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ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager vs RSA Archer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

ARIS Risk and Compliance Ma...
Ranking in GRC
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
RSA Archer
Ranking in GRC
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
IT Governance (1st), IT Vendor Risk Management (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the GRC category, the mindshare of ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager is 1.3%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of RSA Archer is 5.5%, down from 17.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
GRC Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
RSA Archer5.5%
ARIS Risk and Compliance Manager1.3%
Other93.2%
GRC
 

Featured Reviews

BPMexp67 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
CJ
Information Security Specialist at Dubai Health Authority
Centralized management strengthens compliance with good look and feel
From my perspective as a customer and end user, Archer has an impressive look and feel, but the most adaptive feature is its ease of configuration which helps to enhance our process according to our maturity. It's more about our organization getting centralized with an integrated approach that focuses on risk governance and compliance. When can provide a detailed dashboards to management with the details of risks from top-down or bottom-up prioritizing actions based on its criticality or necessity. This allows us to show end users and management where the issues lie and effectively demonstrate accountability and visibility in compliance.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the risk testing, where you can attach your processes to the risk, and automatically generate all of the tests."
"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."
"To me, that's a better way to go."
"Solution is scalable."
"It is enterprise-wide accessible. So, it is very helpful for all the employees in our bank. They can log in and do their risk management activities. It has a few inbuilt modules that are helpful for doing risk management activities, such as issue management, risk identification, risk assessment, and policy exception management. It also has some inbuilt workflows inside these modules. They are also helpful."
"Our clients are using RSA Archer to automate their manual processes and activies to avoid manual intervention and have a clear visibility to leadership."
"Its ROI is quite high when you look at how long it takes for people to input stuff for compliance risk, vulnerability management, and threat management."
"Previously, they were purely on Excel files and getting data from the applications inside Excel or Word format, and I think this is the first solution they went to, and this is the best tool for GRC, governance, risk, and compliance."
"Easy to implement with a high level of automation."
"Risk management is one of the most impressive features of Archer, especially with the recent restructuring of the user interface."
 

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)."
"The bullet chart is the best graph for my purposes, and it should be available for inclusion in the dashboards."
"RSA Archer somehow lags behind in the user interface. Additionally, the reporting capability of Archer should be improved."
"We evaluated Archer but at the time its poor support for Basel (e.g. cap allocation) was a deal stopper for us."
"Archer's performance could be improved - older versions can be very slow, and the application crashes from time to time."
"There are certain restrictions on API integrations, and it is not simple or straightforward."
"The solution is not at all a cheap product."
"It's resource-hungry, that's the best way of putting it."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution's price should be reduced. You only have to pay the license and there are no additional fees."
"The solution is not at all a cheap product."
"As I am a developer and responsible for providing production support, I do not have personal knowledge of the pricing. However, my colleagues claim that it is very expensive in comparison with other tools."
"At the higher end of the price scale, but provides better, more accessible functionality and customization than cheaper products."
"The license is costly for the solution, but the remaining set up and maintenance is quite cheaper."
"The price of RSA Archer is good. The price isn't too high considering it is a leading tool in the market."
"The solution’s pricing is moderate."
"The price of the solution is very affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
18%
Insurance Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise25
 

Questions from the Community

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 ...
What needs improvement with RSA Archer?
While it provides benefits in terms of security, the pricing is a bit higher than customers typically expect. It would be helpful if RSA Archer had the capability for two-way integration because, i...
What is your primary use case for RSA Archer?
Regarding the compliance, risk, and governance tools, I am comfortable discussing the tools in the GRC category. The specific module from ServiceNow is the ServiceNow Compliance, Risk, and Governan...
What advice do you have for others considering RSA Archer?
I have been in touch with about three companies who use RSA Archer actively in the compliance area. These companies use RSA Archer for nearly all purposes, including governance, internal risk, and ...
 

Also Known As

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Archer
 

Overview

 

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.
T-Systems, Bridge Point, Equifax, First Data, Global Imaging Company, Manulife Financial
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