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Pricing

Clear prices. A defined result.

Build a workflow you can put to work. Use an audit when the scope needs investigation, then add ongoing support if you need it. Your scope and fixed price are agreed before work begins.

01 / Investigate if needed

AI Readiness Audit

Find the right opportunity and define what is worth building.

$3,500–$8,500

2 to 4 weeks · fixed scope

  • A map of your current workflow
  • Ranked opportunities and costs
  • A phased plan you own
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Your audit fee can be credited toward a sprint signed within 60 days, up to 25% of the sprint price.

02 / Build a defined workflow

AI Implementation Sprint

Connect the systems, handle the exceptions, and put a tested workflow into operation.

$18,000–$60,000

4 to 12 weeks · fixed scope

  • A working system in your operation
  • Testing and human approval points
  • Training and ownership at handoff
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Fixed quote in writing before work begins. If a scoped workflow is not live in your operation within 90 days, we keep building at no charge until it is.

03 / Add optional support

Managed Services

Keep the delivered system maintained as your tools and business change.

From $1,500/month

Ongoing · optional support

  • Monitoring and maintenance
  • An agreed block of improvements
  • A plain-language monthly report
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Optional, with no lock-in. Pay annually and the retainer runs 12 months for the price of 10; unused months are refunded if you leave.

Ready to discuss your workflow? The free 30-minute assessment is a live conversation about fit and next steps. A defined workflow can go directly to sprint scoping.

The free written plan is an initial recommendation on one task, reviewed by Christopher Myers and emailed within 24 hours. No call or purchase required; it is not a paid audit or a fixed implementation quote.

Illustrative sprint scopes

What moves a sprint up the range?

The published sprint range is $18,000–$60,000. These are illustrative scopes, not packages, client results, or guaranteed quotes. Integrations, data condition, exceptions, and approval requirements determine the fixed price agreed in writing.

Each example includes the scoped workflow, acceptance testing, an audit trail, operating documentation, team training, and ownership at handoff. Model usage, third-party subscriptions, and optional ongoing support are budgeted separately.

  • Lower end

    Scope: Prepare and route lead replies from one inbound channel for one team.

    Includes: Approved service information, tailored drafts, a review queue, and handoff rules for incomplete or out-of-scope inquiries.

    Excludes: Automatic sending, additional channels, custom quoting, and a CRM migration. A reviewer controls when replies are sent.

    Assumes: Working access to the existing inbox, usable service information, a named reviewer, and representative inquiries for testing.

  • Middle of range

    Scope: Prepare invoice records from an approved inbox for review in the existing accounting workflow.

    Includes: Document extraction, supplier matching, duplicate checks, coding suggestions with source documents, and an exception queue.

    Excludes: Unattended ledger posting, payments, historical bookkeeping cleanup, and replacement of the accounting system.

    Assumes: A supported connection, accessible supplier records, agreed coding rules, and a finance owner who reviews exceptions and approves the next action.

  • Upper end

    Scope: Connect one intake-to-handoff workflow across a CRM, document store, and team review channel.

    Includes: Record matching, document checks, role-based review, approved status updates, and recovery paths for failed handoffs.

    Excludes: A multi-department back-office replacement, unrelated workflows, and rebuilding the underlying business systems.

    Assumes: Confirmed access and permissions, named process owners, agreed review boundaries, and enough real examples to test the connected workflow.

Use these examples to compare scope, not as a quote. The written proposal confirms inclusions, exclusions, dependencies, milestones, and the delivery guarantee before paid work begins.

Multi-department work

The Full Back Office

For a business connecting work across several departments. Scoped separately from a standard sprint.

From $95,000

One to two quarters. Four taken per year. Quoted in writing after scoping.

MARCUS shows this class of work: 14 agents across 7 departments for B:Side Capital, where our founder is CEO. The related-company deployment is documented with its methods and limits.

Private deployment where the data demands it, human approvals, and a trained team that owns the delivered system.

Read the MARCUS implementation
Budget for the whole workflow

Know what is built. Know what it costs to run.

A lower project price is only useful if it covers the work you need. Compare scope, operating costs, ownership, and support together.

The build scope

  • The workflow, systems, and integrations included
  • Inputs, exceptions, human approvals, and acceptance criteria
  • Your team’s access, review time, and decisions needed
  • The fixed price and how a requested scope change is handled

Life after launch

  • Model usage, third-party tools, and hardware where needed
  • Who owns the delivered work and holds vendor accounts
  • Training, operating instructions, and maintenance responsibilities
  • Optional Managed Services, with coverage agreed in writing

Understand ongoing costs

Fair questions

How much does AI implementation cost?

01How much does AI implementation cost for a small business?

The AI Readiness Audit runs $3,500–$8,500 and takes 2 to 4 weeks. An AI Implementation Sprint runs $18,000–$60,000, quoted fixed in writing before work begins. Managed Services runs from $1,500 a month with no lock-in, and a Full Back Office build starts at $95,000. For a practical comparison of scope, pricing models, and total cost, see What an AI Consultant Costs in 2026; for the monthly costs after the build, see What AI Automation Costs to Run.

02Is there a guarantee?

Yes, on delivery: if a scoped workflow is not live in your operation within 90 days, we keep building at no charge until it is. The scope is fixed in writing before work begins, so the guarantee is against a spec both sides can read. We do not guarantee ROI numbers — nobody honestly can — but we do guarantee the thing you paid for shows up and runs.

03Does the audit fee count toward a build?

Yes. Your audit fee can be credited toward an Implementation Sprint signed within 60 days of the audit, up to 25% of the sprint price. The cap means some audit fees may remain uncredited. Your proposal shows the credit and the remaining amount. The credit is the smaller of your audit fee and one quarter of the sprint price.

04What does the AI Readiness Audit include?

A workflow map of your real operations, the handful of places AI actually pays, a phased plan you own outright, and a straight read on whether to build at all. It takes 2 to 4 weeks.

05Why fixed prices instead of hourly?

Because that is how you would want to be treated. The exact price is quoted in writing before work begins and does not move after we start. You will not sit through three discovery calls to learn what something costs. If you are comparing firms, the ten questions in How to Choose an AI Consultant include this one — and a scope a vendor can’t inflate keeps the number fixed after you choose.

06What happens after the 90 days?

Your team is trained to run what we built, and you own all of it. If you want us to keep watching, Managed Services covers monitoring and maintenance as models and vendors shift: from $1,500 a month, cancel any month it stops earning its keep, and pay annually for 12 months at the price of 10. Whether to keep a retainer, name an internal owner, or hire is worked through in AI Consultant vs. In-House Hire.

Want exact numbers?

The free assessment is a live discussion of your workflow and the right next step. A fixed implementation quote follows an agreed scope; complex work may need a paid audit first.

Not ready for a call? Request a free written workflow plan for an initial recommendation by email instead.

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