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cybee and Vanta. What each is built for.
Vanta coordinates a company’s compliance work and shares it through its Trust Center. cybee protects the Macs your team works on and keeps a dated record of each one, and that protection is free. A question about laptop encryption and a full audit are different requests. Find out which one you were sent before you choose a tool.
A laptop question is not an audit. Know which one you were sent.
For a small team, security turns urgent when someone outside the company asks. Some want one fact about your Macs. Others want a whole programme, with an auditor at the end. Read the request before you buy.
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before a deal
A client asks about your laptops.
“Are the project laptops encrypted?”
A question about devices. It is answered from dated facts about each Mac.
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in the contract
A client asks for a certification.
A request for an audit. Behind it sit written policies, a risk review, checks on suppliers and an outside auditor. That is programme work.
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at renewal
Your insurer asks what watches your Macs.
They want to know that protection runs on every Mac, and since when.
Who handles each job. As each product describes it.
The Vanta column repeats only what Vanta’s own pages say. Check the plan you have before you decide: a capability on a product page may not be in it.
| The job | Vanta | cybee |
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| Built forthe job it exists to do | Coordinating compliance work. Its Automated Compliance product brings together evidence collection, controls monitoring, policy work and audit collaboration. | Protecting the Macs a small team works on, and proving it when a client, an insurer or a partner asks. |
| Protectionstops bad software while it runs | Its Device Monitor observes how a device is configured. It is not malware protection. | Watches what programs do on supported Macs, checks files against known bad software and stops suspicious activity. |
| Safer settingsthe Mac’s own safety switches | The Device Monitor is read only. It does not change settings. | Checks 118 settings against a public list of the safest Mac settings. The Proof plan sets them and keeps them on. |
| The programmepolicies, controls, the audit | Policies, connected evidence and controls, with audit collaboration. | No policy library, supplier reviews or auditor workflow. cybee covers the part that depends on your Macs. |
| What your client receiveswhen someone asks for proof | A Trust Center that shares documents and information from the compliance programme, with access you control. | A dated Trust Passport: which Macs were checked and when, including gaps. Your client can check its seal against cybee’s copy. |
| How it is soldwhat you pay for | In plans shown on Vanta’s pricing page. The price depends on the plan and your quote. | Protection is free for every Mac. The Proof plan costs CHFEURUSDGBP 9 per Mac per month, or 90 a year, excluding tax. |
What is Vanta?
Vanta, in plain words.
Vanta is a compliance platform. Its Automated Compliance product brings together evidence collection, controls monitoring, policy work and audit collaboration.
Vanta also offers a Trust Center. It can share documents with customers, control who sees them and show information connected to the compliance programme.
Its Device Monitor observes how devices are configured. It is read only and does not change settings.
Automated Compliance, on vanta.com Trust Center, on vanta.com
What is a compliance programme?
A compliance programme, in plain words.
It is the work a company does to earn an ISO 27001 certificate or a SOC 2 report. You write policies, review risks, check your suppliers and who has access, train people, and then an outside auditor looks at all of it.
Part of that work depends on your Macs: encryption, safe settings and protection. cybee covers that part. It does not touch the rest, and it is not the audit.
Where do the 118 checks come from?
Where the checks come from.
Your Mac has many security settings. Some are off, and some get switched off over time.
cybee checks them against the CIS Benchmark, a public, industry maintained list of the safest settings for macOS. Many compliance frameworks accept it as a baseline for secure settings. On the Proof plan, cybee sets them that way and switches them back if anyone changes them.
What is a Trust Passport?
The Trust Passport.
The Trust Passport is a dated record of how your Macs are protected. Your client or insurer opens it through one link and sees what holds, since when, and what cybee could not see. It is not a certification or an audit, and it does not answer for your policies, your people or your cloud. It says so on the page.
Sealed means the record carries a fingerprint, a short code made from its content. Your client can compare it with the copy cybee sealed and see whether anything was changed afterwards. That shows the record was not edited. It does not check the facts a second time.
Vanta’s Trust Center shares documents from a whole programme. The Trust Passport covers the checked Macs, with facts taken from the Macs themselves.
Make the decision on one task. The questionnaire on your desk.
a prospect asks
One questionnaire, three kinds of question. Sort them first.
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A question about devices.
“Are the project laptops encrypted?” Match it to dated facts about each Mac.
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A question about the business.
