As many of you know, this project seeks to democratize GRC by providing free or affordable GRC training, templates, and software (more on our business model in entry 9 of this FAQ).

We've sold over a thousand Eramba licenses since we started in 2016 and have learned a lot from our customers and the community about how to best implement Eramba.

Statistically, we know that approximately 70% of our customers who use Eramba without understanding how it works either fail or delay their implementation within a year (until they purchase workshops). This is particularly true for those coming from spreadsheets or those just starting out in GRC.

Failing to implement eramba typically means:

• Loss of money (license).
• Waste of time (trying to implement, learn, etc.).
• Disappointing stakeholders who supported the initiative.

Failing is much more than the €2,500 or €5,000 our license costs. In fact, the license is probably the least of our problems (by the way, failing in the context of our competitors' pricing is literally at least 10-20 times worse).

If you want to avoid falling into that 70% we mentioned earlier, you need to understand how Eramba works and then start your implementation on the right foot. For Risk and Compliance use cases, this means:

• 20 hours of reading our documentation.
• 20 hours of practicing what you read on a test Eramba installation (or our demo).
• 10 hours of email support to our core team to answer any questions.
• 20 hours of configuration (custom fields, risk settings, filters, notifications, access lists, dynamic status, etc.).

In total, a GRC expert would require approximately 70 hours of dedication (this time, in elapsed terms, equals one month in an agile company) to be ready to implement. This assumes they are fast learners and have experience with GRC.

Our compliance and risk workshops were designed because it doesn't make sense to go through the entire process alone. You risk implementing it, we risk having an unhappy client. Plus, some people lose focus because they have other things to do. It's a bit like paying for a personal trainer: the trainer pushes you to achieve your goal and teaches you how to do it optimally.

For the reasons above, we created our 8-hour, fixed-price workshops (800 EUR) that help you through the entire process mentioned above.

You'll still need to complete our 20-hour learning sessions. We'll practice and configure Eramba for your specific use cases together in approximately 8 hours. All your questions will be answered during these meetings. You'll acquire all the skills you need to continue on your own. See the comparison for yourself:

We know this isn't scientific, but we also know there's a big difference between clients who participate in workshops and those who don't.

As you can see in the table above:

• You'll get things done faster (because we help you do it together on a Zoom call). If your time (and your team's) comes at a cost, there's no way you can do this cheaper.
• You'll have a much better chance of success. If risk is your concern, the risk of failure (as described above) is greatly mitigated by investing €800. Calculate your hourly rate and you'll see that, in most cases, you're not saving money by doing things on your own.

We've attached information sheets about the workshops. If you have any questions, please let us know:support@eramba.org

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