Spreadsheet reconciliations
Analysts spend days every month exporting and comparing data from different systems. The process is slow, fragile and depends on one or two people.
Data assurance platform
Prove your systems agree.
Scrutiny connects to your operational systems, reconciles them automatically and keeps a complete audit trail of every match and exception. Use it to control day-to-day operations, prove a system migration moved every record correctly, and report on numbers you can defend.
- Configured, not custom-coded
- Audit trail from day one
- Projects or managed service
DEMO001 · Bank ↔ General ledger
Completed
Records processed62
Matched77.4%
Exception cases10
- Bank item missing in GL3
- GL item missing in bank3
- Data quality2
- Duplicate payment1
- Ambiguous match1
Reference run on the v0.1 platform · illustrative figures · synthetic data
The problem
Dashboards are easy. Trusting the numbers is hard.
Most organisations already have reports. What they lack is evidence that the systems behind those reports agree, and that data moved between systems arrived complete and correct.
Migrations that "succeed"
An import that finishes without errors does not prove the migration is right. Records go missing, values change and codes map incorrectly without anyone noticing.
Audit questions with no answers
When an auditor, regulator or board asks you to prove a figure, the evidence is spread across inboxes and desktops instead of one controlled record.
How it works
From raw data to reconciled, reportable truth
One platform with shared metadata underneath your reporting. New sources, rules and clients are added as configuration, not new code.
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Connect
Reusable connectors land source data unchanged, with a fingerprint and audit record for every load.
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Standardise
Mappings turn each source into consistent, typed fields. Bad rows are flagged, never silently dropped.
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Reconcile
Configurable rules match on your keys with tolerances, and control totals prove every record lands exactly once.
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Resolve
Every break becomes a case with severity, owner, SLA, ageing and an append-only history.
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Report
Governed reporting marts feed Power BI, with drill-through from any KPI to the source records.
Roadmap Scrutiny AI will sit across every step, explaining exceptions, trends and anomalies from governed evidence. It suggests; people approve.
The platform
One platform, modular capabilities
Start with the problem that costs you the most today, and add capabilities on the same data, metadata and audit trail. We label what is available now and what is still being built.
Scrutiny Recon
Metadata-driven matching: exact, normalised references, date and amount tolerances, one-to-many and many-to-one, duplicates and ambiguous candidates.
Scrutiny Insights
Governed reporting marts and a Power BI report covering match rates, value at risk, exception ageing, operations and data quality.
Scrutiny Connect
A generic, configurable file connector with ingestion audit. Database and API connectors are next, and specific connectors can be built on a fixed fee.
Scrutiny Assess
A paid discovery that profiles your data and produces an evidence-based complexity, risk and readiness assessment before a migration or data programme.
Profile & Quality
Profiling, data-quality rules and readiness scoring. Today the platform already flags missing and invalid values as data-quality exceptions.
Scrutiny Migrate
Governed source-to-target mappings with human approval, migration runs, and independent reconciliation of the result.
Scrutiny Assurance
Run history, approvals and sign-off evidence packs for migrations and recurring controls.
Scrutiny AI
Explains KPIs, exceptions and root causes from governed evidence. It never changes rules or controls without human approval.
Proven on the v0.1 platform
- 33 / 33planted reconciliation scenarios reproduced exactly in the reference dataset
- 2,352expected outcomes reproduced for a second, differently shaped client onboarded through configuration only
- 100%of matches and exceptions traceable to their rule and source rows
- Per clientseparate database, logins and scheduled job, enforced by the platform; hosted on Microsoft Azure in South Africa North
Figures come from our synthetic reference datasets, not client data.
Live demo
See a reconciliation run
Below are eight synthetic claims and the payments made against them. Set a tolerance, run the engine, and watch Scrutiny classify every record.
Claims system
| Claim | Approved | Expected | Status |
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Payment system
| Payment | Claim | Paid | Actual | Status |
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Press Run reconciliation to compare the two systems.
What we catch
Every break, classified and owned
Conflicts become exceptions rather than guesses. Each one opens a case that is carried across runs until it is resolved, and returns if the problem comes back.
MISSING
Missing record
A claim was approved but no payment exists, or money left the bank with nothing behind it.
