TCO: the hidden cost of legacy EA platforms
The license price is just the visible part. A breakdown of the total cost of ownership of an enterprise architecture platform.
When an organization evaluates an enterprise architecture platform, attention naturally goes to the license price. That’s a mistake. The real cost plays out elsewhere.
Beyond the license
The total cost of ownership of an EA platform breaks down into several often-underestimated layers: initial integration, team training, annual maintenance, infrastructure costs, and above all the time needed to reach value.
Legacy suites carry high implementation costs, long deployment cycles and a steep learning curve. These factors, far more than the entry price, weigh on the real budget.
The EA-Wizard proposition
Our approach aims to compress each of these layers. Fast deployment, an interface designed for architects, and complete functional coverage without add-on modules to acquire separately.
The result: a controlled total cost, and above all a dramatically reduced time to value. For an architecture team, the real question isn’t “how much does the tool cost” but “how soon does it produce value”.