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CyberGRX alternative that adds your own compliance to vendor risk

CyberGRX pioneered the shared-assessment model: a vendor completes one validated assessment and every customer reads the same file. ProcessUnity acquired it in July 2023, and it now trades as the ProcessUnity Global Risk Exchange.

Teams switch when the exchange solves only half the job. A pre-completed vendor file will not map your own controls, collect your audit evidence, or answer inbound questionnaires. Scrutineer runs both halves from one evidence base.

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SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA & more · evidence on every control · you decide

The Scrutiny Desk

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CyberGRX, now the ProcessUnity Global Risk Exchange, is strong at reusing pre-completed vendor assessments at scale, while Scrutineer pairs vendor risk with your own continuous compliance and questionnaire automation in one platform.

Side by side

CyberGRX vs Scrutineer, honestly

A fair look at what each does well. Both are capable tools. Here is where they differ.

What matters	Scrutineer	CyberGRX
Core model	One evidence base that serves your own audits and your vendor assessments	A shared exchange of pre-completed, attested vendor assessments
Your own framework compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI, SOX, CMMC and FedRAMP control mapping with evidence	Not the focus; the exchange grades third parties, not your ISMS
Coverage of a new vendor	Assess the vendor directly, score the response, track remediation	Instant if the vendor is already in the exchange, otherwise you request one
Data freshness	Continuous, tied to evidence collected from live systems	Point-in-time attested assessments, typically refreshed a few times a year
Inbound questionnaire automation	Auto-answers the questionnaires your customers send you, from your evidence	Reduces duplicate outbound requests through reuse rather than drafting answers
Audit evidence package	Current evidence per control, organized to hand an auditor	Vendor assessment reports rather than your own audit evidence
Pricing model	Flat enterprise plans, no free tier	Quote-based with no public list price. Third-party comparison sites report typical engagements starting near $120,000 a year including exchange access. Reported figure, confirm with the vendor.
Best suited for	Teams that need audit readiness and vendor risk in one place	Large portfolios that want to reuse assessments instead of collecting them

Comparison reflects general, publicly understood positioning. Capabilities change, so check each product for the latest.

Why teams pick Scrutineer

One report that maps controls and scores risk across every framework

The exchange solves one direction

Reading a pre-completed assessment tells you about a vendor. It says nothing about whether your own access reviews, change management or encryption controls will hold up in a SOC 2 audit. Scrutineer maps your controls and collects that evidence continuously, then runs vendor risk from the same place.

Answers for the questionnaires you receive

Every company in an exchange is also a vendor to somebody. Scrutineer drafts responses to inbound security questionnaires from evidence you already hold, and scores the ones you send out, so the sales-blocking side of third-party risk gets handled too.

Point-in-time versus continuous

An attested assessment is accurate on the day it was completed. Scrutineer keeps control evidence refreshing from your cloud, identity and ticketing systems, so what you show an auditor or a customer reflects this week rather than last quarter.

The wider field

CyberGRX vs the other vendor risk platforms

How the exchanges, the ratings vendors and the enterprise suites actually differ. Ownership and capabilities were checked in July 2026.

