Dimeri Internal Audits

Overview

Dimeri Internal Audits is a web-based audit module within Dimeri’s GRC platform, aimed at organisations with formal audit oversight. It brings planning and follow-up into one workspace, but access to the fuller workpaper, reporting, and integration workflow depends on plan choice.

Key features

Plan and coordinate audits

The risk-based annual plan, coverage mapping, audit calendar, and resource utilisation tracking connect planned work with timing and capacity. This is useful for teams coordinating a recurring audit programme; it is less compelling for buyers who need a standalone tool with confirmed connectors on its entry tier.

Workpapers and testing

Dimeri can draft workpapers from engagement scope and prior findings, including procedures, observations, and conclusions, with version history. AI assistance can provide a structured starting point, while the version record helps teams follow changes. Workpaper management may require an upgrade, so the free workspace should not be treated as a complete fieldwork environment. Controls testing and risk assessment are supported.

Findings and reporting

Findings can capture severity, root causes, and management responses, link to risks and controls, and move through follow-up actions with automated overdue reminders. That combination makes remediation easier to track than a findings register alone. Audit reports include executive summaries, findings, and recommendations and can be exported to PDF or Word, though automated reporting may require an upgrade.

Standards, security, and access

Dimeri says its workflows align with IIA Standards, King IV, PFMA, and AGSA requirements, a useful orientation for organisations working under those frameworks. It says data is encrypted in transit and at rest, workspaces are isolated, and customer data is not used to train AI models. Owner, Admin, Member, and Viewer roles and a full activity audit trail support controlled access; SAML single sign-on is for Business customers.

Pricing

Dimeri uses a freemium model. The Free plan is free (billed R0/ forever) and includes 10 AI messages per day, AI dashboard access, and basic GRC research and drafting. The audit workspace adds planning, engagement management, and findings tracking for up to three users, but has no connectors; workpaper management, automated reporting, and premium integrations may require an upgrade. Standard email support is included.

Starter costs 300 ZAR a month (billed R300/ month) for unlimited AI messages, Research mode, and policy and checklist drafting. It includes standard email support, but the listed plan benefits do not add audit capabilities or connectors. Professional costs 500 ZAR a month (billed R500/ month) and adds PDF, Word, and Excel export, custom dashboards, and Kanban boards to Starter, with priority email support.

Business costs 700 ZAR a month (billed R700/ month) and adds Excel, Google Drive, OneDrive, and SharePoint connectors to Professional, plus SAML single sign-on and priority email support. Enterprise has custom pricing and includes the full record modules, including Internal Audit, Risk Register, AI-linked Controls, AI Reports, team collaboration, dedicated onboarding, and an African regulatory corpus. It is the clearest route for organisations seeking the broader suite, but requires a demo to establish price.

Platforms

Dimeri Internal Audits is available on web. Teams needing desktop or mobile apps should look elsewhere.

Who it's for

Dimeri identifies listed companies, public sector entities, financial institutions, SOEs, and organisations with audit committees or regulatory oversight as intended users. Its standards alignment and follow-up workflow suit teams managing formal audit cycles; the free workspace is best for a small team assessing basic planning and findings coordination, not one that needs connectors or the complete workpaper and reporting workflow without an upgrade.

Pros and cons

Pros

• End-to-end audit structure: Planning, workpapers, findings, remediation, and committee-oriented reports cover key stages of an audit cycle.
• Useful follow-up controls: Severity, root-cause and management-response fields, risk and control links, and overdue reminders help keep findings actionable.
• Accessible starting point: The free audit workspace supports up to three users for planning, engagement management, and findings tracking.
• Security and governance features: Workspace isolation, encryption, role-based access, and an activity audit trail address important organisational controls.

Cons

• Free tier is constrained: No connectors, a three-user audit cap, and possible upgrade requirements for workpapers and automated reporting limit its use as a full audit system.
• Plan boundaries are not seamless: Starter and Professional mainly add GRC drafting and general platform features; the stated connectors arrive with Business, while the full record modules are tied to custom-priced Enterprise.
• Web-only access: Teams requiring native mobile or desktop platforms will need another option.

Alternatives

• Internal Audit Software is the category directory for comparing more audit tools.
• Archer Audit Engagements & Workpapers is worth considering if broad platform availability, including mobile, desktop, web, and self-hosted options, matters more than Dimeri’s free workspace.
• PonoAudit suits buyers who want a paid audit product with a free trial and published seat and storage allowances on its Essentials and Professional plans.
• Protecht is an alternative for teams considering a web-based, paid ERM product with annual licensing and pricing tied to named active users.
• Workiva Audit Management may suit organisations looking for a customized paid plan with unlimited seats or users.
• assureIQ is another paid option.
• CORAA is worth comparing for buyers who prefer a paid audit package with a 10-entity purchase and unlimited users.
• Guardial Audit Management is a paid alternative with a written proposal sized to the customer's stage and program.
• Ideagen Internal Audit is another paid, web-based option.

Verdict

Dimeri Internal Audits is a strong fit for small audit teams in regulated or oversight-heavy organisations that want planning, findings follow-up, and an accessible way to start in one web workspace. Its main advantage is the joined-up audit workflow; its main drawback is that connectors and parts of the workpaper and reporting workflow can push teams beyond the free tier, with the full record modules reserved for custom-priced Enterprise. Choose it if the free audit core matches your needs and you can confirm the required capabilities in your plan; look elsewhere if broad platform access or a clearly bounded, connector-rich entry plan is essential.