We performed a comparison between RSA Archer and SAP BusinessObjects GRC based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two GRC solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Enables development of any application, automation of any workflow including the GRC work processes."
"Even non-technical people can be masters of the product."
"Archer has simplified our security audits. It's made it easier to raise and trigger questionnaires to customers."
"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."
"Archer seamlessly integrates data systems without requiring additional software."
"First of all, its access control feature where it provides application level access, solution level access, and even recall access, as well."
"The solution has helped our organization manage our internal and external activities."
"The most valuable features of RSA Archer are the asset management, risk management, and vendor management."
"It is wonderful from the control perspective. The GRC tools help you in knowing what are the risk controls, how to mitigate risks, and how to ensure that there are no conflicts between the roles. From the user perspective, you get to know what are the permission risks and access risks. You get a lot of useful information."
"Initial setup was straightforward. It took maybe one week."
"The best features are the scalability and flexibility to implement applications on top of the BW."
"We have enterprise clients for the product."
"The tool helps create reports for projects, including the creation of any ad-hoc reports"
"Slow turnaround time from support team."
"In terms of what can be improved, our client always says their user experience, IU/UX in RSA Archer. They found it is not as user friendly as other tools."
"The financial area of RSA Archer has room for improvement."
"If you need to integrate the RSA products with another SEIM solution, then it doesn't work properly."
"It would be nice if RSA Archer featured more customization. When customers are updating, they should be notified whether certain updates are optional. The install screen should not proceed to the next page unless we make some selections about which updates we want to install."
"There should be a way to export and get data from the system in PDF or PowerPoint presentation format. This would be a great addition."
"The design and advanced workflow need to be improved."
"There were so many problems that we had found. One time, the search index was not working. We also faced slowness in Archer, but I resolved this issue."
"Technical support could be better and faster."
"An additional feature I would like to see is the option to add wait time and integrate sources in wait time."
"I think the old system is better than the new one. From an improvement perspective, the tool needs to ensure that the new technologies it offers are better than the old ones."
"We cannot actively log in to the system. It should also improve support."
"BusinessObjects is very dated. It is not that user-friendly. It should be made more user-friendly. In addition, if they could make predictive analytics an embedded part of it where people get to know what is there to offer, it would be great."
RSA Archer is ranked 1st in GRC with 38 reviews while SAP BusinessObjects GRC is ranked 10th in GRC with 5 reviews. RSA Archer is rated 8.0, while SAP BusinessObjects GRC is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of RSA Archer writes "A rich application with good workflow, but search feature needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP BusinessObjects GRC writes "Improved our organization's reporting culture and has given us insights into operational results". RSA Archer is most compared with OneTrust GRC, IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, Workiva Wdesk and Enablon, whereas SAP BusinessObjects GRC is most compared with Greenlight Continuous Monitoring, Security Weaver, IBM OpenPages, Oracle GRC Controls and ACL. See our RSA Archer vs. SAP BusinessObjects GRC report.
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