ACL Analytics vs ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager and ACL Analytics are competitive in governance, risk, and compliance. ACL Analytics has a slight edge with its advanced data handling capabilities, whereas ARIS excels in overall risk governance.

Features: ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager offers end-to-end risk management, policy management, risk assessment, and compliance tracking. ACL Analytics provides powerful data analytics tools, unique data visualization, and sophisticated data processing.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager integrates seamlessly with existing systems, focusing on adaptability and support services. ACL Analytics provides quick implementation with intuitive analytics tools and dedicated customer service.

Pricing and ROI: ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager has a higher initial setup cost but substantial ROI from its extensive risk management features. ACL Analytics requires a moderate investment, with ROI driven by enhanced data insights and efficient decision-making.

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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

14th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the GRC category, the mindshare of ACL Analytics is 3.1%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager is 0.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

GRC Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
ACL Analytics	3.1%
ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager	0.8%
Other	96.1%

GRC

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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

"ACL Analytics is a great application that helps me analyze data more effectively compared to other tools like Excel."

"Initial setup is straightforward."

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

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

"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."

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

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

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"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

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

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

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

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

"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 ease of use could be better."

"A person must have someone teach them how to use ACL Analytics as a common person cannot use it independently."

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

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

By visitors reading reviews

Government

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Insurance Company

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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	5

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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...

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

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

Software AG

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.

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