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Archer and Ruleguard side by side in the Compliance Management Index and Consumer Duty and Financial Promotions Software Index 2026: scores, evidence, published facts and awards.
In the Compliance Management Index, Ruleguard scores higher overall: 3.3 out of 5 (66 out of 100) against 3.0 (60), ranking 3 and 5 of 11. Ruleguard also scores higher in every segment. In the Consumer Duty and Financial Promotions Software Index, Ruleguard scores higher overall: 3.2 out of 5 (64 out of 100) against 2.6 (53), ranking 3 and 4 of 14. Ruleguard also scores higher in every segment.
Overall and segment scores out of 100, and the score out of 5.
| Score | Archer | Ruleguard |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 5 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
| Score out of 100 | 60 | 66 |
| Overall rank | 5 of 11 | 3 of 11 |
| For banks and lenders (out of 100) | 69, rank 5 | 71, rank 3 |
| For payment, e-money and crypto firms (out of 100) | 50, rank 7 | 58, rank 3 |
| For investment and wealth firms (out of 100) | 62, rank 5 | 69, rank 3 |
| Type | Integrated risk and compliance platform | Compliance management platform |
| Score | Archer | Ruleguard |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 5 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| Score out of 100 | 53 | 64 |
| Overall rank | 4 of 14 | 3 of 14 |
| For payment and e-money firms (out of 100) | 53, rank 5 | 61, rank 3 |
| For lenders and consumer credit firms (out of 100) | 49, rank 5 | 65, rank 2 |
| For investment and insurance firms (out of 100) | 58, rank 4 | 65, rank 3 |
| Type | Enterprise risk and compliance platform with regulatory change | Compliance platform with Consumer Duty, promotions and change modules |
Each score with the evidence behind it.
| Criterion | Archer | Ruleguard |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | 3/5 Obligations, controls and attestations published; policy management and registers not confirmed on the pages read. | 5/5 Policies, obligations, controls, registers and attestations all published. |
| Published pricing | 0/5 Not published on the pages read. | 0/5 Not published on the pages read. |
| Regulatory content | 5/5 8,000+ sources across 180 jurisdictions published. | 1/5 Regulatory change handling stated; no rule library count. |
| Set-up | 1/5 Structured onboarding only. | 3/5 Out-of-the-box use and an integration server; no go-live time or trial published. |
| Security and standing | 3/5 SOC 2 without type and ISO 27001; clients not named. | 4/5 ISO 27001 with named regulated clients; SOC 2 not published. |
| Audit evidence | 5/5 Versioned evidence tied to controls, lineage and board reporting published. | 5/5 Audit trail, evidence handling and dashboards published. |
Each criterion is scored 0 to 5 against the best published offer in the Compliance Management Index. 0 means not offered or not published. How it is scored
| Criterion | Archer | Ruleguard |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage of the three jobs | 1/5 Horizon scanning published; Consumer Duty and promotions not published. | 5/5 Consumer Duty monitoring with board reporting, promotions approval and horizon scanning all published. |
| Published pricing | 0/5 Not published. | 0/5 Pricing model described; no figures published. |
| Regulatory content and update speed | 5/5 Named regulators, 8,000+ sources in 180 jurisdictions and mapping as rules are published. | 1/5 Monitoring as changes are published is stated; no named sources or counts. |
| Integration and workflow | 2/5 Workflow with versioned evidence and content feeds; API and go-live time not published. | 5/5 API, named integrations, approval workflow with audit trail and a stated testing period. |
| Security standing | 4/5 ISO 27001 and SOC 2 stated without type. | 3/5 ISO 27001 published; SOC 2 not published. |
| Evidence of regulated clients | 5/5 Named regulated clients with case studies and a published client count. | 4/5 Named regulated clients with a case study; no client count. |
Each criterion is scored 0 to 5 against the best published offer in the Consumer Duty and Financial Promotions Software Index. 0 means not offered or not published. How it is scored
What each provider publishes on its own pages, read on 26 October 2026.