MISMATCH
Amount mismatch
Values differ beyond your configured tolerance, with the exact difference calculated.
DUPLICATE
Duplicate
The same obligation was paid or recorded more than once, a direct financial exposure.
STATUS
Status mismatch
One system says paid, the other says reversed, pending or rejected.
TIMING
Timing breach
Transactions that settled outside the service level or reporting window you agreed.
AMBIGUOUS
Ambiguous match
Two identical candidates compete for one record, so a person decides instead of the engine guessing.
DATA QUALITY
Data quality
Blank references or invalid amounts are kept and flagged with the row and reason, not silently dropped.
CUSTOM
Your rules
Business-specific checks, severity and SLA defined as configuration, not hard-coded scripts.
Why Scrutiny
Built as a control, not just a report
Configured, not coded
Sources, mappings, keys, tolerances, severity and SLAs are metadata. A new client or reconciliation is set up, not rebuilt.
Full audit trail
Every load, run, match and case change is kept: source values, differences, owner, status history and resolution.
Independent migration proof
The same engine that reconciles daily operations proves that migrated data is complete and correct, with sign-off evidence.
Exception ageing and SLAs
See how long each break has been open, which ones breach their SLA, what keeps recurring and where value is at risk.
Keep your BI tool
Reporting reads only from governed marts, so Power BI today, or the BI platform you already use, sits on the same trusted numbers.
Isolated by design
Each client has its own database, logins and secrets. Demonstrations use synthetic data until you are ready.
Built with open, portable technology
- PostgreSQL
- Python
- dbt
- Docker
- Microsoft Azure
- Power BI
- CSV / file feeds
- SQL Server next
- REST APIs next
Offerings & pricing
Pay for the outcome you need, for as long as you need it
Use Scrutiny for a short project, an ongoing managed service, or both. Indicative prices, exclusive of VAT.
Ongoing services
Insights
Managed BI and governed reporting.
fromR9,950/ month
- Governed reporting marts
- Power BI report pack
- Scheduled refreshes and support
Quality
Ongoing profiling and data-quality monitoring.
fromR14,950/ month
- Data-quality rules and scores
- Rejected-record tracking
- Exception visibility
Recon
Recurring business, financial or operational reconciliations.
fromR19,950/ month
- Configurable rules and tolerances
- Exception cases with SLA and ageing
- Drill-through reporting
Assurance
Insights, Quality and Recon in one managed offering.
fromR29,950/ month
- Everything in Insights and Recon
- Quality as it is released
- Run history and control evidence
Intelligence
Assurance plus advanced Scrutiny AI.
fromR44,950/ month
- Everything in Assurance
- AI exception and root-cause analysis
- Governed business questions
Projects and migrations
- Scrutiny AssessDiscovery, profiling and an evidence-based complexity, risk and readiness assessment. Can be credited against a follow-on project.R15,000–R100,000+ once-off
- Scrutiny Migrate In developmentA time-bound migration platform licence, only for the months you need it.from R15,000 / month
- Recon – ProjectTemporary reconciliation for migrations, remediation or implementations.R20,000–R30,000+ / month
- Migration AssuranceIndependent validation and evidence that migrated data is complete and correct.R75,000–R750,000+ / project
- Scrutiny ArchiveRead-only retention of project evidence after go-live.from R1,500 / month
Migrate project licence by complexity
| Complexity | Per month |
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| C1Simple | R15,000–R20,000 |
| C2Standard | R20,000–R30,000 |
| C3Complex | R30,000–R45,000 |
| C4Advanced | R45,000–R70,000 |
| C5Enterprise / critical | R70,000–R120,000+ |
Projects are priced on Complexity × Risk × Duration, not table counts. Shorter terms carry a higher monthly rate.
Connected add-on
Already on a partner operational system?
Add Scrutiny Insights – Connected when you buy or renew the system. The connector and standard reports are built once for that system, so you go live in days at a lower price, with Scrutiny AI included as it is released.
For system vendorsSmallR4,950/ month · R7,500 onboarding
MediumR6,950/ month · R12,500 onboarding
LargeR8,950/ month · R20,000 onboarding
Scrutiny AI is included within a monthly fair-use allowance as it is released. Standard reconciliations from R12,950 / month; Intelligence Connected from R35,950 / month.
