2026-2027 IRM Navigator™ Vendor Compass for GRC

The 2026-2027 IRM Navigator™ Vendor Compass for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) is Wheelhouse Advisors' independent, evidence-based evaluation of the providers that supply GRC capability to the enterprise. GRC is the verification system of integrated risk management (IRM): it produces the auditable evidence that links strategy, operations, and technology to accountable policies and reliable disclosures. This edition places 33 providers, 24 technology providers and nine services providers, on the two-axis Vendor Compass, Solution Coverage and Level of Integration, and re-validates every placement against evidence dated September 2025 through October 2026 rather than carrying 2025 placements forward. The report draws the line between Agentic GRC, agents governing compliance workflows, and Autonomous IRM, agents operating across the full Performance, Resilience, Assurance, and Compliance architecture, and it tests every autonomy claim against what has shipped at a named customer. Whether you are shortlisting a platform, structuring a request for proposal, or deciding how GRC fits beside ERM, ORM, and TRM platforms already in place, the report replaces vendor positioning with evidence.

What you get in this report:

• The 2026-2027 GRC Vendor Compass: 33 providers placed as Integrators, Accelerators, and Pace Setters, with services providers on the segment Compass for the first time and the 2025 comparison for every returning provider

• Vendor profiles for all 33 providers: placement and maturity fit, coverage across Regulatory Compliance, Ethics and Conduct, Internal Audit, and Policies and Procedures, integration evidence, the state of agentic execution, and when to shortlist

• The GRC market size and forecast, 2026-2033: $17.2 billion growing to $35.8 billion at 11.1 percent compound growth, on the restated four-segment basis, with GRC's share of the IRM market

• Six market forces shaping GRC in 2026-2027, from continuous assurance and AI governance inside GRC scope to ownership change across the provider base and integration as the measure of relevance

• The Agentic GRC versus Autonomous IRM distinction, with the evidence standard that separates agents that execute from assistants that recommend

• Buyer guidance for large enterprises and for small and mid-size enterprises, calibrated to the IRM Navigator™ Curve from Foundational through Autonomous, including how to pressure-test integration and agentic claims

• The IRM Navigator™ VC Sonar for GRC: ten non-IRM50 providers with verifiable autonomous capability, mapped to the five layers of Autonomous IRM and six control domains

• The GRC roadmap for 2027-2029, the capabilities that become table stakes, and how the CCO, CAE, and CDO reshape GRC governance

• The complete 2026-2027 IRM50 vendor index, a glossary covering the IRM Navigator™ series, and a sources appendix

Featured IRM technology and services providers in this edition include:

Accenture, Archer, Corporater, Deloitte, Diligent, Drata, EY, FTI Consulting, Grant Thornton, Hyperproof, IBM OpenPages, Ideagen, KPMG, Kroll Resolver, LogicGate, LogicManager, MetricStream, Mitratech, NAVEX, Ncontracts, OneTrust, Optro (formerly AuditBoard), Origami Risk, Protecht, Protiviti, PwC, Riskonnect, RSM, SAI360, ServiceNow, Vanta, Wolters Kluwer (TeamMate), Workiva

VC Sonar providers: Anecdotes, CUBE, DataSnipper, Fieldguide, ModelOp, Monitaur, Norm Ai, RegASK, Shield, Sprinto

Who this is for:

Chief compliance officers, chief audit executives, and chief risk officers selecting or replacing a GRC platform; CISOs where IT compliance frameworks are in scope; board audit and risk committee members who need to know whether their assurance evidence is verifiable; strategy, product, and marketing leaders at GRC technology and services providers positioning for the agentic transition; and the private equity investors and advisors reading ownership change across the GRC provider base.