assureIQ

Overview

assureIQ is a web-based audit workspace for regulated organizations, using agents to prepare audit material while auditors retain testing, conclusions, and sign-off. It suits internal-audit teams and organizations preparing evidence for external review, especially when work is spread across many systems. The strongest case is a controlled, source-linked workflow with human approval at every write step; the trade-off is a cloud service sold through custom pricing rather than a self-serve purchase.

Key features

Its seven-stage process covers scoping, document processing, gap analysis, interviews and evidence, consolidation, findings, and reporting. That structure gives teams a consistent route through an engagement instead of treating evidence collection, testing, and reporting as separate tasks.

assureIQ can ingest policies, screenshots, exports, tickets, matrices, and other supporting material, map that evidence to controls, and preserve version-aware references. This is particularly useful when auditors must show exactly which source supports a control conclusion and when documents change during an engagement.

The agents draft workpapers, findings, remediation plans, dashboards, reports, evidence requests, and audit-trail exports. Every write action is approval-gated: a user can approve, edit, or reject a Brain proposal before it is recorded. That is a meaningful safeguard for regulated work, but it does not automate professional judgment; auditors still test, conclude, and sign off.

Named integrations include SAP, Oracle, Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Workday, BambooHR, Entra ID, Okta, Sage, Coupa, Kyriba, Stripe, ServiceNow, Jira, Archer, RSA, SharePoint, Teams, Confluence, and Box. Custom connectors can use MCP servers, REST APIs, GraphQL, file drops, and message queues such as Kafka, giving organizations a route to less common systems.

The compliance library covers DORA, Solvency II, IDD, NIS 2, LCB-FT/AML, GDPR/RGPD, the EU AI Act, ACPR Doctrine, EIOPA Guidelines, PSD2, CSRD, Basel III/IV, SOX, and custom catalogs. DSG.AI says manual work can fall by up to 70%, cycle time can move from months to weeks, and coverage can increase three to five times; these are claims rather than a guaranteed outcome.

A 10-day evidence-cleanup sprint produces a reviewable status package organized by workflow, owner, evidence state, gap, and next action. The offered 60-minute walkthrough uses the customer's regulation and includes assureIQ, Brain, and a senior auditor, which makes evaluation more substantive than a generic product tour.

Pricing

Pricing is on request, so buyers must qualify the commercial fit before they can compare total cost with other tools.

One-time sprint

The 10-day evidence sprint is the clearest fit for a company needing a bounded cleanup or audit-readiness push without committing to a workspace subscription.

Managed audit pod

This focused pod combines evidence cleanup, testing support, and owner follow-up. It is aimed at teams that need added execution capacity, not merely software access.

assureIQ subscription

The subscription provides the assureIQ workspace and source-linked status for continuing audit work. It is the natural choice for organizations running recurring engagements and needing persistent traceability.

Platforms

assureIQ is delivered as a cloud, web platform. Hosting is in the EU, with strict tenant isolation and support for multiple legal entities in one tenant. DSG.AI states that the service is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR-aligned. Organizations requiring non-cloud deployment should exclude it from their shortlist.

Who it's for

Choose it when a chief audit executive needs additional capacity, or when a regulated company is preparing evidence, testing controls, or responding to an external audit review. Controls testing, workpaper management, finding tracking, and remediation workflows are all supported. It is less suitable for buyers seeking a simple, fixed-price tool or a platform that removes auditors from review and approval.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Approval-gated writes keep generated material under human control.
• Pros: Source-linked, version-aware evidence supports defensible audit trails.
• Pros: Broad enterprise integrations and custom connector options can fit complex estates.
• Pros: EU hosting, tenant isolation, and stated ISO 27001 certification address regulated-data concerns.
• Cons: Custom pricing makes upfront comparison and budgeting difficult.
• Cons: Cloud-only delivery rules out organizations with self-hosting requirements.
• Cons: Agents accelerate preparation but do not replace auditor testing, conclusions, or sign-off.

Alternatives

Dimeri Internal Audits is the better starting point for a low-commitment web option: it has a free plan with 10 AI messages per day, but no exports, connectors, or custom dashboards.

Archer Audit Engagements & Workpapers is worth choosing when you need a paid product spanning web, mobile, desktop, API, extension, and self-hosted environments.

Protecht suits buyers seeking an annual-license ERM product priced by named active users, with marketplace templates and an operational-resilience module sold separately.

Riskonnect is an alternative for projects whose price and implementation need to be shaped around size, complexity, and customization.

Workiva Audit Management fits organizations wanting a customized plan with unlimited seats or users.

A4DAInsight is another paid web option with pricing on request.

Audit Out offers custom pricing that varies by team size, deployment needs, modules, client structure, and support requirements.

AuditBoard (now Optro) is an alternative with flexible plans, unlimited stakeholder licenses, and Optro Success and Services.

Verdict

assureIQ is a strong fit for regulated audit organizations that want agent-assisted evidence handling, structured workpapers, and traceable outputs without surrendering approval to automation. Its main reason to choose is the combination of broad connectivity and human-gated writes across a complete audit lifecycle. Look elsewhere if you need self-hosting, a published price, or a workflow that does not depend on auditor review.