The ladder
Services
Four rungs, entered through the $900 export check. No build without a teardown first.
$900Entry step · export check
4Rungs
Every rung
Every rung
| Rung | Buy when | Scope | Pricing | Teardown first |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spend Teardown | Nobody can say where the money goes | AWS · Azure · GCP | $900 export checkfull teardown fixed at signature | No |
| Instrumentation Build | Diligence needs cost per customer | AWS · Azure · GCP | Fixed fee per stagequoted at the teardown debrief | Yes |
| Margin Watch | Margin is a board number, watched monthly | AWS · Azure · GCP | Monthly retainer, three tiersquoted at the teardown debrief | No |
| Inference Cost Controls | Routing, caching and capacity need fixing | LLM · GPU | Fixed feequoted at the teardown debrief | Yes |
Hours and read-only scope are on each rung. Terms and guarantee