Product & value
The first questions explain what ARVANIS measures, who it is built for, and what the basic entry path looks like.
Frequently asked questions on ARVANIS, entry, and pricing
The most important questions about ARVANIS, IT maturity, and getting started – answered concisely.
Product, entry, and pricing
What this FAQ hub brings together
Here you will find answers to the most common questions about ARVANIS – from the platform and getting started to pricing and packages.
Pricing & onboarding
The second group bundles the most concrete questions around packages, entry costs, enterprise logic, and time to start.
Expanded from real-world questions
This page is regularly extended with additional questions from real-world practice.
Questions about value, target group, and entry
These three questions are the most compact orientation for readers who first want to understand ARVANIS at a basic level.
What does ARVANIS measure?
ARVANIS evaluates IT maturity, risk, priorities, and decision pressure across seven dimensions in one shared steering model.
Who is ARVANIS built for?
ARVANIS is built for executive leadership, CIOs, IT leaders, and transformation owners in midmarket companies and enterprise groups.
How do you get started with ARVANIS?
The entry point starts with a demo, an assessment of your current setup, and a fitting combination of package, onboarding, and next steering step.
How does ARVANIS assess IT maturity?
ARVANIS assesses IT maturity across 7 dimensions (IT strategy, cybersecurity, cloud & infrastructure, data management, AI, innovation capability, IT organisation) on a 4-level maturity model. The result is a prioritised list of findings with pressure to act and recommended measures.
What is the difference between IT governance and IT maturity?
IT maturity describes the current stage of development of an IT organisation. IT governance describes the structures and processes used to steer IT. ARVANIS combines both: maturity assessment as the basis, governance routines as the outcome.
When is the quick check no longer enough?
The quick check gives a first orientation. If you need a dependable basis for management decisions and budget approvals, the full platform is the right next step.
How quickly is a first management-ready roadmap created?
After onboarding, usually in 2–3 weeks.
Which company sizes is ARVANIS suitable for?
ARVANIS is aimed at Mittelstand companies with 50 to 3,000 employees. Enterprise groups can compare maturity levels across companies.
Questions about pricing and onboarding
These seven questions cover the most common buying and entry topics from the pricing page.
What does ARVANIS cost exactly?
Foundation starts at 6,900 EUR / year*, Professional at 12,900 EUR / year*. Enterprise is calculated as an individual quote. Onboarding starts at 1,490 EUR one-time* and is mandatory in year one for Foundation and Professional.
Why is Enterprise available on request only?
Enterprise is scoped based on your organisational structure, number of units, and the support model required. That is why there is no fixed public list price.
Is onboarding mandatory?
In year one, onboarding is mandatory for Foundation and Professional and starts at 1,490 EUR one-time*. For Enterprise, onboarding scope is aligned individually depending on the package setup.
Can we start with Foundation and upgrade later?
Yes. A change from Foundation to Professional or Enterprise is possible as soon as your governance needs or organizational complexity increase.
Is ARVANIS a compliance tool?
No. ARVANIS is a platform for IT steering, prioritisation, and management decisions. Compliance requirements can be structured within it, but they are not the sole focus.
What company size is ARVANIS designed for?
ARVANIS is designed for organisations with 50 to 3,000 employees.
How quickly can we start?
In most cases, we can start within 2 to 4 weeks after alignment on package, onboarding scope, and key contacts.
When is Foundation sufficient?
Foundation is suitable for Mittelstand companies with 50–249 employees that want a structured entry into IT maturity assessment and prioritisation without needing the full feature set immediately.
Why is onboarding mandatory?
Onboarding ensures that the platform is configured correctly from the start and that the team begins in a structured way. It is not a support product, but part of the result: first management-ready view in 2–3 weeks.
What is not a use case for ARVANIS?
Pure compliance documentation without steering ambition, one-off audits without repetition, corporations with their own enterprise architecture team.
When is Enterprise the right fit?
Enterprise is aimed at companies from around 1,500 employees or enterprise groups that want to manage and compare maturity levels across multiple companies.
How long until the first management output?
Usually 2–3 weeks after onboarding is completed.
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