Excel & VBA · Independent assessment

Your business runs on a workbook nobody fully understands.

The person who built it may be gone; the macros still run — until they don't. Evidale assesses it independently and hands you a decision you can act on, with the inventory, the risks and the testing plan behind it. Fixed price, entirely in writing, in days.

Request a fit check Read a sample report
Fixed priceQuoted upfront, no surprises
100% written & asyncNo calls, no meetings
Anonymised data onlyWe tell you what to strip
Days, not monthsDelivery in 5–7 business days
The deliverable

Migration Readiness Assessment

One business-critical workbook or Access application, assessed end to end. You get a document, not a meeting — and a verdict, not a sales pitch.

What lands in your inbox

€790 flat · Triage from €290
  • Full inventory: sheets, macros, named ranges, external links and hidden dependencies
  • Risk register: key-person risk, versioning, fragility, security exposure
  • One clear verdict: Keep · Stabilize · Partially Migrate · Replace
  • Recommended target architecture, with realistic options — not a rewrite by default
  • Testing blueprint: golden outputs and parallel-run acceptance criteria
  • Effort and cost estimate for whatever step comes next
"Keep" is a valid verdict. We don't sell migrations — we sell the decision. If your workbook deserves to live, the report will say so, and why. We have nothing to gain from the answer.
Start with the 5-minute fit check →
When people write to us

The moment it stops being ignorable

Four situations account for almost every assessment we deliver. If one of them is yours, the report is designed to be the thing you hand to whoever comes next.

The author has leftThe file still runs the department and nobody can explain it. Support is now guesswork on someone else's logic.
You are about to hire for itBefore committing a salary to keeping a system alive, it is worth knowing exactly what you would be keeping alive — and what to hire for.
A migration is on the tableSomeone proposed rebuilding it. The honest question is which parts deserve to move, which can retire, and what it truly costs.
An audit or a buyer is comingYou need the system documented to a standard that holds up in front of someone who is not on your side.
Method

How we work

Four steps, all of them in writing. Most engagements go from first contact to delivered report in under two weeks.

1

Fit check

A 5-minute written form. We confirm fit within 24 hours on business days — or tell you plainly it's not for us.

2

Fixed quote, in writing

Scope, price and delivery date in one page. No upsell, no discovery calls.

3

You send anonymised files

Our checklist tells you exactly what to strip or mask before anything leaves your machine.

4

Delivery in 5–7 business days

The full deliverable, plus one round of written Q&A included. Follow-up work only if you ask.

Why everything in writing?

Writing forces precision. You get answers you can search, forward and audit — not meeting notes and half-memories. We answer within 24 hours on business days, usually faster. If a question genuinely needs a conversation, it usually means the question isn't clear yet — we'll help you sharpen it, in writing.

Data handling & scope limits

  • Anonymised extracts only — never live credentials, never account access
  • Files deleted 30 days after delivery
  • Never used to train anything
  • We do not take on banking, financial-services, insurance or investment-sector work
Proof

Judge the deliverable, not the promises

We are a small independent studio and we don't ask you to take our word for anything. Read a complete assessment before you write to us — same structure, same depth as the one you would receive.

Sample: Migration Readiness Assessment

A complete assessment for a fictional UK fabrication SME — a 12-year-old planning workbook, 19 sheets, 13 VBA modules, author retired. Fictional client, real depth.

Read the sample report
For consultancies

Working with MSPs and Microsoft partners

If clients keep arriving at your door with an inherited Access or Excel system, the first deliverable they need is a structured assessment — and it is rarely worth your senior hours.

We produce the same assessment white-label, under your brand or ours: inventory, risk register, verdict, testing blueprint, honest effort ranges. Wholesale terms are agreed in writing before anything starts, and there is no exclusivity and no minimum.

We stay out of your way. Evidale does assessments only — no migrations, no retainers, no support contracts. The remediation work your client needs afterwards stays entirely yours: we have no route to compete for it even if we wanted to.
Ask about partner terms → (mention "partner" and we'll reply in writing)

Not sure it's a fit?

That is exactly what the fit check is for. Five minutes, in writing, no obligation — and if it isn't for us, we say so plainly and tell you why.

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