Yes, the audit is completely free - no credit card required, no obligation and no surprise invoice at the end.

From first conversation to final report, most audits are completed within 5–7 business days. Here's how it typically breaks down: • Day 1 — Kick-off call to understand your setup, goals, and pain points (20 mins) • Days 2–4 — We do our analysis. • Days 5–7 — We compile findings into a clear, actionable report • Day 7+ — Walkthrough call to discuss results and answer questions (45–60 mins) The actual time we need from you is minimal — typically around 1–2 hours total. We do the heavy lifting.

Not much - we've designed the process to be as low-lift as possible on your end. You shouldn't need to spend hours pulling things together before we get started.

We work with businesses across a pretty wide range, but our sweet spot is small to mid-sized companies that have outgrown their original tech setup and need senior-level thinking without the overhead of a full-time hire. We're probably not the right fit if you're a solo founder who needs a few hours of ad-hoc help - there are great freelance options better suited to that. And if you're a large enterprise requiring a team of 20+ consultants embedded for 18 months, that's not quite what we do either. If you're somewhere in the middle - growing, spending money on technology, time poor and wanting a trusted partner rather than a vendor, that's exactly who we built this for.

Honestly? That's a great outcome - and it does happen, though it's rarer than most people expect. If we go through your technologies and genuinely can't find meaningful inefficiencies, security gaps, or areas for improvement, we'll tell you exactly that.

It depends on the type of work - we don't believe in one-size-fits-all pricing, because a quick advisory engagement looks very different from a multi-month build. That said, we're not fans of vague "it depends" answers either, so here's how our pricing generally works: For the audit — it's free. No strings, as covered above. For ongoing or project work, we typically use one of three models: • Fixed-price projects — for well-defined scopes where you want cost certainty upfront. We agree on the deliverable, the timeline, and the price before anything starts. No surprise invoices. • Retained advisory — a set number of hours per month for teams who want senior technical thinking on tap without committing to a full project. Good for startups and scale-ups who need strategic input regularly but not full-time. • Time and materials — for exploratory or evolving scopes where flexibility matters more than certainty. We'll always give you an estimate range upfront and flag early if anything looks like it's shifting.