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Subcategory · AI Citation Index

Audit & SOX

AuditBoard and Workiva tie for AI attention; both surface in 91% of discovery queries on every engine we track.

35 discovery queries · 10 head-to-heads · refreshed May 1, 2026

Discovery stage

The shortlist

Across 35 buyer-style "Audit & SOX" queries

Most cited · Audit & SOXLive

AuditBoard

auditboard.com

Cited in 32 of 35 buyer questions for Audit & SOX — surfaced by 3 of 3 AI engines.

ChatGPTGeminiClaude

Citation rate

91%

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AuditBoard and Workiva tie for AI attention, each surfacing in 91% of discovery queries across every engine. diligent.com lands in 89% of the same prompts, also visible on all four engines. MetricStream and ServiceNow split the middle tier at 51% and 49%, while Vanta and Drata — compliance-automation players often bundled into audit queries — show up in 49% and 43% of prompts. NetSuite and Secureframe round out the tail at 37% and 29%.

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X = coverage across discovery prompts · Y = engine diversity · Bubble size = total mentions

Tracked acrossChatGPT,Gemini,Claude

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Signal by intent

By topic

Top 5 most-cited brands per intent cluster. Brands with zero citations in a topic are not shown.

Workiva

4/5

Diligent

4/5

AuditBoard

3/5

Netsuite

3/5

Sphera

3/5

AuditBoard

4/4

Workiva

4/4

Diligent

4/4

MetricStream

3/4

LogicGate

2/4

AuditBoard

4/4

Diligent

4/4

Workiva

4/4

ServiceNow

4/4

MetricStream

4/4

Comprehensive

4/4

Internal

3/4

AuditBoard

3/4

Board

3/4

Wolters Kluwer

2/4

AuditBoard

3/3

Workiva

3/3

SAI360

2/3

Diligent

2/3

LogicGate

2/3

Workiva

3/3

AuditBoard

3/3

Diligent

3/3

LogicGate

2/3

StandardFusion

1/3

Vanta

3/3

AuditBoard

2/3

Diligent

2/3

LogicGate

2/3

Drata

2/3

AuditBoard

3/3

Workiva

3/3

Diligent

3/3

Vanta

2/3

Drata

2/3

≥50% cited

25–49%

<25%

Topics are discovery-stage prompt clusters · audit-management

Brands to know

In this category

AuditBoard

Cloud audit platform for SOX and internal controls

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Workiva

Connected reporting for SOX and ESG disclosure

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ServiceNow

Riser

Enterprise workflow platform with GRC and audit modules

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Onspring

No-code GRC and audit-management platform

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Citation sources

Where AI pulls citations from

862 citations captured across Audit & SOX prompt runs.

Vendor pages

363

Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors

Independent sources

145

Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned

Buyer questions

What AI cites for top Audit & SOX questions

Every query in this category is discovery-stage exploration. Buyers ask AI for the best audit software segmented by vertical — financial services, insurance, educational institutions, healthcare, government, manufacturing — or by scale and use case. Typical phrasings include 'best SOX software for insurance providers', 'best audit solutions for educational institutions', and 'best audit software for financial services'. No head-to-head comparisons or pricing questions appear in the prompt set yet.