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We performed a comparison between ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager and Workiva Wdesk based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The most valuable feature is the risk testing, where you can attach your processes to the risk, and automatically generate all of the tests."

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"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.""The most valuable feature is its ability to easily upload and update financial results, creating a dynamic data sheet.""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.""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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"I would like to see the modeling less strict so that connectors can be more flexible."

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"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.""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.""The speed must be improved.""Regarding the solution, reporting has certain areas that can be considered for improvement.""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."

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    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 »
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    Overview

    Distance yourself from the potentially devastating risks of noncompliance. Using ARIS for risk and compliance management means you have a process-focused approach to an enterprise-wide compliance and risk management system.

    ARIS can be used to implement and efficiently operate an enterprise-wide compliance and risk management system. You can protect your business from potentially devastating risks of non-compliance while reducing your costs, using a single source of truth to ensure effective enterprise operations and compliance. 

    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
    Alicorp, Tesco, Dubai Municipality, Emirates NBD, Suva - ARIS serves customers across all industries and of every size worldwide. Companies trust ARIS as being in the market of business process management for more than 30 years, serving users worldwide, from 1 user companies to the Fortune 500.
    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 Organization18%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Insurance Company6%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise55%
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    April 2024
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    ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager is ranked 29th in GRC while Workiva Wdesk is ranked 7th in GRC with 6 reviews. ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager is rated 8.0, while Workiva Wdesk is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager writes "Risk testing feature enables you to attach your processes to the risk, and automatically generate all of the tests". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Workiva Wdesk writes "A user-friendly tool useful for data consolidation and automating the reporting schedules". ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager is most compared with RSA Archer, whereas Workiva Wdesk is most compared with AuditBoard, Oracle Hyperion, RSA Archer, OneTrust GRC and LucaNet.

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