GRC Software for Small Businesses (SMEs)
Connected GRC, Risk Management and Audit Software for Small Businesses—Agile,Advanced, Affordable, and Built to Help You Meet Your Objectives
Strengthen resilience, streamline your processes, and stay compliant with intuitive, modular tools—powered by optional AI to surface risks, link data, and save time.
From only ÂŁ100 per module/month for unlimited users*
Award-Winning GRC & Audit Software, Trusted Since 1999 by Companies of All Sizes
From Risk to Resilience — Made Simple for Small Businesses
Low cost, Simple, and Secure GRC & Audit Software for Small Businesses (SMEs)
Bring all your Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) and audit processes into one connected, intuitive platform. Modular, affordable, and built to scale with your small business. Symbiant gives you full visibility, reduces admin burden, and keeps you ahead of risk. With Symbiant’s Professional AI Assistant, you get the power of a dedicated risk expert—available 24/7 to fill the gaps when your team is stretched.
Modular. Agile. Affordable.
Looking for affordable risk management software for your small business? Symbiant is fully customisable, easy to implement, and scales as your business grows.
Tailor the tools you need—no bloat, no hidden costs.
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Streamline Your Governance, Risk & Audit in One Place
Centralise and simplify governance, risk, compliance and audit processes in one intuitive platform designed to enable organisations to achieve their objectives and streamline complex processes.
Symbiant AI
Fully integrated and trained on real-world GRC challenges. It connects your data securely while uncovering hidden threats, identifying root causes, and predicting the cascading impact of control failures across your organisation.
Professional 27/7 Risk Manager at your fingertip.Â
Symbiant. Stronger together.
What GRC Really Means for Small Businesses
Governance, Risk and Compliance doesn’t have to be complicated—or costly.
When most people hear “GRC,” they imagine complex frameworks, expensive consultants, and enterprise-only platforms. But the truth is, small businesses face many of the same risks and regulatory pressures, just with fewer resources.
That’s why GRC is just as important for SMEs, and why it must be affordable, flexible, and scaled to fit your needs.
A strong approach to risk starts with a simple question: What are we aiming to accomplish? Risk isn’t merely about potential problems — it’s about anything that could stand in the way of our success.
Symbiant. Stronger together.
Why Small Businesses Need GRC Software Now More Than Ever
Many small and mid-sized enterprises still rely on spreadsheets and fragmented systems to manage risk and audits – an approach that can lead to costly errors and blind spots.
Symbiant offers a smarter alternative. Symbiant is an affordable, agile GRC and Audit software platform, with optional AI Assistant, Its flexible, modular design makes it easy to adopt at any stage, from early-stage startups to expanding SMEs, all the way to large enterprises and global leaders.
It combines all the essential tools for risk management, compliance, and audit into one modular system that scales with your business without breaking the budget. With Symbiant, you can replace scattered spreadsheets with a streamlined solution that’s easy to use, highly configurable, and even augmented by optional AI assistance, empowering lean teams to stay on top of ever-evolving risks.
Risk Management for Small businesses
Risk & Compliance Challenges for Small Businesses
Running a small business doesn’t mean having small risks. In fact, small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) often struggle with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) because of a few common constraints:
Limited Resources
Small companies rarely have full-time risk managers or large compliance teams. Employees juggle multiple roles, leaving little time to thoroughly manage risk or monitor regulatory changes.
Fragmented Tools
Many SMEs rely on spreadsheets, documents, and basic software to track risks, policies, or audits. This piecemeal approach makes it hard to get a unified view of risk status and often results in data silos and errors.
High Cost of Enterprise Solutions
Traditional GRC software aimed at big corporations comes with hefty price tags and lengthy implementations. Smaller organisations find these solutions cost-prohibitive and overly complex for their needs.
Increasing Regulatory Pressure: From data protection laws to industry-specific regulations, small businesses face many compliance requirements but often lack dedicated compliance tools. Keeping up via manual methods can lead to missed obligations or fines.
