Enterprise DNA

Instead of Enov8

Stop renting Enov8. Own your test environment desk.

We bring your Enov8 records across, build your booking rules and run the system for you.

Enov8 uses private quotes. Compare your renewal against the work you use.

Get your version built See it working
  • check_circleYour data in a database you own
  • check_circleOpen source, no lock-in
  • check_circleBuilt and run by Enterprise DNA

What the contract covers

Separate the coordination work from the wider Enov8 platform

Enov8 covers more than a booking register. Review your quote against the parts your team uses, then decide what your own version should handle.

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Environment records

Enov8 models systems, environment groups and the individual test systems that projects reserve.

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Shared booking windows

Projects request code changes, configuration changes or regression testing on the resources they need.

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Contention and approvals

Booking managers review overlapping demand and confirm the requested resources.

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Version and health reporting

The platform brings deployed versions and environment health into its reporting.

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Operational runsheets

Enov8 includes planned work and repeatable operational steps alongside its environment records.

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Connected execution

Its broader platform connects to delivery tools. Scope the connections your team needs before replacing them.

Your own coordination desk

Know what can run, what clashes and what needs an owner

BOOK THE WORK

Keep every request visible

Record the project, owner, time window and version required for each test system.

  • check Reserve several test systems for one booking
  • check Compare overlapping project requests
  • check Keep requested work separate from confirmed work
  • check Require a reason when work is cancelled or handed over

CHECK READINESS

Use evidence that lasts through the booking

A recorded check supports a decision only while it remains current.

  • check Compare required and recorded versions
  • check Flag evidence that expires before testing finishes
  • check Block confirmation when recorded health has failed
  • check Show later evidence failures against previously confirmed bookings

OWN THE FOLLOW-UP

Put blockers and overdue work beside the booking

Give each unresolved issue a name, owner and due date.

  • check Show blocking issues before a booking is confirmed
  • check Find requests whose start has already passed
  • check Identify completed windows still waiting for handover
  • check Combine your evidence dates and blockers in a weekly review

KEEP THE RECORD

Make the handover reproducible

Generate review documents from the same records that support the decision.

  • check Produce branded booking briefs
  • check Draft handover notes with outstanding work
  • check Keep the original imported records and check history
  • check Change your fields, reports and rules as the operation changes

Make it yours

Design your own Enov8 replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Enov8. Try it here, and we build the real one.

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3. Make it fit

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Your business · your Enov8 replacement Your version
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Answered from your own database

Build my version

We build it from the open-source base, bring your Enov8 data across and run it for you.

What it looks like

Ask it like you would ask a colleague

Actual results from the synthetic demo. These are recorded booking and evidence facts, not live checks of a running system.

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Test Environments for Claude Code

Connected to your own database

Which bookings clash?

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Ask it anything

Questions your environment records can answer

These questions run against the shipped records. Your own dates, versions and review rules make the answers yours.

chat_bubble Which project pairs are competing for the same environment window?
chat_bubble Which booked instances have the wrong recorded version?
chat_bubble Which bookings outlast the validity of their readiness evidence?
chat_bubble Which test environments still have personal or unclassified data?
chat_bubble Who owns the blockers preventing an environment handover?
chat_bubble Which booking confirmations and handovers are overdue?
chat_bubble Which ready instances are free for our next rehearsal?
chat_bubble Which instances have no booking in the next month?
chat_bubble Where is future booking demand concentrated?
chat_bubble Who recorded each readiness check and booking decision?

Switching

How to switch from Enov8

A move usually involves exporting your environment register, mapping the records and rules you rely on, then checking the new database alongside Enov8 before you stop using it.

  1. 1

    Export your environment records

    Ask Enov8 for an export of the environment instance register, including system, group and owner labels. Export what your account allows, usually CSV or Excel, and check with Enov8 if you are unsure how to get it. If you want to bring booking history, components, dependencies, diagrams, automations or integrations, include those records too where available. They need separate mapping.

  2. 2

    Test the import

    Start with a test import of the environment instance download before loading records for real. The import supports the documented instance fields and preserves other columns and the original file. Use the test to see how your account’s headers and labels line up with the new database. Do not treat imported status as a fresh readiness check.

