Advisory on call — dxpert.ai

What it is

Your AI advisor, on call, for as long as you need it.

A standing retainer that gives you ongoing access to independent, vendor-neutral judgment: someone to check a vendor's numbers, question a project's scope, or confirm a technical decision before you commit budget to it. No long-term contract — cancel anytime.

What you walk away with

A monthly rhythm of decisions checked before they're made.

Deliverable	What it does for you
Vendor quote validation	Send us a proposal before you sign it — we tell you if the price, scope, and sequence make sense, and what to push back on.
Scope pressure-testing	Before a project kicks off, we stress-test the scope against your actual goals so you're not paying for work that won't move the needle.
Architecture sanity-checks	A second opinion on technical decisions — data platform, integration approach, agent design — before they're locked in.
Monthly working session	A standing session to review what's in motion, flag risk early, and keep the roadmap honest as reality intervenes.

After you subscribe · what happens

Start to ongoing cadence, step by step.

What you do, what we do — and the rhythm once it's running.

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Day 0 · you subscribe
Kickoff questionnaire
You subscribe and complete a short kickoff questionnaire — what's in motion, which decisions are coming, how much support you expect. We agree the monthly rate for your scope.
YouKickoff questionnaire + your current context.
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Week 1 · kickoff session
First working session
We review what you're executing on right now and set up the fastest way to reach us for time-sensitive checks — a vendor quote that needs a read before you sign, a scope that's drifting.
You45–60 minutes + what's on your desk.dxpertSession + a direct line for urgent checks.
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Ongoing · monthly cadence
Async questions + a standing monthly session
You bring decisions as they come up — quotes, scopes, architecture calls — and get a straight answer. Plus one standing monthly session to keep the roadmap honest. Cancel anytime.
dxpertAsync answers + monthly working session.

What an answer looks like

A real question, a written verdict.

An illustrative advisory note — the kind of straight, five-line read you get before you commit budget.

Sample output — illustrative · Advisory answer note

Advisory notere: MES vendor quote · 2-day turnaround

A VP asks: "This MES vendor quoted us $480k over 9 months to connect three lines. Fair?"

Short answer: the price isn't the problem — the sequence is.
1. $480k for three lines is within range for a full MES, but you don't need a full MES to get the value you described.
2. Two of the three lines already have modern gateways; the quote treats them as greenfield. Push back — that's roughly $120k of scope you're paying for twice.
3. The quote has no namespace / data-model line item. Without it you'll get another silo, and the AI use cases you want next will stall.
4. Counter-proposal: connect + normalize Line 4 first (~$90k), prove the model, then expand. Same destination, a third of the upfront risk.
5. Recommendation: don't sign as-is. Ask for a phased quote with a data-model deliverable, and we'll review the revision before you commit.

How you'll use it

Monday morning, you have someone to call before you sign.

A vendor proposal lands in your inbox — instead of guessing whether the price is fair, you forward it and get a straight answer. Your team disagrees on an architecture decision — instead of it dragging for weeks, you get an independent read. Nothing changes about how your team works day to day; what changes is that the expensive decisions get a check before they're final, not after.

Is this the right rung?

Buy this once you're executing, not before.

If you don't yet have a plan in motion, this isn't the place to start — run the free diagnostic first, then commission the board-ready roadmap. That's what tells you whether advisory is your next move, and gives you the real decisions to bring to it: vendors to evaluate, scopes to negotiate, architecture calls to get right.

A second opinion, on retainer, while you execute.