Arbutus Audit Analytics represents the very best in data analysis technology for audit, risk, and compliance professionals. Switching to Arbutus will allow you to deploy new types of audit tests and extend and refine current analysis capabilities. Improve personal and team productivity, and greater confidence in your findings.
The normal costs and inefficiencies associated with a software transition are greatly reduced with Arbutus. ACL Projects (including scripts) can be automatically converted to Arbutus projects, meaning your investment in customized tests and data definitions are preserved.
For many auditors who are already using audit analytics technology, the user interface and command language will be very familiar. Most users can immediately start using Arbutus. This means your existing investments in staff training and experience will help, not hinder, your transition to Arbutus.
The core technology on which Arbutus is based has been used for over 20 years by hundreds of Fortune 1,000 companies and public sector agencies all over the world. Our development team has been a leader in data analysis software innovation for over 25 years.
Arbutus’ technology ships out of the box with everything you need. There is no requirement to upgrade to other expensive and complex offerings. For audit teams, both desktop and server offerings support collaborative project sharing. For continuous monitoring, the Enterprise Edition allows scheduled execution with a simple right-click, while also providing a seamless interface between your desktop and centralized analysis platform.
As benchmark results show, Arbutus’ technology can be dramatically faster than the competition. While a typical command is 20% faster, some very common operations like importing, exporting, time and date, and fuzzy comparison range from two to hundreds of times faster. Faster performance gives you more time to produce more and better quality results. See the time benchmarks
Our technical support staff averages over 10 years of experience in the use of data analytics tools.
All our core applications are actively developed and enhanced. This means you will benefit from timely fixes, upgrades, and full new releases. Arbutus’ core development philosophy is to listen to our users and continually improve their ability to meet the challenging and evolving demands of their clients in two ways:
We understand that the size, scope, and budget of your department may vary over time. With both the Team Edition and the Enterprise Edition, Arbutus is priced and licensed to allow an audit or data analysis department to realize the maximum value from their investment, while offering the utmost flexibility as their needs evolve. When switching from other audit software, associated costs like training are minimized because of Arbutus’ built-in compatibility.
Arbutus offers licensing options that are no longer offered by ACL, specifically concurrent user licenses (ACL’s Network licenses) and perpetual use licensing (you own the license and it never expires or stops working). Arbutus also offers subscription-based licensing and dedicated desktop licenses. The goal of Arbutus is to give organizations flexibility to accommodate various budgets, needs, and circumstances.
“I use Arbutus almost every day, and I can honestly say that Arbutus has changed the way we do business.”
- Irma Torres, Corporate Billing Manager, Disability Services of the Southwest
