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Zovos vs Archer
- Built for
- Financial institutions of every size
- AI
- 15 agent task types on Claude via AWS Bedrock, each one human-gated
- Content
- 57 frameworks and 2,339 indexed citations
- Pricing
- Published, from $75k a year with every module included
- Built for
- Large, regulated enterprises in six verticals
- AI
- Archer Evolv AI Operators, each supervised by a named person
- Content
- Compliance.ai, with 8,000+ regulatory sources
- Pricing
- Not published. Request a demo
A configurable platform, or one that ships ready.
Exams and examiners
Archer describes no exam management and no examiner portal. Its external portal is for vendors.
Examiners get scoped, time-boxed access to the record, read-only apart from a closed set of fieldwork actions.
Your own AI assistant
We found no MCP server or connector for Claude, Copilot or ChatGPT.
Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT or any other MCP client works inside Zovos under the user’s own role.
Pricing
Archer’s pricing page shows no prices, only a request for a demo.
Starting prices are published by asset size, from $75k a year, with every module and the agents included.
Line by line, in plain words.
What each product offers a financial institution's governance, risk and compliance program, from public sources read October 30, 2026.
| Capability | Zovos | Archer |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Built in Financial institutions of every size, and no other market. | Partial Large enterprises in six verticals, financial services among them, with a deep base of large banks. |
| Regulatory change | Built in An agent reads Federal Register and eCFR primary sources, and every citation is versioned by amendment date. | Built in Its own regulatory content from Compliance.ai, covering more than 8,000 regulatory sources, with expert review of obligations. |
| AI agents | Built in 15 agent task types run on Anthropic Claude through AWS Bedrock, and every output stays a proposal until a person accepts it. | Built in Archer Evolv AI Operators, each supervised by a named person and logged in the same audit trail. The model provider is not named. |
| Your own AI assistant | Built in Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT or any other MCP client works inside Zovos under the user’s own role, once the tenant owner turns it on. | Not published No MCP server or assistant connector is described. |
| Exams and examiners | Built in Examiners get scoped, time-boxed grants that are read-only apart from a closed set of fieldwork actions. | Not published No exam management or examiner portal is described. |
| Findings and MRAs | Built in No finding closes without remediation evidence, and every closure is maker-checker. | Partial Issues are managed in its modules. No MRA workflow is described. |
| Internal audit | Built in Auditees see only their own requests, and auditors cannot approve what they may audit. | Built in Audit Management, and Archer Evolv Audit. |
| Third-party risk | Built in Third-party risk management is included at every tier, with SIG and CAIQ workbook import. | Built in Third-Party Governance, with a vendor portal. |
| Pricing | Published Starting prices are published by asset size, from $75k a year, with every module and the AI agents included. | Quote only No prices are published. |
| SSO and SCIM | Built in SAML 2.0, OIDC and SCIM come with every tier at no enterprise upcharge. | Not published SSO and SCIM terms are not published. |
Pick the one that fits your program.
- A 25-year incumbent with a deep installed base among the largest banks.
- Its own regulatory content, from the Compliance.ai acquisition.
- Highly configurable, with an on-premises option for institutions that need one.
You are a large or multinational institution that wants a highly configurable platform, or must run it on premises.
You want a platform that ships ready for a financial institution’s program, with examiner access and agents built in.
Where this comes from.
Every Archer cell on this page comes from these public pages, read October 30, 2026. Zovos cells describe shipped product behaviour.
- Archer homepage, modules and deployment. www.archerirm.com
- Archer Evolv Compliance. www.archerirm.com
- Archer acquires Compliance.ai. www.archerirm.com
- Archer Evolv Foundation and Workplace launch, September 2026. finance.yahoo.com
Archer is a trademark of its owner. Zovos is not affiliated with Archer. Products change, so if anything here is out of date, write to hello@zovos.ai and we will correct it.
See it with your own program. Then decide.
Bring your controls, a policy, and one regulator paragraph that gives you trouble. We target two-week onboarding.