Platform	What it actually is	Best fit
CyberGRX / ProcessUnity Global Risk Exchange	A shared exchange of pre-completed, attested vendor assessments, reported at more than 18,000 attested assessments plus cyber risk data on close to 370,000 companies. Forrester named ProcessUnity a Leader in its Third-Party Risk Management Platforms, Q1 2026 evaluation.	Large programs assessing hundreds or thousands of vendors that want to stop chasing questionnaires one at a time.
Whistic	The other big profile-exchange play. Vendors publish a Trust Center profile once and share it on request, with a network of pre-published profiles and native breach monitoring added in 2026.	Teams that want to publish their own profile as well as read other companies profiles.
Prevalent	Questionnaire-driven third-party risk with its own assessment network, acquired by Mitratech in October 2024 and now sold inside a wider governance suite.	Programs that want managed assessment services alongside the software.
Panorays	Pairs an internal vendor questionnaire with externally observed attack-surface data, so each vendor gets both a self-reported answer and an outside-in check.	Teams that want questionnaire responses validated against external evidence.
SecurityScorecard / Bitsight / RiskRecon	Security ratings platforms that grade companies from externally observable data with no vendor participation required. Fast coverage, but a score rather than an assessment.	Portfolios that need continuous outside-in monitoring at scale.
Archer / LogicGate	Broad enterprise risk platforms with third-party risk as one module. The other two Leaders alongside ProcessUnity in the Forrester Q1 2026 TPRM Wave.	Enterprises consolidating operational, IT and third-party risk on one platform.
Scrutineer	Continuous compliance across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI, SOX, CMMC and FedRAMP plus first-class vendor assessment, scoring and monitoring from one evidence base, with inbound questionnaires auto-answered.	Teams that must be audit-ready themselves and run vendor risk without buying two platforms.

Ownership and positioning verified July 2026 from public sources. Capabilities change, so confirm the current feature set with each vendor.

Good questions

CyberGRX vs Scrutineer, answered

Yes. ProcessUnity acquired CyberGRX in July 2023, and the CyberGRX Exchange is now sold as the ProcessUnity Global Risk Exchange. It is the same shared-assessment product under a new name, so a search for a CyberGRX alternative and a search for a ProcessUnity Global Risk Exchange alternative are looking for the same thing.

If you need your own compliance readiness as well as vendor risk, yes. CyberGRX is strong at reusing attested vendor assessments across a large portfolio. Scrutineer adds control mapping, automated evidence collection and inbound questionnaire automation for your own organization, and assesses, scores and monitors vendors in the same platform.

It is a shared library of standardized vendor risk assessments built on a complete-once, share-many model. A vendor fills out one validated assessment and any customer entitled to see it reads the same file instead of sending its own questionnaire. ProcessUnity reports more than 18,000 attested assessments plus cyber risk data on close to 370,000 companies.

CyberGRX does not publish list pricing and quotes per customer. Third-party comparison sites report typical engagements starting around $120,000 a year, covering validated assessment data and exchange access, with the number scaling to portfolio size. Treat that as a reported figure rather than a quote and confirm directly with ProcessUnity.

The closest competitors split into three groups. Other assessment exchanges and questionnaire platforms: Whistic, Prevalent and Panorays. Security ratings vendors that grade from the outside instead: SecurityScorecard, Bitsight, UpGuard and RiskRecon. Enterprise risk suites with a third-party module: Archer and LogicGate, the other two Leaders in the Forrester Q1 2026 TPRM Wave. Teams that also need their own compliance automated weigh Scrutineer.

They answer different questions. CyberGRX gives you an attested assessment the vendor actually completed, covering internal controls and practices you cannot see from the internet. SecurityScorecard gives you an outside-in letter grade computed from observable signals, with no vendor participation needed. The exchange is deeper per vendor; the rating is faster and covers everyone. Many programs run both.

Often, but not always. A standardized exchange assessment covers the questions most buyers ask, which is why reuse works. It will not cover requirements specific to your contract, your regulator or your data flows, so most programs treat the shared file as the baseline and send a short supplemental set for anything unusual.

That is the design. Outbound, you assess vendors, score their responses, monitor them continuously and track remediation to close. Inbound, the security questionnaires that hold up your own deals get drafted from the evidence already collected for your SOC 2 or ISO 27001 program. One platform, both directions.

No software can. Scrutineer is decision support and audit readiness: it keeps controls mapped, evidence current and vendor risk scored, while an accredited independent auditor performs the audit and issues the SOC 2 attestation or ISO 27001 certificate. You choose the auditor.

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See how Scrutineer maps controls and scores risk on real evidence

One tool: a framework or a vendor in, an AI-mapped report out, with per-control scoring, evidence-linked findings and a prioritized gap list. Scrutineer is decision support for readiness, an accredited auditor issues the attestation. The AI scrutinizes, you decide.

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