You know what you’d pick. Now you need to explain why.
Making the recommendation is only half the job. You still need to justify it to someone who wasn’t in the room.
Generate your reportThe problem
The recommendation lands. The reasoning doesn’t travel.
You spent days evaluating the options. You read the docs, asked around, maybe ran a small test. You arrived at a conclusion you believe in. But when you walk into the architecture review, all of that context lives in your head.
The people in the room need to understand the why before they can trust the what. Without a structured document, you end up re-litigating the evaluation in real time, fielding objections you already answered in your head, and hoping you can reconstruct the reasoning on the spot.
How Tech Duel helps
Walk in with a document, not just an opinion.
Tech Duel produces a structured report you can share. It shows the criteria you evaluated, how your team’s context shaped the weighting, the trade-offs involved, and the reasoning behind the recommendation. A reader can follow the logic without needing to have been part of the conversation.
It also separates your recommendation from your authority. The report makes the case. You don’t have to. If someone disagrees, the conversation is about the reasoning, not about whether to trust your judgment.
Define your comparison
Tell us what you’re comparing and the context: team size, existing stack, timeline, risk tolerance.
Answer the right questions
Work through 12 to 20 context-specific questions. These capture the nuance that matters for your situation.
Get a shareable report
A recommendation with a confidence score, key decision factors, and the full reasoning behind each trade-off.
"I knew what we should pick but I couldn’t get the team aligned. Running it through Tech Duel gave me a document I could share in the architecture review. The recommendation practically sold itself."
Common questions
What does the output report include?
A recommendation with a confidence score, the key factors that drove the decision, a side-by-side comparison table, and the full reasoning behind each trade-off. It’s formatted to share in an architecture review or with a manager who wasn’t part of the evaluation process.
Can I share the report with people who didn’t run the comparison?
Yes. That’s one of the main reasons to use Tech Duel. The report stands on its own: it shows the criteria you evaluated, how you weighted your team’s context, and why the recommendation came out the way it did. A reader can follow the reasoning without needing to be in the room.
What if my manager disagrees with the recommendation?
Then at least the conversation is about the reasoning rather than the conclusion. That’s a better place to be. Tech Duel gives you something concrete to point to. If they disagree with a factor or weighting, you can have that specific conversation rather than defending a gut feeling.
How long does the process take?
15 to 20 minutes to complete a comparison. The report is generated at the end. Most people find they spend more time discussing the questions than answering them, which is usually a sign the right things are coming up.
Walk into the architecture review with a document, not just an opinion.
20 minutes to generate a recommendation report you can share with anyone.
Generate your report