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Archer

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4.2
Market Presence: IT Vendor Risk Management Solutions (Transitioning to Third-Party Risk Management Technology Solutions), Integrated Risk Management Solutions

Overview

Product Information on Archer

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Archer?

Archer is a software designed to help organizations manage risk, compliance, and governance processes. The software offers capabilities such as risk assessment, policy management, incident tracking, third-party management, audit management, and regulatory compliance tracking. Archer enables organizations to centralize and automate risk and compliance data, facilitating the identification, assessment, and mitigation of potential risks across business operations. By providing customizable workflows and reporting tools, Archer aims to support decision-making by delivering visibility into risk posture and supporting adherence to regulatory requirements. The software addresses the business need to streamline risk management activities, improve oversight, and support organizational resilience through an integrated platform.

Archer Pricing

The Archer software uses a subscription-based pricing model, where fees are determined by factors such as modules selected, number of users, and deployment method. Pricing may vary based on cloud or on-premises options and the specific risk management functionalities chosen. Custom quotes are typically provided based on organizational requirements and scale.

Overall experience with Archer

FINANCE MANAGER
3B - 10B USD, Services (non-Government)
FAVORABLE

“Excellent platform for better Vendor risk governance and controls”

5.0
Dec 21, 2022
Archer Third party governance tool is a must have solution to manage and govern the vendor risks timely to address the challenges posed to organization well in advance. Methodical assessments for validating and monitoring the risks in real time basis, approval mechanism for exception management and tracking. It quantifies the business risks which is presented on the customizable dashboard on a real time is very useful to take actions. Ability to download the customized reports, transparent workflows, integration capabilities to the other tools is quick and smooth. Automation capabilities can be improved to manage the manual tasks, overall, it's a good tool with customized options.
3B - 10B USD, Banking
CRITICAL

“Archaic Tool That is Very Manual & Lacks Opportunities for Automation”

3.0
Nov 21, 2022
Archer is a very simplistic tool, meaning that there are very little opportunities for automation, conditional logic; also lacks the ability to efficiently streamline processes.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 1st November 2023

Archer is a pioneer in risk management, delivering solutions for the heroes tasked with helping their organization deal with uncertainty. We enable better decision making with a technology platform to manage all types of risk. With more than 20 years of experience, Archer is solely dedicated to helping organizations manage risk, ensure compliance and meet emerging challenges such as ESG and operational resilience. Working with the largest pure risk management community globally with more than 1,200 customers of all sizes and industries, we help our customers not by building a wall around their business but by building a bridge to their next opportunity.

Company Details

Updated 1st November 2023
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2001
Head office location
Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Number of employees
501 - 1000
Website
https://www.ArcherIRM.com

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Performance of Archer Across Market Features

Archer Likes & Dislikes

Like

Real-time and visually appealing dashboards Transparent workflows Validation controls Push notifications Integration with other tools Approvals and exception management and tracking

Like

Reporting is extensive and very easy to export. Reports can be easily exported in PPT form and socialized with stakeholders.

Like

Celrical work is simple , and support staff is friendly . When installed the industry leading tool performs well .

Dislike

Cost of license is high Automation capabilities need to be improved Upgrades should be more frequent

Dislike

Appearance/layout is very archaic and visually not very appealing. Lacks the ability to implement automation and logic to help streamline processes and decision making.

Dislike

Demands significant expenditure .

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Archer Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 108 ratings and reviews for IT Vendor Risk Management Solutions (Transitioning to Third-Party Risk Management Technology Solutions) market. View all 188 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.2

(108 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
32%
4 Star
53%
3 Star
10%
2 Star
4%
1 Star
1%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.2

Integration & Deployment

4.1

Service & Support

4.1

Product Capabilities

4.2

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  • FINANCE MANAGER
    1B-10B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Excellent platform for better Vendor risk governance and controls

    5.0
    Dec 21, 2022
    Archer Third party governance tool is a must have solution to manage and govern the vendor risks timely to address the challenges posed to organization well in advance. Methodical assessments for validating and monitoring the risks in real time basis, approval mechanism for exception management and tracking. It quantifies the business risks which is presented on the customizable dashboard on a real time is very useful to take actions. Ability to download the customized reports, transparent workflows, integration capabilities to the other tools is quick and smooth. Automation capabilities can be improved to manage the manual tasks, overall, it's a good tool with customized options.
  • ASSOCIATE
    10B+ USD
    Retail
    Review Source

    Good for doing risk analysis .

    5.0
    Dec 20, 2022
    For managing supplier base , agreements threat violation and a variety of other people risk needs , we utilize Archer . It is essential to carry out any activity with a foreign entity and is utilized throughout the company . Well over past we have used several releases nad the group is now working to update the software to the latest recent console .
  • 1B-10B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Archaic Tool That is Very Manual & Lacks Opportunities for Automation

    3.0
    Nov 21, 2022
    Archer is a very simplistic tool, meaning that there are very little opportunities for automation, conditional logic; also lacks the ability to efficiently streamline processes.
  • DIRECTOR
    1B-10B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    A good product for managing vendor risks

    4.0
    Sep 28, 2022
    As a user, it was intuitive enough to navigate and complete the assessment after sepnding a few initial minutes exploring. Export of questionnaire pulls all the questions and doesnt not indicate which of the questions are conditional and so using the UI would be a preferred mode
  • Tech BP
    10B+ USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Archer is a state-of-the-art to manage third parties and compliance

    4.0
    Jan 13, 2022
    Archer overall meets our Company expectations, however, there are a few opportunities to improve its use. It seems it requires hrs of customization to accomodate workflows and messages to internal needs.
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