We performed a comparison between IBM OpenPages and RSA Archer 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."The product’s interface is very intuitive."
"The ability to keep a record of internal incidents in the company, and also the monitoring of Key Indicators."
"The content, reporting, and workflow features stand out as the most valuable aspects."
"The Advance Workflow feature simplifies things."
"Enables development of any application, automation of any workflow including the GRC work processes."
"The integrated data model of a one-to-many/many-to-one relationship is quite useful."
"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."
"First of all, its access control feature where it provides application level access, solution level access, and even recall access, as well."
"The product is very flexible."
"I have found all the features to be valuable, including those involving reporting, the dashboard, notifications, email modules, the database and data input."
"The solution has helped our organization manage our internal and external activities."
"I believe there's room for improvement in establishing connections with external information."
"The solution must allow customization in reporting."
"IBM OpenPages needs improvement in its UI. Currently, it is difficult to see the relationships (associations/parents) between all items unless you click on the item itself."
"The solution can be a little slow due to the Silverlight feature."
"There were so many problems that we had found. One time, the search index was not working. We also faced slowness in Archer, but I resolved this issue."
"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."
"Its customization features could be better."
"Some areas are not truly automated but are only scheduled."
"There are certain restrictions on API integrations, and it is not simple or straightforward."
"It would be useful for customers if COBIT 2019 could be translated into different languages."
"RSA Archer's best features are advanced workflow, reports, dashboards, and notifications."
IBM OpenPages is ranked 8th in GRC with 3 reviews while RSA Archer is ranked 1st in GRC with 9 reviews. IBM OpenPages is rated 6.6, while RSA Archer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM OpenPages writes "A robust governance, risk, and compliance solution with comprehensive features for risk management and policy enforcement; however, its implementation complexity and potential cost could be an issue". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RSA Archer writes "Great for tracking risks and policy creation but is a little outdated". IBM OpenPages is most compared with MetricStream, OneTrust GRC, AuditBoard, SAP BusinessObjects GRC and SAS Enterprise GRC, whereas RSA Archer is most compared with OneTrust GRC, MetricStream, Workiva Wdesk, AuditBoard and Snow Governance & Risk. See our IBM OpenPages vs. RSA Archer report.
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