EA
The Midmarket EA Gap
Organisations with 200-5,000 employees need EA but can't justify enterprise tooling. The gap is not a tool gap — it's a structure gap.
MidmarketEA ToolsPortfolio Management
Apr 16, 2026·6 min read
FROM STRATEGY TO PORTFOLIO
We have a strategy.We have an IT portfolio.Nobody can see how they connect.
Spekir changes that. One place where your strategy, applications and decisions live together, so you can see what holds together and what doesn’t.
SIX SITUATIONS WE SOLVE
You might recognise one or two.
01
"What are we actually spending on IT?"
Your CFO asks about the IT budget on Friday. You have an overview from 2023, an invoice export, and a gut feeling. Spekir pulls licences, operations and contracts into one place. Not perfect, but good enough for Friday, and better than last year.
Applications + Cost tracking
02
"Does any of this connect to what we promised the board?"
Three strategic themes in January. 47 projects in September. How many actually pull in those three directions? Spekir shows your strategy and initiatives in the same view, so the answer is one click away.
Strategy + Alignment
03
"Where are we exposed?"
Your ERP vendor got acquired last week. Which systems break if migration drags on? Spekir shows the full dependency tree, not just the parts you could remember.
Applications + Dependencies
04
"What can we cut, and what mustn’t be touched?"
15% out of next year’s IT budget. The easy path is proportional cuts. The right path is knowing what backs the strategy, and what’s just been running since 2017. Spekir gives you the starting point for that conversation.
TIME assessment
05
"Who decided this, and why?"
Two years on, you’re stuck with an integration nightmare. The architect who made the call has moved on. Spekir keeps decisions where they belong: on the system itself, not in a forgotten PowerPoint.
Decisions (ADR)
06
"We have 400 systems. We know 80 of them."
It’s the first honest answer most IT leaders give if you ask them without witnesses. Spekir doesn’t require you to map everything first. Import what you have, let the AI guess the rest, correct it as you go.
AI import + enrichment
WHO WE BUILD FOR
Built for midmarket EA teams
Used by enterprise architects and IT leaders in Scandinavian organisations who want strategy and portfolio to hold together — without the complexity of Ardoq or LeanIX.
100–1,000
applications
6
AI-powered features
4
industry templates
Nordic
focus
Enterprise architecture has always been consulting work. Spekir turns it into a product.
So what is Atlas?
Atlas is a tool for leaders who want their strategy and IT portfolio to connect. Not an EA platform for EAs. Not an 18-month implementation project. A place where strategy, applications and decisions live together, so you can navigate them as one thing.
Built for companies with 200 to 5,000 employees. A simpler alternative to Ardoq and LeanIX, at a price and complexity that fits.
Need a sparring partner?
Atlas is the tool. But sometimes you need someone who's been in the chair before. We offer EA advisory for strategy, portfolio and architecture decisions.
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