We're not sure our data is clean enough to start. Is that a problem?
No — it's the normal starting point. Nobody's data is clean before someone does the work of cleaning it. The two-week audit exists precisely to tell you how bad it is, what it will take to fix, and which parts you can safely ignore for now.
Which cloud should we be on?
Usually the one you're already on. Migrating clouds to solve a data problem is almost always the expensive wrong answer. If you're genuinely starting fresh: Azure if you're a Microsoft shop, GCP if BigQuery's pricing suits your query pattern, AWS if you need breadth or you're embedding analytics into a product.
Power BI, Tableau or QuickSight — which do you recommend?
Whichever your people will actually open. Power BI for Microsoft-first finance teams, Tableau where analysts want to explore, QuickSight when you're on AWS or embedding reports in your own product. We build in all three and have no reseller relationship pushing us either way.
What does an engagement actually cost?
Pilots are fixed-price and quoted after the audit, because quoting before we've seen your systems would either be padded or wrong. The audit itself is a small fixed fee, and if you decide not to continue you keep the findings. We'll give you an honest range on the first call.
Do we get locked into your tooling or your team?
No. Everything runs in your cloud accounts, under your billing, in your source control. We use standard open tools rather than anything proprietary to us. If you want to take it in-house or move to another partner, nothing has to be rebuilt.
Do we need AI, or should we fix reporting first?
Almost always reporting first. A model trained on inconsistent data produces confident nonsense, and it's the fastest way to lose the organisation's trust in data work altogether. We'll tell you plainly if we think an AI project is premature — even though it's the bigger engagement for us.