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FIS Protegent vs RSA Archer comparison

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Categories and Ranking

FIS Protegent
Ranking in GRC
43rd
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
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 November 2026, in the GRC category, the mindshare of FIS Protegent is 0.8%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of RSA Archer is 6.2%, down from 10.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
GRC Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
RSA Archer6.2%
FIS Protegent0.8%
Other93.0%
GRC
 

Featured Reviews

it_user948 - PeerSpot reviewer
digital strategist at SMD Services
Robust and comprehensive product for Finanancial Services Compliance.
The Protegent surveillance suite of products automates many of the manual financial services / broker dealers compliance processes related to FINRA and the SEC. The suite is comprehensive and fairly easy to implement (depending on your business model and clearing relationships).…
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

"Overall, this is a great product."
"RSA Archer GRC modules allow you to build efficient, collaborative enterprise governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) programs across IT, finance, operations, and legal domains."
"It is a very friendly tool, we can easily understand what is going on inside the tool, work with it for the ERP platform, create automated applications based on the requirements, and it is very secure with three levels of access at the field level, application level, and code level."
"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."
"From my perspective as a customer and end user, RSA is about the look and feel."
"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."
"This solution helped us with the centralization of our governance data, so we could house all of our controls in one place. We could use that central repository of all our controls to build our risk management strategy and our policy and governance. So we could use controls as a central library and build policy, and then build risk management around it."
"First of all, its access control feature where it provides application level access, solution level access, and even recall access, as well."
"The integrated data model of a one-to-many/many-to-one relationship is quite useful."
 

Cons

"Custom integration is required as many of these modules are not linked and do not share data easily."
"Compared to other GRC tools, RSA Archer is a little complex in the sense that even users need to have some knowledge of the tool."
"The management agrees that Archer lacks in terms of presentation and dashboarding. It is complex, not user-friendly, and bulky."
"Data feeds have always been a big headache for us because there is no feature to let us know if a feed has not run or has failed."
"The product is expensive, and there are additional costs if you need to integrate more licenses or want more features."
"Initially, technical support is a little weak, and I would rate it six out of ten. The issue with initial support is that new engineers are often not as experienced."
"The main improvement I would like to see in the on-premises version is the amount of data the product can hold."
"Some areas are not truly automated but are only scheduled."
"Solution could use more inbuilt applications."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is not at all a cheap product."
"Fairly highly-priced, especially for smaller companies."
"I am not sure about other companies, but it's quite expensive."
"RSA Archer's price is justifiable and not as expensive, compared to ServiceNow. I have heard that the licensing for ServiceNow is much more expensive. I'm unaware whether there are any additional costs after licensing fees."
"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 solution's price should be reduced. You only have to pay the license and there are no additional fees."
"The price of the solution is very affordable."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Insurance Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise25
 

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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

SunGard Protegent, Protegent
Archer
 

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Sample Customers

A Large European Broker, a global asset management firm
T-Systems, Bridge Point, Equifax, First Data, Global Imaging Company, Manulife Financial
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