Diligent HighBond alternatives
Diligent HighBond covers internal audit, risk and compliance with ACL Analytics and links to Diligent's board management products. If you only need audit and SOX execution, or the package names are making the quote hard to read, a narrower tool may be simpler to buy.
Optro (formerly AuditBoard) is the usual comparison, [Workiva](/software/workiva) ties SOX to [financial reporting](/blog/financial-reporting), MetricStream suits complex enterprises, and LogicGate and Hyperproof lean toward risk and security compliance.
Why teams switch from Diligent HighBond
A reason to switch has to be structural: the pricing model, the ERP it has to sit inside, a deployment or security constraint, or the admin effort to keep it running. If none of the reasons below describes your setup, the migration will cost more than the problem it solves, and the Diligent HighBond profile is the better place to spend an hour.
Package names are hard to compare
HighBond, Diligent One and Internal Audit are overlapping product names, which makes it hard to tell what a package includes. Ask for a module list with the quote.
You only need audit and SOX
HighBond's broad GRC scope can exceed the needs and budget of a team buying audit management alone. Optro is a narrower, audit-first purchase.
No public pricing or trial
Diligent sells tailored packages scoped by GRC specialists. None of the alternatives here publishes a price either, so compare scoped quotes side by side.
Diligent HighBond alternatives compared
Read the last column first. Ruling an option out is quicker than ranking what is left, and every tool in this table gives something up. If more than one person has to sign off, record each reason in the software evaluation scorecard as you work down the rows.
Prices as published by each vendor, checked on 25 Sep 2026. Quote-based means the vendor lists no price.
| Alternative | Best for | Pricing model / starting price | Key difference vs Diligent HighBond | What you give up |
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| Optro (formerly AuditBoard) | Audit and SOX teams that want room to add risk later | Quote-based custom plans source | An audit-first platform where controls are reused across programs. | Board portal software is not among its listed products, and cost rises as you add modules. |
| Workiva | Public companies linking SOX with SEC filings | Quote-based; unlimited seats on every offering source | Controls and audit on the same platform as financial reporting. | Quote-based with no trial, and good, better and best packaging applies to some solutions. |
| MetricStream | Very large, multi-entity enterprises | Quote-based (pricing request form) source | UK SOX support and deep entity hierarchy modeling. | Pricing by request form, and deployment options are not stated on the pages we read. |
| LogicGate Risk Cloud | Teams that want to assemble GRC from separate applications | Quote-based: per Application plus Power User licenses source | Pay per application, with free standard and external users. | Security frameworks lead its controls pages, and SOX is not named there. |
| Hyperproof | Mid-market compliance teams | Quote-based source | A mid-market offering and broad framework coverage. | Compliance-led rather than an audit fieldwork tool, and no public pricing. |
Diligent HighBond alternatives in detail
Nothing here is ranked, because this site publishes no scores. Each entry names who it suits better than Diligent HighBond, what the vendor charges and what you give up by taking it, so an entry whose "best for" is not you is one you can drop without reading further.
1. Optro (formerly AuditBoard)
Best for: Audit and SOX teams that want room to add risk later
Optro, formerly AuditBoard, covers internal audit, SOX, risk, compliance, infosec and third-party risk on one data model, with AI agents for control testing. Its pricing page lists unlimited stakeholder licenses at no extra fee.
Key difference: An audit-first platform where controls are reused across programs.
What you give up: Board portal software is not among its listed products, and cost rises as you add modules.
Price: Quote-based custom plans (vendor source, checked 25 Sep 2026).
2. Workiva
Best for: Public companies linking SOX with SEC filings
Workiva offers SOX Compliance, Internal Controls, Internal Audit Management and Enterprise Risk Management next to SEC and ESG reporting, with AI agents for SOX testing and unlimited seats on every offering.
Key difference: Controls and audit on the same platform as financial reporting.
What you give up: Quote-based with no trial, and good, better and best packaging applies to some solutions.
