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title: "Bead AI Blog: SOX Testing, ITGC & Audit Automation"
description: "Field notes from the Bead AI team on automating SOX and ITGC testing with AI agents: evidence collection, tool comparisons, and working papers."
url: "https://usebead.ai/blog"
---

# Latest blog posts

Field notes on automating SOX testing with AI agents.

### [Step-by-Step: Pick a Workiva Alternative for Audit Automation](https://usebead.ai/blog/step-step-pick-workiva-alternative-audit-automation)

Jul 27, 2026 · A four-step process for replacing Workiva: build a scorecard, compare alternatives, run a 90-day pilot on your own data, and make the business case.

### [AI Agents for SOX Compliance: Automating Audit Testing & Workpapers](https://usebead.ai/blog/ai-agents-sox-compliance-automating-audit-testing-workpapers)

Jul 24, 2026 · How AI agents cut manual SOX work: they collect evidence, test controls, flag exceptions and draft workpapers your external auditor can follow.

### [Bead AI as a Workiva Alternative for Internal Audit Automation](https://usebead.ai/blog/bead-ai-workiva-alternative-internal-audit-automation)

Jul 23, 2026 · Where Bead AI and Workiva differ on SOX testing: Workiva manages the workflow, Bead's agents execute the tests and produce the working papers.

### [Best Platforms for Automating SOX and ITGC Compliance 2026](https://usebead.ai/blog/sox-itgc-automation-ai-works-tools-lead-2026)

Jul 22, 2026 · The platforms that automate SOX and ITGC compliance in 2026, ranked on test execution, evidence collection and audit-ready output.

### [Agentic AI for SOX Controls Testing](https://usebead.ai/blog/agentic-ai-sox-controls-testing)

Mar 12, 2026 · How agentic AI tests SOX controls: evidence collection, full-population testing, exception analysis and an auditor-ready trail of every decision.

### [Audit Software Comparison: Top Tools for Internal Audit Teams in 2026](https://usebead.ai/blog/audit-software-comparison-top-tools-internal-audit-teams-2026)

Mar 12, 2026 · AuditBoard, Workiva, Diligent and AI-native platforms compared on testing execution, evidence handling, working papers and price for 2026.

### [Best AI for SOX Testing: How to Evaluate Solutions and Why AI-Native Platforms Win](https://usebead.ai/blog/best-sox-testing-tool)

Mar 12, 2026 · Five criteria that separate SOX workflow tools from AI-native platforms that actually execute tests, cover full populations, and document the result.