With lean teams and no specialised software, tasks like updating risk registers, sending out reminders for audits, or aggregating reports must be done manually, consuming valuable time and prone to oversight.
These challenges make it difficult for a small business to confidently manage risk and compliance. The good news is that modern solutions like Symbiant are built to address exactly these pain points.
The Most Affordable, Flexible, Agile GRC & Audit Software for Growing Businesses
Proven in complex environments and trusted by organisations of all sizes worldwide, Symbiant has been delivering the most powerful, flexible and affordable GRC solutions since 1999—starting at just £300/month with 10 user seats*.
Symbiant is the most affordable, agile, flexible and advanced GRC, Risk Management and Audit Solution
Symbiant delivers enterprise-grade GRC, Risk Management and Audit and audit software at a price point that’s accessible to businesses of all sizes. Our pricing is simple, transparent, and refreshingly affordable.
While competitors lock you into expensive contracts or per-user pricing that quickly adds up, Symbiant gives you full functionality without the financial strain. You only pay for the modules you use—nothing more. Whether you start with just a Risk Register or layer on Audit, Controls, and Incident Reporting over time, you’re in control of your setup and your budget.
Why is Symbiant the most affordable GRC, Risk Management and Audit Solution on the market?
Because we’ve grown organically, no venture capital, no investor pressure, no bloated overhead. Our mission has always been to make world-class, advanced GRC and Audit accessible to organisations of all sizes, not just the Fortune 500. We keep our margins tight and our platform lean so we can pass the savings on to you.
And despite our low pricing, Symbiant includes features you’d usually only find in high-end enterprise systems: modular architecture, automation, AI assistance, ISO alignment, role-based access control, advanced reporting and much more.
With Symbiant, you’re not just saving money, you’re gaining the flexibility, agility, and oversight your business needs to grow with confidence.
Customisable and Scalable Risk Management for Every User
Symbiant is fully modular, customisable and agile allowing you to start with a single focus area (for example, a Risk Register) and expand into other areas like Audit or Compliance whenever you’re ready. Every module integrates seamlessly, with data flowing between them to eliminate duplication and give you a connected, single source of truth. As your business grows, Symbiant scales with you, add new users or modules at any time without restructuring the whole system. You get an all-in-one GRC, Risk Management and Audit solution tailored to your current needs, with the flexibility to grow later.
Easy to Implement, Effortless to Use
Most small and mid-sized (SMEs) businesses don’t have the luxury of a full-time risk officer, internal audit department, or dedicated compliance team. That’s exactly why Symbiant is designed to be intuitive, efficient, and ready to use—right out of the box.
You don’t need specialist training or technical expertise. Symbiant’s clean, user-friendly interface makes it easy for anyone, whether they’re in operations, finance, or admin, to take ownership of risk, audit, or compliance processes without the usual complexity.
No training required – Built for real teams, not just risk professionals
Simple spreadsheet import – Quickly transition from Excel to dynamic registers with built-in data import
Configurable views and forms – Tailor dashboards and layouts by role or department, with zero coding
Cloud-based, secure SaaS solution – Always up to date, with no IT projects or manual installs needed
Symbiant also eliminates the need for multiple disconnected tools. You can replace spreadsheets, Word documents, shared drives, and manual workflows with a single, connected platform that centralises all your GRC efforts, making collaboration easier, oversight clearer, and adoption seamless across the organisation.
Whether you’re a startup, a charity, or a growing SME, Symbiant gives you the tools to manage and streamline risk and compliance with confidence, without needing a risk team to run it.
Advanced, Customisable GRC Functionality, Without the Enterprise Price Tag
Don’t let the affordable price fool you, Symbiant delivers the advanced GRC and audit features typically found in high-cost enterprise systems, but in a way that’s modular, intuitive, and fully customisable for your exact needs.
Symbiant gives you a single source of truth across your entire GRC ecosystem, tailored to fit your processes, scalable as you grow, and powerful enough to replace fragmented systems with confidence.
