Independent tech advisor & Virtual CTO/CIO
Tech Buddy is an independent technology advisor and auditor for growing businesses, a neutral fiduciary on the decisions that are too costly to get wrong. We don't sell software or development hours. We give you an objective view.
Founders rely on an independent CA to audit the balance sheet, spot blind spots and stay compliant. As technology becomes your biggest risk and one of your biggest costs, it deserves the same scrutiny.
Pick one for a focused review, or keep all four under watch with a monthly retainer.
Trim runaway cloud costs and validate system resilience before you lock into long-term vendor commitments.
Make sure your systems, workflows and data pipelines stay compliant with digital mandates like GDPR, HIPAA and India's DPDP Act.
Separate genuine business leverage from market hype, put data governance in place, and keep model risk under control.
Independent code and architecture reviews, so you don't have to rely solely on your agency's self-reporting.
You don't need another vendor. You need an independent senior voice on your side before you commit.
Most "advice" in tech comes from someone who wants to sell you the fix. Tech Buddy is paid only for judgment, so every recommendation is made in your interest.
*Up to 10% of the monthly bill, applied to eligible cloud and third-party tech services we recommend or implement. Exact cap and eligible services confirmed at onboarding.
Start with a free 15-minute call and tech-health snapshot. Then choose the depth of oversight you need. Every tier includes everything below it.
Everything in Advisor, plus:
Everything in Embedded, plus:
Everything in Fractional CTO, plus:
Tell Jubin about the decision or system that's worrying you.
An honest, written read on your top risks and quick wins.
Go deeper if it's useful, or keep the snapshot and walk away.
Every Tech Buddy engagement is led by Jubin personally. As co-founder & CTO of Emgage, he runs a multi-tenant HRMS platform used by 400+ companies across India; before that he shipped a US hospital platform through e-prescription certification, a US county government services platform and an IoT cloud gateway managing 100,000+ devices.
The same thing an independent CA does for your finances, but for your technology. Tech Buddy reviews your architecture, cloud spend, security and compliance posture, AI plans and vendor work, tells you plainly what is working and what is risky, and helps you decide. Because we sell no software or development hours, the view is objective.
Agencies and most consultants earn more when you buy more: more licences, more cloud, more developer hours. Tech Buddy earns only for judgment. We don't resell software, bill dev hours or take vendor commissions, so we can tell you when the right answer is to spend less, switch vendors or not build at all.
Data-protection and security obligations that affect growing businesses, including India's DPDP Act, the EU GDPR for European users, and HIPAA for US healthcare data, across your systems, workflows and data pipelines.
Yes. Independent code and architecture reviews, milestone verification and SOW or contract reviews are core to Tech Buddy, so you don't have to rely only on your agency's self-reporting.
Engagements start with a free 15-minute call and a tech-health snapshot. Ongoing retainers start at ₹1 lakh/month (Advisor), with Embedded at ₹3 lakh and Fractional CTO at ₹5 lakh; Enterprise is custom. See plans & pricing.
Jubin Patel, founder of NXTBYTE and Tech Buddy, co-founder & CTO of Emgage HRMS, leads every engagement personally.
Weighing a key technical decision?
Get an objective view before you commit.
No pitch and nothing to sell. Just a straight, independent read on your stack, your spend or the decision in front of you.