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An independent annual ranking of the software regulated financial firms use to run their compliance programme: policies, the rules they must follow, controls, registers and sign-offs. 11 providers, six criteria, nothing paid for.
Scores out of 100. Each segment weights the criteria differently; the method is below. Facts read on 26 October 2026 from the providers' own pages.
The mean of the 3 segment scores.
| Rank and provider | Score /100 | Status | Strongest for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Zango | 72 | AI compliance platform | UK and EU banks and fintechs needing wide regulatory coverage and a fast start |
| 2. Protecht | 70 | Risk and compliance management platform | Fintechs, remittance and payment firms building a full compliance framework |
| 3. Ruleguard | 66 | Compliance management platform | UK investment, wealth and banking firms running SM&CR, breaches and monitoring in one tool |
| 4. MyComplianceOffice (MCO) | 63 | Compliance management platform | Investment, banking and crypto firms managing employee compliance and obligations together |
| 5. Archer | 60 | Integrated risk and compliance platform | Large banks needing wide regulatory content and evidence tied to each control |
| 6. Corlytics | 58 | Regulatory intelligence and policy platform | Global and private banks managing regulatory change and policy together |
| 7. MetricStream | 57 | GRC platform | Banks wanting compliance, policy, incident and risk management on one enterprise platform |
| 8. Hadrius | 49 | AI compliance platform for SEC and FINRA firms | US investment advisers and broker-dealers preparing for SEC and FINRA examinations |
| 9. StarCompliance | 46 | Employee compliance platform | Banks and asset managers managing employee trading, conflicts and gifts, including crypto |
| 10. LogicGate | 43 | GRC platform | US banks and credit unions wanting a no-code platform with a published pricing model |
| 11. CUBE | 39 | Regulatory change and obligations platform | Large firms turning global regulatory change into owned obligations and controls |
Weighted to regulatory content, security and audit evidence: many rulebooks and close supervisory review.
| Rank and provider | Score /100 | Status | Strongest for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Zango | 79 | AI compliance platform | UK and EU banks and fintechs needing wide regulatory coverage and a fast start |
| 2. Protecht | 77 | Risk and compliance management platform | Fintechs, remittance and payment firms building a full compliance framework |
| 3. Ruleguard | 71 | Compliance management platform | UK investment, wealth and banking firms running SM&CR, breaches and monitoring in one tool |
| 4. MyComplianceOffice (MCO) | 71 | Compliance management platform | Investment, banking and crypto firms managing employee compliance and obligations together |
| 5. Archer | 69 | Integrated risk and compliance platform | Large banks needing wide regulatory content and evidence tied to each control |
| 6. Corlytics | 64 | Regulatory intelligence and policy platform | Global and private banks managing regulatory change and policy together |
| 7. MetricStream | 59 | GRC platform | Banks wanting compliance, policy, incident and risk management on one enterprise platform |
| 8. Hadrius | 54 | AI compliance platform for SEC and FINRA firms | US investment advisers and broker-dealers preparing for SEC and FINRA examinations |
| 9. StarCompliance | 51 | Employee compliance platform | Banks and asset managers managing employee trading, conflicts and gifts, including crypto |
| 10. CUBE | 42 | Regulatory change and obligations platform | Large firms turning global regulatory change into owned obligations and controls |
| 11. LogicGate | 40 | GRC platform | US banks and credit unions wanting a no-code platform with a published pricing model |
Weighted to coverage, published pricing and fast set-up: small compliance teams that need one tool at a known cost.
