If you have completed the gap assessment, read through the methodology, and had the diagnostic conversation — this article is for you. It describes, precisely, the decision you are now making and the single action that follows from it.
The Decision You Are Making
The diagnostic conversation has already done most of the work. It surfaced the specific gaps in your rebate accrual documentation, named the vendor programs where the exposure is concentrated, and produced a proposed scope for what governing those programs would require.
The decision in front of you is not about software. It is not about vendor relationships, implementation timelines, or whether Aurgus is a company you want a long relationship with. It is a narrower question: does the documentation gap the diagnostic conversation confirmed have a cost — in audit exposure, in accrual inaccuracy, in month-end reconciliation time — that exceeds $600 per month?
That is the entire decision.
If the answer is yes, the next step is a reply. If the answer is no — if the diagnostic conversation surfaced gaps that exist but are not costing you that much — then the conversation will have made that clear too. A diagnostic that concludes the exposure is small is still a useful outcome. It means the gap is bounded, and the conversation was worth having.
The question is not “is Aurgus good?” It is “is this gap worth $600 a month to close?” Only you can answer that. But the diagnostic conversation has given you the material to answer it.
What “Ready” Looks Like Specifically
If you are asking whether you have done enough evaluation to make this decision, here is a first-person checklist. Work through it.
- The gap assessment surfaced meaningful gaps in four or more of the seven areas it covers. I did not get a clean scorecard.
- The methodology description at /answers/aurgus-methodology/ describes the problem I actually have — not a theoretical version of it, not a problem adjacent to mine, but the specific documentation and accrual governance gap I recognized when I read it.
- The diagnostic conversation confirmed the gap is real. It did not raise new questions without answering them. It produced a proposed scope: specific vendor programs, specific documentation categories, a first close cycle I could picture.
- I have read the pricing page and $600 per month is not a surprise. I understand what that covers, what it does not cover, and how the flat rate is structured. There are no components I am unclear on.
- I understand what the first 90 days produces. I know what a governed documentation package looks like after one close cycle, and I know what the ongoing cadence becomes after the first cycle is complete.
- I have either made the internal case or I am the decision-maker and do not need to. The procurement path is clear.
If all of those statements are true, the evaluation is complete. I am ready.
What Happens When You Reply
Send an email to [email protected]. That is the only next step. No booking link, no form, no intake process.
The first response will be a single question: which vendor programs do you want to start with?
That question has a specific purpose. The diagnostic conversation may have surfaced several vendor programs with documentation gaps — not all carry equal accrual exposure. Your answer tells us where to focus the program mapping session (60–90 minutes), where we map the programs against the data fields Aurgus tracks, confirm the close cycle structure, and establish the first accrual period we will document.
After the program mapping session: the first close cycle. After the first close cycle: the first governed documentation package — vendor terms, accrual entries, reconciliation log, the structured output the onboarding article describes.
The diagnostic conversation has already happened. The evaluation is complete. The only remaining action is a reply.
What If You Are Not Ready Yet
If any of the checklist items above are unresolved, the right path is back to the evaluation step that is incomplete — not forward to a decision.
If you have not completed the gap assessment: start there. The assessment takes about fifteen minutes and tells you where your documentation gaps are concentrated.
If you have not had the diagnostic conversation yet: this article explains what that conversation is, who conducts it, and what it produces. The diagnostic is the step that turns a gap assessment into a specific scope.
If you still need to make the internal business case: this article walks through the structure of that case — the exposure framing, the cost comparison, the governance language that lands with a CFO or controller.
If you are still evaluating whether Aurgus is the right fit for your situation: the fit criteria article is explicit about where Aurgus works well and where it does not.
If the pricing is still unclear: this article breaks down what $600 per month covers and what falls outside it.
If the onboarding process is still unclear: this article describes the first close cycle and what the first 90 days produces, week by week.
None of these are reasons to delay if you have already worked through them. They are only relevant if a step is genuinely incomplete.
The One Thing That Changes Nothing
If you are waiting for a reference customer to call before you decide — that customer does not exist yet. We have published that directly at /answers/why-no-customers-yet/, along with the reason we chose to publish it rather than obscure it.
If the absence of a reference customer is what is keeping you from a decision, the evaluation guide describes how to reach a confident decision without one. It covers what documentation to request, what questions to ask in the diagnostic conversation, and how to structure a trial close cycle that produces verifiable output before a full commitment.
The decision you are making is about the gap in your environment — whether it is real, whether the diagnostic conversation confirmed it, and whether closing it is worth $600 a month. It is not a decision about how old Aurgus is, how many customers we have, or whether the company will exist in five years. Those are real questions. They are addressed in the evaluation guide. But they are not the same question as: does this gap cost more than $600 a month to leave unaddressed?
Closing
There is no urgency here. No limited availability, no enrollment window, no offer that expires.
The gap either exists in your environment or it does not. The diagnostic conversation either confirmed it or it did not. If both are true, the next step is a reply to [email protected].
If either is not true, the next step is more evaluation. The articles at /answers/ are there for exactly that.
If you are ready, reply. If you are not, the evaluation path is open.