Provider profile · 2026 edition
Archer review 2026: scores, pricing and alternatives.
An enterprise risk and compliance platform with a financial services offering.
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An enterprise risk and compliance platform with a financial services offering.
Archer is ranked in 2 Buckingham Intelligence indices. Its highest score is 3.0 out of 5 (60 out of 100) in the Compliance Management Index, where it ranks 5 of 11. It is strongest for large banks needing wide regulatory content and evidence tied to each control, with 5 out of 5 for regulatory content and audit evidence. Not published or not stated on the pages read: set-up, standing, pricing, coverage, published pricing and security and standing.
Also ranked in: Consumer Duty and Financial Promotions Software Index (2.6 out of 5, rank 4 of 14).
Scores from the Compliance Management Index and Consumer Duty and Financial Promotions Software Index 2026.
| Segment | Score out of 100 | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| For banks and lenders | 69 | 5 of 11 |
| For payment, e-money and crypto firms | 50 | 7 of 11 |
| For investment and wealth firms | 62 | 5 of 11 |
| Segment | Score out of 100 | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| For payment and e-money firms | 53 | 5 of 14 |
| For lenders and consumer credit firms | 49 | 5 of 14 |
| For investment and insurance firms | 58 | 4 of 14 |
The score out of 5 is the overall score out of 100 divided by 20. Leader goes to the top three overall, Best for to the first in each segment, and Top rated for to a score of 5 out of 5 on a criterion. Awards cannot be bought.
Where it scores best, and where to check closely, as shown in each ranking.
Large banks needing wide regulatory content and evidence tied to each control.
Large banks and insurers wanting regulatory change inside an enterprise risk platform.
What Archer publishes on its own pages, read on 26 October 2026.
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.
| Fact | What the provider publishes |
|---|---|
| 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 | 26 October 2026 |
A fact that is not published is scored as not offered or, for a fee, as if it were high. It is never estimated.
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: archerirm.com/financial-services, archerirm.com/pricing.
A US enterprise risk and compliance platform whose regulatory change service monitors 8,000+ sources and maps each change to the firm's controls. It publishes a source count, named regulators and the largest named client base in this edition. It does not publish Consumer Duty or promotions products, prices or an API on the pages read.
| Fact | What the provider publishes |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Pricing | Not published; the pricing page shows no figures. |
| Regulatory content | "Monitor 8,000+ regulatory sources across 180 jurisdictions, from SEC and FINRA to DORA"; "8,000+ regulatory sources monitored continuously". |
| 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. |
| Security | "Trusted by 1,500+ enterprises · 70+ countries · SOC 2 · ISO 27001" (SOC 2 type not stated). |
| 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. |
| Date read | 26 October 2026 |
A fact that is not published is scored as not offered or, for a fee, as if it were high. It is never estimated.
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.
Each score with the evidence behind it.
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
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
The other providers in the same ranking, ordered by score.
| Provider | Score out of 5 | Rank | Strongest for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zango | 3.6 | 1 of 11 | UK and EU banks and fintechs needing wide regulatory coverage and a fast start |
| Protecht | 3.5 | 2 of 11 | Fintechs, remittance and payment firms building a full compliance framework |
| Ruleguard | 3.3 | 3 of 11 | UK investment, wealth and banking firms running SM&CR, breaches and monitoring in one tool |
| MyComplianceOffice (MCO) | 3.1 | 4 of 11 | Investment, banking and crypto firms managing employee compliance and obligations together |
| Corlytics | 2.9 | 6 of 11 | Global and private banks managing regulatory change and policy together |
| MetricStream | 2.9 | 7 of 11 | Banks wanting compliance, policy, incident and risk management on one enterprise platform |
| Hadrius | 2.5 | 8 of 11 | US investment advisers and broker-dealers preparing for SEC and FINRA examinations |
| StarCompliance | 2.3 | 9 of 11 | Banks and asset managers managing employee trading, conflicts and gifts, including crypto |
| LogicGate | 2.1 | 10 of 11 | US banks and credit unions wanting a no-code platform with a published pricing model |
| CUBE | 1.9 | 11 of 11 | Large firms turning global regulatory change into owned obligations and controls |
Full Compliance Management Index ranking
| Provider | Score out of 5 | Rank | Strongest for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zango | 3.7 | 1 of 14 | Firms wanting wide regulator coverage and promotions review in one tool |
| Adclear | 3.2 | 2 of 14 | Payment, lending and investment firms with high marketing volumes |
| Ruleguard | 3.2 | 3 of 14 | UK firms wanting all three jobs on one platform |
| Bloomberg Regology | 2.6 | 5 of 14 | US firms wanting a published per-user price for regulatory change alerts |
| Relace | 2.1 | 6 of 14 | UK consumer credit, payments and wealth firms running a Consumer Duty programme |
| Corlytics | 2.0 | 7 of 14 | Global banks, insurers and payment firms tracking regulation across many countries |
| Sedric | 2.0 | 8 of 14 | US and UK fintechs and trading firms reviewing marketing and partner content |
| Saifr | 2.0 | 9 of 14 | US investment and insurance firms checking drafts against FINRA and SEC rules |
| Red Marker | 1.9 | 10 of 14 | UK, US and Australian firms scanning documents and partner websites |
| Aveni | 1.8 | 11 of 14 | Advice, wealth and lending firms testing outcomes across customer calls |
| MorganAsh | 1.8 | 12 of 14 | Insurers, advisers and lenders evidencing how they treat vulnerable customers |
| CUBE | 1.6 | 13 of 14 | Global institutions needing regulatory change data across many countries and languages |
| Recordsure | 1.4 | 14 of 14 | Banks and advice firms reviewing calls and case files for outcomes evidence |
Full Consumer Duty and Financial Promotions Software Index ranking
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