We performed a comparison between RSA Archer and SAP BusinessObjects GRC 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."Archer seamlessly integrates data systems without requiring additional software."
"The most valuable part of the product is the ease-of-use and the opportunity to create custom security applications easily."
"The most valuable features are the advanced workflow and the dashboards. This tool can present data wonderfully to management, and it is easy for them to manage the risk plans."
"Makes auditing much more convenient."
"Flexible record permissions and data import features."
"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."
"Easy to implement with a high level of automation."
"The solution has improved my organization by having everything combined to a single platform."
"The tool helps create reports for projects, including the creation of any ad-hoc reports"
"Initial setup was straightforward. It took maybe one week."
"It is wonderful from the control perspective. The GRC tools help you in knowing what are the risk controls, how to mitigate risks, and how to ensure that there are no conflicts between the roles. From the user perspective, you get to know what are the permission risks and access risks. You get a lot of useful information."
"The best features are the scalability and flexibility to implement applications on top of the BW."
"We have enterprise clients for the product."
"The solution can be a little slow due to the Silverlight feature."
"Solution could use more inbuilt applications."
"If you need to integrate the RSA products with another SEIM solution, then it doesn't work properly."
"The first improvement I would suggest for RSA Archer is a better search feature. The search criteria needs to be improved. Sometimes I do a search and the search doesn't return the exact item I'm looking for. RSA Archer could also be improved by being more user-friendly. Maybe I have been using a limited version of RSA Archer, but I'm not sure whether it has ESG, environmental and social governance. In the next couple of years, ESG is the next feature that will be integrated into GRC tools. I would recommend RSA Archer adds ESG."
"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."
"Some areas are not truly automated but are only scheduled."
"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."
"When we have to do formulas or some other type of calculation in Archer, it sometimes doesn't work correctly. The fields don't display right, and we have to contact RSA Archer support to fix things. I think the calculation components are a bit complicated."
"I think the old system is better than the new one. From an improvement perspective, the tool needs to ensure that the new technologies it offers are better than the old ones."
"BusinessObjects is very dated. It is not that user-friendly. It should be made more user-friendly. In addition, if they could make predictive analytics an embedded part of it where people get to know what is there to offer, it would be great."
"Technical support could be better and faster."
"An additional feature I would like to see is the option to add wait time and integrate sources in wait time."
"We cannot actively log in to the system. It should also improve support."
RSA Archer is ranked 1st in GRC with 38 reviews while SAP BusinessObjects GRC is ranked 14th in GRC with 5 reviews. RSA Archer is rated 8.0, while SAP BusinessObjects GRC is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of RSA Archer writes "A rich application with good workflow, but search feature needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP BusinessObjects GRC writes "Provides a lot of useful information and helps in managing risks and controls". RSA Archer is most compared with OneTrust GRC, IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance and Enablon, whereas SAP BusinessObjects GRC is most compared with Greenlight Continuous Monitoring, IBM OpenPages, Security Weaver, Oracle GRC Controls and ACL. See our RSA Archer vs. SAP BusinessObjects GRC report.
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