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ACL Analytics vs MEGA HOPEX comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
ACL Analytics quickly recoups costs, enhances efficiency, reduces audit hours, and eliminates alternative tools, benefiting operational workflows.
Sentiment score
5.7
MEGA HOPEX improves ROI by centralizing documentation, enhancing efficiency, and simplifying tasks and licensing compared to other EA tools.
If an auditor was normally budgeted to take 600 hours, we have implemented a solution to take those audit hours down to 200 hours.
ACL Consultant
It has proven value in terms of time saving and efficiency, so much so that using open-source tools like Python is not necessary.
Group Internal Audit - Data Analytics Specialist at AMREF
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
ACL Analytics support is praised for effectiveness, though regional differences and occasional delays affect overall response times.
Sentiment score
7.1
MEGA HOPEX offers responsive customer service and reliable support, with paid options for complex issues and helpful community resources.
This rating is due to slow response times; it would take more than 5 days to respond.
ACL Consultant
I escalate many questions to technical support, and they usually respond to me.
Team leader - Internal Audit sector at HD Bank
The technical support team for ACL Analytics is quite efficient and ready to help if I face any challenges.
Group Internal Audit - Data Analytics Specialist at AMREF
In our AMC, we need to contact them first for first-level support, and if they cannot respond or do not have a fix, they escalate it to HOPEX.
Administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.1
ACL Analytics is praised for scalability but faces mixed reviews on vendor limits and potential system crashes.
Sentiment score
7.1
MEGA HOPEX is scalable and adaptable for organizations, but larger implementations require careful management to avoid performance issues.
It is a vendor application, and you do not have much power in terms of what we can adjust.
ACL Consultant
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
ACL Analytics is stable with minor issues easily resolved, reliable performance, and options like secondary nodes enhancing uptime.
Sentiment score
7.2
MEGA HOPEX is generally stable, with stability varying based on customization levels, resolved issues, and external platform interactions.
I would rate how stable this solution is as a 10.
ACL Consultant
I occasionally experience lag when extracting Excel sheets after formulating and setting up the required data.
Team leader - Internal Audit sector at HD Bank
It didn't take more than half an hour for our IT team to resolve the issue.
Senior Audit Analyst 2 at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

ACL Analytics needs enhancements in usability, visualization, security, and affordability to better support non-technical users and improve accessibility.
MEGA HOPEX faces stability, usability, and integration issues, lacking intuitive interface, comprehensive support, and efficient customization capabilities.
It would also be beneficial if ACL Analytics included features similar to Tableau for data presentation.
Team leader - Internal Audit sector at HD Bank
While we had e-learning resources to assist, a more intuitive platform would be beneficial.
Senior Audit Analyst 2 at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
ACL Analytics is designed for professionals rather than common users.
Staff Associate at KAP Teramihardja, Pradhono & Chandra
MegaHOPEX lacks comprehensive features that a governance tool should have, particularly in data governance.
Data Governance Leader at Adres
Having something similar to ARIS would make it easier to build dashboards, providing a what-you-see-is-what-you-get experience, allowing me to drag and drop elements, configure them, and test queries.
Administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

ACL Analytics costs $6,000 annually, seen as expensive individually, but offers value for organizations with included features.
MEGA HOPEX is considered expensive, with yearly licensing and consulting costs, posing challenges for smaller organizations and enterprise users.
I would rate the pricing of ACL Analytics as a 10.
ACL Consultant
ACL Analytics is quite affordable compared to the market.
Senior Audit Analyst 2 at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
For example, a thousand dollars last year cost three thousand pounds, but today it is five thousand pounds.
Team leader - Internal Audit sector at HD Bank
 

