# How Clay uses Vanta

**20%**: “shorten our deal cycles by 20%—it’s directly contributed to revenue growth”

As published on [vanta.com](https://www.vanta.com/customers/clay). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-07.

- Company: [Clay](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/clay.md)
- Tool: [Vanta](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/vanta.md)
- Industry: [Sales Tech & CRM](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/sales-tech-crm.md)
- Teams: GTM Engineering
- Customer since (as the page says): VANTA CUSTOMER SINCE 2024

## What the story says

Clay uses Vanta to automate evidence collection and continuous compliance monitoring, replacing spreadsheet-based tracking, and to reach SOC 2 readiness. It also uses Vanta's Trust Center and Questionnaire Automation, with partner Workstreet, to handle customer security reviews.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Vanta and Clay, not ours.

> “Vanta has saved us hundreds of hours and well over six figures in potential lost deals or added headcount,” he notes. “It’s helped us move upmarket and shorten our deal cycles by 20%—it’s directly contributed to revenue growth.”

- **5x**: “When questionnaires do arise, Workstreet uses Vanta’s Questionnaire Automation tool, which helps customers complete security reviews up to 5x faster—accelerating deals and reinforcing customer trust.”

> Vanta has saved us hundreds of hours and well over six figures in potential lost deals or added headcount. Vanta keeps security and compliance manageable, even for a fast-growing team like ours. There’s no better way to operationalize trust.
>
> Everett Berry, GTM Engineering at Clay

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-07.

- Checked: the figure 20% is printed word for word on the page, near the name of Clay.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Clay.
- Checked: each number in our summary is printed on the page.
- Checked: Clay uses Vanta. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-07.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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