ChangeVU vs Giva ChangeManager

ChangeVU is a cloud-based web platform for assessing, tracking, and improving organizational change implementation. It uses risk frameworks, real-time data, and analytics, with dashboards for pulse checks, risk assessments, and other configurable activities. Portfolio Manager assesses risks across initiatives, teams, portfolios, and geographies, then tracks change activities through implementation. e-Stakeholder Engagement supports confidential feedback, live pulse checks, analytics, and dashboards; its description says AI and machine learning can suggest engagement strategies. Automated Apps can send nudges for milestone tasks and deliverables and replicate processes across teams, initiatives, and portfolios. The Virtual Assistant can integrate change FAQs, calls, and queries and can be tailored to specific tasks. ChangeVU focuses mainly on descriptive and predictive analytics and can connect change activities and reporting to project-management workstreams, WBS, and decision gates. The FAQ says there is no minimum or maximum project size. The company says the platform was first released in 2017 and is marketed and developed by Straticom Technologies sarl in Geneva. Single-use applications can be trialed for free; paid options include a $299.00 one-off single-use application and Pro and Enterprise versions at $99.00 per year.

Giva ChangeManager is a standalone, ITIL-aligned system for logging, reviewing, approving, and tracking Requests for Change. It includes configurable request, approval, and change-control workflows, with ITIL-aligned defaults. Teams can coordinate work using an interactive RFC calendar, a weekly calendar view, real-time dashboards, and notifications; hardware and software assets tracked in Giva can link directly to change requests. ChangeManager can run independently or as a module in Giva Help Desk and ITSM products. Pricing starts at $76 a year, billed annually, and a free 30-day trial is available without a credit card. Professional and Enterprise plans each require a minimum of five licenses. All plans include unlimited routine technical support, setup assistance, and storage. Mobile access is browser-based for iOS and Android and requires no app download. Giva says it supports HIPAA/HITECH, GDPR, PIPEDA, and SOX compliance, and offers a BAA where needed. Change request entries do not have an AI Copilot, while the Knowledge Management module includes a Knowledge Copilot.