We performed a comparison between RSA Archer and Workiva Wdesk 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."It has the best workload management features."
"I like how Archer requires very little programming ability. A person with minimum coding experience can configure the necessary fields in Archer. It's more of a drag-and-drop solution."
"With RSA Archer, an admin can set permissions for a normal user to go directly to the tool they need to input some data. Admins can then go through that and approve some requests. Also, they can log in based on these kinds of permissions, including ticketing, service patches, or upgrades."
"The part I liked about Archer was the risk assessment for deficiencies and being able to use it there."
"RSA Archer has reduced the time and effort required for meetings."
"I have found all the features to be valuable, including those involving reporting, the dashboard, notifications, email modules, the database and data input."
"Archer has simplified our security audits. It's made it easier to raise and trigger questionnaires to customers."
"RSA is a very rich application. I like its adaptive suggestion, where based on your users and the class of data, it can actually recommend you the proper control to choose. For example, we have been using PCI DSS as an NIST. So based on application feedback, it will provide you with a suggestion on which control objective needs to be set. Based on that, you can make a decision—you don't need to take the suggestion, but you can customize that particular provided suggestion. RSA Archer's workflow is also good, in terms of process automation."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to easily upload and update financial results, creating a dynamic data sheet."
"It makes the compliance process more efficient and more effective."
"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."
"Workiva Wdesk has a flow diagram that is standardized, making it easy for people to file documents on ECDAs, which are in HTML format."
"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."
"I find the tech support to be inadequately knowledgeable."
"It would be useful for customers if COBIT 2019 could be translated into different languages."
"The product is expensive."
"I would like to see real-time data, from vulnerabilities, and threats."
"The solution can be a little slow due to the Silverlight feature."
"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."
"RSA Archer might be a bit expensive for small companies because it's a vast tool."
"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."
"Regarding the solution, reporting has certain areas that can be considered for improvement."
"The most critical issue is the need to shift between uppercase and lowercase."
"The speed must be improved."
"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."
RSA Archer is ranked 1st in GRC with 38 reviews while Workiva Wdesk is ranked 7th in GRC with 6 reviews. RSA Archer is rated 8.0, while Workiva Wdesk is rated 7.0. 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 Workiva Wdesk writes "A user-friendly tool useful for data consolidation and automating the reporting schedules". RSA Archer is most compared with OneTrust GRC, IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, AuditBoard and Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance, whereas Workiva Wdesk is most compared with AuditBoard, Oracle Hyperion, OneTrust GRC, LucaNet and ACL Analytics. See our RSA Archer vs. Workiva Wdesk report.
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