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Skupa — Dependency intelligence for the Azure data estate

Strictly read-only · works offline · no telemetry<br>See exactly what breaks before you change it.

Skupa signs into your Azure tenant, maps every dependency across Azure SQL,<br>Synapse, and Dataverse — strictly read-only — and turns the result into Visio-style<br>diagrams and documentation your whole team can use.

Download free trial<br>See sample output

14-day trial, all features unlocked · Windows 10/11 · no account required

UPSTREAM · 2UPSTREAM · 1SELECTEDDOWNSTREAM · 1

dbo.Orders<br>dbo.OrderLines<br>dbo.Customers<br>vw_OpenOrders<br>fn_OrderTotal

STORED PROCusp_MonthlySales<br>rpt_Revenue<br>flow.NotifyFinancePOWER AUTOMATE

Table<br>View<br>Proc<br>Function<br>Flow

The swimlane view — click any node to re-center

Built for the person who gets asked "is it safe to drop this?"

Data engineer / DBA<br>"Before I change this table, show me what breaks."

Solution architect<br>"Document this database for a handoff, audit, or migration."

Power Platform admin<br>"Which flows and apps touch this Dataverse table?"

Consultant<br>"Walk into an unfamiliar Azure estate and understand it fast."

FEATURES

Dependency questions, answered with evidence — not tribal knowledge.

One sign-in, whole estate

Sign in with your Microsoft account once. Skupa discovers subscriptions, SQL servers, databases, Synapse dedicated pools, and Dataverse environments automatically — in Azure Commercial or Azure Government.

Visio-style swimlane maps

Pick any table, view, proc, function, or trigger and see its upstream and downstream neighbors in clean labeled lanes, up to three hops deep. Click any node to re-center.

Power Platform aware

Dataverse scans include entity relationships, Power Automate flows, and model-driven apps — so you see that a flow writes to the table you're about to change.

Documentation on demand

Full database docs — inventory, hub analysis, per-object dependency sections — exported to Markdown, Word, PDF, JSON, CSV, XML, or a real Visio .vsdx file.

Claude AI reports (optional)

Bring your own Anthropic API key and generate narrative documentation and architecture risk reports, streamed live into the app. Your key is stored DPAPI-encrypted on your machine.

Project files & CLI

Save a scan as a .skupa file and reopen it offline. Automate documentation in CI with the headless CLI — same seven formats.

SECURITY

Read-only by design

Skupa is built to be pointed at production. It cannot modify your data — the security model is documented, not promised.

Read the security model →

Constant catalog-only SELECTs against sys.* views

ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly on every connection

TLS enforced (Encrypt=Mandatory)

"View SQL" shows every query before you run anything

Tokens cached DPAPI-encrypted, per cloud — never leave the machine

Dataverse access is metadata GETs only

No telemetry — nothing is phoned home

Offline license validation — works in air-gapped review

HOW IT WORKS

Zip to diagram in four steps

Download & run<br>Grab the zip, unzip, run Skupa.App.exe. Your 14-day trial starts automatically — every feature unlocked, no account or card.

Sign in & scan<br>Sign in with Microsoft, pick a database, and scan. Skupa builds the dependency graph from live catalog metadata in seconds.

Explore & export<br>Navigate the swimlane map, generate AI reports, export docs in seven formats, save the scan as a project file.

Buy & activate<br>Purchase a license and paste the key into the app — activation is offline, no server round-trip, ever.

EXPORTS

Every format your stakeholders ask for

Browse all samples →

Real output from a demo database — download and inspect before you trial.

FORMATWHAT YOU GETSAMPLE

MDMarkdownDatabase README with inventory, hub analysis, per-object docsview

PDFPDFPrint-ready database documentationview

DOCXWordEditable documentation for your templatesdownload

VSDXVisioDependency diagram, editable in Visiodownload

CSVCSVobjects.csv + dependencies.csv for Excel / Power BIview

JSONJSON / XMLFull graph for your own toolingview

.SKUPAProjectReopen any scan offline in the appdownload

PRICING

Simple, perpetual licensing

Buy once, own it forever. Every license is perpetual and includes 12 months of updates and support. Activation is fully offline — keys are ECDSA-signed and validated on your machine.

License<br>Commercial MOST COMMON<br>Government

Single user 1 seat, perpetual<br>$249<br>Buy →<br>$399<br>Buy →

5-pack 5 seats · save 20%<br>$999 $199/seatBuy →<br>$1,599 $319/seatBuy →

10-pack 10 seats · best value<br>$1,790 $179/seatBuy →<br>$2,990 $299/seatBuy →

Keep it current (optional)<br>Your license never expires. These annual plans keep updates and support flowing after your first year.

Maintenance renewal

Another 12 months of version updates and standard support, per user. Your app keeps working with or without it — this just unlocks newer releases.

Commercial · $99/yr<br>Government · $159/yr

Priority support

Guaranteed one-business-day response and screen-share troubleshooting, per organization. Ideal...

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