AuditFile vs Autire

AuditFile is a cloud platform for audits, reviews, and compilations, combining methodology, risk assessment, trial balance, workpapers, reporting, and AI. It includes industry-specific audit programs and planning documents, and firms can load custom programs. Trial balance imports are listed for QuickBooks Online, Xero, and NetSuite, alongside Microsoft Office 365 integration and Excel and Word add-ins. The product overview lists real-time dashboards and notifications, firm analytics, target tracking, and one-click financial statement generation. AuditFile says data is encrypted at rest and in transit, backups run nightly, and data is replicated across at least three AWS data centers. It reports a SOC 2 Type II examination and says it complies with GDPR and NIST 800-53 Revision 5. Authentication options include multifactor authentication, SSO, SAML, Active Directory, and LDAP. The Professional plan costs $179 a month per user with a one-year agreement, billed monthly; Pro Plus costs $249 a month per user on the same term. A 14-day trial is available.

Autire is a browser-based platform for employee benefit plan audits, linking planning, testing, and financial statement delivery. Firms can set materiality thresholds, risk logic, and templates for reuse across engagements. Its client portal handles plan-specific document requests and follow-ups based on AICPA and DOL requirements. Auditors can upload a trust report PDF to extract plan activity and build a trial balance. Testing rules apply to all available participant records, including contributions and distributions. The platform groups audit exceptions by root cause for review and generates financial statement packages from tested and verified data using firm-approved templates. Autire says it maintains SOC 2 Type 2 controls, encrypts stored data with AES-256 and data in transit with TLS 1.2+, and hosts data in US AWS regions. Audit data is retained for seven years, and Social Security numbers are not required to complete an audit. The company says all support staff are former EBP auditors and that direct DOL inspection and peer review support is included in the per-audit fee. Pricing is on request, and the service is intended for business users.