ACL Analytics vs ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager comparison

ACL Analytics vs. ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager

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Categories and Ranking

ACL Analytics

Ranking in GRC

3rd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Continuous Controls Monitoring (1st)

ARIS Risk and Compliance Ma...

Ranking in GRC

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the GRC category, the mindshare of ACL Analytics is 3.3%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager is 1.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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John Erian

Team leader - Internal Audit sector at HD Bank

Identifyies fraud efficiently through automated report analysis

I believe the formulas and scripting language in ACL Analytics need development to be easier for me to use. I want to see more robotic reports generated automatically, rather than relying heavily on scripting. It would also be beneficial if ACL Analytics included features similar to Tableau for data presentation.

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BPMexp67

BPM Expert at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Covers the entire risk management cycle, from identification and evaluation to control, mitigation, and monitoring

The most effective features are the basic ones to evaluate and control risk. We have many specific small models inside of ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager, like issue management. These are smaller add-ons depending on the needs. You are including specific models as well. The basic ones do exactly what is required for risk management: identification, evaluation, control, mitigation, and modification. And, we have dashboards with the possibility to configure compliance policies and risk limits based on which we can create alarms. If there are maximum limits, we create alarms attached to the responsible people. Normally, there is someone that identifies the risk, and then you have the risk owner. These people [normal users] can send notifications to the risk owner, who will evaluate the risk and decide whether it's important to control it or not. I remember a project where the customer wanted to control all risks and assigned many people to identify them. They started identifying risks everywhere. After a few years, the customer realized that it didn't make sense to control all of them. So, they created limits—levels of risk the company was willing to accept because it was more expensive to implement controls than to manage the risk. So, regarding ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager, you can implement all the risks and policies you can imagine because it's very customizable. You can customize a lot of things.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It improved my organization using an automated audit revision with scripts."

"The most valuable feature of ACL Analytics is its powerful data control capabilities."

"It is very flexible and has hundreds of functions."

"We apply different methods, such as sampling, data manipulation, and sorting. I'm fond of the scripting feature, which automates routine tasks and saves time. It also offers data insights."

"We have seen a return on investment as we have mostly reduced working hours for the audit engagements."

"Initial setup is straightforward."

"I rate ACL Analytics nine out of ten."

"The tool's most valuable feature is its ability to import files from other software packages. Its reporting and visualization capabilities have made our reporting easier. Importing results into spreadsheets or other documents for incorporation into reports is particularly helpful."

More ACL Analytics pros

"We can set it so that for a specific risk, or for all risks if we want, people will receive automatic notifications to do the evaluation and implement or test the control at a set interval, like every six months or every year."

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

Cons

"We have an issue with the hard coding of passwords in ACL Analytics. You do not have an interface where you can enter a password and then it can be encrypted when you enter it."

"The visualization capabilities in ACL Analytics need more variety and features."

"The ease of use could be better."

"The tool's pricing is quite high. When I purchased the software, I constantly contacted the representatives. I requested a single license, but they informed me that only packages of three licenses were available. This made it very difficult for us to manage the cost, especially given the economic challenges in our country."

"Reporting and presentation of information directly to solutions, such as PowerPoint."

"The product's pricing has increased over the years."

"I believe the formulas and scripting language in ACL Analytics need development to be easier for me to use."

"Currently, the platform is not very comfortable for users coming from a non-technical or non-coding background."

More ACL Analytics cons

"I would like to see the modeling less strict so that connectors can be more flexible."

"In future releases, I would like to see more features around AI (artificial intelligence)."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing for me as an individual seems a lot. For our organization, the price is okay. It's about $6,000 a year. I don't know of any additional costs."

"The price of $5,000 is high, and transferring money from one country to another, particularly in dollars, is challenging due to high exchange rates. Although we managed to purchase it then, the lack of a single license option and the high cost were issues."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

14%

Government

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ACL Analytics?

The tool's most valuable feature is its ability to import files from other software packages. Its reporting and visualization capabilities have made our reporting easier. Importing results into spr...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ACL Analytics?

I would rate the pricing of ACL Analytics as a 10.

What needs improvement with ACL Analytics?

We have an issue with the hard coding of passwords in ACL Analytics. You do not have an interface where you can enter a password and then it can be encrypted when you enter it. Every time you enter...

What is your primary use case for ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager?

I recommend it to my customers. Sometimes, we follow the normal cycle: risk identification, then evaluation, then mitigation, and lastly, monitoring. In other processes, we use the software to anal...

What advice do you have for others considering ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager?

At this moment, I would recommend this tool. This is the tool I know more than the others. I know a little bit about BWise and other tools like Spark. But ARIS is the one I know best because I've b...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager?

We have some nominated licenses, which are per user, and concurrent licenses. The concurrent licenses are more expensive than the other ones but are better, at least for a big company. We can have ...

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Overview

ACL Analytics connects you to any data source, and lets you run sophisticated risk analytics and detect anomalies or patterns that you simply can't illuminate with any amount of random sampling, spreadsheet ninjutsu or generic business intelligence. It's designed for you, the GRC professional.

Diligent

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.

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Sample Customers

Essar Group, Dean Foods, Lafarge North America, Austrian Ministry of Finance

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.

ACL Analytics vs. ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager