Connected Risk SOX Compliance Management vs ControlHatch

Connected Risk SOX Compliance Management helps organizations run SOX and ICFR programs by bringing controls, testing, evidence, remediation, and reporting into one system. Teams can centralize controls, automate testing, track evidence, manage deficiencies and remediation, and produce real-time reports for auditors and leadership. The platform is modular and configurable: users can adjust forms, workflows, and reports without developers. Role-based access, version control, and audit trails support permission oversight and change tracking. Integrations are described for Microsoft Office, Active Directory/SSO, regulatory content providers, BI and reporting tools, data science tools, and document management systems. Documented RESTful API endpoints support inserting and retrieving data. Customers can choose secure cloud hosting or their own on-premises environment, with API, self-hosted, and web platforms listed. Related modules include Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Enterprise Risk, Third-Party Risk, Model Risk, and Policy & Compliance. The vendor describes the platform as SOC 2, FedRAMP, and GDPR compliant and says implementation includes support and established processes. Pricing is on request.

ControlHatch is a web-based GRC platform for SOX compliance, internal controls, risk assessments, and operational audits. Teams can organize control testing by audit round, record exceptions, and capture reviewer sign-off in an audit trail. Its AI-assisted workflow drafts risks, controls, and assertions from process descriptions for users to review and refine. Risk dashboards score risks and link them to mitigating controls. Recurring monthly or quarterly certification campaigns can send reminders and record timestamped attestations. A dashboard tracks evidence requests and fieldwork status, with scheduled reminders for outstanding PBC items; teams can export fieldwork to their own Excel testing templates. ControlHatch says it supports more than 50 frameworks and standards, including SOX 404, SOC 1 and SOC 2, ITGC, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and HIPAA. Listed security measures include end-to-end encryption, role-based access control, audit logging, and SHA-256 hashing of uploaded evidence. The free plan costs nothing and includes unlimited users, entities, projects, and controls, AI-assisted workflows, and full data export.