawall® maps over 75 frameworks and collects evidence from the same agent that manages the computers.
Can I export my data from Drata?: Drata’s documentation describes this: manual evidence download from Evidence Library, Controls, Event Tracking, or Audit Hub.
Is Drata available in French?: Yes. Drata has a French language setting. Lavawall® works in Canadian French, Canadian English and US English: each person picks a language, and you can set a default for each client.

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