# Ostendio Reviews **Vendor:** Ostendio **Category:** [Security Compliance Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/security-compliance) **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 40 ## About Ostendio Welcome to the next generation of security. Ostendio is the only GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) platform that leverages the strength of your greatest asset. Your people. Ostendio delivers an easy-to-use, cost-effective platform that allows you to assess risk, create and manage critical policies and procedures, educate and empower your people to be secure with security awareness training, and monitor continuous compliance across 300+ security frameworks. With deep customization, advanced intelligence, and flexible controls, you’re always audit-ready, always secure, and always able to take on what’s next. www.ostendio.com. ## Ostendio Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users value the **ease of use** of Ostendio, enjoying intuitive workflows and seamless module integration for security programs. (3 reviews) - Users value the **cohesive features** of Ostendio, enhancing their security programs with seamless integration and excellent support. (2 reviews) - Users find Ostendio's **integrated support** invaluable for developing a comprehensive and effective security program. (2 reviews) - Users value the **audit efficiency** of Ostendio, enabling seamless policy tracking and compliance management in one place. (1 reviews) - Users value the **comprehensive audit management tools** in Ostendio for tracking compliance and policy acknowledgment efficiently. (1 reviews) - Centralized Management (1 reviews) - Collaboration (1 reviews) - Compliance (1 reviews) - Compliance Management (1 reviews) - Compliance Simplification (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **non-intuitive features** of Ostendio challenging, wishing for a more streamlined interface. (1 reviews) - Users find the **interface not intuitive** , suggesting it could be simplified for a better experience. (1 reviews) ## Ostendio Reviews ### 1. Robust, flexible, and powerful GRC Solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chris M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2023 **What do you like best about Ostendio?** Having performed a fairly exhustive due-diligence we settled on Ostendio as the most flexible, comprehensive, and powerful GRC solution. Each of the modules seemlessly works with the rest, the workflows are clear and intutitive, implementation was easy and straight-forward, and the customer support from Ostendio was, and continues to be, the best. We have integrated Ostendio with our own cyberCTRL solution (https://cyberctrl.net/) and have deployed it across several clients. We have never had an issue with Ostendio, and their support from pre-sales to post-implenentation are bar none! **What do you dislike about Ostendio?** There is nothing to dislike about Ostendio. The combinaton of state-of-the-art application wiht the best engineers and support anywhere make it impossible to dislike! **What problems is Ostendio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ostendio is "the" hub when it comes to authoritative information across our client universe. It is the platform of choice in ensuring compliance, responding to audits quickly and effectively, and its unique framework crosswalk has proven indespensible in our ability to help our clients become certified across multiple standards. **Official Response from Miranda Elliott:** > Thanks for your review Chris! We are glad that the Ostendio platform meets your needs and supports your business. We continue to strive to be the platform of choice for Serious Security Professionals. ### 2. Using Ostendio to perform assessments **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consulting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 25, 2024 **What do you like best about Ostendio?** Ostendio makes it easy to organize your data, projects, and clients. **What do you dislike about Ostendio?** I wish Ostendio could automatically convert the data collected into visually stimulating visual deliverables **What problems is Ostendio solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps me organize the data that needs to collected and it helps the clients and I stay on top of their tasks **Official Response from Miranda Elliott:** > Thanks for your review! We're glad that the Ostendio platform is helping you organize data, projects, and clients. Thanks also for the feedback about data visualization. We are improving the data visualization within our platform and recently released enhanced reporting features within our assessment module, which we are extending to the rest of the platform. You'll also see that we are continuing to add more default analytics and reports, and we have a new generative AI reporting tool in the pipeline. Your partner account manager or our CS team will be happy to talk to you about any of these developments. Thanks for being an Ostendio Partner! ### 3. Ostendio delivers value. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephen C. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2023 **What do you like best about Ostendio?** Multi-framework assessments shortens time spent assessing and give you more time to manage risks. **What do you dislike about Ostendio?