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How is Archways different from a CMDB or application inventory?

A CMDB shows what applications exist and how they connect. It provides important visibility, but it doesn’t guide decisions about what should change in the portfolio. Archways uses that inventory as context, then helps teams decide which tools to keep or retire, where there is duplication, how new tools fit into the existing architecture, and what actions to take at renewal.

Asked by Fiorella Bianchi · Sep 15, 2025

How is Archways different from a procurement platform?

Procurement platforms manage sourcing and purchasing workflows. They are designed to run processes like RFPs, approvals, and vendor onboarding. They assume a decision has already been made. Archways sits earlier in the process. It helps teams determine whether a decision needs to be made at all, define what matters before engaging vendors, narrow down options, and make trade-offs explicit. When a formal procurement process is needed, it starts from a much more structured position.

Asked by Hana Kobayashi · Sep 6, 2025

Does Archways replace our existing systems?

No. Archways is designed to sit on top of your existing systems, not replace them. Most organisations already have tools for different parts of the stack, for example a CMDB or application inventory such as ServiceNow or LeanIX, SAM or licensing tools such as Flexera, procurement and contract systems, and spreadsheets used to track renewals or vendors. Archways uses those as inputs. It brings that data together and adds the missing layer, which is how to decide what to do next. Those systems continue to do what they’re designed for. Archways makes them more useful by turning their data into clear, actionable decisions.

Asked by Olamide Fashola · Aug 23, 2025

What data does Archways actually use?

Archways combines your internal software data with independent external intelligence to support decisions. Internally, it uses the data you already have, such as contracts, renewal dates, and notice periods, spend, pricing structure, and commitments, ownership across teams or business units, application inventory and architecture context, and usage or criticality signals where available. Externally, Archways adds independent context that most organisations don’t have in one place, including vendor and product coverage across the software market, capability-level comparisons between tools, evidence on where products overlap or differ in real use, commercial context that helps teams assess leverage and alternatives, and governance and policy context. You don’t need a perfect inventory to get started. Most teams begin with partial data and improve it over time as decisions are made and captured.

Asked by Petros Georgiou · Aug 7, 2025

Do we need clean data to get value?

No. Most teams start with incomplete, inconsistent, or fragmented data. In practice, software data is spread across systems or missing key fields. Archways is designed to work with that reality, not wait for a perfect inventory. Teams typically start with a usable subset, for example a list of upcoming renewals, basic contract and spend data, and partial ownership or application data. Over time, data improves as a byproduct of decision-making. The goal is not to clean all your data upfront. It’s to make better decisions with what you have today, and improve data quality naturally as those decisions are made.

Asked by Tariq Aziz · Jul 29, 2025