AuditBoard (now Optro) vs SimpleRisk

AuditBoard, now Optro, is a paid AI-powered GRC platform connecting audit, risk, information security and compliance work. Optro AI uses GRC-focused models, configurable oversight and audit trails for AI activity. Audit workflows can assist with planning, sampling, evidence gathering, document annotation and continuous testing, while Optro Analytics schedules automated workflows and checks full data populations for control failures. A preloaded library contains more than 30 frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR. Listed integrations include Power BI, Tableau, Oracle NetSuite, Workday, Paylocity, Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Drive and Microsoft Office. Access options include REST and SCIM APIs, an MCP server and secure PostgreSQL access to Optro data. Optro says its information security program is ISO 27001 certified and its application runs on cloud infrastructure meeting FedRAMP Moderate requirements. It says customer data is not used to train Optro AI or other models, with customers retaining control and ownership of inputs and outputs. Pricing is on request; flexible plans are tailored to business needs and include unlimited stakeholder licenses.

SimpleRisk is a governance, risk, and compliance platform for managing risk and demonstrating compliance. Its Core tools include governance, risk management, compliance, asset management, self-assessments, dashboards, and custom reports. The Secure Controls Framework Extra offers 250+ frameworks mapped across 1,000+ common controls, with testing that can cover multiple frameworks. SimpleRisk describes FAIR-based quantification as a way to produce financial risk estimates for board reporting. Paid extras include a Jira integration that syncs risk, mitigation, and review data in both directions, and a REST API for managing risk data programmatically. Core is free, supports unlimited users, and can be self-hosted; email support is included. A 30-day trial provides a dedicated hosted instance, unlocks every Extra, allows unlimited users, and requires no credit card. Starter Package costs $5,000 a year, and Custom Package starts at $5,000 a year. SimpleRisk supports API, Linux, self-hosted, and web deployment. Scripted installation support is listed for Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04, CentOS 8 and 7, SLES 15, RHEL 9 and 8, and Debian 11.