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TeamMate+ is evaluated on Stackrate in Audit Management.

Stackrate has evaluated TeamMate+ against 16 specific requirements across 2 published comparisons: 12 supported, 4 partial. Each finding below explains the mechanism, states its limitations, and cites the vendor documentation it rests on. Counts are evaluated requirements, not a score.

Last rebuilt 2026-09-27 from published reports. Methodology

TeamMate+: Audit & Compliance

12 requirements evaluated: 10 supported, 2 partial.

Supported

Requirement evaluated: The platform must support the full internal audit lifecycle beyond SOX, including annual audit planning (risk assessment, audit universe, resource scheduling), fieldwork execution with structured workpapers, and issue tracking through resolution. Workpapers must support version locking and reviewer sign-off to meet documentation standards appropriate for a newly public company establishing its internal audit function.

For a newly public company replacing spreadsheets and email with a formal internal audit function, TeamMate+ covers the entire lifecycle in a single platform. <cite index="14-1,14-2">TeamMate+ is built to move audit teams through the complete audit workflow, from establishing annual plans and planning individual audits, through fieldwork and execution, reporting, closing, and follow-up.</cite> On the planning side, <cite index="10-1">the platform supports risk-based audit planning (identifying and prioritizing high-risk areas, self-assessments to capture stakeholder feedback, developing work plans for each team and audit universe, and reviewing historical coverage to inform planning), as wel …

Limitations: <cite index="8-5">Some reviewers note that certain risk assessment or reporting features have limitations or require manual workarounds,</cite> which is worth validating during a demo for a newly public company that may need highly configurable risk-scoring models. …

Supported

Requirement evaluated: The platform must enforce role-based access controls that segregate permissions between control owners (who can only respond to evidence requests and view their assigned controls), internal auditors (who can execute tests and document workpapers), and audit leadership and external auditor read-only roles (who can review but not modify completed workpapers or locked test results). This is required for a post-IPO SOX 404 environment where external auditors will review the platform's evidence and documentation.

For a post-IPO SOX 404 environment, TeamMate+ enforces role-based access across its three integrated modules (Audit, Controls, and Analytics) through a combination of configurable permission settings, engagement-level user assignments, and workpaper workflow states. Control owners and business users interact through a dedicated auditee-facing access layer: <cite index="9-2,9-3">the control self-assessment process empowers control owners to evaluate effectiveness, attach evidence, and self-identify issues through an interface designed for first-line business owners with intuitive task management and easy navigation of controls.</cite> Internal auditors operate with full edit rights scoped to …

Limitations: Public documentation does not explicitly describe whether the external auditor read-only role and audit leadership read-only role are formally distinct system roles with separately defined permission sets, or whether they share a single 'read-only' role type that an admin assigns to both personas. …

Partial

Requirement evaluated: The platform must offer clearly scoped platform orientation: the buyer needs to evaluate whether a given vendor is primarily SOX-centric (deep RCM and PCAOB-aligned testing workflows), broader internal audit-first (flexible audit lifecycle with SOX as one module), or full GRC (policy, risk, and compliance management beyond audit). The vendor's licensing structure, workflow defaults, and out-of-the-box templates must make this orientation transparent so the buyer can assess fit for a post-IPO company building both SOX compliance and an internal audit function simultaneously.

For a post-IPO company trying to determine whether TeamMate+ is a SOX-first, IA-first, or full-GRC platform before committing to implementation, the product's modular licensing structure provides the clearest orientation signal. <cite index="21-9">TeamMate's solutions for auditors include audit management, controls management, and data analysis</cite> -- and these are distinct, separately licensable products. …

Limitations: A post-IPO buyer building a real PCAOB 404(b) program cannot easily determine from out-of-the-box signals alone whether TeamMate+ Controls delivers PCAOB-specific testing workflow defaults (deficiency classification, management assessment documentation, ITGC scoping) …

Supported

Requirement evaluated: The platform must support structured scheduling, documentation, and sign-off for control walkthroughs and design-effectiveness testing, replacing the buyer's current manual, email-based process. Each test must be linkable to a specific control in the RCM, must support attachment of evidence, and must enforce a reviewer/approver workflow so that no test is considered complete without documented sign-off.

