--- title: "S2Vendor Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra" description: "With the help of Capterra, learn about S2Vendor Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Risk Management products and more." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/181282/SecurityStudio/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- # S2Vendor Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on July 3, 2025 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[FAQs](#faqs)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) S2Vendor ## What is S2Vendor? Solutions to secure information for your organization, your employees, your vendors and yourself. Modern products for risk, compliance and security leaders to better protect critical information. ## What is S2Vendor used for? [Risk Management](https://www.capterra.com/risk-management-software/)[Integrated Risk Management](https://www.capterra.com/integrated-risk-management-software/)[Vendor Management](https://www.capterra.com/vendor-management-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 8 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- ### Starting price Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for S2Vendor?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://securitystudio.com/.&name=S2Vendor) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### S2Vendor 4.9 (8) VS. [4.7 (414)](https://www.capterra.com/p/148230/SOXHUB/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price Contact vendor Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 5.0 (8) Ease Of Use 4.6 (216) Value For Money 4.8 (6) Value For Money 4.5 (202) Customer Service 5.0 (8) Customer Service 4.6 (210) ## S2Vendor alternatives [4.6 (39)](https://www.capterra.com/p/151388/teammate-risk-compliance/reviews/) Starting price $0.01 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Pirani](https://www.capterra.com/p/196959/Pirani/) [4.5 (216)](https://www.capterra.com/p/196959/Pirani/reviews/) Starting price $276.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 93% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Wrike](https://www.capterra.com/p/76113/Wrike/) [4.4 (3,027)](https://www.capterra.com/p/76113/Wrike/reviews/) Starting price $10.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 89% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [MasterControl Quality Excellence](https://www.capterra.com/p/148577/MasterControl/) [4.5 (535)](https://www.capterra.com/p/148577/MasterControl/reviews/) Starting price $25000.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 93% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/181282/SecurityStudio/alternatives/) ## FAQs about S2Vendor Overview ### What company size and specific industries is S2Vendor built for? S2Vendor is designed for mid-market and enterprise companies that manage 50 or more vendors and need to understand vendor risk. The vendor description does not name specific industries, so the product appears to fit organizations across sectors that handle a sizable supplier or third-party network. Features and Usability ### What are the key features of S2Vendor? S2Vendor offers vendor management and sourcing management, along with risk assessment, IT risk management, operational risk management, and reputational risk management. It also includes compliance management, audit management, audit trail, internal controls management, incident management, workflow management, customizable reports, dashboards, data visualization, and data import/export. Talk to an expert ### More questions? Ask our experts Getting Started and Support ### What training and onboarding options does S2Vendor offer? S2Vendor provides in-person training, live online sessions, webinars, and documentation. In-person training and live online sessions support guided learning, webinars cover feature overviews or scheduled instruction, and documentation gives written reference material for self-paced review and step-by-step guidance. Getting Started and Support ### What customer support options does S2Vendor offer? S2Vendor provides email/help desk, phone support, and chat. Support is presented as accessible through these channels, but no reviewer feedback is available to describe response times, helpfulness, or common frustrations. The catalog data identifies the contact options only, without further detail on support experience. ## Features AI summary Based on 1,699 Risk Management reviews According to Capterra reviewers, these are the features buyers prioritize most when evaluating risk management software: - **Risk Analysis** (**47%** of reviewers rated this feature as critical) - **Risk Reporting** (**46%**) - **Risk Scoring** (**49%**) S2Vendor includes other capabilities that Capterra reviewers also consider important, such as **Risk Assessment** (**54%**) and **Compliance Management** (**46%**). Together, these features help businesses identify and review potential threats, stay aligned with regulatory requirements, and make more informed decisions, giving teams better visibility into risk and compliance work. Activity Dashboard Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Alerts/Notifications Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Assessment Management Creation, administration, and evaluation of assessments or tests Audit Management Plan, schedule, and execute organization's accounts and assets to ensure compliance with policies and laws Audit Trail A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc. Compliance Management Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier S2Vendor 19 features Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Creation, administration, and evaluation of assessments or tests Plan, schedule, and execute organization's accounts and assets to ensure compliance with policies and laws A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc. Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier Alter the layout and content of reports Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics Import and export data to and from software applications Graphical representation of data Manage and track all disruptions and incidents Ensure internal objectives and compliance with policies are met Manage risks related to IT systems Manage risk that occurs from systems failure or inadequate processes Identify, monitor, and assess risks to brands Initiate collection and analysis of known risks Negotiate best prices and choose the right vendor for various purchases Ability to track and store all vendor-related information, such as contacts, services offered, terms, etc. Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.8 (8) 4.8 Based on 8 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.8 (6) ### Starting price Free trial available Value for money 4.8 (6) 4.8 Based on 6 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 5.0 (8) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 5.0 (8) 5.0 Based on 8 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.9 Based on 8 reviews Filter by rating 5(7) 4(1) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent AN Anonymous User Artist/Writer Arts and Crafts ### "studio" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 April 13, 2020 a great asset for a major business Pros has great internal external capability. Cons I am just learning how to use it for now Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. ES Emily S. Project Manager Non-Profit Organization Management ### "Easy to Use and Powerful Vendor Risk Management Tool" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 May 24, 2019 Start with one vendor or a small test group when first putting vendors into the tool. Relationship owners and vendor contacts will naturally have questions and so you'll learn from each vendor experience and be able to apply that learning to subsequent entries. Pros I really appreciate that VENDEFENSE gave me the tools to be successful with a more robust vendor risk management program without needing more specialized knowledge of this topic. Once we uploaded our vendors and answered some basic demographic questions on each one, the tool took over and now we're benefiting from an even stronger information security program. They also have great customer support to help with any questions that arise along the way. Cons I'm satisfied with the product so far. There's nothing I dislike. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. KM Kelly M. Sr. IT Security Analyst Health, Wellness and Fitness ### "Vendefense" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 March 19, 2019 Many of our vendors have remote access to provide support of their systems. As a healthcare organization, we wanted to ensure our vendors are addressing security in their organization. We needed a solution for assessing the security posture of our vendors. VENDEFENSE provides a streamlined workflow for engaging vendors. It’s easy to use interface minimizes time spent managing assessments. VENDEFENSE produces detailed useful reports. With VENDEFENSE, we are able to identify gaps in vendor security and better protect our network. Pros Vendefense provides an easy to use interface. The dashboard is well laid out. You can easily review the status of your vendors and where they are in their risk assessment. The risk assessment questions vary by the vendors rated impact. A medium impact vendor will not receive as detailed questionnaire as a high impact vendor. Risk Assessment questions are well worded with helpful pop-ups for additional clarification of the question. Cons There have been a couple outages of the application, though the vendor has been quick to respond and provide remediation. It would be nice to have access to the email notification templates for customization. Review source Vendor Referred: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. AN Anonymous User Director of SQA and Security Officer Computer Software ### "Helpful Tool for Managing Vendor Security" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 March 13, 2019 Two years ago, we were a small software company in one location with 25 employees. Now we are a company with 3 divisions in 4 locations with remote employees in 12 states. VENDEFENSE is helping us review all our vendors and make sure they are protecting our data and our client's data in a secure and proper manner. Prior to VENDEFENSE we were not vetting our vendors security practices at all. Now we have a tool that lets them know that we care about security and also gives them guidelines on how they should be handling security as well. Pros The customer service has been amazing! Whenever I have a question or issue they are quick to respond. They also are very open to suggestions for changes and responsive to things that aren't working. This tool helps our dispersed team come together in one tool to manage our vendors. Having the tool manage the status of each vendor and the workflow has been a huge time saver. The tool is straight forward and very easy to use. Cons There are still a few workflow items when working within the tool I would like to see changed. When working with the list of vendors that have classifications to be reviewed, after each vendor it returns to the list of vendors instead of the list of classifications. Or after approving the classification if it would just continue to the next vendor, that would be a huge time saver. There also could be a few more definitions of terminology right in the tool instead of having to go to the Help area to know the definition of Confidential and Physical/Logical Access, etc. Review source Vendor Referred: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. AN Anonymous User Information Security Analyst Legal Services ### "VENDEFENSE® constantly exceeds my expectations" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 11, 2019 VENDEFENSE® is a great tool in organizing all our vendor-related risk management information. The automation drastically reduces the effort and time otherwise required by manual operations and communications, while the dashboard provides an overall insight into the security posture of our vendors and the potential impact of their security practices on our business. Pros As an almost "hands-free" solution for conducting vendor security evaluations, VENDEFENSE® provides a very efficient classification process, automated notifications and reminders, and expert risk assessments. The comprehensive and professional-quality security assessment reports and recommended action plans are of invaluable help. The VENDEFENSE® support team is very knowledgeable, quick to answer my inquiries or requests for assistance, and eager to share with me all the new or improved functionality of the customer web portal interface. Cons I have yet to run into something worth mentioning. My experience with using VENDEFENSE® has been a very positive one. Review source Vendor Referred: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. AN Anonymous User Director of Security Non-Profit Organization Management ### "Vendor management ease at it's best!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 8, 2019 Support is extremely knowledgeable and responsive. Vendefense is very open to feature requests and easy to work with. Very happy with the product! Pros It is very easy and intuitive to use. Very minimal training is required. Vendors like it as well. Cons Cannot re-brand as our own which prevents some external vendors from realizing it is actually our portal. Cannot bulk import question answers from a spreadsheet. Could use a comments section for added context on some questions. Review source Vendor Referred: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. AN Anonymous User CTO Printing ### "Game Changing Vendor Managment Tool!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 13, 2018 Using Vendefense has saved us countless hours of manually evaluating and tracking vendor IS programs to determine risk. Pros Vendefense has drastically improved the efficiency and accuracy of our vendor management program, and provides an valuable risk rating (FISASCORE) that makes managing vendor risk easier than ever. Cons There are few if any flaws in the system. Even non-technical business unit managers are able to quickly get up and running with the system. Review source Vendor Referred: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. AN Anonymous User Senior IT Security Analyst Supermarkets ### "My professional review" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 11, 2018 Very positive. Pros I liked most the accessibility of the portal and the versatility of its features. Cons I have no critiques for this software at this time. Review source Vendor Referred: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/181282/SecurityStudio/reviews/) ## Top-rated software of 2026 ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.