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

We have 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, fail or delay its implementation by a year (until they buy workshops). This is particularly higher for those coming from spreadsheets or who are just starting out in GRC.

Failure to implement eramba typically means:

1. Loss of money (license).
2. Waste of time (trying to implement, learn, etc.).
3. Disappoint the stakeholders who supported the initiative.

Failure is much more than the 2500 EUR or 5000 EUR that our license costs. In fact, licensing is probably the least of the 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:

1. 20 hours of reading our documentation.
2. 20 hours of practice of what you read in a test eramba facility (or in our demonstration).
3. 10 hours of email support to our core team to clarify questions.
4. 20 hours of configuration (custom fields, risk settings, filters, notifications, access lists, dynamic status, etc.).

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

Our compliance and risk workshops were designed because it doesn't make sense to go through that whole process alone. You risk its implementation, we risk having an unsatisfied customer. Also, some people lose focus as they have other things to do. It's a bit like paying for a personal trainer, the trainer pushes you to reach your goal and teaches you how to do it optimally.

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

You will still need to complete our learning trainings (20 hours). We'll practice and configure eramba for your specific use cases, together, in about 8 hours of time. All of your questions will be answered during these meetings. You'll gain 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 that there's a big difference between customers 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 make this cheaper.​

You will 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 EUR. Figure out what your hourly rate is, and you'll see that in most cases, you're not saving money by doing things on your own.

We attach information sheets about the workshops, if you have questions let us know:support@eramba.org

Compliance Workshop Summary (4)(95.5KB)

Risk Workshop Summary (4)(95.5KB)

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