Quoted by scope. Four costs, kept separate.
The $99, 1-hour consultation is the only fixed public price. Assessments, builds, and ongoing support are quoted separately from an agreed written scope, so you can say yes to one without committing to the others.
How much does AI consulting or automation cost?
There is no public rate card. The $99, 1-hour consultation is the one fixed public price. Assessments, builds, and ongoing support are quoted separately from an agreed written scope, driven by the number and complexity of systems, data volume, channels such as email, SMS, or voice, custom logic, and human-review needs. You approve scope and price before work starts, and build work is paid 50% to start and 50% after KPI review. AI provider and software fees are billed by those providers and are not in our fees unless the scope says so.
What you pay for, separately
Each line is its own decision. Buying the consultation does not commit you to an assessment, and an assessment does not commit you to a build.
A paid, 1-hour live session with a senior architect. Separate from everything else on this page.
AI readiness, governance, and tool selection work. Nothing runs on our infrastructure, so no hosting plan applies.
Implementation and custom software from a written scope. 50% to start, 50% after KPI review.
Hosting and support, only if we host or operate the system. Provider and software fees are billed by those providers.
Not in the table: AI provider, cloud, and SaaS fees. Those are billed by the providers and are not in our fees unless your written scope says so. The scope states whose account each one runs on.
How pricing works
The business wish list is the low-friction first step. The $99, 1-hour consultation is a separate paid live session. Neither commits you to a build.
For assessments and builds you get a written scope, a timeline estimate, and a quoted price. For build work we also agree the KPI we will be measured against.
We deliver against the scope. On build work, the second half of payment follows KPI review. Ongoing support is optional and priced separately.
Build projects include
Solution design mapped to your stack
Build, integration, and QA with live data where needed
Least-privilege access scoped to what the work needs
Team training and short Loom SOPs
KPI tracking setup (tags, links, numbers, dashboards)
14–30 day post-launch optimization window
What you can buy
Each item is priced on its own, from a written scope. No public rate card, and no item requires another.
What's included
What drives price
Common KPIs
What's included
What drives price
Common KPIs
What's included
What drives price
Common KPIs
What's included
What drives price
Common KPIs
Related engagements
Simple terms
We set success metrics during planning on build work and optimize against them after launch. We do not guarantee outcomes. Terms are written down before you pay for anything beyond the consultation.
Quoted by written scope
Assessments and builds are quoted from a written scope. Build work is a fixed price. Advisory work may be fixed fee or defined time, stated in the scope.
Build payment
50% to start; 50% after KPI review.
Measured delivery
Success metrics live in your scope. We optimize in the post-launch window against those metrics.
Example success metrics
Modernization: go-live on agreed scope and fewer manual steps
Automation: hours per week saved and fewer handoff errors
AI: cycle time down or fewer manual review steps
Advisory: decisions unblocked and spend avoided
Note: Starts after a build. Monthly rate set by scope. Hosted runtimes run under license and need an active plan. Self-host on your cloud instead and no hosting plan applies, just a one-time setup and a lighter maintenance plan. Advisory, assessment, governance, and training work never requires a plan.
Built for procurement peace of mind
Written scope with line items, timeline estimate, KPI baseline, and acceptance criteria
Change-order process for out-of-scope work, price stated first
Data and access: least-privilege, documented accounts, documented offboarding
Provider costs: AI, cloud, and SaaS fees are billed by those providers and are not in our fees unless the scope says so. The scope states whose account each runs on
Compliance: email, SMS, voice, and collections rules are built to client-approved scripts. We do not certify compliance, and your counsel signs off on it
Pricing FAQ
Only one: the $99, 1-hour consultation. There is no public rate card for assessments, builds, or support, because price depends on the scope. You get a written quote from an agreed scope before any paid work beyond the consultation starts.
No. Start with a business wish list and we reply with a suggested next step. The consultation is a separate, paid option if you want to talk it through live.
Number and complexity of systems, data volume, channels (email/SMS/voice), custom logic, and for AI work the amount of human review and compliance involved.
Consultation (fixed, $99), assessment or readiness work (quoted by scope), build or implementation (quoted by scope), and recurring support or hosting (monthly, only if we host or operate something). AI provider and software costs are billed by those providers and sit outside our fees unless the scope says otherwise.
It depends on systems, access, data, and your review turnaround. Focused automations have been scoped at a few weeks once requirements are locked, and larger platform work takes longer. We state an estimate in the written scope. It is an estimate, not a guarantee.
On build work, success metrics and optimization sit in the scope, and the second payment follows KPI review. We do not guarantee outcomes.
Usually no. We integrate with the CRM, calendar, phone, billing, and ops tools you already use unless a replacement is the point of the project.
Only if we host or operate something for you. Then an active monthly plan covers runtime, monitoring, and small changes. Advisory, assessment, governance, and training work needs no plan, and self-hosting on your own cloud replaces it with a one-time setup and a lighter maintenance plan.
What do you want AI to do for your business?
Start a business wish list and we reply with a suggested next step. If you would rather talk it through live, the $99, 1-hour consultation is a separate paid option.