Clear technology advice before you spend on software.

Consulting is mostly reading code and documents, interviewing people and writing up options, all of which work well over video calls and shared files. You get people who build software reviewing your decision at a lower cost than a comparable local firm, so a second opinion before a large spend is easier to justify.

A written report with the findings ranked by risk or value, a recommended option with the reasons for it, a roadmap and rough effort estimates. We walk you through it on a call, and a follow-up review a few weeks later checks how the plan is going. The report is yours to share with your team, another vendor or investors.

Buy when a ready tool covers most of your process and you can adapt the rest of your process to it. Build when the process is what sets you apart, or when licences and workarounds would cost more over a few years than a custom tool. We compare both against your real process and costs before you commit.

A fractional CTO is a senior technical lead who works with you part-time. It suits founders who need someone to own technical decisions, manage vendors and plan hiring but aren’t ready for a full-time CTO. If your product is simple and a good vendor is already delivering, you may not need one yet, and we will tell you.

Architecture, code quality, security basics, infrastructure and running costs, delivery process and the team behind the product. You get a written report of the risks, ranked by severity, with the likely effort to fix each one, written so non-technical investors can follow it.

Yes, whether a project has stalled or you simply want a second opinion before paying the next invoice. The review covers code quality, architecture, security basics, delivery process and running costs, with the top risks ranked.

Yes. We take no commission from software vendors, cloud providers or development partners. We recommend the product or company that fits your needs and budget, including options we don’t work with. Consulting is also separate from building: you can take the report to any team you like.

We sign an NDA before the first call, access only what the review needs, and return or delete shared material at the end if you ask. We keep laws such as GDPR, the UAE and Saudi data protection laws and India’s DPDP Act in mind, though we don’t give legal advice or certify compliance. Everything we write for you belongs to you.

A focused review of one product or decision usually takes one to two weeks. A wider assessment across several systems or departments takes around three weeks. The proposal gives you the exact timeline before we start.

It depends on the retainer, but most weeks include a planning call with you, reviewing estimates and pull requests from your developers or vendor, and answering technical questions as they come up. Around that we might draft a job description, interview a candidate or check a vendor’s proposal. You get a short written note of what was decided and what needs your attention.