For a newly public company replacing email-and-spreadsheet SOX testing, TeamMate+ structures each control test as a 'procedure' (or 'step') within an audit project, and those procedures are linked to the risk-and-control matrix entries so every test record carries the parent control's metadata. Evidence files are attached directly at the procedure or workpaper level rather than in a shared project folder, keeping a traceable line from each piece of evidence to its specific control test. …

Limitations: The platform does not appear to offer distinct, out-of-the-box template types that formally distinguish 'walkthrough/design-effectiveness' tests from 'operating-effectiveness' tests; the buyer will configure that distinction through custom procedure templates and fields rather than selecting a named test type. …

Showing the 4 most recent of 12. The rest are in the comparisons listed below.

TeamMate+: Document Management

2 requirements evaluated: 2 supported.

Supported

Requirement evaluated: The platform must provide a PBC (Provided By Client) and evidence request workflow that allows auditors to issue evidence requests directly to control owners, track response status, and attach submitted documents to the corresponding control test. This replaces the buyer's current email-based evidence request process and must support automated reminders to control owners for outstanding requests.

For a newly public company replacing email-based evidence requests, TeamMate+ provides a built-in document request workflow that allows auditors to issue requests directly to business unit or control owners and receive submitted documents back within the platform. As documented by a real-world implementation protocol, the system sends automated email reminders to the business unit 3 days before the due date, 1 day after the due date, and at intervals in between until the request is satisfied. …

Limitations: The implementation protocol notes that in some licensing configurations there are database size limits on stored attachments, requiring organizations to archive documents to an external share after project finalization; teams should confirm their specific license tier's storage caps with Wolters Kluwer before going liv …

Supported

Requirement evaluated: The platform must provide a PBC (Provided By Client) and evidence request workflow that allows auditors to issue evidence requests directly to control owners, track response status, and attach submitted documents to the corresponding control test. This replaces the buyer's current email-based evidence request process and must support automated reminders to control owners for outstanding requests.

For a newly public company replacing email-based evidence requests, TeamMate+ provides a built-in document request workflow that allows auditors to issue requests directly to business unit or control owners and receive submitted documents back within the platform. As documented by a real-world implementation protocol, the system sends automated email reminders to the business unit 3 days before the due date, 1 day after the due date, and at intervals in between until the request is satisfied. …

Limitations: The implementation protocol notes that in some licensing configurations there are database size limits on stored attachments, requiring organizations to archive documents to an external share after project finalization; teams should confirm their specific license tier's storage caps with Wolters Kluwer before going liv …

TeamMate+: Reporting & Analytics

2 requirements evaluated: 2 partial.

Partial

Requirement evaluated: The platform must generate executive-level and audit committee status reports that aggregate SOX testing progress (controls tested vs. planned, open deficiencies by severity, remediation status) and internal audit project status (audits in planning, fieldwork, reporting, and issue follow-up) into a single dashboard or exportable report. This directly replaces the buyer's current manual roll-up process described as hard to aggregate for the audit committee.

For a newly public company replacing spreadsheet-based SOX and audit committee roll-ups, TeamMate+ addresses this requirement through two separate modules that each carry their own native reporting layer: TeamMate+ Controls (for SOX) and TeamMate+ Audit (for the IA lifecycle). The Controls module provides built-in dashboards and reporting tools to share real-time deficiency and remediation status with leadership, including real-time management information and trending over time for the control environment. …

Limitations: The fully unified, zero-configuration committee dashboard spanning both SOX controls data and IA engagement lifecycle data requires either building out the Reporting API connection to Power BI or purchasing and configuring TeamMate Analytics separately; at least one real-world user review flags limited native custom re …

Partial

Requirement evaluated: The platform must generate executive-level and audit committee status reports that aggregate SOX testing progress (controls tested vs. planned, open deficiencies by severity, remediation status) and internal audit project status (audits in planning, fieldwork, reporting, and issue follow-up) into a single dashboard or exportable report. This directly replaces the buyer's current manual roll-up process described as hard to aggregate for the audit committee.

For a newly public company replacing spreadsheet-based SOX and audit committee roll-ups, TeamMate+ addresses this requirement through two separate modules that each carry their own native reporting layer: TeamMate+ Controls (for SOX) and TeamMate+ Audit (for the IA lifecycle). The Controls module provides built-in dashboards and reporting tools to share real-time deficiency and remediation status with leadership, including real-time management information and trending over time for the control environment. …

Limitations: The fully unified, zero-configuration committee dashboard spanning both SOX controls data and IA engagement lifecycle data requires either building out the Reporting API connection to Power BI or purchasing and configuring TeamMate Analytics separately; at least one real-world user review flags limited native custom re …

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