** A little learning curve but the platform is very intuative and easy to learn. **What problems is Ostendio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Bringing together assessment to complaince. It helps flesh out a security program, giving the user the actionable means to garner support and measure the level of compliance with security initatives. **Official Response from Miranda Elliott:** > Thanks for your review Stephen! We're glad you found the platform to be intuitive and easy to learn. Clients love the clear dashboards showing their compliance at a glance. Feel free to reach out to the Client Success team if you have any questions. ### 4. Multi-faceted Compliance Information Assurance Tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaron O. | Chief Compliance Officer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2021 **What do you like best about Ostendio?** The ability to assign and track policy acknowledgment and provide a compliance scorecard for multiple regulatory requirements all under a single reposoitory **What do you dislike about Ostendio?** Individual and customized ways to accomplish any one task, allows for quick adoption and usability **Recommendations to others considering Ostendio:** MyVCM has a lot of features that start from day one and continue as your company grows in the number of compliance/regulatory projects and size, invest a little time in exploring its features, and it will pay dividends in the short term **What problems is Ostendio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Managing regulatory compliance documentation, keeping track of required audit tasks and uploading associated evidence **Official Response from Miranda Elliott:** > Thanks for your review! We're happy that you are finding the Ostendio platform useful for your compliance program. We are always adding new features and welcome customer feedback. Feel free to reach out to your CS Manager if you have any questions. Thanks for being a valued customer! ### 5. Very helpful website for training and initiatives **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Luke E. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 17, 2023 **What do you like best about Ostendio?** I like having all of our primary training and IT related functions all in one site **What do you dislike about Ostendio?** Honestly, I don't have any dislikes about the site - works great from POV **What problems is Ostendio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm a user of the platform, so from my perspective, the platform helps to solve the challenge of solving for our audit and IT security tasks **Official Response from Miranda Elliott:** > Thanks for your review Luke! We're happy that you are finding the Ostendio platform helpful for your audit and IT security needs. We are always working on new features and upgrades so if you ever have any questions or suggestions please contact your Ostendio Client Success team! ### 6. Ostendio has been a great time saver for completing regulatory self-asessments. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Ostendio?** The ability to use an already completed assessment for 1 regulatory body and automatically map it to assessments for other regulatory bodies. We compared Ostendio to other products and chose Ostendio because of its capabilities and ease of use. **What do you dislike about Ostendio?** Documents reviewed in Ostendio shows changes marked. After the document is fully approved, it still indicates that changes were not accepted. The document also does not show the changes until I press the document's "Edit" button. **What problems is Ostendio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used to dislike the document basic/feature-less version of Word used by the platform. I previously brought it to Ostendio's attention, and I am happy to see that a more robust version is now included. **Official Response from Miranda Elliott:** > Thanks for your review! We're so glad you are using the Crosswalk feature that allows you to map evidence from one regulation or framework to another. It is a significant benefit to many of our customers in their compliance activities. At Ostendio, we seek continuous improvement and are committed to listening to customers and, where possible, making meaningful changes based on their requests. Please reach out to your client success manager if you have any suggestions. ### 7. Ostendio has been nothing short of amazing! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 29, 2023 **What do you like best about Ostendio?** I love how easy it is to navigate around the site. I never have to worry about missing trainings. Everything is so clearly laid out! **What do you dislike about Ostendio?** I don't see anything wrong with this platform. I enjoy it. **What problems is Ostendio solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is helping me become a better employee. The trainings I take are super informative and helpful. **Official Response from Miranda Elliott:** > Thanks for your review! We're glad you find Ostendio easy to use and love our easy-to-navigate dashboards. Your client success manager is ready to help if you ever need assistance. Thanks for being an Ostendio customer! ### 8. Ostendio's MyVCM helps make preparing for security audits much easier **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brett W. | National Partner, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Ostendio?