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    Review the import results

    Check the reported headers and counts against your Enov8 export, and review anything the import flags, including records it cannot reconcile or overwrite conflicts. Confirm that system, group and owner labels have landed as expected. Resolve mismatches before relying on the new register. Readiness starts without a new approval, so record current evidence separately under your team’s rules.

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    Run both side by side

    Keep using Enov8 while you check the new database against the records and process your team relies on. Compare the instance register and, if you mapped them, bookings and other history. Check that owners and labels make sense, and that your rules are represented correctly. Agree on a short period for this comparison and resolve differences before making the new database your working record.

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    Switch off Enov8

    When you have reconciled the records you need, checked the new setup and agreed that it reflects your process, make the new database the working record. Stop maintaining the same information in Enov8, then follow your normal process for ending or changing your Enov8 service. Keep the export according to your own records and retention requirements.

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Where the real effort goes

The import itself is usually not the hard part. The work is reconciling your account’s exact fields and labels, mapping booking history and any components, dependencies, diagrams, automations or integrations you need, and applying your own rules. You also choose how much history to bring. The free version imports the instance register. When Enterprise DNA runs your version, it handles the mapping and reconciliation before you switch.

Not ready for a call?

Get your Enov8 switch plan by email

We will send you the step-by-step plan for moving your business off Enov8, what the move really involves, and how we would do it for you.

One email with your plan. No spam, and you can unsubscribe any time.

Three ways to own it

Do it yourself, have it customised, or have it run for you

Open source

Do it yourself

Free, open source

  1. 1 Clone the repo and run npm install, npm test and npm run demo
  2. 2 Open it with Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Cursor
  3. 3 Download your Enov8 instance CSV and test the import before bringing it across
  4. 4 Record current readiness evidence, then create bookings and generate your branded views
Get it on GitHub

Built around your business

We customise it

One setup fee, then a retainer for ongoing work

  • check Your fields, booking rules, version checks and handover requirements
  • check Your Enov8 history mapped and reconciled before switching
  • check Your delivery and monitoring connections built around your existing process
  • check A web front end or a different technology stack when your team needs it
Get your version built

Omni by Enterprise DNA

We run it for you

One setup fee, then a retainer

  • check Installed with access controls, private evidence handling and backups
  • check Weekly booking reviews and handover drafts prepared from your records
  • check Connections and operating rules maintained as your systems change
  • check Run through Omni by Enterprise DNA alongside your other business work
Book a 30-minute Enov8 review

Questions

Instead of Enov8, answered

How do I compare this with our Enov8 renewal? expand_more

Enov8 currently directs pricing enquiries to its sales team. Bring the quote, the environment resources it covers and the parts your team uses. We compare that scope with your own version and agree the setup work and ongoing retainer. We do not assume a saving from a price we have not seen.

Can we bring our existing records across? expand_more

The free version imports the environment-instance download, including its system, group and owner labels, and preserves the original file. It starts those records without a new readiness approval. Booking history, dependencies and other records need separate mapping. We include that mapping and reconciliation in your custom version before you switch.

Does a ready result mean the real environment has been checked? expand_more

It means the recorded evidence passes your rules. The free version does not probe a live system or verify data masking. An operator records evidence from the actual checks. We can connect your monitoring and test tools so your version receives their results, with the review controls your team requires.

What about our calendar, deployment work and access rules? expand_more

We build those into the scope for your version. The free base coordinates reservations, readiness evidence, issues and handovers. A shared calendar, team sign-in and connections that execute approved work are designed around your existing process.

Who looks after the system after it is built? expand_more

You can operate the free version yourself, have Enterprise DNA customise it, or have us run it through Omni by Enterprise DNA. The managed path covers installation, access, backups and ongoing changes. One setup fee, then a retainer agreed around the work you need.

Bring your Enov8 quote and one week of bookings

In a 30-minute call, Sam will review the coordination work your team uses, the records to bring across and the connections your version needs. Leave with a clear scope for a system you own.

Book 30 minutes with Sam Get the free version

Test Environments for Claude Code is free and open source, published by Enterprise DNA.

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