MetricStream vs Onspring

About Onspring

Onspring is a flexible, cloud-based GRC platform that connects and monitors business-critical functions, processes and information. Onspring products can be used on their own or together, connecting functions such as internal audit, enterprise risk management and compliance. Onspring Business Resiliency software gives organizations recovery strategies and real-time insights to stay prepared. Onspring AI correlates information across every app and record and takes action based on rules that users define.^[1][3][4][5]

Onspring's no-code platform lets users build and manage workflows for approvals, assessments and reviews, without IT dependency. Dynamic GRC workflows in Onspring route content through defined paths for review, input and approval, including internal and external assessments. GRC workflows can be designed and modified with drag-and-drop functionality, and users add steps, assign approvers, embed links to supporting details and include comments. Third-party applications and monitoring services can be integrated into Onspring. Onspring can pull data and content from preferred systems and services so that information on third parties, compliance frameworks and regulatory changes stays up to date.^[6][7]

Onspring compliance management software automates end-to-end tasks for tracking and maintaining adherence to industry regulations and internal policies. Onspring compliance management software covers SOX, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, NIST, CMMC and SOC 2. Onspring Policy Management software manages an integrated policy library that handles full policy lifecycles, from authoring to approvals and attestations to exception handling. Onspring AI is available as an add-on that drafts foundational policy language, suggests FAQs and flags regulatory citations.^{[1][8][9][10]}

Onspring provides software to manage inherent and residual third-party risk at the engagement level for an organization and its vendors. Third-party lifecycle management covers due diligence, onboarding, contract review, ongoing performance monitoring, offboarding and exit controls in one system. Surveys can be sent to internal, external and third-party recipients. Questions can be added in the survey builder, and responses can be customized by multiple choice, drop down, text and more. Surveys use branching logic to hide or display questions based on previous answers.^[1][11][12]

Onspring is offered to federal agencies for managing internal controls in accordance with the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) and the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Green Book. Risk and control content can be imported from external sources, with a focus on security and privacy, after an agency selects the security controls that meet the minimum requirements in FIPS Publication 200 and the control baselines from NIST SP 800-53.^{[1][10][12][14]}