Internal audit management without the heavyweight platform
By The Substantively team · Internal audit
Internal audit management software has historically meant a large GRC suite: long implementations, per-module licensing, and a feature surface sized for a department of fifty. Teams of one to ten don't need that. They need the lifecycle, the registers, and the discipline — without the overhead.
The lifecycle, generated for every engagement
Planning, kickoff, fieldwork, review, reporting, and wrap-up should be created for each project with dates that follow your schedule — not assembled by hand in a project tool that knows nothing about audit.
Registers that roll up
Risks, issues, and findings belong in structured registers, not buried in documents. A matrix-rated risk register and auto-numbered findings with management responses give you both the engagement view and the audit-committee rollup across every project.
Evidence discipline, time against budget
- Workpapers linked from your own SharePoint, so custody never leaves your tenant — see how.
- An append-only activity trail, enforced by database privilege.
- Daily time entries with per-project and per-person rollups against budget.
Built for small teams
The goal isn't fewer features — it's the right ones, without a platform tax. See pricing or read about the data boundary that keeps your evidence yours.