| Rank and provider | Score /100 | Status | Strongest for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Zango | 64 | AI compliance platform | UK and EU banks and fintechs needing wide regulatory coverage and a fast start |
| 2. Protecht | 60 | Risk and compliance management platform | Fintechs, remittance and payment firms building a full compliance framework |
| 3. Ruleguard | 58 | Compliance management platform | UK investment, wealth and banking firms running SM&CR, breaches and monitoring in one tool |
| 4. MyComplianceOffice (MCO) | 54 | Compliance management platform | Investment, banking and crypto firms managing employee compliance and obligations together |
| 5. MetricStream | 52 | GRC platform | Banks wanting compliance, policy, incident and risk management on one enterprise platform |
| 6. Corlytics | 51 | Regulatory intelligence and policy platform | Global and private banks managing regulatory change and policy together |
| 7. Archer | 50 | Integrated risk and compliance platform | Large banks needing wide regulatory content and evidence tied to each control |
| 8. LogicGate | 44 | GRC platform | US banks and credit unions wanting a no-code platform with a published pricing model |
| 9. Hadrius | 41 | AI compliance platform for SEC and FINRA firms | US investment advisers and broker-dealers preparing for SEC and FINRA examinations |
| 10. StarCompliance | 40 | Employee compliance platform | Banks and asset managers managing employee trading, conflicts and gifts, including crypto |
| 11. CUBE | 35 | Regulatory change and obligations platform | Large firms turning global regulatory change into owned obligations and controls |
Weighted to coverage and audit evidence: registers, attestations and records that stand up to inspection.
| Rank and provider | Score /100 | Status | Strongest for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Zango | 73 | AI compliance platform | UK and EU banks and fintechs needing wide regulatory coverage and a fast start |
| 2. Protecht | 72 | Risk and compliance management platform | Fintechs, remittance and payment firms building a full compliance framework |
| 3. Ruleguard | 69 | Compliance management platform | UK investment, wealth and banking firms running SM&CR, breaches and monitoring in one tool |
| 4. MyComplianceOffice (MCO) | 65 | Compliance management platform | Investment, banking and crypto firms managing employee compliance and obligations together |
| 5. Archer | 62 | Integrated risk and compliance platform | Large banks needing wide regulatory content and evidence tied to each control |
| 6. Corlytics | 60 | Regulatory intelligence and policy platform | Global and private banks managing regulatory change and policy together |
| 7. MetricStream | 59 | GRC platform | Banks wanting compliance, policy, incident and risk management on one enterprise platform |
| 8. Hadrius | 52 | AI compliance platform for SEC and FINRA firms | US investment advisers and broker-dealers preparing for SEC and FINRA examinations |
| 9. StarCompliance | 48 | Employee compliance platform | Banks and asset managers managing employee trading, conflicts and gifts, including crypto |
| 10. LogicGate | 44 | GRC platform | US banks and credit unions wanting a no-code platform with a published pricing model |
| 11. CUBE | 41 | Regulatory change and obligations platform | Large firms turning global regulatory change into owned obligations and controls |
Each criterion is scored 0 to 5 against the best published offer in this edition. 0 means not offered or not published.
| Provider | Coverage | Published pricing | Regulatory content | Set-up | Security and standing | Audit evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zango | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Protecht | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Ruleguard | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| MyComplianceOffice (MCO) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Archer | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Corlytics | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| MetricStream | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Hadrius | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| StarCompliance | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| LogicGate | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| CUBE | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
6 criteria, scored only from what each provider publishes.
Whether one product publishes all five parts of a compliance programme: policy management, an obligations register (the list of rules the firm must follow, linked to its business), control testing and monitoring, registers for breaches, complaints, conflicts or gifts, and staff attestations or accountability tools (such as the UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime, SM&CR, which sets out who is responsible for what).
Prices per user, module or plan on a pricing page. "From", "starting at" and promotional prices do not count.
A built-in library of rules or a feed of regulatory changes, with a published count of regulators or jurisdictions covered.
Configuration without code, an API (a way for other systems to connect), a published time to go live, and self-serve sign-up or a trial.
Security certifications such as ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and regulated financial firms named as clients.
