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Zovos vs Workiva
- 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
- More than 6,700 organizations, centered on reporting
- AI
- Specialized agents and Agent Studio
- Content
- No regulatory change feed described
- Pricing
- Quote only, with unlimited users
Reporting first, or the regulator first.
Regulatory change
We found no feed that tracks new rules and amendments from regulators.
An agent reads the Federal Register and eCFR, and every citation is versioned by amendment date.
Exams and findings
We found no exam management or examiner access.
Examiners get scoped, time-boxed access, and no finding or MRA closes without remediation evidence and a second approver.
Pricing
Pricing is by quote, and its agents are offered in advanced solution tiers.
Starting prices are published by asset size, and the AI agents are included in every tier.
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 | Workiva |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Built in Financial institutions of every size, and no other market. | Partial Organizations in many industries, centered on financial, sustainability and regulatory reporting. |
| Regulatory change | Built in An agent reads Federal Register and eCFR primary sources, and every citation is versioned by amendment date. | Not published No regulatory change feed is described. |
| 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 Specialized agents for advanced tiers, and Agent Studio to build agents without code. 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. | Built in An MCP gateway so customers can use the AI of their choice under Workiva’s permissions. |
| 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 is described. |
| Findings and MRAs | Built in No finding closes without remediation evidence, and every closure is maker-checker. | Partial An issues log. 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, relaunched in March 2026. |
| Third-party risk | Built in Third-party risk management is included at every tier, with SIG and CAIQ workbook import. | Not published Third-party risk is not described in detail. |
| Pricing | Published Starting prices are published by asset size, from $75k a year, with every module and the AI agents included. | Quote only No list prices, with unlimited users. |
| 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.
- Mature SOX and internal control work tied to the same data as the filings.
- Unlimited-user licensing, including external auditors.
- An MCP gateway that already exists.
Your priority is SEC, financial or sustainability reporting with SOX controls connected to it.
Your priority is the regulatory program a bank or credit union examiner reviews.
Where this comes from.
Every Workiva cell on this page comes from these public pages, read October 30, 2026. Zovos cells describe shipped product behaviour.
- Workiva GRC platform relaunch, March 2026. securitybrief.co.nz
- Workiva Amplify announcements, September 2026. www.cpapracticeadvisor.com
- Independent review of Workiva for internal audit. internalauditguide.com
Workiva is a trademark of its owner. Zovos is not affiliated with Workiva. 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.