The short answer
Crux Labs and Workiva are both audit & risk tools. Neither has a clear edge on the figures we track (entry price, review ratings, integrations, frameworks, customers). Best fit: Crux Labs for enterprises deploying customer-facing AI agents in regulated or high-stakes workflows and Workiva for large organizations consolidating financial reporting, sustainability, risk, and audit work. Shortlist on fit, then compare quotes for the same scope.
Which should you choose?
Choose Crux Labs if…
- you're among enterprises deploying customer-facing AI agents in regulated or high-stakes workflows
- you're among teams that want expert-calibrated evaluations without writing every rubric manually
- you're among engineering organizations that need production failure alerts linked to proposed code fixes
- this Workiva drawback matters to you: pricing is customized and enterprise contracts may require significant budget
Choose Workiva if…
- you're among large organizations consolidating financial reporting, sustainability, risk, and audit work
- you're among finance teams connecting recurring reports, filings, presentations, and source data
- you're among internal audit and SOX teams managing evidence, controls, requests, and testing
- this Crux Labs drawback matters to you: pricing, named plans, and trial terms are not publicly disclosed
At a glance
| Attribute | Crux Labs | Workiva |
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| Starting price | Custompricing as of Nov 2026 | Custompricing as of Oct 2026 |
| Pricing model | Annual subscription, quote-based | Custom quote |
| Free trial | Not published | No public self-service free trial is listed. |
| Headquarters | New York, NY | Ames, Iowa |
| Funding | Over $6M raised | Not published |
| Frameworks | Not published | SOX, SEC, XBRL, ESEF, CSRD, TCFD, GHG Protocol |
| Coverage | Healthcare, cybersecurity, financial services, and other high-stakes enterprise use cases | Financial reporting, SEC and XBRL disclosures, ESEF, SOX, internal audit, enterprise risk, sustainability, carbon, CSRD, FERC, and Pillar 3 |
| Integrations | Slack, Teams, email alerts, and repository pull requests | 70+ connectors |
| Customers | Fortune 500 enterprises and high-growth companies | 6,624 (Dec 2025) |
| Rating | Not published | 4.5/5 on G2 (1,853 reviews) |
| Focus | AI agent evaluation | Audit, risk, and integrated reporting |
Figures are as published by each vendor or review site on the verification date. "Leads" marks the stronger published figure; it isn't a recommendation on its own.
Where each one leads
Neither tool has a clear edge on the figures we can compare directly (entry price, review rating, integrations, frameworks, customers, free trial).
Pricing compared
Crux Labs pricing
Custom · pricing as of Nov 2026
Plan-level pricing not published.
Crux does not publish pricing or named plans. Paying customers receive pricing, support levels, and data-handling terms in a separate order form and DPA. The public conversion path is a demo request.
Free trial: Not published
Workiva pricing
Custom · pricing as of Oct 2026
- Financial reportingCustom
Linked reporting, data connectivity, review controls, workflow, and filing capabilities
- Sustainability managementCustom
Sustainability and carbon data collection, reporting, disclosure workflows, and assurance support
- GRC and auditCustom
Audit, risk, controls, compliance, evidence, requests, issues, and governed collaboration
Workiva prices and packages solutions according to organizational needs and provides customized demos and quotes. Every Workiva offering includes unlimited seats or users; AWS Marketplace shows a $1,000,000 per-12-month Workiva Platform dimension billed under contract, while Vendr reports a $49,914 average contract value from 102 deals as a market benchmark rather than official entry pricing.
Free trial: No public self-service free trial is listed.
Key capabilities
Crux Labs
- Expert trace capture. Captures domain experts’ reasoning from real agent traces to establish customer-specific evaluation criteria.
- Custom evaluation generation. Generates evaluations without requiring customers to write their own rubrics.
- Expert score calibration. Calibrates evaluation scoring to the judgments of a customer’s expert reviewers.
- Production monitoring. Monitors production traces in real time and identifies failures across deployed agent workflows.
- Failure alerting. Sends operational alerts through Slack, Teams, and email, with the product page claiming Slack alerts can arrive in under one minute.
- Agent improvement PRs. Identifies, builds, and verifies agent fixes as merge-ready pull requests for engineering review.
- Enterprise controls. Provides stated controls for retention, PII handling, SSO, role-based access, and encryption in transit and at rest.
