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."
"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."
"Flexible record permissions and data import features."
"The part I liked about Archer was the risk assessment for deficiencies and being able to use it there."
"I like how Archer requires very little programming ability. A person with minimum coding experience can configure the necessary fields in Archer. It's more of a drag-and-drop solution."
"It is enterprise-wide accessible. So, it is very helpful for all the employees in our bank. They can log in and do their risk management activities. It has a few inbuilt modules that are helpful for doing risk management activities, such as issue management, risk identification, risk assessment, and policy exception management. It also has some inbuilt workflows inside these modules. They are also helpful."
"The solution has helped our organization manage our internal and external activities."
"Makes auditing much more convenient."
"RSA Archer is a good tool and I have found performing the application, ISMS, and TPRM assessments beneficial."
"We are currently working on making Essence one hundred percent compliant and we are not there yet."
"The bullet chart is the best graph for my purposes, and it should be available for inclusion in the dashboards."
"The financial area of RSA Archer has room for improvement."
"GUI could be improved."
"An area for improvement would be the user interface. They could also offer more on-demand applications free of cost."
"There are certain restrictions on API integrations, and it is not simple or straightforward."
"The solution can be a little slow due to the Silverlight feature."
"The user interface needs work. There are many small text boxes, like credit card size's boxes, where we need to input a lot of text. You can't see what you're typing beyond the tiny window, so you have to scroll or type elsewhere and copy-paste it. It's very inconvenient."
"The solution as a whole could be simplified."
Methodware Kairos is ranked 16th in GRC with 1 review while RSA Archer is ranked 1st in GRC with 9 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 "Great for tracking risks and policy creation but is a little outdated". 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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