We performed a comparison between Methodware Kairos and RSA Archer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about RSA, AuditBoard, Trend Micro and others in GRC."The most valuable feature is the ability to import and export using industry standards like XMI and XML metadata interchange managing the data in and data out."
"The most valuable feature is the enterprise module, which provides the capability of having all of the information stored and linked with everything else."
"It has the best workload management features."
"Makes auditing much more convenient."
"The last project was for an investment group that was using Excel. Shifting their records from one position to another took approximately 15 minutes. In Archer, we created a workflow for them to leverage it, and they could send the single record with one click to one person within seconds. The whole process went from 15 minutes to two minutes to get the approval for the records. The main purpose of Archer is to just make it easy."
"Archer has simplified our security audits. It's made it easier to raise and trigger questionnaires to customers."
"Integration is another great aspect of RSA Archer. From the beginning, integration has been a central focus for RSA, and Archer has always integrated well with most tools on the market today."
"RSA Archer is a good tool and I have found performing the application, ISMS, and TPRM assessments beneficial."
"Solution is scalable."
"We are currently working on making Essence one hundred percent compliant and we are not there yet."
"Solution could use more inbuilt applications."
"The ticket handling process could be improved."
"I find the tech support to be inadequately knowledgeable."
"Slow turnaround time from support team."
"Recently, we made a suggestion for cross references, like for one application to another. There were limitations there, so we're hoping that will be included in the next upgrade."
"There are certain restrictions on API integrations, and it is not simple or straightforward."
"The product is expensive."
"It would be nice if RSA Archer featured more customization. When customers are updating, they should be notified whether certain updates are optional. The install screen should not proceed to the next page unless we make some selections about which updates we want to install."
Methodware Kairos is ranked 15th in GRC with 2 reviews while RSA Archer is ranked 1st in GRC with 38 reviews. Methodware Kairos is rated 9.0, while RSA Archer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Methodware Kairos writes "Meeting industry standards now and for the future, straightforward setup, with reliability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RSA Archer writes "A rich application with good workflow, but search feature needs improvement". Methodware Kairos is most compared with , whereas RSA Archer is most compared with OneTrust GRC, IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, Workiva Wdesk and AuditBoard.
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