MetricStream

About MetricStream

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by MetricStream

All products by MetricStream reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

MetricStreamAI Compliance

AI-first connected GRC platform for governance, risk, and compliance

Pricing on request7.2/10

How Our Review Panel Scores MetricStream

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed MetricStream's product on their own terms. They disagreed by 1.8 points — The Finance Lead was the hardest to convince, The Domain Strategist the most positive.

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who MetricStream competes with, and how they differ.

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Archer

The other long-standing pure-play enterprise GRC platform, sold as Archer IRM after being carved out of RSA and taken private by Cinven in 2023. Archer and MetricStream meet head-to-head in the same regulated-industry deals and are ranked against each other in every enterprise-GRC analyst evaluation; Archer leans on a large partner-built application library, MetricStream on its own packaged product lines plus AppStudio low-code.

ServiceNow8.1/10

Sells Integrated Risk Management as a module on the same platform enterprises already run for ITSM, so it wins on consolidation and existing platform spend rather than GRC depth. MetricStream competes as the domain specialist with deeper regulatory content, banking and life-sciences packaging, and standalone deployment where the customer is not a ServiceNow shop.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Diligent Corporation8.0/10

Approaches GRC from the boardroom down, pairing board management and entity governance with the audit and risk tooling it acquired with Galvanize/HighBond. MetricStream sells to the CRO and chief compliance officer with operational risk, third-party risk and regulatory-change depth rather than board reporting.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Optro

Started in internal audit and SOX and expanded outward into risk and compliance, winning on fast time-to-value and auditor-friendly UX. MetricStream starts from the enterprise risk and compliance side and targets larger, more regulated estates where multi-year platform programs and regulatory content libraries matter more than deployment speed.

LogicGate Risk Cloud6.6/10

A no-code GRC builder positioned for teams that want to assemble their own risk workflows quickly, typically at mid-market and lower-enterprise price points. MetricStream ships pre-built, domain-specific products and content for Global 500 buyers, which is heavier to deploy but less dependent on the customer designing the process.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

OneTrust7.6/10

Built its footprint on privacy and consent management and extended into third-party risk, ESG and compliance, so it usually enters through the privacy or data-governance buyer. Overlap with MetricStream is real but narrower, concentrated in third-party risk and policy/compliance rather than enterprise and operational risk.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Company Timeline

Key milestones in MetricStream's history, with sources.

1. Jun 30, 2026Milestone

   Ranked #1 in Enterprise GRC by Chartis Research

   Chartis Research ranked MetricStream #1 in Enterprise GRC and named it a category leader across all seven GRC categories assessed. The company now positions itself as an AI-native GRC vendor.

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2. May 13, 2025Milestone

   AI-first strategy and rebrand; Marc Levine named CEO

   MetricStream unveiled a new brand identity and an AI-first product strategy under the tagline "GRC Simplified. Outcomes Amplified". Marc Levine joined as Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Gaurav Kapoor moved to a full-time Vice Chairman role focused on product strategy and growth.

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3. Sep 30, 2024Funding

   Strategic financing from Blue Torch Capital

   MetricStream finalized an agreement with Blue Torch Capital for additional funding to accelerate its corporate and product strategy; the amount was not disclosed. Gaurav Kapoor, then CEO and co-founder, described it as the next phase of global growth.

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4. Jun 28, 2023Launch

   Launches AiSPIRE, an AI-powered GRC product

   MetricStream launched AiSPIRE, which it described as the industry first AI-powered, knowledge-centric GRC product. It applies large language models, GRC ontology-based knowledge graphs and generative AI to existing GRC and transactional data for risk and audit prioritization.

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5. Jul 5, 2022Milestone

   Gaurav Kapoor and Prasad Sabbineni named Co-CEOs

   MetricStream appointed co-founder Gaurav Kapoor and CTO Prasad Sabbineni as Co-CEOs, succeeding Bruce Dahlgren after two years.

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6. Jan 25, 2022Launch

   Unveils ConnectedGRC product line

   MetricStream unveiled ConnectedGRC, consolidating its risk, compliance, audit, cyber and ESG products onto a single low-code/no-code platform aimed at cyber resilience and ESG scoring.

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7. Sep 14, 2021Launch

   Launches ESG solution on its GRC platform

   MetricStream launched an ESG product built on its GRC platform, letting organizations measure and report environmental, social and governance performance alongside their existing risk and compliance programs.

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8. Jul 13, 2020Milestone

   Bruce Dahlgren appointed Chief Executive Officer

   MetricStream named Bruce Dahlgren CEO to scale the company as a GRC/IRM SaaS business. Dahlgren previously held senior roles at HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, including SVP and Managing Director for Asia Pacific and Japan.

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9. Nov 6, 2017Funding

   $65M round led by Clearlake Capital

   Clearlake Capital Group led a $65 million financing round with participation from Singapore-based EDBI and existing investors Goldman Sachs and Sageview Capital. Clearlake partner Prashant Mehrotra joined the board. SEC Form D filings show the capital was sold in two tranches, first sales dated 20 March 2017 and 16 October 2017.

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10. Sep 4, 2014Funding

    $60M round led by Sageview Capital

    Sageview Capital led a $60 million round with participation from existing investors Goldman Sachs and Kaiser Permanente Ventures. Sageview co-founder and managing partner Ned Gilhuly joined MetricStream board of directors.

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11. May 1, 2013Funding

    Strategic financing led by a Goldman Sachs affiliate

    MetricStream completed a strategic financing of undisclosed size led by an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, to be used for innovation and market expansion. The company was then led by CEO Shellye Archambeau and Executive Chairman Gunjan Sinha.

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12. Feb 16, 2005Milestone

    Expands Bangalore operations with a planned $10M India investment

    CFO Gaurav Kapoor told The Economic Times that MetricStream would invest at least $10 million in India over three years and double Bangalore headcount to 120. The centre, opened in 2001 with 10 people, had built the entire MetricStream 3.5 product suite.

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