We performed a comparison between RSA Archer and SAP BusinessObjects GRC based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two GRC solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."RSA Archer is a good tool and I have found performing the application, ISMS, and TPRM assessments beneficial."
"Solution is scalable."
"Archer seamlessly integrates data systems without requiring additional software."
"The solution has improved my organization by having everything combined to a single platform."
"From my perspective, because I've always done it as a consultant, I do like the way it is configured. They've gone into changing the application builder interface, so it is even easier. When you're working with users, it is really easy to show them how to do things quickly and how to configure, change, and design stuff quickly."
"With RSA Archer, an admin can set permissions for a normal user to go directly to the tool they need to input some data. Admins can then go through that and approve some requests. Also, they can log in based on these kinds of permissions, including ticketing, service patches, or upgrades."
"Good dashboards and reporting features; it's easy to gather reports quickly."
"First of all, its access control feature where it provides application level access, solution level access, and even recall access, as well."
"The tool helps create reports for projects, including the creation of any ad-hoc reports"
"It is wonderful from the control perspective. The GRC tools help you in knowing what are the risk controls, how to mitigate risks, and how to ensure that there are no conflicts between the roles. From the user perspective, you get to know what are the permission risks and access risks. You get a lot of useful information."
"The best features are the scalability and flexibility to implement applications on top of the BW."
"Initial setup was straightforward. It took maybe one week."
"We have enterprise clients for the product."
"An area for improvement would be the user interface. They could also offer more on-demand applications free of cost."
"The financial area of RSA Archer has room for improvement."
"The solution can be a little slow due to the Silverlight feature."
"When we have to do formulas or some other type of calculation in Archer, it sometimes doesn't work correctly. The fields don't display right, and we have to contact RSA Archer support to fix things. I think the calculation components are a bit complicated."
"The product is expensive."
"There are some issues with the interface for version 6.5 but these may already be repaired and simplified in the new versions that have been released."
"The first improvement I would suggest for RSA Archer is a better search feature. The search criteria needs to be improved. Sometimes I do a search and the search doesn't return the exact item I'm looking for. RSA Archer could also be improved by being more user-friendly. Maybe I have been using a limited version of RSA Archer, but I'm not sure whether it has ESG, environmental and social governance. In the next couple of years, ESG is the next feature that will be integrated into GRC tools. I would recommend RSA Archer adds ESG."
"It's resource-hungry, that's the best way of putting it."
"We cannot actively log in to the system. It should also improve support."
"An additional feature I would like to see is the option to add wait time and integrate sources in wait time."
"BusinessObjects is very dated. It is not that user-friendly. It should be made more user-friendly. In addition, if they could make predictive analytics an embedded part of it where people get to know what is there to offer, it would be great."
"I think the old system is better than the new one. From an improvement perspective, the tool needs to ensure that the new technologies it offers are better than the old ones."
"Technical support could be better and faster."
RSA Archer is ranked 1st in GRC with 38 reviews while SAP BusinessObjects GRC is ranked 14th in GRC with 5 reviews. RSA Archer is rated 8.0, while SAP BusinessObjects GRC is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of RSA Archer writes "A rich application with good workflow, but search feature needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP BusinessObjects GRC writes "Provides a lot of useful information and helps in managing risks and controls". RSA Archer is most compared with OneTrust GRC, IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance and Fusion Framework System, whereas SAP BusinessObjects GRC is most compared with Greenlight Continuous Monitoring, ACL, Oracle GRC Controls, IBM OpenPages and Security Weaver. See our RSA Archer vs. SAP BusinessObjects GRC report.
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