Sample what happened this quarter without a log you can’t defend
Archer gives heads of internal audit one structured record of every control and every test instead of free-text logs that can’t be reconstructed under external review.
Trusted by 1,500+ enterprises · 50% of Fortune 500 · 10 connected risk solution areas
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1,500+
Clients across 48 countries
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50%
Of clients in the Fortune 500
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65%
Of organizations putting more effort into quantification
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15,000+
Members in the Archer risk community
One structured record of every control action you test
Most audit teams work from free-text logs that can’t be sampled or defended under review. Archer replaces that with a structured record so evidence holds up when an external reviewer asks how a result was reached.
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Sample and test from a structured record
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Trace every result back to its evidence
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Plan audits from one connected system
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Report findings your team can defend
Everything internal audit needs
Archer delivers audit planning, structured evidence, and findings reporting without the noise.
Audit planning
Plan and scope audits from one connected system with coverage decisions visible before fieldwork starts.
Structured evidence
Every control action recorded in consistent structure so sampling and testing don’t depend on free-text logs.
Defensible findings
Every finding traces back to evidence behind it so challenges from management don’t leave your team scrambling.
Six reasons over free-text logs and spreadsheets
Archer replaces improvised audit processes with connected workflows your team and audit committee can trust.
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Audit planning
Plan, scope, and schedule audits from one connected system with coverage decisions visible to the whole team.
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Structured testing
Test controls against a consistent, structured record instead of reconstructing context from a free-text log.
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Evidence management
Every piece of evidence linked to the control and test it supports so nothing gets lost between systems.
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Findings and reporting
Report findings directly from the system of record with every claim traceable to its underlying evidence.
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Real-time visibility
Live dashboards show audit status and coverage at a glance for your team and your audit committee.
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Proven at scale
Purpose-built for large, regulated enterprises running complex, multi-entity audit programs.
Explore how Archer works across every internal audit use case
Audit planning and scoping
Keeps audit coverage always current.
An audit plan built once a year is already out of date by the time fieldwork starts. Archer keeps your audit universe current so planning starts from where the risk actually is, not last year’s list
Testing and evidence management
Links evidence to every control test
A free-text log of testing notes doesn’t hold up well when a reviewer starts asking questions. Archer links every piece of evidence to the control and test it supports, so sampling holds up under review
Findings and reporting
Traces findings to their evidence
Manually assembled findings reports are slow to build and hard to defend when a claim gets challenged. Archer reports findings directly from the system of record, with every claim traceable to its evidence
Continous Testing
Flags control failures as they happen
Annual sampling means control failures often go unnoticed for months before the next audit catches them. Archer tests continuously and flags failures in real time, not once a year
Issue remediation tracking
Tracks fixes until they’re verified
Findings that close without verification have a way of reopening at the worst possible time. Archer tracks every finding from identification through remediation, and nothing closes until the fix is proven
AI governance and audit trail
Records every AI decision made
When an examiner asks how an AI-driven decision was made, “we’re not sure” isn’t an acceptable answer. Archer keeps a structured record of every AI decision and override, ready when you need it
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What your audit team gains
Archer enables you to move from free-text logs to a structured, defensible audit program.
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Planned, not improvised
Coverage decisions are visible and defensible before fieldwork starts.
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Structured, not free-text
Sampling and testing hold up under review because the structure is consistent every time.
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Traceable to the evidence
A challenge from management doesn’t leave your team scrambling to find supporting documentation.
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One connected system
Plan audits, manage evidence, and report findings without moving between tools.
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Audit-ready always
Live status views keep your team and audit committee continuously informed.
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Built for complex programs
Multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction audit programs deploy without custom development.
How Archer compares to generic tools
See where audit-specific capabilities make the difference against point solutions and spreadsheets.
Generic point tools
Basic coverage for single-use cases without audit context.
Here’s what you get
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Single-framework coverage
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Manual evidence collection
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Generic workflows
Archer
Built for internal audit teams running defensible programs.
Here’s what you get
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Unified obligations catalog
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Cross-framework control mapping
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Automated evidence collection
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Policy lifecycle in the same system
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Real-time, role-based dashboards
DIY compliance
Spreadsheets and free-text logs that can’t scale.
Here’s what you get
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Manual tracking
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Fragmented evidence
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No audit trail
Explore Our Case Studies
Eastern Bank Uses Archer to Drive Business Processes and Streamline Compliance
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- View case study: Banorte Bank Gains Accurate Picture of Risk with Archer
- View case study: Intuitive Surgical Migrated to Archer SaaS for their journey to empowered risk management
- View case study: Operational Resilience for Financial Services Institutions
More than 1,500 organizations run on Archer®, including half the Fortune 500 and 37 of the top 50 global banks. See what their teams were up against, what they built, and what changed.
Eastern Bank Uses Archer to Drive Business Processes and Streamline Compliance
Banorte Bank Gains Accurate Picture of Risk with Archer
Intuitive Surgical Migrated to Archer SaaS for their journey to empowered risk management
Operational Resilience for Financial Services Institutions
Trusted by the teams who carry the risk
Risk, compliance, and audit leaders on what changed after Archer Evolv.
We recognized the need for a GRC software platform that would be central to our ability to improve and transform our enterprise risk and compliance processes.
Archer is the source of truth, and it creates a nice audit trail for us. As an insurance company, we're audited by every governmental entity. Now we can say, here's our repository, take a look.
Risk aggregation is a big point for us, to see where our risk is located within the organization, and to give greater visibility for boards and executives.
Turkcell is using Archer as the main GRC tool in the company. It provides us a transparent and safe governance framework.
Archer gives us the ability to boil things down into numbers and specifics versus generalities. It's management by fact versus intuition or feel.
It connects all the different applications together, so you can use those cross-references and connections to make better business decisions, because you have it all in one place.
Questions heads of internal audit ask most
Straight answers about how Archer replaces free-text logs with structured, defensible audit records.
Archer links every control, test, and piece of evidence in one structured record so findings trace back to their source instead of living in a separate free-text log.
Yes. Structured records make sampling and testing straightforward since every control action follows the same consistent format.
Archer natively integrates with common enterprise systems so audit evidence doesn’t need to be manually re-entered from other tools.