| Fact | Archer | Ruleguard |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Obligations, controls ("Author a control once, map it to every standard it answers, and test it one time"), attestations, third-party risk and operational risk in one system. | Solutions include accountability regime ("SM&CR, SEAR, FAR"), employee attestations, complaint management, conflicts of interest, gifts and hospitality, incident and breach management, compliance monitoring, Consumer Duty and client assets; "Version-controlled policies". |
| Content | "Monitor 8,000+ regulatory sources across 180 jurisdictions, from SEC and FINRA to DORA". | Agents "trained on regulatory knowledge and your firm's own policies"; regulatory change assessments mapped "to jurisdictions, entities, business lines". No regulator count published. |
| Set-up | "Customer Success Program: Structured onboarding and ongoing support". API, go-live time and trial not published. | "Ruleguard works standalone out of the box"; an MCP server for connecting other AI tools; data centres in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union and Australia. |
| Standing | "Trusted by 1,500+ enterprises · 70+ countries · SOC 2 · ISO 27001" (SOC 2 type not stated); "Trusted by 37 of the top 50 global banks", not named. | "Independently verified with ISO 27001 certification. ISO 42001 compliance is BSI audited." Client logos include Rathbones, Quilter Cheviot, Cazenove Capital, FNZ, Monex and ADM Investor Services. |
| Evidence | "Evidence lands in a versioned repository as tests run, tied to control and standard"; "Full lineage from obligation to evidence"; board-level compliance reports. | "immutable audit trails and real-time dashboards"; "Your compliance team configures the rules. Ruleguard handles the evidence." |
| Pricing | Not published; the pricing page shows no figures. | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | 26 October 2026 | 26 October 2026 |
Not published or not stated by Archer: set-up, standing, pricing, coverage, published pricing and security and standing.
Not published or not stated by Ruleguard: content, pricing, set-up and security and standing.
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: archerirm.com/financial-services, archerirm.com/pricing; and ruleguard.com, ruleguard.com/solutions, ruleguard.com/platform, ruleguard.com/….
| Fact | Archer | Ruleguard |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Regulatory Change Center: "Every new rule, amendment, and enforcement action mapped to your controls as soon as it's published." No Consumer Duty or financial promotions product on the pages read. | Consumer Duty module: controls mapped "to the four consumer outcomes and three cross-cutting rules" and "Board reporting and governance" compiled from the platform. Financial Promotions module: "multi-stage review and approval" and a "Centralised promotions register". Regulatory Change Management: tracking "from horizon scanning through implementation". |
| Pricing | Not published; the pricing page shows no figures. | "Ruleguard uses value-based pricing related to the number of regions, legal-entities, and compliance use-cases". No figures published. |
| Regulatory content | "Monitor 8,000+ regulatory sources across 180 jurisdictions, from SEC and FINRA to DORA"; "8,000+ regulatory sources monitored continuously". | "Regulatory sources are monitored and relevant changes surfaced as they're published"; tracks "multiple regulators and jurisdictions". No source names or counts published. |
| Integration | "Pull regulatory news from prebuilt feeds, your own RSS sources, or manual entry"; "Structured impact review" for each item; evidence "in a versioned repository". API and go-live time not published on the pages read. | "full REST API suite" with OpenAPI documentation; Zapier link to "7,000+ platforms like Slack, Salesforce, Teams, and SharePoint"; CSV batch ingester; immutable audit trail; "We recommend 10-12 weeks of agent testing and feedback to reach a steady run-rate". |
| Security | "Trusted by 1,500+ enterprises · 70+ countries · SOC 2 · ISO 27001" (SOC 2 type not stated). | "Ruleguard is ISO 27001 certified" and "compliant with ISO 42001"; data hosted in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union and Australia. |
| Clients | "more than 1,500 organizations run on Archer" including "38 of the top 50 global banks"; case studies from TD Bank, TIAA, Sallie Mae, Eastern Bank and Banorte. | Rathbones Asset Management case study; homepage logos include Quilter Cheviot, Monex and ADM Investor Services. |
| Date read | 26 October 2026 | 26 October 2026 |
Not published or not stated by Archer: pricing, integration, security and coverage of the three jobs.
Not published or not stated by Ruleguard: pricing, regulatory content and security standing.
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: archerirm.com/financial-services, archerirm.com/archer-regulations, archerirm.com/reg-corp-compliance-management, archerirm.com/pricing, archerirm.com/clients; and ruleguard.com, ruleguard.com/solutions-listing/consumer-duty, ruleguard.com/solutions/financial-promotion, ruleguard.com/solutions/…, ruleguard.com/…, ruleguard.com/…, ruleguard.com/faq, ruleguard.com/case-studies.
Awards follow from the published scores and cannot be bought.
From each provider's strongest criteria and published terms.
Large banks needing wide regulatory content and evidence tied to each control.
UK investment, wealth and banking firms running SM&CR, breaches and monitoring in one tool.
Large banks and insurers wanting regulatory change inside an enterprise risk platform.
UK firms wanting all three jobs on one platform.
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