An audit trail of who did what and when, evidence stored against each control, and reports ready for the board, auditors and regulators.
| Criterion | Banks and lenders | Payment, e-money and crypto firms | Investment and wealth firms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Published pricing | 5 | 20 | 10 |
| Regulatory content | 20 | 15 | 15 |
| Set-up | 10 | 20 | 15 |
| Security and standing | 20 | 10 | 15 |
| Audit evidence | 20 | 10 | 20 |
| Criterion | 5 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Policies, obligations, controls, registers and attestations all published | Three of the five published | Not published |
| Published pricing | Prices per user, module or plan on a pricing page | Some prices published | Not published, or "from" prices only |
| Regulatory content | Rule library or change feed with 100 or more regulators or jurisdictions published | Change feed or library stated without a count | Not published |
| Set-up | No-code configuration, API, published go-live time and a trial | Two of the four published | Not published |
| Security and standing | ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II with named regulated clients | One certification published | Not published |
| Audit evidence | Audit trail, evidence linked to controls and board or regulator reporting published | Two of the three published | Not published |
Score out of 100 is the sum of each criterion score divided by five and multiplied by its weight. The overall ranking is the mean of the segment scores. Ties are broken by coverage, then audit evidence. A provider that does not publish a price is scored as though the price were high, because a business cannot plan on an unpublished price. Prices are scored on the standard published rate, never an introductory, promotional or "from" rate, and a figure counts only when it appears on a pricing, fee or terms page rather than in a marketing line. A provider that serves one country only is scored on access for that country, and the limitation is printed in its profile.
What each provider publishes, criterion by criterion, with the date read and the source.
A UK compliance platform covering horizon scanning (tracking new rules as they are published), obligations, policy management and control monitoring. It publishes the widest counted regulatory coverage in this edition, a go-live time of about one week, both main certifications and named regulated clients. It does not publish prices or breach and attestation registers.
| Coverage | Horizon scanning, gap analysis, "obligations management in the Rules Library", policy management, continuous control monitoring and financial promotions review. |
| Content | "Zango covers 700+ regulatory authorities across 120+ jurisdictions", including the FCA, PRA, EBA, SEC, FINRA and MAS. |
| Set-up | "No API work or infrastructure change is required, and most teams are operational within one week"; policies connected through Google Drive, SharePoint or upload. |
| Standing | "Zango holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications". Client logos include Juni, NovoBanco and Fasanara Capital. |
| Evidence | "audit-ready evidence packs"; "role-based with full audit logs and SSO". |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: www.zango.ai, www.zango.ai.
An Australian risk and compliance platform with a fintech offering. It publishes all five parts of a compliance programme, ISO 27001 and SOC 2, a named remittance client and reporting for boards and regulators. It does not publish prices or a regulator count.
| Coverage | Obligations register "covering AML/CTF, DDO, breach reporting, privacy, and complaints"; links obligations "to policies, controls, risks, incidents and assurance activity"; control testing; attestations; breach and complaint registers. |
| Content | "integrate with third party regulatory intelligence"; monitors updates "from ASIC, AUSTRAC, OAIC and Treasury". No count published. |
| Set-up | Configurable registers and workflows; notifications in MS Teams and Slack; SaaS operating 24 x 7 with a standard SLA of 99.5% availability. |
| Standing | "Protecht is ISO 27001 certified"; "Protecht is SOC 2 assessed" (type not stated). Case study: WorldRemit uses Protecht "to manage risk across 130 countries". |
| Evidence | Audit log; "audit-ready reports to meet expectations from AUSTRAC, ASIC, OAIC"; live dashboards "for executives, boards and regulators". |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: www.protechtgroup.com, www.protechtgroup.com, www.protechtgroup.com.
A UK compliance platform built for financial firms. It publishes all five parts of a compliance programme, including SM&CR, Consumer Duty, complaints, conflicts, gifts and breaches, a choice of four hosting regions and named wealth and investment clients. It does not publish prices or a regulator count.
| Coverage | 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 | 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 | "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 | "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 | "immutable audit trails and real-time dashboards"; "Your compliance team configures the rules. Ruleguard handles the evidence." |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: www.ruleguard.com, www.ruleguard.com, www.ruleguard.com, www.ruleguard.com.
