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 content, reporting, and workflow features stand out as the most valuable aspects."
"The ability to keep a record of internal incidents in the company, and also the monitoring of Key Indicators."
"The solution has improved my organization by having everything combined to a single platform."
"Makes auditing much more convenient."
"It is a very friendly tool. We can easily understand what is going on inside the tool. I like this tool. We can work with the tool for the ERP platform. We can create automated applications based on the requirements."
"It has various valuable features. For example, showing us if a control aligns with specific standards or frameworks helps us understand it better and verify its compliance."
"Flexible record permissions and data import features."
"The most valuable part of the product is the ease-of-use and the opportunity to create custom security applications easily."
"Good dashboards and reporting features; it's easy to gather reports quickly."
"The most valuable features of RSA Archer are the asset management, risk management, and vendor management."
"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."
"Solution could use more inbuilt applications."
"It's resource-hungry, that's the best way of putting it."
"Some of the error reporting isn't very clear. When you're looking for information on error codes, you got to do a lot of digging."
"There are certain restrictions on API integrations, and it is not simple or straightforward."
"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."
"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."
"RSA Archer's best features are advanced workflow, reports, dashboards, and notifications."
"Its customization features could be better."
IBM OpenPages is ranked 8th in GRC with 5 reviews while RSA Archer is ranked 1st in GRC with 38 reviews. IBM OpenPages is rated 6.6, while RSA Archer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM OpenPages writes "Enables us to manage global workflow and users' relationships with the links". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RSA Archer writes "A rich application with good workflow, but search feature needs improvement". IBM OpenPages is most compared with MetricStream, OneTrust GRC, SAP BusinessObjects GRC, AuditBoard and SAS Enterprise GRC, whereas RSA Archer is most compared with OneTrust GRC, MetricStream, Workiva Wdesk, AuditBoard and Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance. See our IBM OpenPages vs. RSA Archer report.
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