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Head-to-head · External Audit Software

Caseware Audit vs OnPoint DAS

  • Updated Sep 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Caseware Audit #4 in External Audit Software 7.4/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Caseware Audit
OnPoint DAS #8 in External Audit Software 6.8/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 5 features Visit OnPoint DAS

Caseware Audit leads on 2 checks, OnPoint DAS on 0, and 3 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreCaseware Audit · 7.4/10
  • Most featuresCaseware Audit · 5 of 5

Caseware Audit scores higher on our rubric for external audit software: 7.4 against 6.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #8.

Caseware Audit offers workpaper templates; OnPoint DAS doesn't publish it. Caseware Audit offers client portal; OnPoint DAS doesn't publish it.

Caseware Audit is the better fit for mature firms wanting guided audit workflows. OnPoint DAS is the better fit for AICPA-oriented firms with complex engagements.

  • Caseware Audit fits best

    Mature firms wanting guided audit workflows

  • OnPoint DAS fits best

    AICPA-oriented firms with complex engagements

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Side by side

Feature Caseware Audit 7.4/10 Visit ↗ OnPoint DAS 6.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 7.4 6.8
Ranking #4 in External Audit Software #8 in External Audit Software
Best for Mature firms wanting guided audit workflows AICPA-oriented firms with complex engagements
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price Not published Not published
Free plan Not published Not published
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Built for Mid-market, Enterprise Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Caseware Audit 5/5 · OnPoint DAS 3/5
Workpaper templates ✓ (best) Not published
Evidence collection ✓ ✓
Review workflows ✓ ✓
Audit reporting ✓ ✓
Client portal ✓ (best) Not published
Specs
Deployment Web Web
Our review
Pros
  • Risk-based planning, reusable content and linked evidence support structured engagements.
  • Journal-entry analytics helps identify anomalies and trends within audit work.
  • Client requests, signed documents, review notes and sign-offs stay in one workflow.
  • Risk-responsive workflows with embedded analytics and audit response suggestions
  • Central planning supports multi-engagement and complex, multi-entity audits
  • Automated financial-statement drafting, review tools and client collaboration
Cons
  • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than a published plan structure.
  • Web deployment may not suit firms seeking a desktop product.
  • Its focus is accounting and assurance engagements rather than broader business workflows.
  • Pricing requires contact with a Caseware account manager or demo request
  • Web deployment may not suit firms seeking desktop or offline workflows
  • Its broad audit scope may exceed the needs of straightforward engagements
Our verdict

Caseware Audit is a cloud-based audit solution for accounting and assurance firms conducting engagements for private and public entities. It covers risk-based planning, guided procedures, trial-balance import and account mapping, evidence…

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OnPoint DAS, also called Dynamic Audit Solution, is cloud-based audit software for CPA firms. Built on Caseware Cloud, it combines an AICPA-aligned, data-driven methodology with guided risk-responsive workflows, client data ingestion,…

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  1. Caseware AuditExternal Audit Software 7.4Pricing on request
  2. OnPoint DASExternal Audit Software 6.8Pricing on request

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Caseware Audit — where it wins

    • Risk-based planning, reusable content and linked evidence support structured engagements.
    • Journal-entry analytics helps identify anomalies and trends within audit work.
    • Client requests, signed documents, review notes and sign-offs stay in one workflow.

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than a published plan structure.
    • Web deployment may not suit firms seeking a desktop product.
    • Its focus is accounting and assurance engagements rather than broader business workflows.

  • OnPoint DAS — where it wins

    • Risk-responsive workflows with embedded analytics and audit response suggestions
    • Central planning supports multi-engagement and complex, multi-entity audits
    • Automated financial-statement drafting, review tools and client collaboration

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing requires contact with a Caseware account manager or demo request
    • Web deployment may not suit firms seeking desktop or offline workflows
    • Its broad audit scope may exceed the needs of straightforward engagements

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026

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