A compliance platform covering regulatory change, policies, control assurance, employee conduct registers and accountability regimes, with a crypto trading compliance product. It publishes ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II. It does not publish prices, a regulator count or named clients.
| Coverage | Know Your Obligations suite: regulatory change management, policy governance, compliance risk assessment, policy and control assurance; Know Your Employee: gifts and hospitality, conflicts (connected persons, outside business activities), personal trading and the Individual Accountability Regime. |
| Content | "a single source of global regulatory intelligence, covering a wide range of current regulations, rule books, and legislative updates from authorities worldwide". No count published. |
| Set-up | Multi-tenant platform; "follow the sun regional customer service including 24 x 7 tech support". API, go-live time and trial not published. |
| Standing | "The MCO platform has the SOC2 Type II certification, ISO 27001 Information Security standard". Clients not named on the pages read. |
| Evidence | Policy lifecycle with "a complete audit trail"; "defensible proof of compliance to regulators, auditors and the board". |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: mco.mycomplianceoffice.com, mco.mycomplianceoffice.com, mco.mycomplianceoffice.com.
An enterprise risk and compliance platform with a financial services offering. It publishes a large regulatory source count, evidence stored against each control and both main certifications. It does not publish prices, policy management on the pages read, or named clients.
| 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. |
| Content | "Monitor 8,000+ regulatory sources across 180 jurisdictions, from SEC and FINRA to DORA". |
| Set-up | "Customer Success Program: Structured onboarding and ongoing support". API, go-live time and trial not published. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Pricing | Not published; the pricing page shows no figures. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: www.archerirm.com, www.archerirm.com.
An Irish regulatory intelligence platform with policy management (Clausematch), obligations, controls mapping and compliance monitoring. It publishes ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and SOC 2 Type 1, and side-by-side version tracking of regulations. It does not publish prices, a jurisdiction count or registers.
| Coverage | Regulatory change management, regulation library, regulatory obligations management, regulatory controls mapping, regulatory compliance monitoring and Clausematch policy management; "Ability to attest to compliance via dashboards & reporting tools". |
| Content | "Baseline set of laws, regulations, handbooks and guidance across global jurisdictions"; changes tracked "with side-by-side comparisons of previous and current versions". No count published. |
| Set-up | "Its Open API ensures smooth integration with major GRC platforms"; delivered "from our cloud solutions". |
| Standing | "As an ISO/IEC 27001 certified organisation"; SOC 2 Type 1 report by Thoropass; "the first dedicated RegTech to earn ISO 42001 certification". Clients not named on the pages read. |
| Evidence | Library "supports dynamic traceability and automated compliance reporting"; full version history of regulations. |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: www.corlytics.com, www.corlytics.com, www.corlytics.com.
An enterprise GRC platform with regulatory compliance, policy and case and incident management. It publishes all five parts of a compliance programme and named banking and investment clients. It does not publish prices, a regulator count or named security certifications.
| Coverage | "one trusted view of regulations, obligations, policies, controls, processes, and business entities"; control testing; issue management; case and incident management; "Requirement Walkthroughs & Attestation". |
| Content | Compliance agents "extract and classify potential obligations from regulatory documents"; no built-in library count published. |
| Set-up | SaaS platform with AppStudio and published APIs; go-live time and trial not published. |
| Standing | Trust centre: "MetricStream conducts audits using certified third-party security assessors"; certifications not named. Named clients include Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh and Golub Capital. |
| Evidence | Controls reviewed for "audit readiness"; "board-ready narratives" on compliance posture. |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: www.metricstream.com, www.metricstream.com, www.metricstream.com.
A US compliance platform for SEC- and FINRA-regulated firms covering compliance testing, attestations, personal trading, communications review and marketing rule workflows. It publishes strong exam evidence features and named US investment clients. It does not publish prices or name its security certifications.
| Coverage | Risk tracking and "automate compliance testing"; "personal trading, attestations, and certifications"; conflict tracking; Code of Ethics attestations; "policy-as-code"; communications and marketing review. |
| Content | "Built for SEC- and FINRA-regulated firms"; no other regulators or library count published. |
| Evidence | "Produce exam packs on demand"; "17(a)-4/WORM retention and immutable timelines"; "audit-clean lineage". |
| Standing | Security page: "validated by independent third-party audits" (certification not named). Named clients include Lifemark Securities, Stirlingshire Investments and Twenty Five Capital. |
| Set-up | Multi-tenant workspaces; go-live time, API and trial not published. |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: www.hadrius.com, www.hadrius.com.