Price: Quote-based; unlimited seats on every offering (vendor source, checked 25 Sep 2026).
3. MetricStream
Best for: Very large, multi-entity enterprises
MetricStream sells internal audit, SOX, UK SOX, enterprise and operational risk and integrated risk management, with SOX hierarchy modeling across business units, legal entities and regions.
Key difference: UK SOX support and deep entity hierarchy modeling.
What you give up: Pricing by request form, and deployment options are not stated on the pages we read.
Price: Quote-based (pricing request form) (vendor source, checked 25 Sep 2026).
4. LogicGate Risk Cloud
Best for: Teams that want to assemble GRC from separate applications
LogicGate Risk Cloud has 30+ Applications, internal audit and controls compliance solutions, 200+ integrations and control mapping to frameworks such as NIST, SOC 2 and ISO 27001. Standard and external users are included at no cost.
Key difference: Pay per application, with free standard and external users.
What you give up: Security frameworks lead its controls pages, and SOX is not named there.
Price: Quote-based: per Application plus Power User licenses (vendor source, checked 25 Sep 2026).
5. Hyperproof
Best for: Mid-market compliance teams
Hyperproof runs compliance and risk management across 160+ frameworks, including SOX templates for ICFR and ITGC, with separate mid-market and enterprise offerings.
Key difference: A mid-market offering and broad framework coverage.
What you give up: Compliance-led rather than an audit fieldwork tool, and no public pricing.
Price: Quote-based (vendor source, checked 25 Sep 2026).
When to stay with Diligent HighBond
Staying put is the right answer more often than a shortlist implies. Diligent HighBond has to be wrong on something you cannot configure or negotiate around before a move pays for itself, and what Diligent HighBond actually charges usually settles whether cost is that thing.
Stay with Diligent HighBond if audit and risk results need to reach the audit committee and board, or if your auditors test full data sets with ACL Analytics rather than samples.
- You bundle Diligent Boards and want audit reporting to flow into board materials.
- ACL Analytics runs continuous control monitoring on full data sets.
- You use the AI agents that roll forward audits and draft evidence requests, with human approval.
Sources
Facts and prices on this page come from each vendor's own site, checked on 25 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices and packaging without notice, so confirm before you budget.
- Diligent HighBond: Diligent pricing page
- Diligent HighBond: diligent.com/products/internal-audit
- Diligent HighBond: diligent.com/products/highbond
- Optro (formerly AuditBoard): Optro pricing page
- Workiva: Workiva pricing page
- MetricStream: MetricStream pricing request page
- LogicGate Risk Cloud: LogicGate pricing page
- Hyperproof: Hyperproof product page (pricing link redirects here)
Choosing between Diligent HighBond alternatives
Cut the list to two or three, not five. Put the Diligent HighBond profile next to them, send every vendor the same scoping questions so the quotes come back comparable, and ask each one what the first ninety days look like.
Do the arithmetic before the demo. The software ROI calculator shows whether the saving covers implementation, and the full list of accounting software is where to widen the field if none of these fit.
Frequently asked questions
What is the main alternative to Diligent HighBond?
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Optro, formerly [AuditBoard](/software/auditboard), is the main alternative, and it may be a narrower, simpler purchase if you only need audit and SOX execution.
Does Diligent HighBond include data analytics?
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Yes. ACL Analytics is part of the Diligent audit offering and lets auditors test entire data sets instead of samples.
How is Diligent HighBond priced?
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Through tailored packages scoped by Diligent's GRC specialists, with no public pricing and no free trial. Board management and other Diligent products can be bundled into the same contract.
Sources we used
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Primary sources
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Evidence used on this page
- Diligent HighBond software profile
- Check what Diligent HighBond does well before deciding it needs replacing.
- Diligent HighBond pricing
- Plans and prices checked on the vendor's site.
- Vendor sources
- Each alternative's price and positioning comes from its own site, checked on 25 Sep 2026.