Symbiant AI Assistant
AI-Assisted GRC and Audit software for Lean Teams
Imagine having a super-fast risk and audit professional working for you 24/7. That’s exactly what you get with Symbiant’s optional AI Assistant, your GRC expert that saves time, improves accuracy, and makes advanced risk intelligence accessible to every small business.
Symbiant’s optional AI Assistant is fully integrated and purpose-trained on real-world risk, audit, and compliance challenges. It understands your data while keeping it secure, helping to surface hidden threats and unidentified risks. It identifies root causes and predicts the consequences of control failures, helping you understand how risks may cascade across your organisation and where additional vulnerabilities could emerge.Â
It effortlessly connects information across business functions—bringing together disconnected data from risk, audit, compliance, and other sources across your organisation, to deliver actionable insights.
Small teams don’t have time to sift through data or manually rewrite reports. Symbiant AI does the heavy lifting—so you can focus on action, not admin.
It’s private, secure, and fully integrated, running in your environment without storing your data. You stay in control, but with enterprise-grade intelligence at your fingertips.
Future-proof your GRC and audit processes today with Symbiant AI—affordable, agile, and ready to work as hard as you do.
Symbiant. Stronger together.
Why Small Businesses Should Replace Excel Spreadsheets with a Connected GRC and Audit Solution
If your business is still managing risk, audit, and compliance through Excel files and scattered tools, you’re not alone. But as your risks grow, spreadsheets can’t keep up, they’re prone to errors, lack real-time visibility, and offer no audit trail.
Symbiant replaces this chaos with clarity.
Instead of working across multiple disconnected documents, Symbiant gives you a central, connected platform where all your risk and compliance data lives in one place. No more duplicate files, broken formulas, or missing updates, just one source of truth you can trust.
With Symbiant, you can:
Automate email reminders and review cycles
Track audit actions and risk treatments in real time
Log every change for accountability and compliance
Pull reports or dashboards instantly—no manual merging required
The result? Fewer errors, better collaboration, and more time to focus on strategic decisions.
25 Years. Thousands of Users. One Trusted Platform.
With over 25 years of innovation in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) and Audit Management, Symbiant is highly trusted by organisations of all sizes, across every sector. Our clients love how our powerful, affordable, award-winning and fully customisable GRC, Risk Management and Audit software helps them stay compliant, make smarter decisions, and reduce complexity, without the costly overheads.
The Symbiant Edge
Take the Next Step with a GRC and Audit Solution You can Trust
Symbiant, founded in the late 1990s, has been at the forefront of developing collaborative, web-based Risk & Audit management software. Our platform has continually evolved, shaped by real client needs, feedback, and the changing risk landscape. Symbiant AI Assistant is the culmination of 25 years of innovation and arguably the world’s most advanced and affordable off-the-shelf Risk, Audit, and Compliance (GRC) solution.
Symbiant is incredibly agile, intuitive, and designed to grow and adapt with your business. It manages the full GRC lifecycle—risk registers, audit working papers, control tracking, and action plans—while enabling you to link data across functions for a single, unified view. With built-in permissions and secure sharing, information can be accessed on a need-to-know basis from anywhere.
And with our flexible 30-day rolling contracts, you’re never locked in. You can export your data and leave at any time—no strings attached.
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All-in-One GRC & Audit
Management Powerhouse
Symbiant’s flexible, modular platform streamlines governance, risk, compliance, and audit—so you can reduce complexity, adapt fast, and stay focused on achieving your objectives.
Our Solution at a Glance:
Risk Management Software
The Symbiant Risk Management Software module enables organisations to identify, understand, and manage risks with ease and efficiency. It provides a streamlined approach to monitoring, assessing, and mitigating risks, ensuring informed decisions and compliance.
