We performed a comparison between MetricStream 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 interface is mobile-friendly and it is getting a good response from our customers."
"Key features are usability and ease of configuration. It allows us to have all the information in a single place and provide real-time indicators and information for our executives."
"Solution is scalable."
"The Advance Workflow feature simplifies things."
"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."
"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."
"Integration is another great aspect of RSA Archer. From the beginning, integration has been a central focus for RSA, and Archer has always integrated well with most tools on the market today."
"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."
"Archer has simplified our security audits. It's made it easier to raise and trigger questionnaires to customers."
"The solution has helped our organization manage our internal and external activities."
"We would like to have more dashboards and reports, such as geographical and trend reports in the next version. Also, an improvement in the mobile version would be helpful."
"I would like to see out-of-the-box integration with more security, it would be helpful."
"If you need to integrate the RSA products with another SEIM solution, then it doesn't work properly."
"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."
"Slow turnaround time from support team."
"I would like to have the ability to build and maintain an inventory of personal data processing activities and assets utilizing a purpose-built taxonomy and data structure."
"RSA Archer might be a bit expensive for small companies because it's a vast tool."
"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."
"The technology's a little outdated."
"It's resource-hungry, that's the best way of putting it."
MetricStream is ranked 13th in GRC while RSA Archer is ranked 1st in GRC with 38 reviews. MetricStream is rated 8.6, while RSA Archer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of MetricStream writes "Reasonably priced, stable, with out of the box deployment, and has good local support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RSA Archer writes "A rich application with good workflow, but search feature needs improvement". MetricStream is most compared with IBM OpenPages and OneTrust GRC, whereas RSA Archer is most compared with OneTrust GRC, IBM OpenPages, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance, Workiva Wdesk and Snow Governance & Risk. See our MetricStream vs. RSA Archer report.
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