Start With the Right Level of Commitment

Every engagement begins with a senior-led scoping call. We use audits to reduce unpaid guesswork, validate ROI, and turn cloud savings or reliability wins into a build-ready roadmap.

Entry Wedge

Data Platform Audit

A 2-4 week diagnostic for teams with reliability, AI-readiness, or cloud cost pressure.

From $8K Fixed-scope engagement - 2-4 weeks
  • Pipeline reliability assessment
  • AI-readiness and governance review
  • Snowflake, Azure, or Databricks cost scan
  • 90-day modernization roadmap
  • ROI estimate and business case
  • Build-ready backlog and priorities
  • Production implementation
  • Retainer support included
Book an Audit

Expansion

Reliability + FinOps Retainer

Ongoing platform support for teams that want predictable spend, fewer incidents, and steady roadmap progress.

From $5K Monthly retainer - ongoing support
  • Pipeline reliability monitoring
  • Monthly FinOps review and savings tracker
  • Data quality fixes and dbt improvements
  • Incident triage and root-cause analysis
  • Architecture roadmap advisory
  • KPI reporting for leadership
  • Slack support and monthly planning
  • Full rebuild workstream
Plan a Retainer

Enterprise

Dedicated Data Pod

Embedded senior delivery capacity for multi-workstream programs that need speed and architecture control.

Custom Minimum 6 months - dedicated pod
  • 4-8 engineers plus principal architect
  • Multi-workstream platform delivery
  • Embedded sprint cadence
  • Executive steering reviews
  • Governance and procurement support
  • Utilization and backlog reporting
  • Priority incident response SLA
  • Retainer continuity after delivery
Discuss a Pod

All prices shown in USD. Fixed-scope work is milestone billed, and retainers are scoped around clear monthly outcomes. Contact us to discuss your requirements.

How Engagements Scale

Each phase is designed to convert technical work into a measurable business case.

01

Diagnose

Map reliability, governance, quality, cloud cost, and AI-readiness gaps.

02

Design

Create the architecture, roadmap, acceptance criteria, and ROI model.

03

Implement

Build ingestion, transformation, storage, observability, and access patterns.

04

Validate

Test data quality, performance, security, cost savings, and handover readiness.

05

Retain

Keep the platform reliable through FinOps reviews, incident response, and roadmap support.

Engagement questions

Questions before we begin.

Clear answers about scope, measurement, security, and delivery ownership.

Why start with a paid audit?

A paid audit gives leadership a concrete roadmap, ROI estimate, risk view, and implementation backlog before committing to a larger build. It keeps scoping focused on measurable outcomes.

Can an audit expand into a build?

Yes. The audit produces a build-ready backlog. If you continue, we already understand the stack, risks, team capacity, and business case, reducing ramp-up time.

What outcomes do you measure?

Measures may include pipeline uptime, latency, cloud spend, failed jobs, model test coverage, onboarding speed, and incident volume. The exact KPIs are agreed during discovery.

How do you handle security and procurement?

We work inside your cloud account and repositories, follow least-privilege access, document controls, and support DPA-friendly contracting. Relevant regulatory requirements are addressed during discovery.

Is the dedicated pod staff augmentation?

No. Dedicated pods are outcome-led delivery teams with principal architect oversight, clear backlog ownership, utilization reporting, and steering reviews.

Start with clarity

Choose the smallest useful engagement.

We will recommend the level of commitment that can prove value and create a credible next phase.