Pricing Without the Dance
A free first conversation. A fixed-price audit. Builds quoted from a roadmap you already own. No day rates, no scope creep, no lock-in.
Initial Consultation
Work out whether there is anything here worth doing
- A conversation, not a sales pitch
- We map what you are actually trying to fix
- Honest read on whether AI suits the problem
- Rough sense of effort and cost
- Pointer to an off-the-shelf tool if that is the better answer
- No obligation, no follow-up sequence
AI Opportunity Audit
For businesses of roughly 20+ staff
- Discovery workshops with leadership and operations
- Full inventory of candidate use cases
- Value-vs-effort scoring across every opportunity
- Data and systems readiness review
- Costed 12-month roadmap with expected payback
- Build-vs-buy call on each recommendation
- Privacy and governance considerations
- Board-ready summary you can present as-is
- Every deliverable is yours to keep
Project Build
Scoped from your roadmap, priced per outcome
- Fixed scope and acceptance criteria agreed up front
- First pilot typically ships in 3-4 weeks
- Integration with Xero, MYOB, your CRM and job systems
- Tested against your real data before go-live
- Production deployment with monitoring
- Team training on what we built
- Documentation and full handover
- Optional ongoing advisory retainer
All prices in AUD and exclude GST. Software licences billed to you directly at cost.
How We Price
Four Commitments Behind Every Invoice
AI consulting has a reputation for vague scopes and open-ended billing. These are the constraints we put on ourselves to avoid it.
Fixed price before we start
The audit is $3,000 + GST regardless of how long it takes us. If discovery turns out to be messier than expected, that is our problem, not a variation on your invoice.
No margin on tools we recommend
We are vendor independent and take no reseller commission. When we say a platform is the right choice, there is nothing riding on it for us. Software licences are billed to you directly, at cost.
You own everything
Roadmaps, documentation, code, prompts and configuration are handed over in a form another team could pick up. We do not build dependency on us into the deliverable.
No obligation to proceed
Plenty of clients take the roadmap and build the first project with their own team. That is a good outcome and we will help you scope it that way if it suits you better.
Pricing Questions
Everything you would reasonably want answered before you spend a dollar with us.
A free audit is a sales meeting wearing a lab coat — its purpose is to sell you the build, so it will always find that you need the build. Charging a fixed $3,000 + GST means the audit is the product. We can honestly recommend doing nothing, doing it in-house, or buying an off-the-shelf tool, because our fee does not depend on which answer we give you.
Usually not, and we will tell you so. Under about 20 people there generally is not enough repetitive process volume for the mapping work to pay for itself. Book the free consultation anyway — we are happy to point you at a sensible off-the-shelf tool and save you the three grand.
It depends entirely on scope, which is exactly why we do not publish a number here. The audit exists so that both sides can quote and buy with real information rather than guesses. Once the roadmap is written, each item comes with a build estimate, so you can decide what is worth doing before committing to anything.
By project. The audit is a fixed fee, and builds are quoted against agreed acceptance criteria. Hourly billing rewards slow work and turns every meeting into revenue — we would rather be paid for the outcome and be motivated to get there quickly. The one exception is the ongoing advisory retainer, which is a flat monthly fee.
No. All prices on this page are in Australian dollars and exclude GST. The audit is $3,000 + GST. You will receive a standard tax invoice with our ABN for the full amount.
Then it has done its job and saved you a great deal more than it cost. It is a genuine possible outcome and we would rather deliver that finding than manufacture a roadmap to justify the fee. In practice, businesses at this size almost always have some repetitive process worth attacking — but the value might sit in a plain automation rather than anything involving AI, and we will say so.
Typically two to three weeks from kick-off to the final read-out, depending mostly on how quickly we can get time with your people. The workshops themselves usually take a few hours across a couple of sessions. We deliberately keep the demand on your team light.
No. The audit is a one-off engagement with no strings attached. Project builds are scoped individually. The ongoing advisory retainer runs month to month and can be cancelled with a month’s notice. There is no lock-in anywhere in our model.
Start With the Free Conversation
Nobody should buy a $3,000 audit off a web page. Have the free consult first and decide afterwards whether it is worth doing.