An employee compliance platform covering personal trading, gifts, conflicts, attestations and accountability regimes, with crypto trading pre-clearance. It publishes ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II and over 400 clients. It does not publish prices, a rule library or named clients.
| Coverage | Personal trading, gifts and hospitality, political contributions, conflicts of interest, attestations and certifications, and "regulatory requirements across the UK, Singapore, Ireland, and Australia" for accountability regimes. |
| Content | Crypto dealing uses "a proprietary crypto master of 200K+ tokens and millions of NFTs"; no regulatory library or count published. |
| Set-up | "StarCompliance Enterprise is highly configurable"; implementation support and a mobile app. API, go-live time and trial not published. |
| Standing | "ISO 27001 certified and SOC2 Type II Compliant"; "Over 400 clients across multiple industries", not named. |
| Evidence | Certifications saved "creating a complete and reliable audit log"; "audit-ready at all times". |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: www.starcompliance.com, www.starcompliance.com, www.starcompliance.com, www.starcompliance.com.
A US GRC platform with controls compliance, regulatory change, issue and incident management for banks and credit unions. It publishes a no-code build tool and how its pricing works, but no price figures, certifications or regulator count on the pages read.
| Coverage | Controls and compliance application; regulatory change management with "an always-current obligations repository"; issue management; incident tracking; RCSA (risk and control self-assessment). |
| Pricing | "purchase the Applications you need for your GRC program and Power User licenses for the people who need to run them"; "All other user licenses (Standard and External) are included". No figures published. |
| Content | Obligations repository with "automated alerts"; no regulator count published. |
| Set-up | "No-Code, Flexible Graph Database"; integrations with "core banking systems, CRM, and ERP solutions"; builds "in minutes, not weeks". |
| Evidence | Automated control testing; reporting and analytics; issue management to "streamline audits". |
| Standing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: www.logicgate.ai, www.logicgate.ai, www.logicgate.ai.
A UK regulatory change platform that turns new rules into obligations mapped to controls, with an API feed of regulatory content. It states coverage of every country and language and end-to-end lineage. It does not publish prices, certifications, named clients, policy management or registers on the pages read.
| Coverage | RegPlatform: horizon scanning, regulatory inventory, obligations, "Mapping and Traceability links every obligation to the controls that cover it", risk control and reporting. |
| Content | "tracks regulatory change across every country, territory and published language"; "built on 15 years of regulatory data and expertise". No count published. |
| Set-up | "RegConnect delivers structured regulatory intelligence into the platforms you already run through a unified, versioned API"; REST API and developer portal for Intel. |
| Evidence | "Reporting and Audit give you end-to-end, traceable evidence ready for the Board, auditors and regulators." |
| Standing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Date read | Read 26 October 2026 |
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: www.cube.global, www.cube.global.
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Every figure is read from the provider's own pricing, product, legal or help page on the date shown. Providers may send corrections to [email protected]; a correction changes the page only where the provider's own page supports it. Every provider is re-read monthly and a new edition is published each October.
Consultancies, law firms and providers whose offer mixes software with consulting or outsourced compliance work, such as Comply, are left out. Security-only compliance tools built for certifications such as SOC 2, and regulatory news services with no compliance workflow, are also left out. Large enterprise platforms sold mainly for IT and cyber risk, such as ServiceNow and 6clicks, and the ethics and whistleblowing platform NAVEX, are not assessed in this edition.
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GRC stands for governance, risk and compliance. It is software that holds a firm's policies, the rules it must follow, its controls and its records in one place, so the compliance team can show who is responsible for what and what has been checked.
Because a regulated firm has to manage policies, obligations, controls, registers and staff sign-offs together. Each part kept in a separate spreadsheet or tool is a gap a regulator or auditor will ask about.
A "from" or "starting at" price is the cheapest case and does not tell a firm what it will pay. Only a published price per user, module or plan counts.
No. The firm stays responsible for meeting its regulator's rules. The software records and organises the work; the firm's people, policies and decisions do the compliance.
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