No six-figure contracts. No consultant-dependent onboarding. No diagrams you have to reformat for two hours before a presentation. Just tools that work.
All three are free while in beta — and they will never be expensive
The tools that exist were built to win procurement deals, not to help architects do their jobs. We're done with that.
$30,000–$100,000 per year for software that does things you could do in Visio. Pricing designed to be buried in IT budgets, not to deliver commensurate value.
Complex metamodels, mandatory training courses, professional services engagements. By the time you're "onboarded," the project has already moved on without you.
You export a capability map, spend the next hour tidying it in PowerPoint before the leadership meeting. Then someone asks for a small change and you start over. Every time.
Proprietary formats, no real CSV export, switching costs baked in at every layer. They make it expensive to leave so you never ask whether staying is actually worth it.
I am so tired of expensive Enterprise Architecture tools that don't do the things I want. I want tools that do the boring work — like laying out a model I can actually hand to someone.— Nick Malik, the Enterprise Architect building this
All three tools are free during beta. They import from CSV, export to PowerPoint, and take minutes — not months — to learn.
Build business capability maps from a spreadsheet, arrange them visually, rate maturity, link to strategic initiatives, and export editable PowerPoint slides — all in a browser, in minutes.
Open Capability Modeler → ↓ See how it worksMap how strategies create demand for objectives, programs, projects, systems, and technologies. Instantly see what lacks strategic alignment — and export a slide that tells the whole story.
Open BDN → ↓ See how it worksScore your EA function across 12 practice domains. Get a prioritized 90-day action plan, track progress as you improve, and compare assessments over time to measure growth.
Open EA Advisor →A browser-based editor for business capability models. Import from a spreadsheet, arrange visually, and export to native PowerPoint shapes — not a screenshot.
Paste your existing capability inventory from a spreadsheet. Import it and click Auto Layout — you have a clean, presentation-ready model in under two minutes.
Move groups and capabilities freely. Click outside a group and everything snaps into a neat grid automatically. No fiddling with alignment guides.
Export to real PowerPoint shapes — not a flat image. Every box is a native object you can recolor, resize, and annotate inside your existing slide templates.
Rate each capability's current and target maturity on a 1–10 scale. Enable the heatmap to see gaps as green, amber, and red — instantly readable in any boardroom.
Link capabilities to strategic initiatives. Select a strategy and the heatmap shows only the maturity gaps that matter for that initiative — everything else fades.
Create filtered views for different audiences without duplicating work. The board sees the full picture; technology teams see just their relevant capabilities.
A visual network that connects strategies to the technology investments needed to deliver them. Built for architects who need to communicate alignment — fast.
Model the full chain: Strategy → Objective → Program → Project → System → Technology. Each arrow answers the question "what depends on what?"
Items with no upstream connection are automatically flagged with a red indicator — instantly showing which projects or systems lack strategic justification.
Click any item to highlight every ancestor and descendant in the network. Great for impact analysis and explaining dependencies to non-technical audiences.
Import from any spreadsheet — column names don't have to match. A live preview lets you map your headers to BDN fields before a single row is imported.
Create named views that show only the subset of the network reachable from a chosen strategy. One model, many stakeholder-specific perspectives.
Export the canvas as an editable PowerPoint slide, a high-resolution image, or a full CSV of all items and connections — ready to re-import or share.
A structured maturity assessment grounded in research on how EA programs actually grow — not a generic checklist, but a scored, prioritized path from where you are to where you need to be.
The model is built on a research-backed framework for how EA practices develop — covering 12 domains from Governance and Architecture Practice to Business Alignment and Technology Management. Each domain has five maturity levels with specific, observable criteria.
Walk through targeted questions for each domain at your own pace. The tool scores your responses against the maturity model and produces a clear, quantified picture of where your EA function is strong and where it's holding you back.
The scoring engine generates a 30/60/90-day action plan automatically — prioritizing the domains with the most critical gaps first. You get a concrete, sequenced list of improvements rather than a vague radar chart and a shrug.
Check off action items as you complete them. The tool records completion dates so you can show stakeholders not just what you're planning, but what you've already done and when. Print the checklist to share with your leadership team.
Share an assessment with colleagues so multiple perspectives can contribute to the responses. Collaborators can answer questions in their domain of expertise — giving you a more accurate picture than any single person can produce alone.
Close a completed assessment and use it as a locked baseline. Run a follow-on assessment months later and compare the two side-by-side to measure actual growth — domain by domain — with a visual overlay showing where you've improved.
No credit card. No trial expiry. Just free.
We're in beta. The product is still evolving and it would be wrong to charge full price for something we're still building together with early users.
When we move out of beta, there will be a paid tier. It will be the kind of number a solo architect can afford — not the kind that requires a purchase order and three stakeholder sign-offs.
The goal has always been practical tools at honest prices. That won't change. Early users who help shape the product will always get a better deal than anyone who comes later.
Two tools are live today. More are coming — each targeting a specific, painful, expensive problem that Enterprise Architecture teams deal with every week.
All three tools are free, browser-based, and ready in minutes — no installation, no IT approval, no consultant required.