All prices are indicative, exclusive of VAT and subject to confirmed scope, data volumes, security requirements and integration complexity. Deployment into your own cloud, custom connectors and bespoke dashboards are quoted separately. A formal quotation follows discovery or assessment.
For operational-system vendors
Add proof and insight to every system you sell
If you sell or implement a policy administration, claims, ERP or practice-management system, Scrutiny Connected gives your clients reconciled, governed reporting from day one, and Scrutiny AI as it is released, without a custom BI project.
- A pre-built connector and report pack for your system, built once and maintained by us
- A standard data model with the KPIs your clients ask for
- Optional standard reconciliations, such as system vs bank and system vs general ledger
- Live in days, with each client in its own isolated environment
Ways to partner
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Referral
You introduce the client; we contract, deliver and support. You earn a referral share.
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Resale
Offer Scrutiny Connected on your own quotation at a wholesale price.
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Become a partner
Embedded
Include it in your premium tier, priced per active client.
Who we work with
Wherever money and data move between systems
Insurers
Claims vs payments vs bank. Prove every approved claim was paid, once, for the right amount.
Retirement-fund administrators
Contributions, member records and benefit payments reconciled across administration and finance systems.
Banks & financial services
Transaction, ledger and settlement reconciliations with the control evidence risk teams require.
Organisations replacing a system
Assess the legacy data, migrate it under control, and prove the result before go-live and sign-off.
Brokers & administrators
Commissions, premiums and policy data matched between insurer feeds and internal systems.
Accounting & operations teams
Replace month-end spreadsheet reconciliations of orders, invoices, stock and payments with a repeatable process.
Getting started
Value in weeks, not a year-long project
- Discovery call30 minutes to understand the reconciliation, migration or reporting problem that costs you the most.
- Assess or proveA Scrutiny Assess engagement for migrations and larger programmes, or a focused proof of value on one reconciliation using synthetic or sample data.
- DeliverConnectors, rules, schedules and reports are configured and go live, as a time-bound project or an ongoing service.
- Run, prove and decideMonitoring, exception management and sign-off evidence. After a project, keep the evidence in Archive, continue with a service, or stop.
FAQ
Common questions
Do we need to buy Power BI?
No. If you already use Power BI we deliver there, and existing Power BI environments can be kept. Because reporting reads only from governed reporting tables, other BI tools can use the same numbers. Scrutiny does not require you to replace your preferred BI platform.
Where is our data stored?
Our hosted platform runs on Microsoft Azure in the South Africa North region. Each client has its own database, logins and secrets. For larger organisations the platform can be deployed into your own cloud environment, quoted separately.
What systems can you connect to?
The current release ingests file extracts through a generic connector that is configured, not coded, for each source. Database and API connectors are next on the roadmap, and we build specific connectors for your systems on a fixed project fee.
Do we need a long-term subscription?
No. Migrations and project reconciliations are licensed only for the months you need them. Ongoing services such as Insights, Recon and Assurance run on monthly terms, with better pricing for longer commitments.
What does Scrutiny AI do, and is it available now?
Scrutiny AI is on our roadmap. It will explain KPIs, exceptions and root causes using only governed data and stored evidence, through controlled, read-only tools. It will never change your rules, mappings or controls without human approval, and every interaction will be recorded for audit.
How is this different from hiring a BI developer?
A developer builds you a report. Scrutiny gives you a reusable reconciliation and assurance platform with rules, exception history and an audit trail, maintained as a product. You pay for an outcome that keeps running, not for hours.
We sell an operational system. How does partnering work?
We build and maintain a standard connector and report pack for your system once. You can refer clients to us, resell Scrutiny Connected on your own quotation, or include it in your premium tier. Your clients go live in days, each in their own isolated environment.
Can we try it without sharing real data?
Yes. We demonstrate on synthetic data modelled on your process first, then move to a controlled sample of real data once you're comfortable.
Contact
Tell us what doesn't reconcile
Share a little about your systems and the reconciliation, migration or reporting problem you're facing. We'll come back within one business day to set up a short demo.
- → No obligation, no sales pressure
- → Demo on synthetic data, no data sharing required
- → Based in South Africa, serving clients locally and abroad
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