We performed a comparison between RSA Archer and Workiva Wdesk 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."RSA Archer's best features are advanced workflow, reports, dashboards, and notifications."
"With RSA Archer, an admin can set permissions for a normal user to go directly to the tool they need to input some data. Admins can then go through that and approve some requests. Also, they can log in based on these kinds of permissions, including ticketing, service patches, or upgrades."
"The product is very flexible."
"Its user interface is pretty neat, and there is flexibility in generating the data. You can customize reports at any level. You can directly get reports in Tableau format. If you want to generate statistical data, you can create reports with graphs. There is an adequate amount of flexibility for changing the format, the type of graphs, etc."
"Integration is another great aspect of RSA Archer. From the beginning, integration has been a central focus for RSA, and Archer has always integrated well with most tools on the market today."
"Makes auditing much more convenient."
"The most valuable feature is the enterprise module, which provides the capability of having all of the information stored and linked with everything else."
"RSA Archer has reduced the time and effort required for meetings."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to easily upload and update financial results, creating a dynamic data sheet."
"It makes the compliance process more efficient and more effective."
"It helps you to maintain a backup of your data, including the connectivity with the tables, which provides a user-friendly way to handle and access your files."
"Workiva Wdesk has a flow diagram that is standardized, making it easy for people to file documents on ECDAs, which are in HTML format."
"Workiva Wdesk is pretty good in terms of getting the data from the system, automating the reporting schedules...It has a very good integration with ERP tools."
"The collaboration within the platform is valuable."
"The ticket handling process could be improved."
"When we have to do formulas or some other type of calculation in Archer, it sometimes doesn't work correctly. The fields don't display right, and we have to contact RSA Archer support to fix things. I think the calculation components are a bit complicated."
"The solution can be a little slow due to the Silverlight feature."
"The technology's a little outdated."
"I would like to see real-time data, from vulnerabilities, and threats."
"The bullet chart is the best graph for my purposes, and it should be available for inclusion in the dashboards."
"It's resource-hungry, that's the best way of putting it."
"Recently, we made a suggestion for cross references, like for one application to another. There were limitations there, so we're hoping that will be included in the next upgrade."
"Regarding the solution, reporting has certain areas that can be considered for improvement."
"The most critical issue is the need to shift between uppercase and lowercase."
"One area where Workiva Wdesk could improve is by ensuring that its cloud-based system is fully compatible with the most current versions of PowerPoint and Excel."
"With this product, it's more about the integrated data model where you can have a one-to-many/many-to-one relationship between your policies and processes, risks, and controls. They need to showcase how you can put those pieces together."
"The speed must be improved."
"At this point, I don't see a compelling reason to invest in Workiva. It may be necessary for compliance and controlling the version of SCC, but not everyone needs its high-end capabilities."
RSA Archer is ranked 1st in GRC with 38 reviews while Workiva Wdesk is ranked 6th in GRC with 6 reviews. RSA Archer is rated 8.0, while Workiva Wdesk is rated 7.0. 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 Workiva Wdesk writes "A user-friendly tool useful for data consolidation and automating the reporting schedules". RSA Archer is most compared with OneTrust GRC, IBM OpenPages, MetricStream, AuditBoard and Snow Governance & Risk, whereas Workiva Wdesk is most compared with AuditBoard, Oracle Hyperion, OneTrust GRC, ACL Analytics and LucaNet. See our RSA Archer vs. Workiva Wdesk report.
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