Provider profile · 2026 edition
Ruleguard review 2026: scores, pricing and alternatives.
A UK compliance platform built for financial firms.
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A UK compliance platform built for financial firms.
Ruleguard is ranked in 2 Buckingham Intelligence indices. Its highest score is 3.3 out of 5 (66 out of 100) in the Compliance Management Index, where it ranks 3 of 11. It is strongest for UK investment, wealth and banking firms running SM&CR, breaches and monitoring in one tool, with 5 out of 5 for coverage and audit evidence. Not published or not stated on the pages read: content, pricing, set-up and security and standing.
Also ranked in: Consumer Duty and Financial Promotions Software Index (3.2 out of 5, rank 3 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 | 71 | 3 of 11 |
| For payment, e-money and crypto firms | 58 | 3 of 11 |
| For investment and wealth firms | 69 | 3 of 11 |
| Segment | Score out of 100 | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| For payment and e-money firms | 61 | 3 of 14 |
| For lenders and consumer credit firms | 65 | 2 of 14 |
| For investment and insurance firms | 65 | 3 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.
UK investment, wealth and banking firms running SM&CR, breaches and monitoring in one tool.
UK firms wanting all three jobs on one platform.
What Ruleguard publishes on its own pages, read on 26 October 2026.
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.
| Fact | What the provider publishes |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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: ruleguard.com, ruleguard.com/solutions, ruleguard.com/platform, ruleguard.com/….
A UK compliance platform with separate modules for Consumer Duty, financial promotions and regulatory change. It is the only provider in this edition whose own pages show all three jobs in full, with an API, a Zapier connection and a stated testing period. It holds ISO 27001 and names regulated clients, but does not publish prices or name the regulatory sources it monitors.
| Fact | What the provider publishes |
|---|---|
| Coverage | 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 | "Ruleguard uses value-based pricing related to the number of regions, legal-entities, and compliance use-cases". No figures published. |
| Regulatory content | "Regulatory sources are monitored and relevant changes surfaced as they're published"; tracks "multiple regulators and jurisdictions". No source names or counts published. |
| Integration | "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 | "Ruleguard is ISO 27001 certified" and "compliant with ISO 42001"; data hosted in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union and Australia. |
| Clients | Rathbones Asset Management case study; homepage logos include Quilter Cheviot, Monex and ADM Investor Services. |
| 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: 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.
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 |
| MyComplianceOffice (MCO) | 3.1 | 4 of 11 | Investment, banking and crypto firms managing employee compliance and obligations together |
| Archer | 3.0 | 5 of 11 | Large banks needing wide regulatory content and evidence tied to each control |
| 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 |
| Archer | 2.6 | 4 of 14 | Large banks and insurers wanting regulatory change inside an enterprise risk 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
Side by side on every criterion, fact and award.
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