You're about to sign a committed-spend deal, pick a model, or lock in an architecture. The Second Opinion Hotline is a fast, fixed-price gut-check from someone who does this for a living. You send the decision, I send back the risks I see and the one thing that will cost you most. From $300.
Get a second opinion →Tell me the decision and pick a tier. Fixed price, no upsell.
The trigger is always the same sentence: "We're about to commit to this — is it right?" That's the cheapest possible moment to catch an expensive mistake.
Three ways to get a second opinion, depending on how deep you need to go and who you need to convince.
Send your decision and context, get back a 1–2 page written review: the risks, what I'd do differently, and the one thing that will cost you most. Best for a fast sanity check.
A 45–60 minute recorded call to talk it through together, with a one-page written summary after. Best when you'd rather work it out live.
A formal written memo: options analysis, cost implications per option, and a clear recommendation. Board- and client-presentable. Best when you need to show your work.
The guarantee: if the review doesn't give you at least one specific, actionable thing you didn't already know, tell me and I'll refund it.
Founders and solo builders picking a stack before they scale. CTOs and eng leads about to sign a capacity deal. Dev shops and agencies scoping an AI build for a client. Nontechnical CEOs handed an architecture they can't independently judge.
Not sure it's worth $300? That's usually the exact moment it is — the decisions that feel not-worth-checking are the ones that quietly become the biggest line on the bill.
Saurav Sharma. I'm a cloud and AI cost optimization consultant. I spent 6 years at Amazon, first as a Senior Technical Account Manager on large enterprise accounts — cloud architecture, cost optimization, reliability, scaling — then building LLM and GenAI platforms as an engineer.
I hold 12 AWS certifications, teach 33,000+ students on Udemy, and run the CloudYeti YouTube channel. This offer exists because the same architecture and committed-spend questions come up again and again, and catching them early is worth far more than $300.
If the review turns up a decision you can fix and move on, great — take the win. But if what you're really describing is an ongoing AI spend that nobody owns, that's a different job: the AI Cost Audit, a scoped review of your whole bill with every finding priced. If you go that route, I credit your second-opinion fee toward it.
Tell me the decision and pick a tier. Fixed price, no upsell.
No. You send context — a description, a diagram, a quote, some usage numbers. Screenshots are fine. I never need credentials or production access.
Yes.
Then you get written confirmation that the decision is sound, plus the specific things to watch as prices and options change. That's a valid — and useful — outcome.
The second opinion is about a decision you're about to make — fast, cheap, forward-looking. The audit is a deep review of AI spend you already have, with a full report and dollar figures. If you need the audit, I'll say so, and credit this fee toward it.
Async reviews land within 48 hours of complete inputs. Calls are booked within 5 days. Decision memos take 5 business days. If I'll miss a deadline, I tell you before it, not after.
Start here — tell me the decision you're facing and which tier fits. I'll confirm scope and price before any work begins.