** MyVCM doesn't just try to check boxes for your security audit. MyVCM actually helps you create a security program along with preparing you for your audit. As a security auditor, I really like the interface and the ability to easily get to the information we need for the audit. In addition, we are able to actually rely on the APIs and other information that we receive for the audit as we understand where the data is coming from and we can verify the completeness and accuracy of those APIs. **What do you dislike about Ostendio?** The MyVCM tool does not implement itself. While I actually view this as a good thing, many of the products in the marketplace make claims that you can implement their software and/or prepare for an audit in days or weeks. In reality, implementing a strong security program for your company is not easy but MyVCM makes the process repeatable and includes everything you will need for an audit. In addition, MyVCM helps you implement leading practices for your security program which is, in my opinion, more important than trying to pass an audit. The security audit is just evidence that you have a strong security program. It is not meant to be your security program. **What problems is Ostendio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ostendio's MyVCM is attempting to help companies implement a strong security program along with help streamlining various security audits that the company might need to complete (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HITRUST, etc.). At Aprio, we perform security audits for all types of companies using all types of security software solutions. We really like MyVCM as the interface is very easy, and we are able to rely on the APIs. As a security auditor, we cannot just assume the security software is providing accurate information without understanding how the APIs work. Many software vendors do not provide the API calls, and therefore, it is very difficult to know if the APIs are effective or just as importantly have the APIs been changed and why. When our client leverages an API from MyVCM, Aprio knows that it is accurate, and we can easily run audit checks on those APIs to confirm they are working as intended or identify when they have changed. **Official Response from Miranda Elliott:** > Thanks for your review Brett! Auditors love our platform because they can communicate and collaborate easily with clients. We are glad it is making your life easier! ### 9. Good experience with Ostendio **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2023 **What do you like best about Ostendio?** Good experience with Training module all module never user yet. with certificate very nice and all filter in every grid. **What do you dislike about Ostendio?** i don't think any dislike causes overall user experience feel good. **What problems is Ostendio solving and how is that benefiting you?** for providing training and with certificate. **Official Response from Miranda Elliott:** > Thanks for your review! We are glad that you enjoyed the training and we hope you get to use the other modules for your security and compliance needs. Remember that your Client Success Manager is always available to help if you have any questions. ### 10. it is good **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Ostendio?** the concept of ostendio is very good and it is intresting **What do you dislike about Ostendio?** nothing to dislike in ostendio .everyhting is good **What problems is Ostendio solving and how is that benefiting you?** we can learn about corporate security **Official Response from Miranda Elliott:** > Thanks for your review! Ostendio is happy to work with serious security professionals who understand the importance of building a culture of security and a robust compliance program. Please reach out to your Client Success Manager if you have any questions as you delve deeper into all the modules offered by Ostendio. ## Ostendio Pricing - **Ostendio platform pricing**: Contact Us Ostendio is never one size fits all, instead, we support you with an intelligent platform design to fit you flawlessly. Choose from a pre-established tier below or contact us for start-up packages. Ready to start saving on your compliance management? Contact us for pricing. Full details are available on our website www.ostendio.com/pricing [View full pricing details](https://www.g2.com/products/ostendio/pricing) ## Ostendio Features **Functionality** - Customized Vendor Pages - Centralized Vendor Catalog - Questionnaire Templates - User Access Control **Risk assessment** - Risk Scoring - 4th Party Assessments - Monitoring And Alerts - AI Monitoring **Workflows - Audit Management** - Audit Trail - Recommendations - Collaboration Tools - Integrations - Planning & Scheduling **Generative AI - Security Compliance** - Predictive Risk - Automated Documentation **Monitoring - IT Risk Management** - AI Monitoring **Documentation - Audit Management** - Templates & Forms - Checklists **Generative AI - Vendor Security and Privacy Assessment** - Text Summarization - Text Generation **Agentic AI - IT Risk Management** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning **Reporting & Analytics - Audit Management** - Dashboard - Audit Performance - Industry Compliance ## Top Ostendio Alternatives - [Drata](https://www.g2.com/products/drata/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (1,136 reviews) - [Vanta](https://www.g2.com/products/vanta/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (2,333 reviews) - [Optro](https://www.g2.com/products/optro/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (1,584 reviews)