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NAVEX Global vs Scytale comparison

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Categories and Ranking

NAVEX Global
Ranking in GRC
15th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Scytale
Ranking in GRC
24th
Average Rating
5.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
IT Vendor Risk Management (20th), AI Legal & Compliance (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the GRC category, the mindshare of NAVEX Global is 2.1%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Scytale is 0.9%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
GRC Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NAVEX Global2.1%
Scytale0.9%
Other97.0%
GRC
 

Featured Reviews

JT
-- at a performing arts with 201-500 employees
The streamlined process of getting policies out to all staff in a quick efficient manner has been most valuable.
Currently we have monthly competencies that the 2 Staff Development Departments would initiate by a manual paper process and have to track staff down for all 3 shifts. Since we have started placing these items on Policytech, we have had a much better compliance rate as the staff are able to do it and it automatically records responses and results. Staff either read a document or view a powerpoint and then have a survey to answer, they have to receive a passing grade and if they pass they then receive the competency for that specific training. What we would like to add would be to be able to have Templates for certificates as we have different types of programs that have specific required documentation on the certificates, currently the certificates are one size fits all and that doesn’t work for us. So we are running a weekly report and manually send staff certificates. Another area is tracking Writer, Reviewer, and Approver statuses.
reviewer2814822 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Sudden access suspension has disrupted compliance work and raises serious trust concerns
Scytale unilaterally suspended access because in their opinion, I don't know why they did that. I'm assuming they think that we're competitive, which we're not. They sold us the system and sent a contract to us in full knowledge of what we do as a business. Compliance is a very broad word; we provide compliance into nonprofits, housing associations, markets that these guys do not serve. Somebody inside Scytale likely thought, "Oh my God, these guys must be competitive, so let's just cut them off." I'm assuming that's what happened, but there was no explanation, nothing. Scytale did not help me streamline my compliance processes. It didn't really identify gaps. There was no gap analysis in there that we could see. I didn't really get that far to use the effectiveness of Scytale's real-time insights in identifying potential compliance issues. All my experiences with Scytale have been negative. We haven't used the automated evidence collection of Scytale. Scytale has not helped me allocate resources more efficiently for compliance; it's been the opposite experience. We have put six months of effort into looking at the controls on 27001, talking about auditors, getting audit-ready, and so forth. But we've invested significant time, which has now been a complete waste of time. Scytale is not only unreliable, considering they can suspend access without any notice or formal reason, but this lack of stability results in serious concerns about their dependability as a partner. If they can do that without explanation, my fear is that even if they switch it on again, who's to know in three months' time that the same thing couldn't happen again?

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Worth every penny. Not a critical business process worth skimping on; its impact when fully introduced and utilized is incomparable."
"This solution gives an opportunity for anonymous hotline complaints."
"PolicyTech has probably been the most reliable solution we have and it's been the most stable solution over the last eight years, compared to any other information technology solution we've had."
"The company is always timely, they always have good suggestions, and they always have quick fixes for me."
"Allowing the input of investigation cases, the ability to track information and to compile data, it allows us to prepare detailed reports for different levels of the organization in the form of Excel spreadsheets, graphics, percentages of descriptive reports daily, monthly, yearly and number of cases per those periods."
"Before choosing, there were four different options that I was looking at, and going through all the tutorials and talking with the salespeople really sold me on NAVEX Global because I thought they were the gold standard for that type of policy format."
"It has made all the policies available in one accessible location for people to use them."
"The streamlined process of getting policies out to all staff in a quick efficient manner has been most valuable."
"Scytale has positively impacted my organization by giving us the ability to really educate our employees and make them aware, providing them more situational awareness when it comes to cybersecurity."
"The processes I participated in during the setup of Scytale were straightforward; it was acceptable and fine."
 

Cons

"We get a huge amount of complaints from users about the email system. They get lots and lots of emails, and they don’t necessarily have a good way to manage them."
"The reporting functions are terrible."
"Uploading PDFs is more time consuming and you have to go in and out of multiple screens/functions."
"What we would like to add would be to be able to have templates for certificates as we have different types of programs that have specific required documentation on the certificates, currently the certificates are one size fits all and that doesn’t work for us."
"Truthfully, the hardest part is that there are some little setup things that need to be done before people can actually use PolicyTech."
"There is an area on the “New Case” screen that I have reported a while back that when we click the drop down box to select state, then onto select the city, the state selection selected is deselected, it’s selected again and the city is deselected but after a couple of selections with it only in that area it does maintain the selection."
"The one thing that I noticed was, it times out sometimes."
"Recent product update led to confusion."
"Scytale can be improved by making the interface a bit more consistent in most areas of the platform, as sometimes it can be confusing, and some information can be inaccessible or cut off."
"Scytale is not reliable at all; not stable. You would be unwise to put a mission-critical function like ISO 27001 on Scytale."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
26%
Construction Company
22%
Healthcare Company
8%
Wholesaler/Distributor
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
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What needs improvement with Scytale?
Scytale unilaterally suspended access because in their opinion, I don't know why they did that. I'm assuming they think that we're competitive, which we're not. They sold us the sys...
What is your primary use case for Scytale?
My usual use case for Scytale is for ISO 27001 compliance.
What advice do you have for others considering Scytale?
We're going to sue Scytale, and we're going to sue Amazon as well because they're technically the people we're paying. My feedback on Scytale is that it's terrible. Currently, i...
 

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