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."
"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 improved my organization by having everything combined to a single platform."
"Its user interface is pretty neat, and there is flexibility in generating the data. You can customize reports at any level. You can directly get reports in Tableau format. If you want to generate statistical data, you can create reports with graphs. There is an adequate amount of flexibility for changing the format, the type of graphs, etc."
"Easy to implement with a high level of automation."
"RSA Archer's best features are advanced workflow, reports, dashboards, and notifications."
"The integrated data model of a one-to-many/many-to-one relationship is quite useful."
"The most valuable features of RSA Archer are the asset management, risk management, and vendor management."
"Good dashboards and reporting features; it's easy to gather reports quickly."
"We are currently working on making Essence one hundred percent compliant and we are not there yet."
"The product is expensive."
"There should be a way to export and get data from the system in PDF or PowerPoint presentation format. This would be a great addition."
"The bullet chart is the best graph for my purposes, and it should be available for inclusion in the dashboards."
"Its customization features could be better."
"There are certain restrictions on API integrations, and it is not simple or straightforward."
"I find the tech support to be inadequately knowledgeable."
"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."
"The financial area of RSA Archer has room for improvement."
Methodware Kairos is ranked 16th 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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