Archer Pros and Cons

integration with other software. Easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited reporting capabilities compared to others present in the market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Outside of the box, Archer is just ok compared to the newer platforms- Zen, Auditpoint, Hyperproof, ect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you make any custome design or changes that are not out of the box you will be dissapointed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great Dashboards that showcase operational risk and eGRC capabilities.It helps with the high-level overview of RCSA results and statuses within our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

System can be a but more intuitive and streamlined. There is a learning curve due to many drop-downs and buttons that lead to several places. A more simple and friendly design would be sufficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Flexibility and level of customization, Dashboard & Report functionality. Workflow is based and strong access controls Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Look and feel can be improved and can be made more user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RSA Archer met my team's needs for building out a Vendor Risk Management program, allowing full control and build out of our customized workflows for all SMEs and stakeholders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although the platform allowed for customization and met our team's needs, it was very nuanced to create the custom dashboards + necessary approval workflows and required multiple resources on our end including hiring a full-time dedicated Archer RSA expert on our team, who dually worked as the primary admin, and contracting with multiple consulting firms for many years to assist in the build out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User-friendly interface, data visualisation is very helpful, one can track Project status, budget spendings, identified risks using dashboards and ivews and notifications can be configured to alert users on possible risks and issues identified, RSA Archer provides OOTB solutions which can be tailored to meet the organisation process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Custom coding is not fully supported and field id changes has to be made with each change migration to Test and Production environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was pretty fast to navigate through the application and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hard to develop customized applications that were not out of the box. It also became complication to figure out the structure of the application once it grew to a larger scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Comprehensive assessment tracking from A to Z. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not so user friendly. Certain customization has to be made in order for it to be useful and understandable. Also, sometimes it would not work on IE even though it states that the most compatible Internet Browser to be used is IE. I have to jump among IE, Chrome, and Firefox sometimes in order to make certain function works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We use Archer to manage vendor relationships, vendor contacts, vendor contracts, risk/policy exceptions, and various other vendor risk uses. It is used enterprise-wide and is a key part of doing any work with a third party. We have used different versions of RSA Archer over the years and the team is trying to get the application to the most current platform/release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a couple limitations that does not benifeit or assist with our company that ca. Be improved but it’s a very great tool we use and we believe we will see updates in the near future Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI, navigation, configuration is pretty easy to pick up on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited reporting, integrations can be difficult, silverlight Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.