For systems integrators and advisory firmsProve your delivery with independent evidence
You deliver software for clients who increasingly want proof, not hours. Arrio gives an independent measure of what your delivery actually produces, so quality and output are evidenced, and a way to act on the findings as a partner.
The problem
Delivery you cannot easily prove
Clients are moving from paying for effort to paying for outcomes, and they want evidence that what you deliver is sound. Yet the quality and output of delivery are hard to demonstrate objectively, especially when the only measure is your own account of it.
The market backdrop is unforgiving. An estimated $90 billion is wasted each year on engineering work that delivers little (Stanford, 2024), duplicated code blocks are up 81% and refactoring has fallen 70% (GitClear, 2026), and clients have learned to be sceptical of activity dressed up as progress.
An independent measure lets you turn that scepticism into an advantage: proof, from the work itself, that your delivery holds up, and a basis for acting on what it finds.
- Estimated annual waste from engineering work that delivers little. (Stanford, 2024)
- $90bn
- Estimated annual waste from engineering work that delivers little. · Stanford, 2024
- Increase in duplicated code blocks. (GitClear, 2026)
- +81%
- Increase in duplicated code blocks. · GitClear, 2026
- Of committed code is now AI-generated or assisted, raising the bar on quality proof. (SonarSource, 2026)
- 42%
- Of committed code is now AI-generated or assisted, raising the bar on quality proof. · SonarSource, 2026
How integrators work with Arrio
Independent proof of delivery
A read of what your delivery produces that comes from the work, so quality and output are evidenced rather than asserted.
Benchmark your own output
Your teams on the same independent scale a client would use, so you can show where you stand and where you lead.
Win trust in an outcome model
Evidence that supports outcome-based engagements, as clients move away from paying for hours.
Deliver the change
Where a client engages Arrio directly, you can be the partner who acts on the findings, trained on the specifics.
How an integrator uses it
As clients move to outcome-based contracts, the firm that can prove what it delivered wins the work from the firm that cannot.
01Benchmark your own delivery first
Know what your teams produce, on the same measure your clients will eventually apply to you. Better to see it before they do.
02Prove delivery with something the client did not have to take on trust
An independent read of what was actually built, set against what was contracted. It ends the argument about whether the work landed.
03Compete credibly on outcomes
Outcome-based contracts reward the firm that can evidence results. Independent measurement makes an outcome commitment something you can price rather than something you fear.
04Find where your own margin goes
The reading that reassures the client also shows you which engagements, teams and technologies actually produce, and which quietly consume the margin.
05Deliver the change the findings call for
Where a reading surfaces debt, risk or an underperforming estate, the remediation is work you are already built to do, now scoped from evidence rather than a guess.
Questions
The questions worth asking
How does partnering with Arrio work?
Arrio provides the independent measurement and direction; you deliver the change. Partners can be brought in and trained on an engagement so they understand the findings deeply. The detail of how partnership works is on our partners page.
Does using Arrio to measure our own work stay credible with clients?
Yes, precisely because the measure is independent of you. Arrio does not sell the tools it measures and has no stake in the result, so a favourable read carries weight rather than looking like marking your own homework.
How is code kept secure during an engagement?
Access is read-only, sandboxed and audit-trailed, with the option to run inside the client's own cloud so nothing leaves their environment, and source code is not stored.
Sources
- Stanford, 2024 An estimated $90 billion wasted annually on engineering work that delivers little (Yegor Denisov-Blanch).
- GitClear, 2026 Maintainability Gap study, 211M lines of code: the share of new code rewritten within two weeks rose from 3.3% to 7.1%; duplicated code blocks up 81%; cross-file reuse down 35%; refactoring moves down 70%.
- SonarSource State of Code, 2026 42% of committed code is AI-generated or assisted.
Turn independent evidence into your delivery advantage.