AI-Powered Assistant
Symbiant AI connects data across your organisation, delivering actionable insights and seamless workflows. From logical, data-driven risk scoring to uncovering root causes and predicting the domino effect of control failures, Symbiant AI empowers smarter, faster decisions. Eliminate duplicate risks in seconds, refine controls, identify emerging risks, and so much more—all tailored to your business.
Audit Management Software
The Symbiant Audit Management Software module streamlines audit planning, action tracking, and time management. It automatically pulls relevant data, allows easy report customisation, and generates professional audit reports.
Risk Management Software
The Symbiant Risk Management Software module enables organisations to identify, understand, and manage risks with ease and efficiency. It provides a streamlined approach to monitoring, assessing, and mitigating risks, ensuring informed decisions and compliance.
AI-Powered Assistant
Symbiant AI connects data across your organisation, delivering actionable insights and seamless workflows. From logical, data-driven risk scoring to uncovering root causes and predicting the domino effect of control failures, Symbiant AI empowers smarter, faster decisions. Eliminate duplicate risks in seconds, refine controls, identify emerging risks, and so much more—all tailored to your business.
Audit Management Software
The Symbiant Audit Management Software module streamlines audit planning, action tracking, and time management. It automatically pulls relevant data, allows easy report customisation, and generates professional audit reports.
Your questions answered
Frequently asked questions about risk and compliance for charities, non-profits and NGOs.
What is GRC software and why do small businesses need it?
GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) software helps organisations identify and manage risks, meet regulatory requirements, and make better business decisions. But it’s not just about ticking compliance boxes, it’s about building resilience, supporting strategic objectives, and protecting performance in a constantly changing environment.
For small businesses, GRC and Audit software is especially critical because most rely on manual tools like spreadsheets, email threads, or disconnected apps to track incidents, audits, policies, and risks. These fragmented systems often lead to blind spots, data loss, missed deadlines, and increased exposure to legal or operational risks.
That’s where Symbiant comes in.
Symbiant replaces manual processes with one connected, intuitive platform that’s:
Affordable, modular, and agile
Easy to use, intuitive and cloud-based SaaS solution
Built to align risks to business goals
- Highly trusted advanced GRC and Audit software used by organisations of all sizes, from charities to global leaders and government bodies since 1999
Designed to help lean teams manage compliance, risk, and audit in one place
Even without a dedicated GRC team, small businesses can use Symbiant to confidently navigate uncertainty, demonstrate control to stakeholders, and make faster, smarter decisions.
Because ultimately, GRC isn’t just about compliance, it’s about achieving your objectives.
Why is Symbiant better than spreadsheets for managing risk and compliance?
Spreadsheets may seem like a low-cost option for managing risk, audit, or compliance, but they come with serious limitations and hidden costs. As your business grows, so do your risks, and spreadsheets simply aren’t built for that.
According to industry research, 94% of spreadsheets contain errors. They lack version control, user permissions, real-time visibility, and structured workflows. And for small businesses, the consequences of a mistake—like a missed compliance deadline or untracked risk, can be critical.
Spreadsheets also:
Can’t link risks to controls, incidents or objectives
Don’t offer audit trails or accountability
Rely on manual updates, making reporting slow and error-prone
Create data silos that prevent cross-functional insight
Symbiant solves these problems by replacing spreadsheets with one connected, cloud-based GRC platform that:
Imports your Excel data in minutes
Provides dynamic risk registers, real-time dashboards and automated alerts
Links related data across modules for full traceability
Enables role-based access, action tracking and tamper-proof audit logs
Scales with your business
Spreadsheets were never designed for GRC. Symbiant is.
How fast can I get started with Symbiant?
Very fast. Symbiant is a cloud-based GRC and audit management platform that’s ready to use straight out of the box.
Most businesses are fully operational within a day.
Symbiant helps you move fast, reduce risk, and stay compliant, without slowing your business down.
Is Symbiant secure and compliant?
Yes. Symbiant is a secure, cloud-hosted GRC and Audit platform designed to meet strict data protection standards.