Overview

Protecht is a cloud platform for managing enterprise risk, compliance, resilience, and audit in connected workflows. It is best suited to organizations coordinating several risk disciplines across teams, especially where a configurable methodology matters. Its breadth and integration options are compelling, but annual licensing and separately billed modules call for careful scoping.

Key features

Protecht ERM spans risk assessments, key risk indicators, compliance incidents, vendor and IT risk, operational resilience, business continuity, audit, and occupational safety and health. For organizations that want those functions connected, this breadth can reduce the need to manage separate processes; a team seeking only a straightforward risk register may be taking on more platform than it needs.

Teams can configure forms, workflow rules, reports, and dashboards without coding. Analytics draw on interconnected, structured data to surface trends and areas needing attention, and risk reporting can be board-ready. This is useful when standard workflows do not fit an organization’s methodology, although the flexibility depends on the organization defining that methodology and its reporting needs.

The operational resilience solution covers service and dependency mapping, impact and tolerance assessments, continuity plans, scenario testing, and regulator-ready reporting. It is a substantive option for teams with resilience obligations, but the module is billed separately from the annual licence.

Integration choices include REST APIs, web services, no-code iPaaS connections, SSO, SCIM identity management, and scheduled file imports. Protecht describes a ServiceNow asset-sync flow using Workato and its ERM APIs, a concrete example for teams connecting service-management data. Initial implementation includes customer-data migration; CSV bulk imports and exports provide additional paths for moving data.

Protecht supports role-based permissions, two-factor authentication, SSO, and individual or bulk user provisioning. It states that it is ISO 27001 certified, SOC 2 assessed, and compliant with EU and UK GDPR. Customer data is hosted in the customer’s region in data centres described as ISO 27001 certified and PCI/DSS compliant. Its SaaS products operate 24/7 with a standard 99.5% availability SLA; critical issues receive 24/7 support, alongside regional in-house teams and multi-channel support. Training is available through Protecht Academy, help articles, videos, and step-by-step guidance.

Pricing

Protecht ERM: custom pricing, billed as annual licence fees based on the number and type of named active users. Marketplace templates and the Operational Resilience module cost extra, so buyers should scope those needs alongside the core licence rather than assume they are included. There is no fixed public price to compare against a per-seat budget.

The named-active-user basis makes the plan relevant to organizations that can estimate who will actively use the system, but the range of customer scale—from organizations with two users to those with more than 20,000—does not establish a standard minimum or maximum. Confirm the user count, user types, and separate module and template charges during pricing discussions.

Platforms

Protecht is a cloud service available on the web and through an API. That combination suits teams integrating it with existing systems; it is not a fit for organizations that require a self-hosted deployment.

Who it's for

Protecht describes customers across financial services, government, education, healthcare, and other industries. It is strongest for organizations that need to coordinate enterprise risk, compliance, audit, vendor or IT risk, and resilience rather than buy a narrow point solution. Configurable workflows and broad integration methods also suit teams with established systems and a defined risk methodology.

Smaller organizations are within its stated customer range, but the annual licence and additional module charges still need to fit their budget. Teams that do not need connected risk disciplines, or that want a simple fixed-price product, should consider a narrower alternative.

Pros and cons

Broad risk coverage: risk, compliance, audit, resilience, business continuity, vendor and IT risk, and occupational safety and health sit within the solution range, which can support cross-functional risk management.
Configurable without coding: forms, rules, reports, and dashboards can follow an organization’s methodology instead of forcing a single standard workflow.
Integration and migration options: APIs, iPaaS, SSO, SCIM, scheduled imports, and implementation migration give teams several ways to connect systems and move data.
Budget requires scoping: annual fees depend on named active users, while Marketplace templates and Operational Resilience are extra, making total cost less predictable than a single inclusive licence.
Configuration requires ownership: the ability to tailor workflows is valuable, but teams must decide and maintain their risk methodology rather than rely on a fixed process.

Alternatives

For a focused audit workflow, consider Archer Audit Engagements & Workpapers; it is paid and spans Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, web, API, extensions, and self-hosted deployment. Its platform range may suit buyers whose deployment or device requirements differ from Protecht’s cloud web and API offering.

OrviQ is another paid option with web and API access. Consider it when comparing alternatives with that same stated platform mix.

Onspring offers paid plans including Bronze and Silver; Silver adds more data storage, a development environment, a non-production department environment, and 1K/month SMS messages over Bronze. It may suit teams that specifically need those Silver additions.

AuditBoard (now Optro) offers paid flexible plans with unlimited stakeholder licenses, plans tailored to business needs, and Optro Success and Services. Consider it when unlimited stakeholder licensing and tailored service arrangements are priorities.

MetricStream is a paid API and web platform with custom pricing based on a request and discussion of company needs, making it another option for buyers prepared to scope requirements through a sales discussion.

Resolver Internal Audit uses custom pricing that depends on selected solutions, customization, user access, deployment scope, integrations, and services. It is worth considering when internal audit is the central purchasing need.

Riskonnect is a paid web, API, Android, and iOS platform whose pricing depends on project size, complexity, and customization. Consider it if those platform options suit the team and a project-scoped quote is acceptable.

TeamMate Policy Management offers paid API and web access with a tailored quote based on use case and requirements, with no commitment required. It may suit buyers seeking policy management with that quote approach.

For category comparisons, browse Internal Audit Software, Internal Controls Software, and Risk Management Software.

Verdict

Protecht is a strong fit for organizations that need risk, compliance, audit, and resilience processes connected in a configurable cloud platform, with APIs and integration options to fit an existing stack. Its breadth is the main reason to choose it; the annual named-user licence and separately billed templates and resilience module are the main reasons to look elsewhere if predictable, all-in pricing or a narrower tool is the priority.

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Free plan	No	No
Free trial	No	No
Paid from	—	—
Open source	No	No
Platforms	self-hosted, Web	api, Web
Control testing	Yes	—
Deployment	—	cloud

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