Valuable Features

ACL Analytics efficiently tests data, integrates sources, and enhances audit processes with automation, robust control, and visualization capabilities.
MEGA HOPEX offers IT portfolio management, process mapping, compliance, and data integration, enhancing collaboration, governance, and workflow efficiency.
I can access data from various sources, both relational and non-relational databases, using one tool.
Group Internal Audit - Data Analytics Specialist at AMREF
The most valuable feature of ACL Analytics is its error suggestion capability, where it indicates problems if operations are incorrect.
Senior Audit Analyst 2 at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
With over a million clients, this feature helps tremendously in identifying fraud detection in client accounts.
Team leader - Internal Audit sector at HD Bank
MEGA HOPEX has extensive modeling capabilities and can be modeled in different ways.
Administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

ACL Analytics
Ranking in GRC
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Continuous Controls Monitoring (1st)
MEGA HOPEX
Ranking in GRC
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Architecture Management (3rd), Business Process Design (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the GRC category, the mindshare of ACL Analytics is 2.4%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MEGA HOPEX is 1.0%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
GRC Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ACL Analytics2.4%
MEGA HOPEX1.0%
Other96.6%
GRC
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2707797 - PeerSpot reviewer
ACL Consultant
Have significantly reduced audit hours through automation and advanced data integration with robust connectors
The key feature of ACL Analytics is integration, which allows for vast amounts of data sources you can connect to. The tool itself allows you to integrate it into your audit work in terms of taking exceptions that you receive from your analytics. It provides integration into your GRC platform and into your audit working files, and then one key thing is the vast amounts of connectors. We have seen a return on investment as we have mostly reduced working hours for the audit engagements. If an auditor was normally budgeted to take 600 hours, we have implemented a solution to take those audit hours down to 200 hours. We are mostly taking those metrics.
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Administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Supports process modeling and customization but needs better reporting flexibility and UI improvements
As an administrator, I would improve MEGA HOPEX by adding a WYSIWYG feature for building reports, which would be very helpful. Additionally, I would want reporting customization from the front end web application, not only from the Windows app, which is the customizer. If all changes could be made in the web application, that would be beneficial because every time we need to request access to the server, it takes time in large organizations and involves multiple levels of approvals from cybersecurity and IT security, which can block the project. Regarding dashboards in MEGA HOPEX, they could definitely be better. Having something similar to ARIS would make it easier to build dashboards, providing a what-you-see-is-what-you-get experience, allowing me to drag and drop elements, configure them, and test queries. Moreover, RFQL language is not common, so in MEGA HOPEX, I need to learn RFQL querying. In terms of additional features for MEGA HOPEX, I would appreciate more features for workflows. There are limitations in customizing the email notifications sent during workflows. When creating a workflow, I can configure actions and customize the text, but not the header and footer. Therefore, all emails from the tool come with a MEGA HOPEX header. In large organizations like BPM COE, we want to have our own logo, header, and footer in those emails, but this is not configurable, which I find limiting. I would appreciate easier features to customize workflows and create workflows.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Insurance Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise24
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ACL Analytics?
The tool's most valuable feature is its ability to import files from other software packages. Its reporting and visualization capabilities have made our reporting easier. Importing results into spr...
What needs improvement with ACL Analytics?
We have an issue with the hard coding of passwords in ACL Analytics. You do not have an interface where you can enter a password and then it can be encrypted when you enter it. Every time you enter...
Any experience with Strategic Project Portfolio Management Solutions?
Hi @Cheryl Joseph ​Looking at the crossover between Project and Portfolio management with EA, then Planview could be a good choice. If looking at Portfolio Management from an EA perspective then Le...
 

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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Essar Group, Dean Foods, Lafarge North America, Austrian Ministry of Finance
Aetna, Fannie Mae, M&T Bank, Glatfelter Insurance Group, Zions Management Services Company, The College Board, Baxter Credit Union, AXA Financial, Missouri Department of Conservation, New York State OTDA, MEG Energy Corp, Walgreens, Procter & Gamble, Biogen Idec, Gilead Sciences, Organic Valley, Trinity Health, Nissan and Ford
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