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LogicManager vs Periscope Holdings

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LogicManager

Cybersecurity

Enterprise risk management priced as a flat fee with unlimited users

From
On request
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite
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Periscope Holdings

Government

Statewide e-procurement systems and supplier networks for large public agencies

From
On request
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: LogicManager the flat fee is quoted per organisation and not published, so the pricing model that makes LogicManager attractive still cannot be compared without a sales process.; Periscope Holdings it is scaled and priced for statewide programmes, so a single city or county typically finds both the implementation effort and the cost out of proportion to its needs.
  • They diverge on capability: LogicManager covers Risk taxonomy, Periscope Holdings covers Sealed bid solicitation.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which LogicManager and Periscope Holdings actually diverge.

Attributes where LogicManager and Periscope Holdings differ
AttributeLogicManagerPeriscope Holdings
CategoryCybersecurityGovernment

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in LogicManager

  • Risk taxonomy
  • Unlimited users
  • Risk assessments
  • Third-party risk
  • Internal audit
  • Policy management
  • Incident management
  • Advisory support

Only in Periscope Holdings

  • Sealed bid solicitation
  • Supplier registration network
  • Contract catalogues
  • Cooperative purchasing
  • Spend and compliance reporting
  • Supplier diversity tracking

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

LogicManager

  • A mid-sized bank or credit union that needs every department head contributing to risk assessment without paying for a seat eachnot Periscope Holdings
  • A risk team replacing a spreadsheet register that cannot show which controls a given vendor failure would affectnot Periscope Holdings
  • An organisation preparing for a regulatory examination that must evidence a linked risk, control and issue trailnot Periscope Holdings
  • A company consolidating separate vendor risk, policy and audit tools onto one taxonomy so findings are not duplicatednot Periscope Holdings

Periscope Holdings

  • A state building a central procurement portal serving many agencies and local entitiesnot LogicManager
  • A large agency needing statutory sealed bidding with a public opening recordnot LogicManager
  • A purchasing programme that must report spend and supplier diversity across entitiesnot LogicManager
  • A state wanting local governments to buy from its awarded cooperative contractsnot LogicManager

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

LogicManager

  • The flat fee is quoted per organisation and not published, so the pricing model that makes LogicManager attractive still cannot be compared without a sales process.
  • Configuration depth means the taxonomy has to be designed properly before rollout, and organisations that skip that step end up with a structure that cannot answer the linkage questions the tool exists to answer.
  • Reporting and dashboarding are functional rather than flexible, and teams wanting bespoke board reporting commonly export to Power BI, which reintroduces the manual step they were removing.
  • Quantitative risk modelling is limited compared with specialist tools, so organisations needing Monte Carlo style loss simulation will need something else alongside it.
  • The user interface is dated relative to newer compliance automation tools, and infrequent business users often need repeat training, which erodes the participation benefit that unlimited licensing is supposed to deliver.

Periscope Holdings

  • It is scaled and priced for statewide programmes, so a single city or county typically finds both the implementation effort and the cost out of proportion to its needs.
  • The interface reflects the age and regulatory weight of the platform, and suppliers routinely describe registration and bidding as harder than on newer portals, which can suppress bid response.
  • Ownership has changed twice since 2021, from independent to mdf commerce to KKR, so roadmap and support continuity should be written into the contract rather than assumed.
  • Sibling products inside mdf commerce cover adjacent procurement ground, which means an apparently competitive shortlist may contain two products with the same owner.
  • Statewide implementations are multi year projects with heavy configuration and change management, and the professional services cost commonly exceeds the software over the contract term.

Pricing, plan by plan

LogicManager

On request
  • LogicManager Platform$undefined/year
    • Fixed annual fee, unlimited users
    • Risk, audit, vendor, policy and incident modules
    • Advisory analyst support included

Periscope Holdings

On request
  • BuySpeed$undefined/year
    • Quoted per programme, scaled to entities served and transaction volume
    • Multi year statewide contracts with implementation priced separately
    • Supplier side registration fees form part of the commercial model on some programmes

Which should you pick?

Choose LogicManager if

  • You need risk taxonomy.
  • You also want unlimited users.
LogicManager review

Choose Periscope Holdings if

  • You need sealed bid solicitation.
  • You also want supplier registration network.
Periscope Holdings review

Questions people ask

Is LogicManager or Periscope Holdings better?
Neither clearly leads. LogicManager starts at On request and Periscope Holdings at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, LogicManager or Periscope Holdings?
LogicManager starts at On request and Periscope Holdings at On request.
Does LogicManager or Periscope Holdings run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is LogicManager best used for?
LogicManager is most often used for a mid-sized bank or credit union that needs every department head contributing to risk assessment without paying for a seat each, a risk team replacing a spreadsheet register that cannot show which controls a given vendor failure would affect, an organisation preparing for a regulatory examination that must evidence a linked risk, control and issue trail, a company consolidating separate vendor risk, policy and audit tools onto one taxonomy so findings are not duplicated. Of those, a mid-sized bank or credit union that needs every department head contributing to risk assessment without paying for a seat each and a risk team replacing a spreadsheet register that cannot show which controls a given vendor failure would affect are not what Periscope Holdings is typically brought in for.
What can LogicManager do that Periscope Holdings cannot?
LogicManager covers Risk taxonomy, Unlimited users, Risk assessments, Third-party risk. Periscope Holdings covers Sealed bid solicitation, Supplier registration network, Contract catalogues, Cooperative purchasing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

LogicManager: Is LogicManager really unlimited users?

Yes. It licences on a fixed annual fee covering the organisation rather than per seat, which is the main reason mid-market buyers pick it.

Periscope Holdings: Who owns Periscope Holdings?

mdf commerce acquired it in 2021, and mdf commerce was itself acquired by KKR in 2024.

LogicManager: What does it cost?

Not published. Mid-market ERM platforms of this class typically sit in the low tens of thousands of dollars a year, quoted by scope.

Periscope Holdings: Is it suitable for a single city?

Usually not. It is built and priced for statewide or very large agency programmes.

LogicManager: Is it a compliance automation tool like Drata?

No. It is enterprise risk management with audit and vendor risk, not continuous control monitoring for SOC 2 evidence collection.

Periscope Holdings: What is BuySpeed?

The e-procurement platform behind its statewide deployments, covering solicitation through catalogue ordering and reporting.

LogicManager: How long does implementation take?

Weeks to a few months, far shorter than the enterprise GRC suites, provided the risk taxonomy is agreed up front.

Periscope Holdings: Can we see what a state paid?

Yes. State procurement awards are public records and typically disclose the full multi year contract value.

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