The Tethered Diagnostic
Find out exactly what you're paying for.
In one week we work out what your software really costs, which parts you actually use, where AI could take work off your team, and what it would cost to replace just those. You get a one-page plan with a fixed price. It all starts with a free 20–30 minute call.
One week · one page · no obligation
One week. One page. A fixed price for what you actually need.
If you go ahead with us within 90 days, the $500 comes off the build. If you don't, the plan is still yours. Take it to anyone.
What we need from you:
- One 60–90 minute kickoff call
- View-only access or a screen-share tour
- Your last 3 months of platform or agency invoices
20–30 minutes. Tell us what you use and what’s frustrating. If the $500 diagnostic is worth doing, we’ll explain what it covers and schedule it. If it isn’t, we’ll say so.
Book a free intro callOr email business@tetheredtech.com.
What it covers
Six things you'll know by the end of the week.
What you really pay
Every subscription in scope, added up honestly: the plan, the add-ons, the per-text and per-email charges, and any agency fee on top.
What you actually use
Feature by feature, from how your team really works. Not the sales page.
What we'd build instead
The replacement in plain language: what it does, where AI could take work off your team, where it runs, and what you'd own outright, from your Stripe account to your phone numbers and your data.
What you'd save
A fixed price for the build, an estimate for looking after it, what you'd save and when the build pays for itself.
What we wouldn't replace
Said plainly. Sometimes the honest answer is “keep this part.” A diagnostic that always recommends a build is a sales pitch.
Who looks after it
We look after it for you, or hand it over with a plain-English manual. Both options are estimated in the plan.
The one-page plan
What you get back, always in this shape.
Delivered as a PDF and walked through on a call.
| Section | What's in it |
|---|---|
| What you use today | Your subscriptions, whose name the accounts are in, and any contract terms that make leaving hard |
| What it really costs | What you pay in a typical month and over a year, line by line |
| What you actually use | The few features that matter, in your words |
| What we'd build | The replacement in plain language, where AI does the busywork, and what you'd own |
| What the replacement would cost | A fixed price for the build, plus an estimate for looking after it if you want us to |
| What you'd save | Over the first year, and when the build pays for itself |
| What we wouldn't touch | Anything better left as it is, and why |
| After the build | Who looks after it: us, estimated for your project, or you, with everything handed over |
How it runs
One week, start to finish.
Free intro call
20–30 minutes. If a diagnostic makes sense, we schedule it.
Kickoff call
60–90 minutes on how you work and what’s frustrating. We arrange access.
Review week
We work out what you use and what it costs, design the replacement and price the build.
Plan delivery
We walk you through the one-pager and the fixed price. No pressure.
Example
A home-services business on an agency platform.
Paying an agency $297 a month for a platform account used for card-on-file billing, failed-payment texts, appointment reminders and a customer list. Add a couple of add-ons, texting and email charges, and a $1,000 setup fee spread over two years, and a typical month comes to about $420, or just over $5,000 a year.
Illustrative, built from published rates. Your diagnostic replaces these numbers with your actual ones.
The terms, plainly
- $500 flat, agreed after a free intro call.
- The full $500 comes off any build started within 90 days.
- Plan delivered within one week of the kickoff call and access.
- The plan is yours. Build with us, with someone else, or not at all.
- Covers the software and processes agreed at kickoff. It's a review and a plan, not a build.
Ready to see the real numbers?
Start with a free 20–30 minute call. One week from kickoff to a fixed price.