“Who approves supplier access?” Your team answers with its own policy and process.
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A requirement for an audit.
If the contract asks for a certification, clarify the audit and the programme work behind it.
One record about your Macs cannot answer all three kinds of question.
One questionnaire, sorted26.09.2026
Disk encryption, every Mac
- Ana’s MacBook ProFileVaultOn
- Luca’s MacBook ProFileVaultOn
- Mira’s MacBook AirFileVaultOn
- Ana’s Mac miniFileVaultOn
- devices
Encrypted on 4 of 4 Macs, since 12.03.2026.From the Macs. dated record r-0926-0942
- business
Who approves supplier access?Your policy and process. Not from cybee.
- audit
A certification in the contract.Your programme and an outside auditor. Not from cybee.
Keep what works. Add only what is missing.
Choose by the job that is still open. One of these four will sound like your team.
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Vanta already coordinates your compliance work, and its evidence answers what your clients ask.
Keep it. Adding software may not help, and two tools doing one job is more to look after.
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Your programme runs, but a client wants dated facts about each Mac.
Check what your programme already shows for that request. If the gap stays open, a dated record from cybee can answer the questions about your Macs. Agree first how it enters your review.
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A client asked about your laptops, and nobody runs security for you.
Protection is free for every Mac, and you run it by asking your AI assistant. Add the Proof plan when someone asks you for proof.
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The contract asks for a certification or an audit.
cybee does not manage policies, review suppliers or work with an auditor. You need a compliance programme for that, and cybee can supply the facts about your Macs inside it.
Free for every Mac. You pay when you need to prove it.
The protection is free because we want every Mac in a small company protected. We earn money when a company has to prove it.
Free
Free
Forever. Unlimited Macs and people.
- Stops bad software while it runs
- Alerts in macOS, Slack, Teams and SMS
- 118 safety checks on each Mac
- Apps, extensions and AI agents listed
- “Am I safe?” answers in your AI assistant
- Google Workspace account activity
- Email support within one working day
Proof plan
CHFEURUSDGBP9per Mac per month, or 90 a year
Everything in Free, plus:
- Weak settings fixed and kept fixed
- The sealed Trust Passport
- Security training, completion recorded
- Incident response plan
- Chat support
The 14 day trial starts in your AI assistant, after cybee is installed. Ask for a Proof plan feature, such as the Trust Passport. The link arrives in the chat and leads to Stripe, the payment service.
Per Mac, excluding tax. The same number in CHF, EUR, USD and GBP. Runs on Macs with an Apple chip, M1 or newer. Macs with an Intel chip are not supported. To check a Mac, open the Apple menu and choose About This Mac.All plan details
Before you choose.
Is cybee an alternative to a full compliance programme?
No. cybee does not provide policy management, supplier reviews or an auditor workflow. It protects your Macs, keeps their settings safe and records dated technical evidence about them.
Does Vanta also have a page I can share with clients?
Yes. Vanta’s Trust Center shares documents and information from the compliance programme. The difference that matters is what the evidence covers and where it comes from. cybee’s Trust Passport covers the checked Macs, with facts taken from the Macs.
Does cybee connect to Vanta?
No. A cybee record may support the questions about your Macs. Whether a recipient accepts it is up to them, so agree with whoever runs your review how it will be used.
What is free, and what does the Proof plan add?
Protection, the settings checks, the list of AI tools on each Mac and Google Workspace visibility are free. The Proof plan adds safer settings kept on, the sealed Trust Passport and security training, with a 14 day trial. It costs CHFEURUSDGBP 9 per Mac per month, or 90 a year, excluding tax. To try it, ask your AI assistant for the Trust Passport and use the Stripe link it sends.
What does the Trust Passport show?
Which Macs were checked and when, including gaps. Its seal can be checked against cybee’s copy. It is not an independent audit or a certification. Google Workspace accounts have a separate record.
What leaves my Mac?
Detection, checks and fixes run on the Mac. What leaves it is security information: events, which settings are on, which apps, browser extensions and AI agents are installed, what the agents are connected to and what cybee recorded them doing. Never the contents of your files, and never passwords or tokens. cybee AG is a Swiss company, hosted in Europe. Security and privacy details
Check what you buy. Plans change.
This comparison rests on Vanta’s own pages, checked on 17.09.2026. Confirm the edition, Mac support and your quote before you decide.
Where to go next.
Your next client will ask. Be ready.
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