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We performed a comparison between RiskOptics ROAR Platform and Workiva Wdesk based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"We can get all the information about all the applications in a single platform."

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"Workiva Wdesk is pretty good in terms of getting the data from the system, automating the reporting schedules...It has a very good integration with ERP tools.""The collaboration within the platform is valuable.""The most valuable feature is its ability to easily upload and update financial results, creating a dynamic data sheet.""Workiva Wdesk has a flow diagram that is standardized, making it easy for people to file documents on ECDAs, which are in HTML format.""It makes the compliance process more efficient and more effective.""It helps you to maintain a backup of your data, including the connectivity with the tables, which provides a user-friendly way to handle and access your files."

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Cons
"After you change and save the pre-filled specific information at the end of an application page, the application will again take you to the top of the page."

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"The speed must be improved.""At this point, I don't see a compelling reason to invest in Workiva. It may be necessary for compliance and controlling the version of SCC, but not everyone needs its high-end capabilities.""With this product, it's more about the integrated data model where you can have a one-to-many/many-to-one relationship between your policies and processes, risks, and controls. They need to showcase how you can put those pieces together.""The most critical issue is the need to shift between uppercase and lowercase.""Regarding the solution, reporting has certain areas that can be considered for improvement.""One area where Workiva Wdesk could improve is by ensuring that its cloud-based system is fully compatible with the most current versions of PowerPoint and Excel."

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  • "Our clients in Asia think that the solution is too expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We can get all the information about all the applications in a single platform.
    Top Answer:I face some difficulty while upgrading any field in the application. Suppose I change an application's IT owner field, which is at the end of the application. After I save the change, it takes me to… more »
    Top Answer:RiskOptics ROAR Platform is a software inventory of applications in our environment or applications we have integrated with third-party vendors. The solution has all the information about the… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is its ability to easily upload and update financial results, creating a dynamic data sheet.
    Top Answer:Wdesk is affordable and as far as I'm aware, there were no additional costs beyond the standard license increase. We didn't have to make any other changes; it primarily involved accessing the platform… more »
    Top Answer:One area where Workiva Wdesk could improve is by ensuring that its cloud-based system is fully compatible with the most current versions of PowerPoint and Excel. Sometimes, the features available in… more »
    Ranking
    12th
    out of 87 in GRC
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    262
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    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    345
    Rating
    9.0
    7th
    out of 87 in GRC
    Views
    1,373
    Comparisons
    839
    Reviews
    6
    Average Words per Review
    692
    Rating
    7.0
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    Overview

    The RiskOptics ROAR Platform gives you the ability to see, understand and act on IT and cyber risk, automate compliance and communicate the impact on your organization’s top priorities.

    With a unified, real-time view of risk and compliance—framed around your business priorities—you’ll have the contextual insight needed to communicate the business impact to key stakeholders and make strategic, risk-informed decisions to protect your organization, systems and data and earn the trust of your customers, partners and employees.

    Wdesk is used across the enterprise to support hundreds of data collaboration, reporting, and compliance processes. Use Wdesk to:

    • Optimize your structured and composite reports
    • Improve trust in your data, reports, and presentations
    • Transform processes to enable insight
    Sample Customers
    Walmart, Airbnb, Peak 10, State of Colorado, salesforce.com, GitHub, Alaska Airlines, Montgomery College
    Noodles Company, eBay, Winnebago, American Assets Trust, AmericanEnterprise, Calpian, Capstone Infrastructure, Cascades, Circor International, Coeur Mining, Davey, Dr Pepper Snapple
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Educational Organization17%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Insurance Company6%
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    May 2024
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    RiskOptics ROAR Platform is ranked 12th in GRC with 1 review while Workiva Wdesk is ranked 7th in GRC with 6 reviews. RiskOptics ROAR Platform is rated 9.0, while Workiva Wdesk is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of RiskOptics ROAR Platform writes "Acts as a software inventory of applications in an environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Workiva Wdesk writes "A user-friendly tool useful for data consolidation and automating the reporting schedules". RiskOptics ROAR Platform is most compared with , whereas Workiva Wdesk is most compared with AuditBoard, Oracle Hyperion, RSA Archer, OneTrust GRC and LucaNet.

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