Submarine review
A regional GRC platform with broad control, risk and compliance coverage.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Submarine is a governance, risk and compliance platform for insurers and brokers across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC. Its coverage spans multi-framework control mapping, control testing, evidence and findings, risk registers, residual-risk scoring, third-party risk, key risk indicators, incident tracking and audit trails. It is suited to organizations that need regional frameworks alongside standards such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST frameworks and the EU AI Act, rather than teams seeking a narrow compliance checklist tool.
Pricing is organized into Basic and Enterprise. Basic costs $9,000 per year with annual billing and includes frameworks, controls, evidence and findings; risk and third-party risk registers; residual risk, appetite, KRIs and incident tracking; AI risk assessments; RBAC, custom fields, Excel import and an append-only audit trail. Enterprise includes everything in Basic, then adds policies and a policy document store, business continuity plans, tasks, action plans, reminders, an AI Copilot, REST API access and API keys. SSO is also included with Enterprise. The annual starting price makes Submarine a considered purchase for organizations with formal governance needs, while Enterprise is better aligned with teams that need broader operational workflows and system access.
The platform’s breadth is its defining strength: it connects framework work, testing, evidence, risk, vendors, policies, continuity and audit history in one product. Its support for NCA ECC-2:2024, SAMA CSF, OTCC, ADHICS v2, UAE IA, CBUAE Rulebook, DHA NABIDH, Saudi PDPL and other frameworks gives it a clear regional focus. Organizations needing GCC-specific coverage and a broad GRC scope should consider Submarine. Smaller teams with simpler requirements, lower budgets or a preference for a basic compliance tracker may find the annual entry price and Enterprise-dependent capabilities less suitable.
Submarine pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Supports GCC, international and AI-related frameworks
- Combines controls, evidence, risks, vendors and audit trails
- Enterprise adds policies, continuity, AI Copilot and REST API
- Where it doesn't
- Starts at $9,000 per year on annual billing
- Enterprise pricing is custom
- Advanced capabilities are reserved for Enterprise
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