Workiva
- Financial reporting. Create linked reports, documents, presentations, and SEC, XBRL, and ESEF disclosures from connected source data.
- Internal audit. Support audit planning, requests, evidence, testing, workpapers, findings, and collaboration in a centralized workspace.
- Controls and SOX. Document controls, coordinate testing and certifications, manage evidence, and retain change history.
- Risk management. Organize enterprise risks, policies, issues, assessments, workflows, and reporting.
- Sustainability reporting. Collect sustainability and carbon data, prepare disclosures, and support reporting and assurance workflows.
- Data connectivity. Connect and refresh data through more than 70 connectors, scheduled processes, transformations, and open APIs.
- AI-assisted workflows. Use Workiva AI capabilities for tasks such as disclosure drafting, data preparation, filing tagging, and compliance checks under user oversight.
Pros and cons
Crux Labs
Pros
- Connects expert judgment to production trace evaluation rather than relying only on generic benchmarks.
- Combines monitoring, alerting, evaluation, and proposed fixes in one workflow.
- Supports operational alerts through Slack, Teams, and email.
- Targets complex enterprise environments where agent errors have material consequences.
Cons
- Pricing, named plans, and trial terms are not publicly disclosed.
- The public product materials do not provide independently audited accuracy, uptime, latency, or ROI data.
- Specific source-control, agent-framework, CRM, and model integrations are not identified.
- No customer names, deployment volumes, or independently verified outcome data are public.
Workiva
Pros
- Linked data can reduce inconsistent figures and repeated manual copying across reports.
- Collaboration, permissions, approvals, version history, and audit trails support assurance work.
- Financial reporting, sustainability, and GRC capabilities share a connected platform.
- Broad connector coverage and open APIs support integration with enterprise systems.
Cons
- Pricing is customized and enterprise contracts may require significant budget.
- Implementation and configuration can be more involved than with lightweight audit tools.
- The breadth of the platform can create a learning curve for new users.
- Connector availability and workflow fit depend on the selected package and source systems.
How they're similar
- Both are listed in our audit & risk directory.
- Both use quote-based pricing, so the final price depends on scope and negotiation.
How they differ
- Focus
- Crux Labs: AI agent evaluation
- Workiva: Audit, risk, and integrated reporting
- Pricing model
- Crux Labs: Annual subscription, quote-based
- Workiva: Custom quote
- Headquarters
- Crux Labs: New York, NY
- Workiva: Ames, Iowa
- Listed only for this tool
- Crux Labs: AI agent evaluation, Production monitoring, Human judgment, Healthcare, Cybersecurity, Financial services +2 more
- Workiva: SEC reporting, XBRL, ESEF, SOX, Internal audit, Enterprise risk +8 more
Frequently asked questions
Is Crux Labs cheaper than Workiva?
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The published prices can't be compared directly (they are quote-based, use different billing units, or aren't published), so request quotes for the same scope. Crux Labs: Custom (annual subscription, quote-based). Workiva: Custom (custom quote). (Crux Labs pricing pricing as of Nov 2026; Workiva pricing pricing as of Oct 2026.) Total cost depends on plan, company size and add-ons.
Which is better for startups, Crux Labs or Workiva?
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Crux Labs's published positioning doesn't single out startups; its first best-fit group is "Enterprises deploying customer-facing AI agents in regulated or high-stakes workflows". Workiva's published positioning doesn't single out startups; its first best-fit group is "Large organizations consolidating financial reporting, sustainability, risk, and audit work". Neither answer replaces a quote for your headcount and scope.
Can I switch from Crux Labs to Workiva?
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Yes. They are separate products, so switching means setting up Workiva and reconnecting your systems. Check your Crux Labs contract term and renewal date before you commit. Data migration tooling isn't covered in our sources, so ask Workiva whether it can import your Crux Labs data.
Does Crux Labs or Workiva have more integrations?
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Crux Labs: Slack, Teams, email alerts, and repository pull requests; Workiva: 70+ connectors. Vendor counts are self-reported and define "integration" differently, so check that the specific systems you use are supported.
How do Crux Labs and Workiva reviews compare?
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Crux Labs: no rating in our data; Workiva scores 4.5/5 from 1,853 reviews on G2. Ratings are third-party review-site data, not our own testing.
Do Crux Labs and Workiva offer a free trial?
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Crux Labs: not published. Workiva: No public self-service free trial is listed.
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